Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Why I am an entrepreneur in the business of nation building (1)

by Chude Jideonwo A few days ago, I received this message in my email from a highly respected colleague with the Punch, which inspired this article: “Thank you for staying true to the cause. I have seen too many people transform into villains in recent years; but you have been steadfast and I couldn’t be... Read More

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August 19, 2016

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Akin Osuntokun: Obasanjo, Buhari and nation building

Of all those who have had the privilege to govern this country, only two have met, to a large extent, the threshold of being deliberately elected by a plurality of Nigerians. Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa was only elected to represent his Bauchi federal constituency at the House of Representatives on the platform of the Northern... Read More

Akin Osuntokun, Bishop Hassan Kukah. Boko Haram, Charles Soludo, Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari, NADECO, National Party of Nigeria, nigeria, NPN, olusegun obasanjo, Umar Musa Yar'Adua

August 7, 2016

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Simon Kolawole: All said and done, Nigeria first

In November 2014, I penned an article, “My Grouse with President Jonathan”. I highlighted his major achievements in agriculture, infrastructure, finance and education. I, however, said Jonathan was not doing two things the right way: the fight against corruption and the war against Boko Haram. I called these “my grouse” with him. I concluded: “Mr.... Read More

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June 9, 2016

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Azu Ishiekwene: A different view of the Niger Delta crisis

by Azu Ishiekwene What Niger Deltans don’t want to hear is that their own leaders are largely responsible for the problems facing the region. And what the government certainly does not want to hear is that restructuring could solve the problem. As in most conflicts, truth is the first casualty. In the early stages of the... Read More

Azu Ishiekwene, EFCC, Militants, Muhammadu Buhari, Niger Delta, nuhu ribadu, Oil and Gas, Politics, Tompolo, Umar Musa Yar'Adua

April 2, 2015

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YNAIJA PREDICTION: We predict that PDP’s Musa Nashuni will win Katsina guber elections

The major candidates in Kastina State elections are Engineer Musa Nashuni of the PDP and Aminu Bello Masari of the APC. Masari, a one time Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007 is contesting again for this position having lost this post in 2011 to Ibrahim Shema, and by a very wide margin. First,... Read More

Aminu Masari, APC, CPC, Ibrahim Shema, katsina, Musa Nashuni, nigeria, PDP, Politics, Umar Musa Yar'Adua

February 8, 2015

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YNaija Analysis: Yesterday’s postponement reminds us – we urgently need to restructure Nigeria

by Cheta Nwanze “There’s a reason you separate the military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.” The above quote was made by the fictional character, Rear Admiral William... Read More

Attahiru Jega, boko haram, elections, Goodluck Jonathan, INEC, lekki, nigeria, Nigerian Army, Politics, postponement, Umar Musa Yar'Adua

January 22, 2015

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“Our brother has failed” – Ex-militant leaders support Buhari

by Iyobosa Omoregie On Wednesday, January 21, some South-south ex-militant generals and commanders announced their support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 14 presidential poll, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Speaking in Benin, the Edo state capital, the militant leaders applauded the leadership of the Movement for the Emancipation of... Read More

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January 15, 2015

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Fayose says OBJ wants Buhari to die in office

by Kolapo Olapoju Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has admonished Nigerians to be cautious of the intention of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in regards to whom should emerge as the next president of the country. Fayose accused Obasanjo of attempting to make as president, an old man like Muhammadu Buhari, just like he did... Read More

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January 10, 2015

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‘PDP cannot manage its success’ || Alex Ekwueme is not happy with his party

by Akan Ido Former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to be over-confident about getting block votes for President Jonathan in the general elections coming up in February. The soft-spoken politician who happens to be one of the founding members of the PDP warned the party not to take South... Read More

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June 7, 2014

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YNaija Editorial: In sickness or in health, Dora Akunyili is our hero

by Editorial team She had her faults… but there was no ambiguity in the way Nigerians felt about Dora this was a leader for whom there was an unshakeable consensus: we could trust her with our very lives. Dora Nkem Akunyili has been a national star from that moment 13 years ago, when former president,... Read More

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April 11, 2014

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YNaija Editorial: In sickness or in health, Dora Akunyili is our hero

cancer, death, Dora Akunyili, editorial, Health, India, Information Minister, mNigeria, olusegun obasanjo, sickness, Umar Musa Yar'Adua

September 2, 2013

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Toni Kan: Suntai – Re-enacting the Yar’Adua episode

by Toni Kan These governors are not gods. The constitution is ‘god’ and these puny characters without shame must learn to abide. They must learn too that power is transient and that no man lives forever. Evil is in many ways like rain. It starts often as showers which could become a deluge, fast and... Read More

