Opinion: Femi Fani-Kayode and his blackmail of the Igbos

Opinion: Is the Nigerian economy deadlocked?

by Salim Salihu Muhammed No doubt, Nigeria is making progress in industrial growth, the absence of infrastructure to complement the concerted efforts of attracted investments is slowing down employment opportunities that abounds the ever increasing work force. Many countries over the world, including “third world countries” had had one plausible transformation stride or the other,... Read More

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Opinion: Femi Fani-Kayode’s entangled web

by Henry C. Onyeoma Second, Fani-Kayode’s essays, especially the second one, turned history on its head. It should not be unchallenged because it is a beautiful mixture of half-truths and inaccuracies that can cause a lot of damage to readers who are uncritical or lack the inclination or facility to cross-check Fani-Kayode’s presentations. Nearly fifteen... Read More

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Opinion: Important questions the APC must answer

by Ndukwe Onuoha It is because of this fact that many ‘chieftains’ of the APC are actually former PDP members. Vocal opposition politicians… all have their roots in the PDP. It’s been a rather interesting few weeks in Nigeria, with the political space getting more than its fair share of publicity. For those who for... Read More

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Opinion: What they did not tell us about the ASUU strike

by Adeola Adelabu Where was ASUU when Governor Fashola successfully commercialized education in Lagos State University? Who rents out their Boys Quaters to students who are not connected enough to get accommodation in the Halls of residence at outrageous prices (even though it’s illegal)? Nigerians were once reputed to be the happiest people in the... Read More

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Opinion: A case of the farmer and the roadside thief

by Muyiwa Adetiba It is one thing to defend your turf. We all have to do that from time to time. But to use ethnicity and tribal sentiment as the core reason for attacking— or defending— every position is taking us out of the 21st century. If the stories around a ‘certain deportation’ leave an unpleasant... Read More

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Opinion: Memo to APC’s Bisi Akande – Your rhetoric isn’t helping your party

by Ekerete Udoh Mr. Chairman, I am afraid if you don’t begin to weave a beautiful narrative on a different governance model and reduce your personal attacks on the president, you may find out rather belatedly that Nigerians have already soured on your party and once they had defined you along certain lines, it would... Read More

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Dele Momodu: A brotherly advice to Governor Akpabio

by Dele Momodu No matter how much you portray yourself to be humble and absolutely loyal to the Him-on-High in Abuja, it is a wasted effort. Your future ambition screams from afar. Anyone discerning enough would know you’re heading somewhere and don’t think President Jonathan is fooled about your voluptuous desire. Your Excellency, I find... Read More

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Opinion: Of presidential cry babies and kindergarten president

by Sunday Akin Dare Bisi Akande is the leader of an opposition party, a partisan political figure. If they saw fit to reply, the response should have come from the PDP’s over-exercised mouth. The statement issued by Reuben Abati the official spokesperson for the presidency on 11th of August 2013 criticizing the interim chairman of... Read More

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Opinion: Sule Lamido – Why he is the cause of ‘their’ fear

by Timawus Mathias There is no gainsaying the fact. Lamido is more prepared for the greater challenge of the Presidency of Nigeria, than President Goodluck was when he was elected. Indeed, running on his own, President Jonathan never won an election running until that which Lamido helped to steamroll. It is not about his desire... Read More

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Femi Fani-Kayode: I am neither a tribalist nor a hater

by Femi Fani-Kayode And I am not referring to any of those exciteable individuals whose emotions have beclouded their thinking and who have called me a ‘’scallywag’’ and all manner of other interesting and unsavoury names and who have said that I ought to be in jail or in a drug rehabilitation centre. Those that... Read More

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Opinion: This deportation ‘imbroglio’ must end

by Donu Kogbara Last year, Abia State Government ruthlessly purged its civil service of non-Abians. And I can’t even describe this nastiness as ethnic cleansing because, bizarrely, some of the victims of it were Igbos from neighbouring states! Journalists are supposed to be formidably well-informed and are expected to know more than most about what is... Read More

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Opinion: What Jargons- Common sense Economics and sensible Politics

by Adisa Adeleye If we can manage the domestic economy properly and efficiently, the external sector will gradually assume less importance and the Naira will find its level in the floating basket of currencies”. This is commonsense economics, leading to a lively and fully employed economy – with all hands available for producing enough goods... Read More

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Akin Osuntokun: The trial of Reuben Abati

by Akin Osuntokun The role of a presidential spokesman is mostly a no-win situation. It is his lot to champion and defend the president in all materials particular even where he personally entertains a different opinion. I recently attended the burial ceremony of the mother of the spokesman of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati,... Read More

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Opinion: Borno Night of Long Knives – I Hear The Victor’s song

by Victor Izekor Unknown to most Muslims and Christians in Borno who have been persistent in prayers for the past four years and thought God has shut the gate of salvation to them as the holocaust persist instead of abating, the Almighty Creator was right there with them in the years of tribulation and is... Read More

