Having a long term view to things requires a sophisticated understanding of how the world has and continues to evolve. I belong firmly in the school of thought that believes history repeats itself. A ‘G’? I ride with you for free I want the long-term riches and b***es – Jay Z ft Memphis Bleek “Coming... Read More

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Tolu Ogunlesi: “Simply and squarely a failure of …” (YNaija FrontPage)

It has been three decades since that Chinua Achebe’s ‘The Trouble with Nigeria’ appeared. That is the book in which Mr. Chinua Achebe, stumped by the state of his country, declares: “The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership.” Today, disagreeing with that line has since become a mini-industry of its... Read More

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July 1, 2012

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Ebuka Obi -Uchendu: Nigerians give a damn (YNaija FrontPage)

A few people fell as one girl screamed; “I knew I should have left for London today. I knew it.” Was that a bomb I had just heard? I didn’t want to believe it. Bombings in Nigeria first became a national issue the moment Abuja was hit on October 1, 2010. There couldn’t have... Read More

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, YNaija Frontpage

June 30, 2012

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Temie Giwa: The change we need (YNaija FrontPage)

We begin this week with the recent media chat held last week by the President. Many Nigerians tuned in and attempted to ask the president many pertinent questions. Previously, I had secretly held hope that President Jonathan had the opportunity to be the person who we have been waiting for. I believed that he could... Read More

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June 27, 2012

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Japheth Omojuwa: Dear President… before we all go to hell (YNaija FrontPage)

One of the greatest challenges of your person is that you care more about what the feelings of those around you are, than you care to think about the reality in the country. Dear President, I write this consciously reminding myself of the need not to allow my anger get in the way of... Read More

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June 25, 2012

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Tolu Ogunlesi: Nigeria, rocket science, and other life’s mysteries (YNaija FrontPage)

At that time I remember thinking to myself: with bomb disposal expertise like this, who needs bombers? Last week I got into an extensive back-and-forth on Twitter (oh yes, Twitter again!) with someone – a stranger – who eloquently defended President Jonathan and his achievements. It’s impossible to tell if this person works for the... Read More

Bomb, foi bill, tolu ogunlesi, YNaija Frontpage

June 21, 2012

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Akintunde Oyebode: A few good men (YNaija FrontPage)

A few weeks ago, Farouk Lawan was the darling of many Nigerians, an example of what legislative powers should be. There are two military characters Hollywood brought to life. Colonel Frank Slade, the blind idiosyncratic war hero in Scent of a Woman, played by Al Pacino; and Colonel Nathan Jessep, the decorated war veteran, who... Read More

farouk lawan, YNaija Frontpage

June 20, 2012

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Japheth Omojuwa: Can Nigerians be aroused…again? (YNaija FrontPage)

As a people we must come to realise that we are on our own. We must come to see that except we re-distribute political power by empowering ourselves nothing will change. Nigeria needs a shake up and that really must happen fast. I have come to the point where I totally believe this system deserves... Read More

japheth omojuwa, YNaija Frontpage

June 17, 2012

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Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Nigeria and the tortoise (YNaija FrontPage)

It’s tough to keep up with shocking news in Nigeria. I don’t even understand how things spiral anymore. Something really sad and shocking happens one day; then while you’re still trying to get the details of it all, another bomb (no pun intended) hits you so hard, the earlier problem begins to look like a... Read More

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June 14, 2012

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Akintunde Oyebode: The beatification of an area boy (YNaija FrontPage)

I always wanted to use a Soyinka play as the title of my Thursday junk, thanks to the bees in Abuja, I finally have the chance. The Beatification of an Area Boy was inspired by the struggles of the poor people of Maroko, and how they were brutally displaced from their homes, their land shared... Read More

Akintunde Oyebode`, fuel subsidy report, lawal, majority, minority, nigeria, otedola, recall, YNaija Frontpage

June 9, 2012

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Temie Giwa: Making tragedy count (YNaija FrontPage)

Tragedy is an opportunity to do better, to create better systems and a better world. What do I add to the silence here? About 200 people died for no apparent reason. I didn’t know any of them personally but many were friends of friends and this sort of closeness forces self-reflection. How did Nigeria get... Read More

Temie Giwa, YNaija Frontpage

June 7, 2012

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Akintunde Oyebode: For those who left on Sunday (YNaija FrontPage)

I was meant to meet Tosin on Monday, but she never made it to Lagos; instead, I will be attending a service in her honour later today. My first visit to the FATE Foundation office was in April 2010; I was asked to speak to a group of entrepreneurs on “Planning for the Future: How... Read More

Dana air crash, YNaija Frontpage

June 5, 2012

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Why live long when you can live forever? (YNaija FrontPage)

As someone who has been close to death and dying more than I really should, I don’t believe this culture of sweeping death under the all-encompassing rug of euphemism is very helpful to us. “Leave a mark they can’t erase, neither space nor time So when the director yells cut, I’ll be fine” – Jay-Z... Read More

