Politics

August 24, 2017

Opinion: President Buhari and the integrity question

by Nduka Odo Dear President Buhari, your return from medical vacation in London has calmed nerves, shocked many and even thrown much more into jubilations. It is not unheard of to be wished negatives by some; it is also expected to be loved and wished well by some. I thank God for your life and... Read More

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August 24, 2017

Opinion: How Buhari’s 103 days in London cost Nigeria a fortune

by Gbenga Odunsi The medical vacation of President Muhammadu Buhari in London is still a trending topic in Nigeria. It has been a total of 103 days since President Muhammadu Buhari left Nigeria for a second medical vacation in the United Kingdom, and he returned on Saturday, the 19th day of August 2017. His arrival... Read More

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Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

August 24, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: President Buhari’s message

After more than 100 days away from the country, President Muhammadu Buhari returned last Saturday to a tumultuous welcome. It was an indication that he still commands the popular appeal that brought him to power despite the glaring failings of his administration. But his address to the nation on Monday fell far short of expectations.... Read More

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August 24, 2017

Opinion: Muhammadu Buhari’s unconvincing return from medical leave

by Fisayo Soyombo Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria, brought his 103-day medical leave in the UK to a grand end on Saturday. Despite protests at home and abroad against his lengthy absence from work, his return to Nigeria was surprisingly heroic. Once Femi Adesina, his much-maligned spokesman, confirmed the president’s anticipated return, a “joie-de-vivre” atmosphere... Read More

Buhari, Buhari's second return, integrity, nigeria, opinion, Politics

August 23, 2017

“While the Lion King sleeps, they are plotting” “Ashe Rats were the real threat” | Top 10 tweets about Aso Rock’s Rats

It’s raining raining rats on the interwebs as global news outfits shred what’s left of Nigeria’s dignity, courtesy Garba Shehu’s admission that Aso Rock has a rodent infestation. Whether they thought our collective IQ so low, we’d swallow anything they feed us is anyone’s guess. They sure have made things interesting on social media, as... Read More

Aso Rock rats, Buhari's health, Garba Shehu, media aides, nigeria, Politics, The Thread

August 23, 2017

Opinion: Fani-Kayode’s anti-Buhari antics have failed

by Olalekan Waheed Adigun So dry bones can still rise again? So corpses do walk? So “spot diagnosis” that can spot the dead from a far without medical prognosis can fail abysmally? So the one on life-support machine can still walk on his feet? All these questions ran through my mind on Saturday morning, the... Read More

Buhari's health, Buhari's second return, Femi Fani-Kayode, opinion, Politics, propaganda

August 23, 2017

Opinion: The President’s speech, hate speech and the hypocrisy of power

by Adeboye Adekoge After listening to President Buhari’s speech on Monday, August 21, 2017, one thing was clear – the Government’s resolve at addressing the problem of hate speech in Nigeria. No right thinking person will disagree with the President that there has been so much hatred and divisive comments on several online platforms and... Read More

Hate Speech, hypocrisy, nigeria, opinion, Politics, Terrorism Act

August 22, 2017

Opinion: Buhari’s address and the misfortune of a Nation

by Jude Ndukwe President Muhammadu Buhari’s 103 days absence from Nigeria based on medical reasons, left Nigeria drifting further apart away from what a nation should look like. There were palpable tensions everywhere, sharp divisions among the people, rise in police brutality against the citizens as epitomized by the treatment meted out to the... Read More

Buhari's speech, Governance, nigeria, opinion, Politics

August 22, 2017

Charly Boy: Dear President Buhari, you need to pay immediate attention to these 3 key issues

Dear Mr President, sir When I learned that you would be returning, I was glad because it means you eventually listened to our cries and yearnings. You have returned at a time when our country needs you most to surmount the crucibles battering us as a people and a nation. Though for a very... Read More

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August 21, 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode: We will make life more difficult for Buhari’s government

by Femi Fani-Kayode During his thoroughly uninspiring six minute broadcast this morning instead of appealing to Nigerians for patience and understanding and instead of apologizing to them for the ineptitude and sheer incompetence that his government has displayed over the last 2 years, President Muhammadu Buhari has returned home after 105 days on his sick... Read More

