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Cheta Nwanze: Many Christians are wrong (Y! FrontPage)
A lot of people of other faiths may not accept that Jesus is the Son of God, but they do not argue with the basic message that Jesus gave, love…
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Temie Giwa: How to make a baby homeless (Y! FrontPage)
Are we fine with paying for high-rise apartments or gleaming new malls with the homelessness of a baby? Is this a price we are willing to pay for development? Are…
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Akintunde Oyebode: The labour of our heroes past (Y! FrontPage)
This is how our heroes are rewarded, shot like wild animals and left to die painfully; the much luckier ones die slowly, and watch helplessly as their pension and gratuity…
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Japheth Omojuwa: Nigeria, if a better tomorrow must come (Y! FrontPage)
We must learn to use our supposed enemies to fight our own battles. There are times we will need them to open doors we cannot open just because we do…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Is it your money? (Y! FrontPage)
One thing I have found particularly problematic about our country’s culture is our consumerist addiction to the short term. Even though many people will likely be offended by this example,…
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Cheta Nwanze: Where they burn books, ultimately they will burn people (Y! FrontPage)
The standards of our universities is such that to get a more rounded educational experience, the average Nigerian student needs to go for a Masters degree in the West in…
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Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: What happened to the ceasefire? (Y! FrontPage)
As we in Nigeria finally come down from the Nations Cup high and the Super Eagles’ victory and naira rain, reality didn’t waste time to hit us in the face…
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Temie Giwa: Donating blood is giving life (Y! FrontPage)
Saving Nigerian lives from preventable deaths requires action from the government, international partners and from citizens like you. I think a lot about citizenship and what that entails. What does…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Nigeria needs a third way (Y! FrontPage)
In the same way, lumping together our brightest and best with the clueless “forty thieves” that dominate our corridors of power in the interest of political expediency is simply a…
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Japheth Omojuwa: The seamy side of Nigeria (Y! FrontPage)
Nigeria is critical to the rest of the continent and if Nigeria does not get it right, Africa will really not make more progress. – President Barack Obama Nigeria is…
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Japheth Omojuwa: Who signed CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to the “Yesterday” team? (Y! FrontPage)
If you happen to have served in government before and you dare to talk now Dr. Reuben Abati already has a blanket you will find comfort in – men and…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Free expression: The process to change (Y! FrontPage)
I could play the background I could play the background Cause I know sometimes I get in the way So won't you take the lead, lead, lead? So won't…
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Cheta Nwanze: On freedom of expression (Y! FrontPage)
To my knowledge, Mr. Uzochukwu's article has been removed from this site after he made a request to its editor. That, dear reader, is where we are on a slippery…
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Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Hanging out with the voiceless (Y! FrontPage)
We make a lot of noise, disagree on everything and fail to focus on one issue long enough to resolve it before jumping to the next one. I always insist…
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Temie Giwa: Rape and responsibility (Y! FrontPage)
In further defense of the editors, it also posted right at the bottom of the piece, like it always does, that the opinion shared in every opinion piece is not…
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Temie Giwa: The case for legal abortion in Nigeria
I, of course, believe that access to abortion is a human right that Nigerian women deserve. Forty years ago, in the district of Colombia, the American Supreme Court passed a…
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Japheth Omojuwa:#SaveBagega: President Jonathan has moved, time for Dr. Okonjo-Iweala to shake things (Y! FrontPage)
A lot of credit must of course go to the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan who moved faster than his usual self to order for the release of funds for the…
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Temie Giwa: Stealing from the police (Y! FrontPage)
So if we spend so much on the Nigerian police, how come the state of the Police Colleges are so bad? Last week, it seemed that the Presidency was set…
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Akintunde Oyebode: Brother, can you spare a dime? (Y! FrontPage)
The local government remains the easiest arm of government to influence and change, but we collectively ignore it; preferring to focus on the less difficult and more glamorous top-down change.…
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Japheth Omojuwa: For bloggers only – Part 2 | #SaveBagega (Y! FrontPage)
The power of new media realities is that everyone who cares to have a voice now has a voice. The world has not only changed, that change is in itself…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Dr. Abati and the power of the powerless (Y! FrontPage)
What remains to be seen is whether these “children of anger” can work together to put Aso Rock on red alert again in 2015. This time for good. A little…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: Enough is enough – Nigeria’s goats fight back (Y! FrontPage)
It's a serious matter. Nigerian goats are really taking the piss, and taking laws into their own horns. Two weeks ago the papers have been awash with the news of five…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: Four things Nigeria has taught me (Y! FrontPage)
If this country will change for the better, it will be because there are people who are prepared to act as though no alternative exists. Because, left to the 'system',…
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Temie Giwa: Befriending the Nigerian police (Y! FrontPage)
by Temie Giwa The stories of killings, tortures, and extortion against the Nigerian police are so many that it is almost a cliché to mention these. Nigerians are generally not…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Goodbye to the disaster that was 2012 (Y! FrontPage)
The final and I believe the most important lesson of 2012 is that despite all of Nigeria’s doom and gloom, there is still incredible opportunity. You can’t imagine how glad…
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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