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Editor May 19, 2017

Isaac Adewole takes top spot, as Fashola rises two places | YNaija Ranking for ministers

When the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced the return of the dreaded disease, Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo last Friday, many Nigerians were worried that the disease may…

Op-ed Editor January 22, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Before the power sector collapses

by Simon Kolawole There is a prank I usually play on my security guy. Anytime I am out of town, I call him regularly to ask about the power situation.…

Op-Ed Editor November 22, 2014

@saatah: Ethnic politics for dummies

by Saatah Nubari I planned on doing this piece the day after the Presidential primaries of the leading opposition party in Nigeria, the APC; but with the boorish, uncouth and rascally…

Kolapo Olapoju October 10, 2014

“Old age, integrity, trust” – These are the reasons why Buhari will not win the APC primaries

by James Sambo Abdulmumin Jibrin, the Chairman on Finance, House of Representatives has urged General Muhammodu Buhari to maintain his famed 'integrity' and halt his presidential ambition. Jibirin accused Buhari…

Kolapo Olapoju October 10, 2014

“Arms and ammunition are not rice and beans” – Kwakwanso blasts Jonathan over failed arms deals

by Azubuike Azikiwe President Goodluck Jonathan has been criticised by Governor Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso of Kano State over the recent confiscation of $9.3 million (N1,532,361,000) and $5.7 million (N939,189,000)by the…

Op-Ed Editor September 7, 2014

Tunde Fagbenle: We should thank Fashola for curtailing Ebola

by Tunde Fagbenle A few weeks ago when the news went viral (no pun intended) on the presence in Nigeria of the dreaded Ebola virus, the most deadly of the…

July 15, 2014

Femi Aribisala: Why the APC is likely to lose Lagos in 2015

by Femi Aribisala While Fashola has been busy tarring roads, building fanciful tolled bridges and planting grass and flowers; he has ignored the need of the people for basic…

June 10, 2014

Suraj Oyewale: Fashola, it’s time to blink | Sanusi – All hail the new Emir (Y! FrontPage)

by Suraj Oyewale Of all the examples critics wield in support of their anti-Fashola elitism argument, the hike in fees of students of the state’s university is the hardest…

April 27, 2014

Tunde Fagbenle: Lagos is the emerging city of culture and excellence

by Tunde Fagbenle The transformation of Lagos into a veritable centre of culture and excellence is happening before our very eyes, slowly, surely, and amazingly. This is Lagos. What is…

April 9, 2014

Opinion: Dear Reno Omokri, Fashola is too big for you

by Lanre Oguntoyinbo I think Governor Babatunde Fashola is too big for you Mr. Reno, even your principal’s intellectual might can’t stand this man, combination of all of you at…

January 12, 2014

Guess what the most expensive public university in Nigeria is…

by Oke Efagene The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), has threatened a showdown with the management of the Lagos State University (LASU), over issues concerning welfare, facilities and tuition…

October 8, 2013

Ochereome Nnanna: Take note Fashola, Nigeria is 100

by Ochereome Nnanna There should be no need to question whether Nigeria will be 100 years by January 2014. Nigeria was conceived and born on January 1, 1914. It was…

August 14, 2013

Opinion: Fashola and the hypocrisy of Ndigbo

by C. Don Adinuba A man who introduced himself as a professor from Nnewi called me on the phone on Thursday morning to assert with so much authority that “only…

August 10, 2013

Elnathan John: New parties and free elections in 2015

by Elnathan John It is also encouraging seeing the names showing up on the APC train: IBB, Ahmed ‘13’ Yerima, Tom Ikimi, Femi Fani-Kayode. I like how APC is like…

July 29, 2013

Ochereome Nnanna: Why we need an entirely new Constitution

by Ochereome Nnanna We are in this constitutional mess because the military bequeathed a document that is simply unviable, inchoate and discreditable. It is like trying to patch a structurally…

July 28, 2013

Obi Nwakanma: The deportation of citizens from Lagos is not only lawless, it is vexatious

by Obi Nwakanma To put this very mildly: Lagos was built by Nigerians with massive Nigerian resources, and it is a migrants’ city. Fashola’s administration cannot hide its dirt-poor under…

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