Tag: Umaru Musa Yaradua
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, ...
The YNaija Cover – the 6th of May
Follow the links below to check out our weekend stories: The Big 5: Sharia police in Kano to ...
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 ...
[#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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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” | ...
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 ...
[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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Worsening cases of oil theft put Nigeria’s economy in jeopardy – ACN calls on FG to act
by Isi Esene The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on the Federal Government to curb the rising incident ...
Hauwa Gambo: There was a president, and his name was Olusegun (Y! FrontPage)
by Hauwa Gambo Whatever good this man accumulated in his time in office, he wasted and squandered towards the end ...
Sam Omatseye: The ‘ghost of Yar’Adua’ is sweeping the nation
by Sam Omatseye He is not in the throes of the presidency today, but we see his ghosts in ...
The Other Friends Podcast
- The Other Friends Podcast: Meet TJ BensonTJ Benson is a speculative fiction writer living in Abuja. His debut short story collection, 'We Won't Fade Into Darkness' was published by Paressia Books and he is publishing his sophomore novel, the Mad House under Masobe Books. He is a teacher of fiction and a runner up for the 2017 Short Story Day Africa […]