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Opinion: A few fixes Nigeria desperately needs

by Tokunbo Soetan Fixing this constitution will go a long way towards fixing the ills of the country, and should negate the need for a national sovereign conference simply because the end result will be the same Reading our constitution, I come away sometimes impressed but oftentimes disheartened and even saddened. While it allows various... Read More

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Opinion: Stella Oduah – Ethics, gender and corruption

by Adeolu Ademoyo So the Stella Oduah-gate is the latest illustration of the inequity, stench and putrid unity of patriarchy and matriarchy in Nigeria’s public affairs. And because she was openly caught in the act pants down Princess Stella Oduah is only the most recent public face of that immorality. The allegation that Princess Stella... Read More

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Opinion: The church is guilty of aiding corruption in the land

by Wilfred Jubril How else does one explain a situation whereby a Christian, who reads the aforementioned verses, still defrauds an organisation and rushes to church to pay tithe? Trust these greedy ministers. They will not query the source of the money. The essence of ministry, as I have emphasized severally in my previous articles,... Read More

Church, corruption, fight, wifred jubril, ynaija

Ikhide Ikheloa: 10 things ASUU should learn from Nigerian prosperity churches

by Ikhide Ikheloa I will also concede that in that respect, coming from a different culture, I would be at sea in Nigeria, and with my imported ideas, I would fail. For good reason. There are clearly serious challenges in Nigeria’s educational sector that are exacerbated by poor attitudes among labor, management and government. The... Read More

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Opinion: 10 principles of becoming a successful person

by Bello Timilehin A book can be the best friend in your life. Books are good people. Lock the door, turn off the T.V and speak to a friend through the pages of a book. Stop wasting time and read books. They can keep friend with you. I was in Lagos on 27th October, 2013... Read More

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Opinion: It is not over until the aviation minister sings

by Denrele Animashaun As usual, her kinsmen have missed the point; that the procurement is wholly irregular and she has to explain why it was purchased for her in the first place. They praised her work at the helm for turning round the fortune of aviation (that is highly debatable). Earth provides enough to satisfy... Read More

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Reno Omokri: Jonathan, corruption and national conference – A response to Adewale Maja-Pearce

by Reno Omokri Nigeria recently won the African Cup of Nations in South Africa and is the current African Football Champion because we selected our best and brightest for the tournament. How would Nigeria have fared if coach Keshi had selected his players on the basis of ethnicity and religion? Let us ponder on this... Read More

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Opinion: The aviation procurement scandal is just a tip of the ugly iceberg

by Obi Nwakanma The president must demand her resignation. But the president must also expand the probe to examine the procurement process in other sectors of his administration because Stella Oduah and the Ministry of Aviation are not the only culprits here. The entire place stinks. I like Stella Oduah. Her fierce feline eyes –... Read More

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Tunde Fagbenle: Nigeria – A time to negotiate our co-existence

by Tunde Fagbenle We need to talk and negotiate our relationship. If some bloc would like to go their way, and it is agreed to by referendum, then I see why not. That does not mean the country needs to splinter into a thousand countries – though I find nothing wrong with even that. A... Read More

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Opinion: Senator Ted Cruz, Republicans and Nigerian Americans

by Ekerete Udoh The unstated or subliminal message in what Senator Cruz was sending out to his base was that Obama is a fraud, its health care reform is a fraud and that as a black man- a man of African ancestry he is a disaster to America. His message resonates with that band of... Read More

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Opinion: Bi-Courtney is not responsible for Oduah’s travails

by Remi Ladigbolu It is on the strength of arguments such as these that the supporters of the minister have labeled Babalakin the instigator-in-chief of Oduah’s clearly self-inflicted woes. There have been some allusions, both from official and unofficial quarters, to the fact that some influential individuals with stakes in the aviation sector, led by... Read More

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Opinion: Gov. Fashola’s greatest achievement

by Ralph Egbu But Fashola caused me to cease: against expectation he apologized to all for the development which certainly achieved a result far from what was obviously intended. By that act Fashola for me recorded the biggest achievement, far greater than the physical achievements he has posted in Lagos State. When I decided that... Read More

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Simon Kolawole: Dear Mr. President, Stella Oduah is not fit to be a minister

by Simon Kolawole Dear President Goodluck Jonathan, did you get a chance to monitor proceedings at the House probe of the armoured cars scandal? In case you were too occupied with state matters in the last one week, let me keep you up to date as much as possible. The scandal needs no introduction –... Read More

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Opinion: Celebrations of a Banana Republic

by Solomon Dalung If Chief Tony Anenih, at 80, is still chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority, while the former national youth leader of the ruling party came to office at the age of 61, where lies the future for the youths? Fifty three years ago, the Union Jack was lowered for the green-white-green... Read More

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Opinion: Why you must dare to be eccentric

by Ugo Ogwu Here is the down side; until we accept ourselves for who we truely are, only then can we see the potentials in us, and develop our latent abilities. That rigid mind-set of going with the” norm” makes us suffer unexplored potentials. By how much should we let people or “society” define the... Read More

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Opinion: 18 questions Stella Oduah MUST answer

by Musa Achimugu Why is there so much emphasis on the cost of the cars? N255 million is not even enough to feed our president for just 15 days; N255 million is not enough for our Vice President to read his newspapers; N255 million cannot maintain our presidential jets for 10 days; N255 million is... Read More

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Opinion: The 2012/2013 Nigeria Professional Football league season was a HUGE joke

by Victor Oladapo-Ariyo Imagine the title winner winning 18 of its possible 19 home matches and drawing one, this same club now wins only 2 of its away matches, drawing 2 and losing an outrageous 15!!! What kind of a league champion is this?? In writing this piece, I have fulfilled my promise to... Read More

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Pius Adesanmi: Wish me what you live abroad or get thee behind me, buddy!

by Pius Adesanmi It is this lack of a lived experience of the real thing, of the real deal, that sometimes transforms the Nigerian regular Joe into the most vociferous defender of his own oppression. If you know better and you hit the airwaves and the public sphere with tales of alternatives, the wrongly... Read More

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Akin Osuntokun: Between Stella Oduah and Peter Ekeh

by Akin Osuntokun And it is with this reluctance that I presume to judge the stewardship of Miss Oduah as Minister of Aviation; and even at that, I’m enlisting her not in her own right but as a variable whose misconduct conspicuously lends itself to the applicability of one of the most original and insightful... Read More

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Opinion: Allegations of corruption as another means of political witch-hunting

by Muhammed Olayinka But should we then kill today’s cook on account of yesterday’s hunger, though she was not responsible for it? I submit that if we cannot determine the purpose for which such allegations are raised, then we should wave them aside for the overall good of the society. For some time now, the... Read More

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Opinion: Age, politics and gullible youths

by Chukuemeka Obinna The Nigerian youths are gullible and are made easily available instruments for excessive and unhealthy politicking by the political figures. During polls, rallies and campaigns, the docile youths play into the hands of the elites. They are often hired by their bosses as thugs and “area boys” to instil fear into... Read More

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Opinion: Has the past come upon us?

by Jimanze Ego-Alowes The real work then on Nigeria is on her history. We must all recover the truths that were sacrificed to achieve Gowonic victory. It is this victory that kills us, boko haram and what not. And before many think it is a small matter, let us remind ourselves that it was her... Read More

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Opinion: Ngige and Nehemiah

by Afam Moneke Ngige’s 33-month reign was dogged with struggles to free Anambra from the influence of the mob but that did not dampen his spirit to give the people the benefits of their mandate. Among all the candidates jostling to win the November 16, 2013 gubernatorial election, Ngige is the only one that combines... Read More

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