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August 30, 2013

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Alkasim Abdulkadir: Taraba – An appalling sense of déjà vu (Y! FrontPage)

by Alkasim Abdulkadir This decision to advice the governor to return the United States for further medical examination and treatment should be supported by all men and women of goodwill and not be judged on the altar of primordial political and ethno-religious sentiments. These are certainly not happy times for Mrs. Hauwa Danbaba Suntai the first... Read More

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August 18, 2013

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Debo Adejugbe: Much ado about constitution amendment (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe Rather than wasting our collective time on a process that the next regime will seek to amend, just like the regimes before it, we should embark on the process of evolving a new constitution entirely. As expected, the present constitution amendment process embarked upon by the National Assembly is generating a lot... Read More

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July 31, 2013

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Japheth Omojuwa: Africa’s 20-year-olds and the future of freedom (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa The deregulation of the media on the continent via social media and cable television have brought Africa closer to itself and the world closer to Africa. Young Africans now see very clearly that freedom is not a gift from a dictator but a right they own as humans. Some 50 per cent... Read More

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July 7, 2013

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Opinion: The Ombatse Cult assault and Al-Makura’s complicity

by Obinna Akukwe Therefore, Ombatse cult is Nasarawa people’s fetish alternative to failed justice and security. Since the Ombatse Cult of Nasarawa State murdered over one hundred Nigerian Police and the State Security Service start the search for Baba Alakyo, Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura had pretended that he is not aware of his complicity in the... Read More

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June 30, 2013

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How Oyedepo, Onaiyekan, others tried to save Yar’Adua [DETAILS]

by Akan Ido Pastor Emmanuel Nuhu Kure, the National Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has revealed some of the issues that transpired during the sickness of former president Umar Musa Yar’Adua who died in office in 2010. Kure, who was one of the Christian leaders invited to Aso Rock Presidential Villa to pray... Read More

Abuja, Adso Rock, Bishop Oyedepo, Crdinal Onaiyekan, Turai Yaradua, Umar Musa Yar'Adua

June 22, 2013

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Dele Momodu: PDP and the rest of us

by Dele Momodu The cries of Nigerians were heard apparently by God when PDP suffered a volcanic eruption from within. Nothing is worse than the rebellion of a child against his own parents, that moment when he looks at his dad and mum with that straight poker-face and says: “To hell with you both.” Fellow... Read More

Dele Momodu, development, Goodluck Jonathan, nigeria, olusegun obasanjo, PDP, Politics, Umar Musa Yar'Adua

May 17, 2013

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Who declared this war? – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Sadly the ACN decided to play politics with the #SoE in the North. This hard-hitting editorial tells them precisely where to stuff that play. Truth is bitter, or so the old saying goes. However, if you want to have any form of progress, you have to tell yourself the truth, or a variation of... Read More

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May 8, 2013

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Misguided utterances: Reps, Niger governor want Dokubo-Asari, Kuku arrested

The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, to quiz ex-militant, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, over his latest comment that there would be no peace in Nigeria if President Goodluck Jonathan was not re-elected in 2015. In a separate statement, Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu also asked security agencies to... Read More

Asari Dokubo, Goodluck Jonathan, Kingsley Kuku, Niger Delta, Umar Musa Yar'Adua

May 5, 2013

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“With an undiminished feeling of great personal loss”: GEJ remembers his late boss, Yar’Adua

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to emulate the exemplary qualities of his late predecessor, Umar Musa Yar’Adua, who died three year ago after a protracted illness. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, the president expressed his feelings of personal loss... Read More

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May 4, 2013

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Dele Momodu: Governor Amaechi & the devil on the cross

by Dele Momodu What makes this saga very notorious, but divine, is the fact that the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which clearly separates the devolution of power between the States and the Federal Government is being openly desecrated and carelessly debased. Fellow Nigerians, I’m sure you are already wondering what this title... Read More

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May 1, 2013

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Here we go again: Senate accuses OBJ, Yar’Adua, GEJ of “misappropriating” N1.04 trillion

by Isi Esene The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has revealed that between 2002 and 2012, the three successive governments of President Olusegun Obasanjo, Umar Musa Yar’Adua, and Goodluck Jonathan misappropriated about N1.04 trillion from the Special Funds Accounts (SFA). The committee which released the its findings on Tuesday at the National Assembly in Abuja disclosed... Read More

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February 25, 2013

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Seun Onigbinde’s review of El-Rufai’s book, ‘The Accidental Public Servant’

by Oluseun Onigbinde This book offers insights and lessons on the challenges, pitfalls and common battles of a technocrat in public service. Accidentally, I found myself at the launch of Nasir El-Rufai’s book now overtly referred to as controversial and full of insider details, mysterious to the common citizen. I wanted to say goodbye to... Read More

Ahmadu Ali, Andy Uba, Nasir el-Rufai, nuhu ribadu, Seun Onigbinde, The Accidental Public Servant, Tony Anenih, Tunde Bakare, Umar Musa Yar'Adua