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August 21, 2017

“Stylish restworking” ” See lying and witchcraft” | Buhari says he’s working from home- again. TwitterNG runs mad

Media aide to the president, Bashir Ahmad has corroborated news reports that President Buhari will be working from home for some time while renovations are ongoing at his office. See below: Some renovations are on going at the office. He's a fully equipped office in his residence, he'll be back to the main office after... Read More

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August 21, 2017

The Thread: “Who wrote this speech ni tori Olorun”? | TwitterNG tears Buhari’s speech apart

Nigeria’s President returned from a 103 days hiatus abroad to remind us of a conversation he had with Ojukwu in 2003, where they laid the matter of Nigeria’s unity to rest, effectively giving notice to agitators for secession that they have no case. In a 5 minute tepid speech, the President took care to remind... Read More

Buhari, Buhari's speech, nigeria, Politics, secession, The Thread

August 21, 2017

Opinion: Buhari, is the honeymoon still on?

by Ogundana Michael Rotimi In spite of the failing campaign promises, after over 50% into the administration and 104 days in London on a medication vacation for an undisclosed illness, Muhammadu Buhari, the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, returned to the country where he has been since 7th May 2017, to a rosy... Read More

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August 19, 2017

Dele Momodu: The shape of 2019 election

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, let me do a recap of my last column for the benefit of those who might have missed that important forecast of who and what may determine our next President. I will try to predict the principles that would guide how people are likely to vote in that election. Some... Read More

2019 Elections, Dele Momodu, nigeria, opinion, Politics

August 19, 2017

[YNaija 2019] What to expect from your ideal candidate

by Usman Alabi What do you expect from your ideal candidate in 2019, especially given the present state of the polity? It is not possible that electorates do not have certain expectations that they hope to see in their ideal candidate for an election, not exactly in terms of competencies and capacities alone, but also... Read More

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August 19, 2017

Moses Ochonu: Democracy was good enough to remove Jonathan. Why isn’t it good enough for Buhari?

by Moses Ochouu Selective outrage, situational activism, and hypocrisy are bigger threats to Nigeria than corruption is, for it is this trifecta that enables corruption to thrive and for the corrupt to escape recompense. Yesterday, they praised protesters as heroes and patriots. Today, they call them foolish for daring to protest at a market in... Read More

Charly Boy, democracy, fascism, Goodluck Jonathan, hypocrisy, opinion, Politics, Pro-Buhari out of control, Wuse Market attack

August 17, 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode: Nigerians did not vote for a picture-posing, foreign-based mannequin President

by Femi Fani-Kayode President Muhammadu Buhari has been away from our shores for over 100 days in a stretch treating an undisclosed and mysterious illness in far-away London. Since May 29th, 2015 when he was sworn into office as President he has spent 350 of his over 740 days in power abroad treating the... Read More

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Olusegun Adeniyi YNaija

August 17, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: A season of photographs

All over the world, smart politicians play to the gallery. And they do so with their cameramen in tow in an elaborate scheme that is now part of the game. Politicians carry babies in the market place. They pump fists with plumbers. They pose with books even when they are not reading. And they do... Read More

Aregbesola, Buhari, Media handlers, nigeria, Olusegun Adeniyi, opinion, Politics

August 14, 2017

Opinion: Gov Wike and his ridiculous smear campaigns in Rivers state

by Solomon Okocha One thing that gives me great joy is that by now, the good people of Rivers State can clearly see through the maniacal lies of Governor Nyesom Wike, the wishy-washy ways of his media aides and the sycophantic outbursts of his coterie of political apologists. The type of junkyard and puerile falsehoods... Read More

Amaechi, Dakukum NIMASA, Gov. Wike, opinion, Politics, Simeon Nwakaudu, smear campaigns

