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#7YearsGone: 10 things Segun Adeniyi said about Yar’Adua’s health during his last days
As we reminisce on former president Yar'Adua's death 7 years ago today, we flashback on the politics that surrounded Yar'Adua's health and his eventual demise. These are excerpts from former…
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The Thread: “He looked great” “He is alive and doing well” | Excitement and distrust trail Buhari’s public reappearance [VIDEO]
The controversy over Buhari's health status continues to rage. In the wake of the outrage on social media on Workers Day with Nigerians asking #WhereIsBuhari, the First Lady tweeted the…
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Opinion: Aso Rock’s cabals have begun their escapades
by Stanley Ibeku The seemingly political confusion and tension about the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari continued on Tuesday with the frontmen in Aso rock taking their shenanigans…
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The Thread: “Healthcare is vital” “TrumpDon’tCare” “#VoteNo” | Americans scramble to block Trump from repealing Obamacare
As the Republican party marshals its forces to repeal Obamacare today, Americans who oppose the bill are tweeting the hashtag Vote No as a final hail Mary to stop the…
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Peregrino Brimah: The President’s health- More ominous signs and the national urgency to #VideoChatWithBuhari
by Peregrino Brimah Third-party testimonies of the health of Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari are very ominous signs. Buhari has not been seen in public since Friday, April 21st; the day…
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Opinion: Lessons from Nnamdi Kanu’s detention and release
by Jideofor Adibe There are important lessons to be learnt from the detention and recent release of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), a breakaway faction of…
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Segun Adeniyi: President Buhari’s health challenge
I remember that Segun, as SA media to the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, passed through a path which I also passed through recently and I learnt a lot from…
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Opinion: #NotTooYoungToRun | The Nigerian youth don’t need unity
by Jude Feranmi There has been so much ado about how to fix the mess that is Nigeria. As things stand at almost half the year, we don’t have a…
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Opinion: Biafra, Buhari and the children of Ojukwu
by Chido Nwangwu Since April 25, 2017, millions of Nigerians, international security and diplomatic monitors of Nigeria have been witnessing two contrasting images of the country of an estimated 170…
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Ayo Sogunro: Nigerian youth, it’s time we resist the system
by Ayo Sogunro Over the last few weeks, the political actors of Nigeria served us fresh drama. This time, the plot revolved around the ownership and purpose of some millions…
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Opinion: Still on 500 billion naira Paris club refund
by Shittu Yunus Shittu In line with the federal government’s mission to reflate economic activities in the country, the Federal Government had earlier disbursed a special intervention fund totalling…
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Opinion: Imo House of Thieves
by Kenneth Uwadi April 29th this year was a Saturday. It was my birthday and friends came to wish me well. It rained, not very much really but it was…
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The Thread: “Buhari is now a ghost worker” “Missing person alert” | Nigerians demand to know #WhereIsBuhari
This is the question on Nigerians minds as they mark Workers Day today. The president has not been seen in public in a good while, has skipped meetings -…
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Pius Adesanmi: What’s on your President’s Plate in Nigeria?
by Pius Adesanmi Outside of President Trump’s support base, there is a lot of worry about the amount of time he spends tweeting and consuming cable television, especially Fox News.…
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Opinion: The Nigerian Senate- Outstanding performance even in the midst of storms
by Olalekan Alabi The Nigerian Legislature as an arm of Government and particularly the institution of the Senate has always been a subject of major discuss within the Nigerian polity.…
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The Thread: All the leaders who caused Nigeria’s problem
Political Twitter NG is such an interesting playground when it's not tedious. Nigerians can be found there putting on any of these caps where they serve- expert, analyst, overlord. One…
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Farooq Kperogi: Nigeria’s future is sadly still in its past
by Farooq Kperogi The other day I was reflecting on Nigerians’ new favourite pastime: endless griping about the increasingly disabling dysfunction of the country. And I realised that one theme…
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Opinion: Oba of Lagos vs Ooni of Ife snub- The aftereffects
Omoshola Deji Civilisation and modern forms of governance have drastically diminished the power and authority of monarchs. Fading, not faded, our hidden admiration for primordial values sustains the influence of…
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Reno Omokri: Ghost President, Ghost achievements, Ghost monies in apartment owned by Ghosts
by Reno Omokri For the better part of this week, Nigeria has been having much of a to do about the royal snub from the Oba of Lagos to the…
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Peregrino Brimah: The Aare’s curse- Did late MKO Abiola curse the North?
by Peregrino Brimah Aare Ona Kakanfo is a title given to the generalissimo, the war general during the Old Oyo Empire. The defacto Field Marshal who leads battles and conquers…
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Opinion: How DSS recruitment is proof to Southerners there’s nothing like one Nigeria
by Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye In DSS recruitment list, the whole of South East region got 44 slots while Katsina State got 51 slots. It all started during the first republic.…
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Opinion: About that NIA’s black budget and the mysterious whistleblower
by Yushau A. Shuaib Preparatory to the daring and merciless military operations against Boko Haram members, top officers of security and intelligence agencies were in Lagos and Abuja, towards the…
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Femi Fani-Kayode: The ailing president and the coming conflagration in Nigeria
by Femi Fani-Kayode If the United Kingdom’s Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson, can describe the Leader of the Opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, as a “mutton-headed old mugwump” and an “Islington…
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The Thread: President Buhari explained in five tweets
Confused about what exactly is going on with Mr President aka GMB aka Sai Baba? @9grrepublican breaks it down with this analogy. Do see below: ;
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How I warned Jonathan about Northern conspiracy against him – David Mark
by Dolapo Adelana Former Senate President David Mark has said he warned former President Goodluck Jonathan of a Northern conspiracy to remove him from office in the 2015 election. Mark, who…
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How Jonathan used Boko Haram insurgency as an ATM – Obasanjo
by Dolapo Adelana Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has said immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan turned the Boko Haram insurgency as a means to pilfer the nation's funds. Obasanjo said this in a…
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Nigerians voted you out, Mu’azu replies Jonathan
by Dolapo Adelana A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmadu Adamu Mu'azu has denied betraying immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan. In a statement on his Facebook page,…
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The Thread: “He’s a millenial” “Innovation” “The president is a freelancer” | Bants fly on Twitter NG about Buhari’s work from home day
It's the first of it's kind world over: The Nigerian president has begun to work from home. Honestly, this news could not come at a better time. This is what…
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The Thread: Hilarious nicknames for FEC WhatsApp group now Buhari is working from home
President Buhari announced that he will be working from home henceforth. Bear in mind that the president has been missing from his Federal Executive Council meetings for 3 weeks. He's…
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The Thread: “Buhari needs to resign” “Since Buhari lives in Aso Rock, is he not already working from home?” | Nigerians probe Buhari’s work from home scheme
Ladies and gentlemen, working from home is officially a thing and all Nigerian companies should adopt it- Oh well, maybe after the power situation in the country is fixed. Our…
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