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Tinubu Expresses Fear Over Bloated Civil Service Payroll; Obasanjo Reveals Truth About Yar’Adua’s Illness | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Tinubu Expresses Fear Over Bloated Civil Service Payroll Obasanjo Reveals Truth About Yar'Adua’s Illness Niger reopens its airspace after a month of border lockdown Lagos State welcomes its Blue Line…
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Tinubu Emerges as Chairman of ECOWAS; Fayose Admits Working Against Atiku in Presidential Election | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Tinubu Emerges as Chairman of ECOWAS DSS Dismisses Arrest Claims of Senator Yari over Refusing Tinubu's Call Court Orders Disclosure of Abacha Loot Spending Details by Obasanjo, Yaradua, Jonathan, and…
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10 years after, Nigerians immortalize their ‘Darling President’ | The #YNaijaCover
Nigerians on social media today are celebrating the memory of a former president, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, who died in office on this day, ten years ago. The two-time Katsina Governor…
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The Buhari government is losing its mind on the matter of Sowore
It has been 20 years since Nigeria returned to a hard-fought democratic system of government. Four since President Muhammadu Buhari, reinvented himself as a “converted democrat” in a well-received Chatham…
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The YNaija Cover – the 6th of May
Follow the links below to check out our weekend stories:
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INEC reportedly does not have full results of 2007 Presidential election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not have the full results of the highly controversial 2007 presidential election, The Cable reports. As reported on its website Wednesday, the news medium…
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[#YNaijaEssays] The good, the bad and the ugly: What the Nigerian elections really cost
There are few events that can come to define a nation's identity quite like how it approaches elections. This is because elections expose the priorities and motives of the men…
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“We have been having successive accidental leaders since 1999” – Na’Abba
A former Speaker, House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba says all the Presidents since Nigerian went back to democratic rule in 1999, have been accidental. He is, therefore, referring to former…
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Opinion: We’re drinking our oil and eating our children’s future
by 'Fisayo Soyombo In 2007, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was desperate to solve a conundrum that was nearly as old as Nigeria’s independence. It was an especially recalcitrant…
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YNaija Analysis: This Buhari matter has stopped making sense
“Can anyone please tell me where is our president?” This was one of the tweets that was posted with the hashtag #WhereIsBuhari which trended for two days on Twitter. Over…
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YNaija Says: Buhari if you can’t do your job, do the right thing
Today marks the seventh anniversary of the death of the second president in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Until his passing away that morning,…
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It may make sense for Buhari to resign, but the cabal is the problem
Editor When President Muhammadu Buhari on January 19 communicated a letter to the Senate informing them of his decision to proceed on a planned two-week medical vacation to the United Kingdom,…
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We have your receipts: Going by what he said in 2010, Buhari should call for his own impeachment
by Soma Oj. It was 2010. We had an ailing President. President Umaru Musa Yar'adua who was snuck out of the country to Germany where he was terminally ill while…
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PROFILE: Who is afraid of Ibrahim Magu?
by Wilfred Okiche “In the light of the foregoing, Magu has failed the integrity test and will eventually constitute a liability to the anti-corruption stand of the current government.” Thus…
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The YNaija Tracklist: Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan agreed to $1.1bn Malabu oil deal – Adoke | NLC kicks against Customs directive on old vehicles | More stories
by Dolapo Adelana From the papers this morning - a Tracklist. “In 24 hours, the truth will be exposed” | Apostle Suleman responds to allegations (WATCH) - YNaija Obasanjo, Yar'Adua,…
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Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan agreed to $1.1bn Malabu oil deal – Adoke
by Dolapo Adelana A former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke has written a letter to the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, declaring his innocence in the controversial…
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[The Presidential Blog] We have a book: Buhari Vs Yar’Adua | But it has nothing to do with health
Apparently, President Muhammadu Buhari and the late former president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua have more in common other than taking off in the middle of heated affairs for a vacation that…
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Reuben Abati: Aisha Buhari and that BBC interview
by Reuben Abati Public communication is one of the most delicate challenges that people in public life face, either in the corporate or the public sector. Many people suddenly find themselves…
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The Media Blog: Dapo Olorunyomi steps (just a bit) aside at Premium Times
This didn’t make as much of a splash as it should have. Understandable sha – it’s Nigeria after all, where the present has very little knowledge of its provenance. Dapo…
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The Explainer: This is what is going on with the aviation industry
Arik, Nigeria’s largest airline, blamed the cancellation of all of its flights last week to a delay in getting insurance documentation as a result of the Sallah break. This left…
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Akin Osuntokun: As politics goes, so does the economy
If I were addressing myself to the exclusive audience of a social science class seminar, the topic above would be more appropriately entitled the political economy of Nigeria-under which specialisation,…
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Buhari flags off Abuja-Kaduna rail project (DETAILS)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commissioned the Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge rail project. The president, in his speech, commended both the Yar'adua and Jonathan-led governments for conceiving and starting the project…
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Buhari to implement militants’ agreement with Yar’Adua
President Muhammadu Buhari is reportedly evaluating the gazette signed by late President Umaru Yar’Adua on the Niger Delta crisis. Buhari is expected to peruse and lift from the gazette, a…
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Tinubu will destroy himself, Obasanjo will fight with Buhari – This PDP chieftain predicts doom for APC
by Kolapio Olapoju A member of the Peoples Democratic Party Board of Trustees, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has predicted that National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, would end…
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Olusegun Adeniyi: 2015 elections – This is the time to choose
by Olusegun Adeniyi I am quite aware that religion and politics have so intertwined in Nigeria that there is hardly any public official who does not openly identify with one…
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“This is imbecillic” – Tolu Ogunlesi rips apart Fayose’s advert for GEJ campaign (TWEETS)
by Kolapo Olapoju Following the political advert placed on the cover of Punch Newspaper, by the governor of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose, journalist, Tolu Ogunlesi has described the move as distasteful…
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CBN governor, Sanusi Lamido to begin retirement leave in April
by Oke Efagene Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido, will commence his retirement leave as from April 1, 2014, which is 2 months to the end…
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Opinion: The lies we tell ourselves
by Anwal Auwal 'We all know how we rig elections in this country. We compromise security agencies, we pay the electoral officials and party agents while on the eve of the…
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Opinion: 2015 – Lamido and Obasanjo’s selfish endorsement
by Iyobosa Uwugiaren Obasanjo knew the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was suffering from a terminal ailment and may not be able to finish his tenure but he chose to impose…
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Simon Kolawole: Nigerians are full of hypocrisy and prejudice
by Simon Kolawole If we believe in fairness, what is pepper soup for Yahaya should not be poison for Yohanna. As Nigeria gallops towards 100 years of amalgamation, one of…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy