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Bernard Dayo May 6, 2019

The Big 5: Sharia police in Kano to arrest people eating in public during Ramadan; DSS arrests commercial sex workers in Calabar | Other top stories

Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Sharia police to arrest people eating in public during Ramadan The Commander-General of Kano Hisbah, Nabahani Usman, has said from…

Omoleye Omoruyi September 24, 2017

“You must know that Jonathan inherited Diezani from Obasanjo” – Former Minister

A former Minister of National Planning, Prof Abubakar Suleiman, in an interview with Punch, said former President Goodluck Jonathan inherited estranged former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke from the Olusegun…

Editor July 26, 2017

Waziri Adio: The need to stop eating with ten fingers

by Waziri Adio A popular saying admonishes us not to eat with ten fingers. This axiom is not a homily about table manners. It is a metaphor about the virtue…

Op-ed Editor May 5, 2017

The Thread: “A man of integrity”, “Selfless” | Twitter NG remembers Yar’Adua as Buhari battles mysterious illness

7 years ago today, President Umaru Yar'Adua died. His death occurred amidst rumours of cabals, 11 weeks after his return from Saudi Arabia for a medical vacation. On January 19th,…

Editor February 23, 2017

YNaija Says: This Buhari ‘phone call’ is an insult to us all

Yesterday, the Director-General, Communications at the Kano State Government House released a video on Twitter of the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje speaking with President Muhammadu Buhari at a special…

Oludolapo Adelana February 13, 2017

Plot to trigger nationwide anti-Buhari protests ongoing

A group known as the Northern Patriotic Assembly says it has uncovered plots to trigger nationwide protests against President Muhammadu Buhari, The Cable reports. Spokesman of the group, Kwuanu Terrence, who…

Oludolapo Adelana September 30, 2016

Recession: Obasanjo, Yar’adua, Jonathan deserve to be blamed – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says past administrations in the country since the restoration of democracy in 1999 deserved to be blamed for the country's woes. He said this on Thursday night…

Kolapo Olapoju September 8, 2015

Senate to investigate Obasanjo, Jonathan and Yar’Adua

The Senate will today begin the investigation of the Nigerian power sector from 1999 till present. The probe is expected to cover the administrations of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the…

Kolapo Olapoju July 16, 2015

Why I chose Yar’Adua to succeed me as President – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday, revealed the reason why he chose the late former President Umaru Yar’ Adua as his successor. Obasanjo while speaking in an interview with Channels Television, said…

Kolapo Olapoju May 31, 2015

Asari-Dokubo says Yar’adua’s amnesty to Niger Deltans, was bribery

by Iyobosa Omoregie Asari Dokubo, Leader of the Ijaw Youth Council, has described the amnesty granted to the ex-Niger Delta militants by the late president, Umaru Yar’adua, as bribery. The former militant…

Emmanuel Chidiogo April 26, 2015

Sonala Olumhense: Dear Gen. Buhari, it is not enough to declare your assets

by Sonala Olumhense We need students, parents, schools, civic and professional associations putting down the pens and pencils of criticism, and replacing them with the rakes and shovels of…

Kolapo Olapoju January 14, 2015

You have failed, not our generation – Fashola replies Jonathan

by Kolapo Olapoju Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola has reacted to the comments of President Goodluck Jonathan, where he stated that his generation has failed Nigeria. Fashola replied saying…

Kolapo Olapoju January 13, 2015

#AnotherAngu: Neither GEJ nor Buhari will be president – Prophet declares

by Azubuike Azikiwe Yet another Enugu-based cleric has shared his prediction on the presidential election. Prophet Anthony Nwoko, says none of Muhammadu Buhari and President Goodluck Jonathan will be president…

YEditor October 1, 2014

YNaija Editorial: Nigeria at 54, still has a long way to go

On this day 54 years ago, there was a lot of excitement across the country as the British handed over the reins of political power to Nigerians. Nigeria had become…

February 13, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: Yar’adua, Kerosene and the subsidy fraud

by Olusegun Adeniyi However, it is interesting that the same CBN Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, whom NNPC now accuses of ignorance and “playing politics”, was the administration’s posterboy in…

November 20, 2013

Peregrino Brimah: Diezani Alison-Madueke is prepared to sell Nigeria’s refineries… again

by Peregrino Brimah So they refurbish “their” thing, with trillions of “their” money, and then sell them to themselves, via their coterie of friends on the outside for one-tenth of the worth, and…

May 17, 2013

Just in: Explosion rocks Buhari’s hometown, Daura

by Hauwa Gambo There are reports of an explosion and gunshots on Thursday night in the otherwise quiet town of Daura in Katsina. Daura is also the hometown of former…

March 14, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: Of Nigeria’s oil barons and the Petroleum Industry Bill

by Olusegun Adeniyi What is even more unfortunate is that the multinational oil companies who together officially account for 88 percent of Nigeria’s current production figure of 2.4 million barrels…

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