by Rachel Ogbu One of the suspects who allegedly kidnapped Chairman, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Kehinde Bamigbetan, has committed suicide at a hotel along Old Ojo road, Agboju, Lagos. [...]
by Chi Ibe Earlier today we reported how an ex associate of former president Olusegun Obasanjo accused him of running a killer squad under the military regime of late Gen. Sani Abacha. Read [...]
by Rachel Ogbu Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha was flown abroad for further medical treatment after being in a car accident on Friday. [READ: Governor Rochas Okorocha involved in car accident, reportedly [...]
by Akan Ido In this interview with the Vanguard Newspapers, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State talks about his party, the race for the 2015 elections, the opposition parties, Boko [...]
by Femi Fani-Kayode Why do we always take ten steps forward and twenty steps backwards? Why is our case and example one of constant failure, ineptitude, defeat, shame, lack and [...]
by Okezie J.S. Nwoka The Alili is a centipede; a centipede has one hundred legs. Read full story on author website »
by Hauwa Gambo The Election War-room at YNaija2015 has kicked off today, two weeks after its launch, with the Edo Local Government Elections. The reporting is led by the chief [...]
by Eniola Fawehinmi It was reported this week that the Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Spike Lee (Malcolm X, Do The Right Thing) has been approached by the Osun government to [...]
by Akan Ido The lack of thorough background checks on our public officials have been a cause of concern to observers who have had a reason to doubt the integrity [...]
by Dele Momodu How many politicians born of women can resist the lure of money in a country where money speaketh all languages and conquereth all territories? Fellow Nigerians, please [...]
by Rachel Ogbu Photo: Punch More than 5,000 members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram with their wives and children might benefit from the proposed Federal Government amnesty, new reports claim. Avcording to [...]
by Rachel Ogbu Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, received an injury to his head on Friday after his car collided with a Mercedes Benz 200 on Orlu-Owerri Road in Imo [...]
Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, Sen. Bola Tinubu, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Sen. Ibikunle Amosun Read full story on author website »
by Wale Odunsi If Buhari and Tinubu allow their ambitions to kill the aspiration of a vast number of electorate patiently waiting to witness the end of “Africa’s largest [...]
by Cheta Nwanze Baba Suwe must have a lot of faith to still go back to the same judiciary which has proven time and again, that it has no bite [...]
by Osato Edokpayi There is a need for a solid contribution from those responsible for our affairs at the local government level. On Saturday, Edo people deserve only the best [...]
by Jen Kirkman But somewhere deep down I knew that being a mother wasn’t right for me. And by “deep down” I mean that when I pictured having a baby [...]
by Isi Esene We don’t know, for sure, the destination of these cleaning tools but a little bird tells us it might not be unconnected with a certain Party Convention [...]
SACRIFICING THE PARTY TO SAVE NIGERIA Protocol 1. History is upon us, asking something bold of us. Those who hear must respond to its call because history is impatient. If [...]
by Sarah Reng Ochekpe As if such distortion was not enough, El Rufai chose to ridicule himself and bring to question his intellectual capacity, even before the Nigerian children who [...]
by Cheta Nwanze The ACN itself, does not have a stellar record when it comes to traffic management in Lagos as the charade that happened during Jagaban’s last birthday bash [...]
by Wajahat Ali The twin bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon, which killed two and injured at least 176, inspired divergent responses to a sudden, senseless tragedy. In the immediate [...]
by Erwin Ofili A destabilised Nigeria could mean less Nigerian troops for peace-keeping operations throughout Africa and more weapons sold into African conflicts through the black market. The topic of [...]
by Hauwa Gambo The Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Olufemi Ogunbayo, has stated categorically that there was no assassination attempt on politician and activist, Dino Melaye. Mr. [...]
by Osato Edokpayi “Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy as they undoubtedly are today.” – Mahatma Ghandi. Read full story on author website »
by Matthew Hassan Kukah Bishop-Matthew-Hassan-Kukah Rather than look at the issues of amnesty in the light of the past, present and future of the nation, we have focused more on [...]
by Umar Bello In the media, the Fulanis suffer a lot of alienation much more than their ‘twin’ brothers, the Hausas. Apart from being always in the news for the [...]
by Rotimi Ogungbola The federal government and its education ministry have to be renewed to champion a positive and sustainable vision to transform this nation, our education sector is too fragile [...]
by Rachel Ogbu Victims of Boko Haram attacks hoping to receive payment as compensation from the government might have their hopes shattered as The White Paper on the report of the [...]
by Rachel Ogbu Former President and leader of Congress for Progressive Change, Muhammadu Buhari has blamed President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration for the poor handling of the insecurity in the country. Buhari reportedly said [...]