Tag: YNaija Editorial

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YNaija Editorial: Nigeria’s Senators as economic saboteurs

The Senate investigative hearing into the alleged illegal repatriation of $13.9 billion by MTN between 2006 and 2016, is disturbing on many levels. First, the basic charge is false. The…

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YNaija Editorial: Mr. President, don’t prove your critics right

As he marched to victory at the ballot box at the fourth time of asking and created history in the process, there was a nagging doubt by those who supported…

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YNaija Editorial: Ending the culture of silence on sexual violence

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis - Dante Alighieri Last Wednesday, Ahunna Nwaogwugwu – @QueenCleo_92 on Twitter – collated…

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SPECIAL EDITORIAL: President Buhari, on DSS arrests, you are wrong. You are desperately wrong

Anyone reading the news today would be forgiven for thinking Nigeria is back in the 1980s and 1990s. In some ways, we are already there, what with a recession caused…

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YNaija Editorial: Only failed systems allow police officers play God

The recent report by Amnesty International that exposes inhumane behaviour and gross human rights abuses by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), an elite unit of the Nigerian Police Force set…

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YNaija Editorial: The urgent need for clarity on Federal Government’s capital expenditure

The 2016 budget process was fraught with delays and controversy, as the late appointment of ministers ensured that the budget was not signed into law until three weeks to the…

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YNaija Editorial: The humanitarian crisis in the North-east

A major plank of the Buhari administration was the pledge to end the insurgency in the North-east. It met on the ground a war against Boko Haram that had been…

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YNaija Editorial: Why is Solomon Dalung still a minister?

20 years ago this week, Nigeria recorded one of its most remarkable sporting triumphs to win the gold medal in the Olympic football tournament, with improbable victories over first Brazil,…

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YNaija Editorial: Redefining Nigeria’s federal character

Every new set of appointments by President Buhari comes under growing scrutiny, with observers waiting to compare the number of Northern sounding names with the number of Southern sounding names.…

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YNaija Editorial: Your life is more valuable than the ambition of any politician

The elections are almost upon us as the six week postponement period has almost elapsed. Sadly, there is desperation saturating the political atmosphere as politicians want to secure, or remain…

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YNaija Editorial: The politicization of the Nigerian army is now complete

File photo Over the years, Nigeria's military built a fearsome reputation. This reputation was not earned solely by the large expanse of land it controlled or its demographic strength, rather…

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YNaija Editorial: Of course, President Jonathan can – and should – contest

This needs be clear - the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) is not an impartial, objective organization.It is a sworn enemy of President Goodluck Jonathan and has been an equal-opportunity condemner of everything…

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YNaija Editorial: Welcome to the season of our discontent

The government’s response to the protests have been of suspicion... Promises have been made, but these are things we have heard on numerous other occasions. Much talk, some movement, but…

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YNaija Editorial: Mr. President, we’re going to need you to resign

  The fact that Nigerians (not even those who like him or feel sorry for him) cannot trust this president, and do not believe that he has the capacity to…

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YNaija Editorial: 62.5 per cent book tariff – Killing the publishing industry to save the print

But one does not need possess a doctorate degree to see the numerous holes in government’s smart Alec plan. The entire publishing industry is not isolated from the perils and…

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YNaija Editorial: On the missing $20 Billion oil funds

by the Editorial team While the CBN governor has become a thorn in the NNPC’s flesh, the corporation’s handling of these very weighty allegations has been disturbing to say the…

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YNaija Editorial: Let us be clear, we totally – unequivocally – stand against the anti-gay law

We have to wonder when it became our culture imperative to marginalise, to victimise, to hate. To witch-hunt a particular section of the otherwise law-abiding population. This one came upon…

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Opinion: Rotimi Amaechi needs to stop talking

by Wilfred Okiche By the end of the week, the ebullient governor of Rivers state Rotimi Amaechi is likely to have fired another verbal salvo at any one- or all-…

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YNaija Editorial: On rape, Senator Chris Anyanwu, and others, need to go all the way

  File photo Victims and the media have become more active in engaging and tackling the issues of sexual misbehaviours. If you read the newspapers casually, you might get the…

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YNaija Editorial: No, #Aluu4 is a matter of crime and punishment

Our job is to "reduce crime by bringing more offences to justice, and to raise public confidence that the system is fair and will deliver for the law-abiding citizen." In the aftermath…

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YNaija Editorial: Nigeria, you have a love letter from Senegal

Abdoulaye-Wade The result of his bid to override the bid of the people – in a country that has seen neither military nor constitutional coups – is but a diminished…

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YNaija Editorial: Where we agree with Femi Fani-Kayode

  It is impossible to imagine a nation more in self-denial than our dear country. Nigerians like to speak about what would or would not happen “in civilised societies” in…

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