#DanaCrash, YNaija Frontpage

June 3, 2012

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Ebuka Obi- Uchendu: Goodluck, good promises and good lies

I need to state how much I hate myself right now for even discussing an election that is 3 full years away. Nothing can be more distracting and in Nigeria, it is something we love to do very well; distract any and everyone distractible. “I will not contest the 2015 elections… If I’m voted in... Read More

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, election 2015, YNaija Frontpage

June 2, 2012

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Temie Giwa: Quick wins (YNaija FrontPage)

And so here we are, on Democracy Day, Mr. President is suffering from the withdrawal that often comes from aspirational elections, especially among young urban Nigerians, who had loved him when he became the Facebook President. Last week was Democracy Day in Nigeria, and rarely have I seen the full ugliness and beauty that the... Read More

democracy day, Temie Giwa, YNaija Frontpage

May 31, 2012

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Akintunde Oyebode: A storm in a teacup (YNaija FrontPage)

It was a speech lacking the conviction of a man speaking from the mountain top; and was filled with the usual anecdotes of plans and phantom achievements.. One of my favourite actors is the Australian Geoffrey Rush. I was struck by his performance as David Helfgott, the talented pianist who suffered a mental breakdown, in Shine;... Read More

democracy day, YNaija Frontpage

May 30, 2012

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Japheth Omojuwa: Democracy Day? But whose democracy? (YNaija FrontPage)

This democracy is closer to kleptocracy than it is to any genuine democracy I have seen elsewhere. To say otherwise would be to lie to you and to do that would be to do exactly what the president did in his “Kleptocracy Day” address yesterday. Yesterday, was officially Nigeria’s Democracy Day. It is a democracy... Read More

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May 29, 2012

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Dear Nigerian employer, welcome to your first taste of global competition (YNaija FrontPage)

It’s twice as hard to get a job that’s paying them So I ain’t paying attention to what you’re saying. – Jay- Z (Say Hello) Nigerian businesses have a huge problem with sourcing talent that will only get worse. How do I know? Well, I have this horrible habit of surrounding myself with... Read More

global competition, startups, YNaija Frontpage

May 27, 2012

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Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Dying for the English (YNaija FrontPage)

The announcement that Arsenal FC will be in Abuja this year, already shows that we might be in for even crazier times. “Buahahaha!!! See ur dead boys. Eyaah, I know say you no go fit chop for one week after this one. Hahahaha! Useless manure”. That was a friend’s Blackberry message to me on May... Read More

fan club, football, manchester united, YNaija Frontpage

May 24, 2012

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Akintunde Oyebode: Avengers Assemble! (YNaija FrontPage)

We thank Tony Abulu for his patriotism; but it is easy to recite the National Anthem when the government pays for your microphone. After a week of incessant social media hype, I gave in to the hype surrounding Marvel Studio’s newest movie, ‘The Avengers’. The movie delivered on its promise, and was able to fit... Read More

Akintunde Oyebode`, Avengers Assemble, Nigeria's creative industry, YNaija Frontpage

May 12, 2012

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Temie Giwa: Women at work in Nigeria (YNaija FrontPage)

It is time to start a rigorous data based conversation about the future of Nigerian girls and it is our collective responsibility to get women working again. Nigerian women and girls consistently do worse in every indicator of human development than boys, even women and girls in countries with similar level of development as Nigeria.... Read More

women, YNaija Frontpage

May 2, 2012

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Japheth Omojuwa: The Fuel Subsidy Scam: Rewarding the big thieves again (YNaija FrontPage)

“Payment of N999m to unnamed entities 128 times to the tune of N127.872b” The above line is one of the shocking details from the recently released Nigerian House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee on fuel subsidy. If this is shocking, what would you say about the fact that the man who made these payments – all within... Read More

japheth omojuwa, The Fuel Subsidy Scam, YNaija Frontpage

April 30, 2012

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Tolu Ogunlesi: The road mess travelled… (YNaija FrontPage)

They may never have heard of Twitter, or the term ‘Occupy Nigeria’, but they, like me and the multitude of social-media-active persons I know, all share in the nagging sense of victimhood that Nigeria confers on us all. Last Friday afternoon I left Lagos to travel to Ife, to speak at TEDxIfe. Having missed the... Read More

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April 17, 2012

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Much ado about abortion (YNaija Frontpage)

We in the belly of the beast And she thinking about abortion – Lil Wayne (Abortion) It is no secret that Nigeria has the second highest maternal mortality rate in the world. Several columnists here on this forum have put forward a certain narrative as to why this is. I’d like to... Read More

iyinoluwa aboyeji, YNaija Frontpage

April 3, 2012

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Is our government out of control? (YNaija Frontpage)

