Okey Ndibe: A culture of low expectations

Opinion: Who leads the APC, Tinubu or Buhari?

by Ochereome Nnanna The main headache will be when the LEADER of the party is considered. That is the man on whose table the buck comes to a final stop; the man who gives the last order and delivers the casting vote when crucial decisions are taken. Will it be Buhari the leader of the... Read More

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Opinion: The ‘sins’ of the Nigerian elite

by John Amoda He said the inequalities in Nigeria are such that “the wealthy live like prisoners—the rest of the society resents them. And that brings me to the topic of discussion today- the grave mistake our elite makes when they think it fun owning mansions and private jets, at our expense, in the face... Read More

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Chidi Amuta: Lagos deportation – The invasion of designer tribesmen

by Chidi Amuta But what we are witnessing in recent times, beginning with the Lagos renditions, is first, a flagrant violation of the Nigerian constitution. I am not aware that as Nigerians we are only fit to reside anywhere in our country when we are fit, rich, able and self-supporting. Nigeria 2013. Just when you... Read More

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Opinion: Edward Snowden, Isreali surveillance contract and false analogy

by Adeolu Ademoyo No one can deny the evil nature of terrorism of any type. But the critics of the American state have raised the question of legality and ethics. In other words, is the American surveillance program lawful? Is it ethical? “It’s not enough for me as president to have confidence in these programs... Read More

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Opinion: Why I want to grow to be like Tony Anenih

by Ose Oyamendan They call him Mr. Fix-it. And, boy – did he fix that birthday! If I have a birthday like that, I’m sending a picture to TIME magazine because that definitely makes me a Top 100 influential person rather than one of those Nollywood actresses who can’t even get their fellow actresses to... Read More

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Opinion: When pornography takes over entertainment in Nigeria

by Chinedu Anarado With aggressive advocacy for homosexuality, we are inching closer every day to a situation where it is cool to be gay and lesbian, run about naked and for young people to be free to roam naked with the attendant freedom to cross-dress and feel cool about it. A few days ago, a... Read More

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Femi Falana: The Lagos deportation and the law

by Femi Falana Finally, since the deporting state governments have no immigration officials to police their borders there is no assurance that the deportees will not find their way back to where they were deported. Deportation of dissidents In 1885, the British colonial regime deported King Jaja of Opobo to a remote island in West... Read More

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Opinion: The ‘ABSU’ rape saga and the rest of us

by Tajomavwo Fejiro Joy However, while the tale was still awash on every lip, the society was the first pawn to be raised on this chess board. The evil act was proposed to have happened in the university of Abia state and by students of the same school .whether this be true everyone including the... Read More

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Opinion: The disingenuity of Nigerian banks

by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu In my mind, there is no justification for the interest rates charged by Nigerian banks. For almost two years, the CBN, as a result of the expansionary fiscal stance of the federal government, has kept the monetary policy rate (MPR) unchanged at 12 per cent. Nigerian commercial banks are crying out over... Read More

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Kayode Ogundamisi: #ABSU rape – And we, the mob moved on

by Kayode Ogundamisi While a victim lives with bone crushing injustice thoroughly unaffected by righteous intentions the #hashtag mob has moved to the next sexy hashtag. No closure. No ability to sustain. No strategies. No moral ground to demand anything better from our leaders. No impact on anything of value. We all need deliverance. In... Read More

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Opinion: APC – How to be a distinct alternative

by Ado Umar Muhammed Leaders of APC will do well to prove to all that they are different from the PDP, that they are up to the task of facing the daunting challenges ahead, and that they are determined to provide purposeful leadership by tackling not only the insecurity challenge facing Nigeria today but fighting... Read More

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Opinion: Security consciousness in the face of terrorism

by Ola Lookman In a statement issued by spokesperson of Joint Task Force (JTF) in Kano, it said that “the disaster could have been avoided if citizens maintain vigilance to observe when packages are dropped as it was in this case…” There is no gain the fact that the Nigeria’s security personnel are doing their... Read More

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Opinion: But what else does Buhari want?

by Adewale Maja-Pearce Buhari is merely one of the many distractions we allow ourselves in the hope (always hope) that things will somehow get better without our own volition. God will do it, as we like to say; God will touch their hearts. Big mistake. One might have guessed it. No sooner was the new... Read More

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Demola Rewaju: Men need to fight but not often… says the thug in me

by Demola Rewaju That’s the test of manhood: the test to determine if you can rein in your strength in the face of provocation. I think some women like to know that the man they are with is one who can take a stand physically and fight for his rights sometimes. We as menfolk are... Read More

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Femi Aribisala: Running away from God’s prophecies

by Femi Aribisala When God gives a prophecy, he does not depend on man to fulfil it. He fulfils it himself. But when God gives us a vision and tells us to run, he intends that we should run away from it. When I started editing my book, “Doctor Strangelove” in 2005, I had over... Read More