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Opinion: The electricity revolution is here

by Emmanuel Onwubiko Even the most hardened opponent of this government will agree that NERC has started a radical revolution that is unprecedented in the political annals of this country. The DISCOs were further warned that failure to comply with the 14-day ultimatum … Miss. Asabe Abdulsalami (not real names) is a 26 year old... Read More

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Opinion: Politics, neglect, and the heaviest penalty

by Mohammed Dahiru Aminu No momentous improvement is certain for Nigeria until we all are ready to succumb to a logical, hard-nosed decision, to reverse the institutional challenges that confront us on a daily life, which obviously are all attributable to a miscarried, mercilessly corrupt leadership. The Classical Greek philosopher, Plato, in his famous ‘Republic’,... Read More

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Opinion: Deportations, ethnic jingoism and political opportunism

by Is’haq Modibbo Kalu So almost on cue, the most chauvinistic vermin crawled out of the darkest crevice of ethnic jingoism. The action of the Lagos administration became elasticized into a demonstration of the hatred that the Yoruba had always allegedly had for the Igbo. I THINK Femi Falana’s well-argued piece on the on-going hysteria in... Read More

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Opinion: Shed your swagger and fight for a place in history

by Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú The Tunisians and Egyptians did not sit on their hands waiting for a revolutionary. Sustained spontaneous protests and sacrifice did it for them. Shed your swagger and fight for a place in history. Become a Monitorial Citizen today… Our supreme civic obligation is to visualize and understand the concept of virtue well... Read More

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Opinion: Deportation of destitutes is lazy, but Fashola is not an Igbo hater

by Steve Nwosu I am not one of those who believe Lagos is a no-mans-land. It is insulting to the indigenes of Lagos to make such postulations. I have intentionally steered clear of the leave-township notice that the Lagos State Government recently served and executed on some Igbo residents of Anambra extraction, simply because there are so... Read More

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Opinion: Maybe the problem is with parents of nowadays

by Auwal Anwar I sat down to remember how my childhood was so different. My parents were too busy eking a living to bother about my wants or if any teacher had smacked me at school. As long as they had provided the basics, I was on my own. No Disney Junior, no Cartoon Network,... Read More

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Opinion: Are Patience Jonathan & other first ladies a public inconvenience?

by Levi Obijiofor The press and the people have consistently accused Mrs. Jonathan of lack of discretion, relating to inappropriate conduct, improper utterances and involvement in excesses that belittle the high office of president occupied by her husband. True or false, the charges levelled against Mrs. Jonathan constitute the basis of no fewer than three... Read More

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Olusegun Adeniyi: PIB, Malabu and the $1 billion bazaar

by Olusegun Adeniyi While the Malabu controversy remains a business deal gone sour in a sector that is lacking in transparency, the circumstances surrounding a tri-partite transaction involving the Federal Government, Shell/Agip and Malabu Oil and Gas Limited in respect of OPL 245 is what has generated the current furore. Based on a subsisting motion... Read More

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Nasir el-Rufai: Kindergarten president, childish handlers

by Nasir el-Rufai I am keen to know why the presidency chose to keep quiet on my charge that President Jonathan is the godfather of the oil thieves. If that is not the case, how come oil theft jumped from about 100,000 barrels per day before his election to a staggering 400,000 per day now?... Read More

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Opinion: Raising a generation of tribally tainted Nigerians

by Demola Rewaju I have few problems with Femi Fani-Kayode’s recent outbursts against the Igbos, I’ve always known he could never be a part of the new Nigeria. my problem is with the effect of his words on many in my generation, some of whom are already lining up behind him and others against him,... Read More

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Opinion: Femi Fani-Kayode attended the best schools but lacks class

by Pedro Christian Kalu In the words of John Okiyi Kalu “the views and actions of charlatans like FFK cannot and will never represent the views of the learned and hard working entrepreneurs of Yorubaland but rather that of a drug damaged mind seeking to ride on ethnic conflict to actualize his gubernatorial ambition.” I once admired and... Read More

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Opinion: Tony Anenih, Goodluck Jonathan and his trouble-making elders

by Rotimi Fasan His veiled attack at nameless and unpatriotic elders making comments likely to cause disaffection and disunity among Nigerians was definitely one of his many incompetent attempts at addressing festering national issues. So Chief Tony Anenih, the BoT chair of the PDP, marked his eightieth birthday last week and provided President Goodluck Jonathan... Read More

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Opinion: National Population Commission, Festus Odimegwu and the burden of truth

by JD Zubema To put the records straight, Eze Odimegwu on assumption of duty as Chairman NPC in June 2012, told whoever wanted to listen that appointment of Directors and other staff in the commission was lopsided and he was going to correct it. He started by directing that all staff in his office, as... Read More

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Elnathan John: About Femi Fani-Kayode’s ‘bitter truth’

by Elnathan John My opinion in this matter is simple. A Lagosian as a social term is any Nigerian citizen who is permanently domiciled in Lagos, pays tax to the Lagos State Government and calls Lagos home. I am always wary of people who claim they know the ‘real story’ or the ‘truth about’ something.... Read More

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