“Hard to be humble when you stunting on a jumbotron” – Kanye West A few weeks back, I wrote at length about why our best and brightest should not be driven to irrelevance and silence in the government. I got a lot of feedback about that. I must admit, I do understand that... Read More

iyinoluwa aboyeji, YNaija Frontpage

March 29, 2012

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Akintunde Oyebode: Governor Rotimi Amaechi and the trouble with Nigeria (YNaija Frontpage)

What really surprised me was how much the governor missed the memo. He failed to understand the call for change did not mean his generation should step aside. I am an unashamed member of the Free Readers Association, and will always cherish those discussions at Man Must Wack’s newspaper stand during my undergraduate years. Over the... Read More

Akintunde Oyebode`, Gov Rotimi Amaechi, YNaija Frontpage

March 27, 2012

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: The People’s Conglomerate – “Let me tell you the story of a small community in Kenya…”

“The way we run shit See we’re kind of like the government, So just repect my conglomerate” -Busta Rhymes Conglomerate As many of you who read this column may or may not know, as a Libertarian, I have a philosophically deep opposition to the idea of government. Time and again, I... Read More

iyinoluwa aboyeji, YNaija Frontpage

March 26, 2012

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Tolu Ogunlesi: “Okonjo-Iweala for President” (YNaija Frontpage)

What are you up to this time? I’ve seen you making frantic phone calls and generally appearing busy Oh boy, tings are happening. Campaign don start o Campaign? Isn’t 2015 a bit too far away at this point? Who’s talking 2015? We’re talking 2012 Sah! Iweala for President Huh? As usual you’re to be found... Read More

tolu ogunlesi, YNaija Frontpage

March 23, 2012

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Kathleen Ndongmo: This unhealthy burden (YNaija Frontpage)

Public health has to be the responsibility of public administrators. A government that forces its citizens to fester in neglected agony is a government that has fallen short. Before the weekend, most of us had never heard of Okeoghene John Igwhiwotho or Fabrice Ndala Muamba. On Saturday, in front of millions, one suffered a sudden cardiac incident... Read More

Fabrice Ndala Muamba, Okeoghene John Igwhiwotho, Public health, YNaija Frontpage

March 19, 2012

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Tolu Ogunlesi: Government – to go in or to stay out? II [YNaija Frontpage]

Last week I wrote about the “Stay-outers” versus “Engagers” conundrum: the questions that many well-meaning (emphasis on that) young Nigerians will increasingly have to face and deal with in the near future. I observed that “all too often we have seen ‘good’ men and women go into government and come out unrecognisable. Intelligent persons climb... Read More

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Learning the long-term game in a short-term Nigeria (YNaija FrontPage)

Tolu Ogunlesi: “Simply and squarely a failure of …” (YNaija FrontPage)

Ebuka Obi -Uchendu: Nigerians give a damn (YNaija FrontPage)

Temie Giwa: The change we need (YNaija FrontPage)

Japheth Omojuwa: Dear President… before we all go to hell (YNaija FrontPage)

Tolu Ogunlesi: Nigeria, rocket science, and other life’s mysteries (YNaija FrontPage)

Akintunde Oyebode: A few good men (YNaija FrontPage)

Japheth Omojuwa: Can Nigerians be aroused…again? (YNaija FrontPage)

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Nigeria and the tortoise (YNaija FrontPage)

Akintunde Oyebode: The beatification of an area boy (YNaija FrontPage)

Temie Giwa: Making tragedy count (YNaija FrontPage)

Akintunde Oyebode: For those who left on Sunday (YNaija FrontPage)

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Why live long when you can live forever? (YNaija FrontPage)

Ebuka Obi- Uchendu: Goodluck, good promises and good lies

Temie Giwa: Quick wins (YNaija FrontPage)

Akintunde Oyebode: A storm in a teacup (YNaija FrontPage)

Japheth Omojuwa: Democracy Day? But whose democracy? (YNaija FrontPage)

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Dear Nigerian employer, welcome to your first taste of global competition (YNaija FrontPage)

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Dying for the English (YNaija FrontPage)

Akintunde Oyebode: Avengers Assemble! (YNaija FrontPage)

Temie Giwa: Women at work in Nigeria (YNaija FrontPage)

Japheth Omojuwa: The Fuel Subsidy Scam: Rewarding the big thieves again (YNaija FrontPage)

Tolu Ogunlesi: The road mess travelled… (YNaija FrontPage)

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Much ado about abortion (YNaija Frontpage)

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Is our government out of control? (YNaija Frontpage)

Akintunde Oyebode: Governor Rotimi Amaechi and the trouble with Nigeria (YNaija Frontpage)

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: The People’s Conglomerate – “Let me tell you the story of a small community in Kenya…”

Tolu Ogunlesi: “Okonjo-Iweala for President” (YNaija Frontpage)

Kathleen Ndongmo: This unhealthy burden (YNaija Frontpage)

Tolu Ogunlesi: Government – to go in or to stay out? II [YNaija Frontpage]

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