YNaija Editorial: The sad day after Nigeria’s Independence

YNaija Editorial: The sad day after Nigeria’s Independence

October 1, naturally, marks one of the most significant days in the history of our beloved Nigeria. Not only did we gain our independence from the exploitative British empire that day in 1960, six years prior, our heroes past had also managed to score huge points with the Lyttleton Constitution and it’s firm entrenchment of... Read More

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September 25, 2017

YNaija Editorial: The Voice was not the enemy, Nigeria is

Word on the street is that a not-so-ideal person emerged the winner of the just concluded music TV reality show, The Voice Nigeria 2017. A Daniel Diongoli, popularly known as Idyl was announced as the winner of the sophomore season of a show which had a first season that seemed to have put the voice... Read More

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September 18, 2017

YNaija Editorial: We have been made enemies of the State

It’s been a full week since the Nigerian government unleashed its Operation Python Dance II on innocent Nigerians in the South East. While we’d hoped that the sheer irresponsibility of a show of force against one’s own citizens would have resolved itself – for the best – in that time, a horrible situation has only... Read More

Buhari, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, YNaija Editorial

September 12, 2017

YNaija Editorial: Forget Buhari and Nnamdi Kanu, remember there’s only one thing that matters

There’s a chance that you have noticed – amidst everything else that has been happening – that we have been a little bit aloof. And it must be understandable to you. Think about it. Hurricanes, floods, time travel (and not the Elon Musk kind) back to a past filled with avoidable mistakes and a looming... Read More

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August 21, 2017

YNaija Editorial: There’s just one thing we need from Mr President now

But there are still a plethora of issues that remain unresolved, even if the nation is beginning to recover from a festering recession, there is no doubt that the custodians of these political arrangement cannot come to equity with clean hands. How do you effect change in a country that is in dire need of... Read More

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August 7, 2017

YNaija Editorial: What’s the fate of the rest of the nation if Boko Haram is yet undefeated?

Moving around the nation’s economic capital of Lagos, you can smell the fear all around – a situation that would have been almost improbable two years ago when it didn’t matter – at least not urgently – to Lagosians that a war was ravaging the North-East or that there was any avenging going down in... Read More

Abubakar Shekau, Anambra killing, Badoo, boko haram, YNaija Editorial

July 31, 2017

YNaija Editorial: We need to take CNN’s joke about Buhari very seriously

The shame we have to bear this week, as Nigerians, is that CNN, the “Fake News Network”, dedicated expensive airtime to mocking Nigeria’s current state affairs. CNN, one of the leading cable news outlets in a country where their unpopular President has a “dangerous mental illness”, found it appropriate to make fun of Nigeria for having... Read More

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July 24, 2017

YNaija Editorial: The problem with the APC governors’ visit to Buhari is that these leaders still don’t get it

One of the biggest stories from the past week was the former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke‘s conversation with alleged co-conspirators, Kola Aluko and Chief Jide Omokorie. In transcripts of phone conversations she held with the others, the former Minister can be heard elaborating on some the activities and acquisitions which had been carried out using laundered funds. Nigerians... Read More

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July 17, 2017

YNaija Editorial: Yes please, the Presidency may approach the bench immediately

When three weeks ago, Babatunde Raji Fashola decided to take on the National Assembly by himself over the cuts made to his Ministry of Works’ Budget, it was beyond embarrassing. Not only on account of the way that he sparred with members of the legislature in an almost personal manner but also because as the governor... Read More

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July 10, 2017

YNaija Editorial: The Osun West by-election result is a clear indicator of Nigeria’s electoral future

Ademola Adeleke of the “dying” Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – whose “obituary” was dramatically declared by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo who publicly trashed his membership card a couple of years back – just gave the ruling party (both at Federal and State levels) a public trashing on Saturday. Adeleke, a political rookie by many standards, floored... Read More

Goodluck Jonathan, Isiaka Adeleke, Osun by-election, RAUF AREGBESOLA, YNaija Editorial

July 3, 2017

YNaija Editorial: The fight over religious studies is a distraction from real problems

For the past few weeks, there has been a raging controversy in Nigeria over a change to the country’s educational curriculum. Christian leaders allege that Christian Religious Knowledge has been melded with a new subject called National Values, while Islamic Religious Knowledge is a subject on its own. There is also a lot of angst... Read More

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June 26, 2017

YNaija Editorial: President Buhari’s message to Nigerians in Hausa is ‘unacceptable’

About two years ago at his inauguration, the most quoted lines from the speech of President Muhammadu Buhari was, “I am for everybody, and I am for nobody.” The line which earned him a thunderous applause from the crowd at the Eagle Square, Abuja and got positive reactions across the country was intended to mean... Read More

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June 19, 2017

YNaija Editorial: Where, in the name of all that is good, is President Buhari?