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FFK will fail like others before him: A rejoinder to Femi Fani-Kayode’s ‘Lagos, the Igbos and the servants of truth’

by Sam Eleanya One thing is certain. FFK will fail. In this venture. To divide another generation of Nigerians the same way his generation was divided – and so has become a liability to their nation. Just like others before him with even greater convictions and motivations – did. Fail. (Before I sleep) I read Femi... Read More

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Henry Okelue: 8 things to ponder as 2015 draws near

by Henry Okelue Fellow Nigerians… You are innately smart. Let politicians tell us how they will improve our lives when we vote them in, not how Okoro is a threat to Adamu & Babatunde. Let us demand that every time. Compatriots, lets us for a second ponder on these: 1. The single biggest reason why... Read More

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Opinion: The bitter truth about Femi Fani-Kayode

by Obi Nwakanma Lagos belongs as much to the ethnic Igbo as to the Yoruba, Ijaw, Hausa, Fulani, Efik, Idoma, Urhobo, Itshekiri, Edo, and so on who live in it, pay tax, identify with it, and settles in it. I read with a lot of amusement the piece of clap-trap circulated through the Nigerian blogosphere last... Read More

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Opinion: That lonely world of our aged

by Muyiwa Adetiba Old age needs not be an albatross. It should actually be something to look forward to. After all, we all plan on growing old with grace. But as it is, all the money in Central Bank won’t help us when the children fly the nest, friends and associates start dropping off, and... Read More

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Opinion: APC – Still waiting for the Messiah

by Muheez Busari The nation needs no regional party, myopic characters, mendicants foraging for daily bread, usurpers and vendetta boys brigade, old men parading as youth leaders, intellectually bankrupt messiah, re-cycled politicians and a host of other political highway men. I have been away on what I term a spiritual rehab, as I believe that... Read More

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Hip, hip, hurraY! #TeamRED lets its hair down for the 3rd anniversary of Y! (PHOTOS)

by Oge Okonkwo It was a fun-filled event at the third anniversary of YNaija.com, the internet newspaper for young Nigerians which held on Friday, August 9, at the Bon-Voyage Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The anniversary party was attended by new and old staff, family and friends of #TeamRED and all the people who have contributed... Read More

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Tunde Fagbenle: Sobering thoughts on the mystery of reincarnation

by Tunde Fagbenle More frightening, with Nigeria in its perpetual state of stagnation, if not regression, could we be having the wrong kind of mad leaders reincarnating in our midst whilst the good ones are finding saner climes for themselves? Random musings they are, playing around my mind today for no particular reason. How many... Read More

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Opinion: Of Femi Fani-Kayode and his gospel of hate

by Nnaemeka Meribe A million Fani-Kayodes cannot create a gulf between us. Lagos and the Yoruba need people from other parts of Nigeria just as others need Lagos and the Yoruba. As the cliché goes, no man is an island. In Igbo land, there are people referred to as “ori n’ crisis” (someone who makes... Read More

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Simon Kolawole: Winning the war against terror

by Simon Kolawole How can we contain this religious hate in Nigeria in the face of the Boko Haram insurgency? How can we make sure it doesn’t spread to more states? How may we wage the war in a lasting way? Quite amusing. The almighty United States recently closed 19 embassies in the Middle East... Read More

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Opinion: An ’emerging’ Nigeria and the culture of continuity

by Umar T.H The need to re-direct human capital to drive the country’s industrial take-off is clear; there can be no transformation without industrialization South Korea produces 70% of the world’s engineers and scientists. The United States produces 6%. Source-Aljazeera. When Chief Pius Anyim was inaugurating the National Partnership Committee for Strategy on improving Technical... Read More

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Opinion: ‘ABSU’ rape hysteria – We were wrong after all

by Habeeb Kolade The continual defective approaches to issues that border our sentimentalism seem to be the bane and have thus destroyed our sense of judgement and subsequently affected our actions are bothering issues. “FIVE ABSU STUDENTS GANG RAPE FEMALE STUDENT.” So read a screaming headliner late in 2011 after a rape video went viral... Read More

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Pius Adesanmi: Do not disturb – Intelligent Nigerians in conversation

by Pius Adesanmi “My brother, you are spot on. We must not allow tribalists to condemn our own. We must not let them obscure his sense of fairness. We must continue to scream it out to the whole world that our husband has gone mad again rapes girls equally from every part of Nigeria….” (to... Read More

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Dele Momodu: The sermon from Chief Anthony Anenih

by Dele Momodu There are too many people in the PDP who are too set in their perfidious ways. If they would hearken to that sermon, the fire burning all over Nigeria would be instantly doused. Fellow Nigerians, please join me in congratulating one of our latest octogenarians, Chief Anthony Akhakon Anenih, who turned 80,... Read More

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