August 12, 2017

Opinion: Here is a reason to weep for Nigeria

by Micheal Ace A few days ago, I was listening to the news when the reporter said something that made me lose my voice. I was dumbfounded. I logged on to Facebook immediately only to find people post tributes with hashtag #Ozubulu. Some gunmen just walked into a church during service and shot people... Read More

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August 12, 2017

The convention will be like a carnival as over 3,000 will attend – PDP spokesperson

The leadership of the National Caretaker Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said that there was a failed attempt by some people to stop the PDP Special Non-Elective Convention, scheduled for Saturday (today) in Abuja, through a court order on Thursday. The spokesperson of the party, Prince Dayo Adeyeye said, “Some people tried to... Read More

National convention, PDP, Politics

August 11, 2017

The Thread: “The presidency is not a hospital” | Buharists and Wailers clash

It’s been 95 days since President Muhammadu Buhari proceeded on his second medical leave after leaving the country’s affairs in the hands of his VP, Osinbajo. In the time he’s been away, Buhari has become a punchline for foreign journalists, BET.com has a wager going on his return, and there have been protests and counter... Read More

Thinking Through

#ResumeOrResign, Buhari's sickness, deji adeyanju, nigeria, Politics, The Thread, Yemi Osinbajo

August 10, 2017

Here’s how the APC can survive doom according to Obiano

by Alexander O. Onukwue For all the mentions of the crisis in the PDP, it is no gainsaying that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has barely trudged on so far as far as a cohesive unit. Fraught with internal dissent and diversions in interests, the APC as the party of the Government has not... Read More

Story of the day

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August 10, 2017

Is Obiano looking over his shoulder anxiously?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Willie Obinao, the Anambra State Governor seeking re-election by November, is not amused by the comments credited to APC Chairman, Odigie Oyegun, which advise him, Obiano, to start preparing his handover notes. As campaigns get hotter in anticipation of the elections, the fire is being stoked by all interested parties to... Read More

Story of the day

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The Thread: This is how the Nigerian story is bound to end

The entity called Nigeria has been tottering without direction for too many years. Our political system is built and driven by corruption; our economy is in recession; our justice system is shot and Nigerians can’t take it anymore. Through protests, blogs and threads, Nigerians are bucking against the system every way they know how. Here’s Elnathan... Read More

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The Thread: “You will never be President” “Your marabouts are defrauding you” | Twitter NG blasts Atiku

Like our people say, “the polity is hot, all man eye dey red, nobody wan hear word.” Politics is usually an explosive subject in these parts. It’s become worse now because of the tension in the land. So anyone making certain utterances should have familiarised themselves with the “Buyers Beware” clause (for politics): It can... Read More

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Opinion: Now that restructuring is dead, Yorubas must leave Nigeria!

by Bayo Oluwasanmi As expected, I met with a barrage of flak mostly from Northerners for my article “Yorubas, think. It’s Time To Go!” published July 15, 2017 on YNaija. Little minds are happy to stick in little ruts, smugly resisting change. Of all the devil’s tools for making Nigerians miserable, hypocrisy and self-delusion are... Read More

Federalism, nigeria, opinion, Politics, restructuring, secession

Opinion: Have you prayed for President Buhari today?

by Gbenga Odunsi The health status of Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari is the obvious issue of the moment in the country in the last few months. Of course, being the nation’s number one citizen, whatever concerns the President ought to interest all Nigerians. Unfortunately, the posture of official information management on the subject has generated... Read More

Buhari, nigeria, opinion, Politics, Religion

Opinion: Anambra Governorship elections 2017 – Who does the cap fit?

by Chima Obi On the 18th of November, the electorate in Anambra State will go to the polls to elect their governor for the next four years. Political parties are already fixing dates for primary elections and the embargo on open campaign will soon be lifted. As the date draws near, observers are making predictions... Read More

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[YNaija2019] It was change in 2015, what word will politicians use in campaigning for 2019?

by Usman Alabi It may appear too early to begin to envisage the political campaign currencies that would be used in the 2019 elections. Yet here in Nigeria, there is never a time you are late or early when it comes to envisaging political happenstances.

Campaign currencies, Change, corruption, Politics, restructuring

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