During the period President Muhammadu Buhari was on his first medical leave this year from January 19 to April 09, we were daily regaled with stories of how he was doing and treated to news reports and pictures of dignitaries in and out of government that daily trooped to London to meet with him. Although... Read More

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June 12, 2017

YNaija Editorial: Remembering the nameless, faceless heroes of June 12

June 12, 1993 is a watershed moment in the history of Nigeria: an election that has been adjudged to be the freest and fairest ever conducted in the country was held, and one that broke barriers with a Muslim-Muslim ticket winning in a country with deep religious cleavages. This was why there was so much... Read More

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June 5, 2017

YNaija Editorial: The delay in signing the 2017 budget is unacceptable

A couple of weeks ago, we published a mini-editorial on the madness and endless controversies around the 2017 budget that was recently passed by the National Assembly. Although the budget is far from perfect and the issues we raised around it still remain valid, we were at least happy that it had been passed and... Read More

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May 29, 2017

YNaija Editorial: Celebrating the 18 years of “democrazy” that have taught us freedom

On this day in 1999, a new chapter in the history of Nigeria was opened: the military went back to the barracks and their constitutional role of protecting Nigeria’s territorial integrity. Most importantly, we gained the freedom to elect our own political leaders. We have come a long way since President Olusegun Obasanjo was sworn... Read More

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May 15, 2017

YNaija Editorial: Lessons from a weekend of Presidential weddings

Over the weekend, the city of Minna in Niger State was agog as former military ruler Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida gave out his youngest child and second daughter, Halima in marriage to businessman and traditional title holder from Gombe, Auwal Abdullahi. Expectedly, Nigerians were bombarded with pictures from the glamorous event and news of how the... Read More

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May 8, 2017

YNaija Editorial: For the Chibok Girls, it’s still a long walk to freedom

There has been a lot of jubilation over the release of 82 girls abducted by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State in April 2014. After three years in captivity, these girls are finally free from their abductors to be reunited with their families and hopefully, to... Read More

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February 13, 2017

YNaija Editorial: The secrecy around President Buhari has reached ridiculous levels

For the past couple of weeks, one of the most dominant news items has been the continued stay of President Muhammadu Buhari in the United Kingdom on vacation and the rumors about his health. While there have been rumors that his health condition is grave with some even alleging he is in coma, the President... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

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February 6, 2017

YNaija Editorial: Nigerians need the truth about Buhari’s vacation

Today would have marked the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ten-day vacation in the United Kingdom, a period which has seen the emergence and spread of rumors about the true intention of his vacation, including allegations that he is gravely ill. That vacation has, however, now been extended by an unspecified number of days in order... Read More

Opinion

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January 30, 2017

YNaija Editorial: There is still so much work to do against Boko Haram

One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s strongest campaign promises in the run-up to the 2015 General Election was squashing the terrorist organization, Boko Haram and ending the insurgency they have been waging in the North-East region. It is also on this that he has scored his biggest achievements in the almost two years he has been... Read More

Cover Stories, Opinion, Thinking Through

Anwar al-Awlaki, boko haram, Borno, maiduguri, Muhammadu Buhari, nigeria, osama bin laden, terrorism, YNaija Editorial

January 9, 2017

YNaija Editorial: The Federal Government needs to act in unison

A few days before Christmas, the Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja of the Nigerian Customs Service announced the seizure of a shipment of rice, which upon testing, turned out to be plastic pellets shaped in the form of rice. Expectedly, this seizure dominated the news headlines with Christmas festivities approaching and demand for rice, Nigeria’s staple... Read More

Featured, Opinion, Thinking Through

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December 26, 2016

SPECIAL EDITORIAL: It appears Pres. Buhari doesn’t understand that things have fallen apart

Most people who voted in Buhari in 2015, if asked about the situation of things at present, would say it is not a reality they had expected. Things have either been the same or gone downhill since the general elections in 2015. In Buhari’s defence, not everything he caused, but everything he had the opportunity... Read More

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December 12, 2016

YNaija Editorial: Stop explaining – or regretting – your vote for Buhari

Over the weekend, a storm in a teacup erupted amongst that troublesome group on the Internet called ‘Nigerian influencers’ – a person who campaigned vigorously for Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 came out to make clear what we all know: Buhari’s government in an ongoing failure. As if on cue, and as cliché, supporters of the... Read More

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November 21, 2016

YNaija Editorial: Gov. Oshiomhole’s immoral pension

As NLC President, Adams Oshiomhole was on the side of the common man, taking government to task on issues of the welfare of workers. It was this credibility he drew on to become the governor of Edo State in 2008 after a protracted court battle, won a second term and eventually installed his successor, Godwin... Read More

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November 14, 2016

YNaija Editorial: Jigawa’s mosques and misplaced priorities

The recent announcement by the Jigawa state government that it has opened bidding for the construction of ninety mosques in the state, is the latest example of the wasteful spending that goes on at state level. Jigawa is one of Nigeria’s many beggar states. It depends on handouts from Abuja for 84% of its monthly... Read More

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November 7, 2016

YNaija Editorial: How to honour Lt. Col. Muhammad Abu-Ali

The life and death of Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Abu-Ali brings into focus once again the sacrifices of the Nigerian Army in the fight against Boko Haram. Abu-Ali earned a double promotion in to Lieutenant Colonel earlier this year as a result of the bravery he has displayed on the front lines, and the outpouring of... Read More

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October 31, 2016