February 20, 2013

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Jonathan never signed one-term agreement – Presidency

by Isi Esene The presidency has challenged PDP governors to produce any document signed by president Goodluck Jonathan limiting him to a one term presidency. Ahmed Gulak, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs spoke on an African Independent Television (AIT) programme yesterday maintaining that the president can not be intimidated away... Read More

Ahmed Gulak, Babangida Aliyu, Goodluck Jonathan, nigeria, Samuel Ogbemudia, Tony Anenih, Umar Musa Yar'Adua

January 31, 2013

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UNN Convocation speech: House of Representatives to investigate Oby Ezekwesili’s claims

by Emmanuel Okubenji The House of Representatives, on Thursday, said it will investigate the Federal Government’s alleged misuse of $67 billion in the last six years. The alleged used sum comprised of Nigeria’s foreign reserves that stood at $45 billion, as well as an excess crude amount of $22 billion in 2007. Oby Ezekwesili, former Special... Read More

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January 25, 2013

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Let me share five stories with you… (#NewLeadership Series with Chude Jideonwo)

by Chude Jideonwo Just remembering those heady times, and the excitement of change, the voices that came together, and the unshakeable faith that it spoke of warms my spirit. Today, I will share a few stories. Hearing all the calls for caution and challenges that hit young Nigerians who are concerned about changing their country... Read More

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January 25, 2013

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Tragic choices: How Yar’Adua, Jonathan squandered N10.6trn – Oby Ezekwesili

by Isi Esene Oby Ezekwesili, former Vice President (Africa) of the World Bank and federal minister during the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration yesterday alleged that about $67bn had, in the last five years, been squandered by the two successive governments of Umar Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan. She reportedly said the money was left in... Read More

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January 9, 2013

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Severance pay? Jonathan pays close to N1bn to Yar’Adua family (Report)

by Akan Ido There are unconfirmed reports that the presidency has paid about N1bn to the family of late president Umar Musa Yar’Adua according to a memo reportedly obtained by an online news medium. Reports say the fund was routed through the Katsina state government where the late president once served as a governor. The... Read More

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January 7, 2013

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Opinion: Power supply prediction comes true

by Sam Amadi Privatisation fails when it ends up as sweetheart bazaar sale. It also fails when reformers recklessly believe that without doing more, a private electricity market will cure all the pathologies of the public electricity market. The year 2012 has ended with generation reaching the 4,500 megawatts mark. Even though power supply is... Read More

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Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Why I am an entrepreneur in the business of nation building (1)

Akin Osuntokun: Obasanjo, Buhari and nation building

Simon Kolawole: All said and done, Nigeria first

Azu Ishiekwene: A different view of the Niger Delta crisis

YNAIJA PREDICTION: We predict that PDP’s Musa Nashuni will win Katsina guber elections

YNaija Analysis: Yesterday’s postponement reminds us – we urgently need to restructure Nigeria

“Our brother has failed” – Ex-militant leaders support Buhari

Fayose says OBJ wants Buhari to die in office

‘PDP cannot manage its success’ || Alex Ekwueme is not happy with his party

YNaija Editorial: In sickness or in health, Dora Akunyili is our hero

YNaija Editorial: In sickness or in health, Dora Akunyili is our hero

Toni Kan: Suntai – Re-enacting the Yar’Adua episode

Alkasim Abdulkadir: Taraba – An appalling sense of déjà vu (Y! FrontPage)

Debo Adejugbe: Much ado about constitution amendment (Y! Politico)

Japheth Omojuwa: Africa’s 20-year-olds and the future of freedom (Y! FrontPage)

Opinion: The Ombatse Cult assault and Al-Makura’s complicity

How Oyedepo, Onaiyekan, others tried to save Yar’Adua [DETAILS]

Dele Momodu: PDP and the rest of us

Who declared this war? – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

Misguided utterances: Reps, Niger governor want Dokubo-Asari, Kuku arrested

“With an undiminished feeling of great personal loss”: GEJ remembers his late boss, Yar’Adua

Dele Momodu: Governor Amaechi & the devil on the cross

Here we go again: Senate accuses OBJ, Yar’Adua, GEJ of “misappropriating” N1.04 trillion

Seun Onigbinde’s review of El-Rufai’s book, ‘The Accidental Public Servant’

Jonathan never signed one-term agreement – Presidency

UNN Convocation speech: House of Representatives to investigate Oby Ezekwesili’s claims

Let me share five stories with you… (#NewLeadership Series with Chude Jideonwo)

Tragic choices: How Yar’Adua, Jonathan squandered N10.6trn – Oby Ezekwesili

Severance pay? Jonathan pays close to N1bn to Yar’Adua family (Report)

Opinion: Power supply prediction comes true

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