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Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: How not to sell our refineries
by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu My take on all this is that it’s high time we do away with the needless emotions and get rid of the four moribund plants on the federal government’s balance sheet. As mentioned...
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Voting opens for the Y! ‘Most Influential People, Ideas & Movements’; #Y100...
by Akan Ido Y!/YNaija.com, the leading network of media brands for an evolving generation of Africans, has announced the inaugural edition of the Y!/YNaija.com Most Influential People, Ideas &...
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Opinion: A moving message from an AIDS victim
by Hannatu Musawa But no matter how much I try to convince myself that I contracted HIV through a syringe, blood transfusion or blade, I know that I am lying to myself. If I really and truly want to...
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Ayokunle Odekunle: ASUU, stop disgracing yourselves and get back to work
by Ayokunle Odekunle The idle hand is the devil’s workshop. I can authoritatively tell you that Esu (devil) has engaged the students sufficiently. While many of the male students have ventured into...
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Opinion: Why we are still on strike – ASUU President, Nasir Fagge
by Nasir Fagge Second, the on-going crisis was exacerbated when one side to the dispute – Government, represented by the Secretary to the Federal Government announced to the public and ASUU that the...
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Opinion: The ASUU strike is bad but Wike’s threat of mass sack is worse
by Wale Sokunbi These steps taken by Wike at the tail end of the efforts to end the strike, and at a time when the end of the industrial action was already in sight, questions the administrative...
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Femi Aribisala: How armed robbers shot and killed me by the roadside
by Femi Aribisala I was already dead, so I was not moved. For a moment, we stood staring at one another defiantly, with him pointing the gun directly at my face. I was born on 12th April, 1952. I...
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Collins Uma: #AnambraElections – APC was taught a lesson on strongholds
by Collins Uma One of the most obvious lessons we learnt from the recent governorship election in Anambra is that the guys who make up the All Progressives Congress (APC) are bad losers. This is not...
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Funke Aboyade: ASUU strike – We are heading straight for an educational abyss
by Funke Aboyade, SAN The greater irony is that all this is happening under the watch of a president who is himself an academic. 30 years ago, along with 745 others, I was called to the Nigerian Bar....
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Okey Ikechukwu: Why not share resources in Nigeria according to ‘ekiti mass’?
by Okey Ikechukwu If the United Nations (UN) wants the state with the highest number of carrying ‘ekiti’ prefixed towns to have 30% of all global support for a sustained fight against poverty, it will...
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Hakeem Baba-Ahmad: ASUU strike – Mr. President, please look closely, you have...
by Hakeem Baba-Ahmad There is evidence around that President Goodluck Jonathan is toughing up his mien. He is not heeding the caution that you stop digging when you are in a deep hole. This can be...
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Kayode Komolafe: ASUU strike – It’s obvious Wike and Okupe don’t know what...
by Kayode Komolafe It is sad to imagine the thought-process that would lead any one in government to make the sort of statements coming out of Abuja on the ASUU strike in this day and age. It was...
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Opinion: It’s sad the EFCC has lost its bearing
by Garba Shehu More than at any time, the EFCC is today right there in the crutches of the President. Current reports say the five PDP governors who decamped to the opposition All Progressives...
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Arik, Aero cancel all flights from Abuja as airport remains shut
Arik, Aero cancel all flights from Abuja as airport remains shut The two major functional domestic airlines in Nigeria, Aero Contractors and Arik Air, have cancelled all their flights from Abuja...
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REVEALED: Why we shut Abuja airport – Oduah
The Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, has stated the reason why the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport was shut down on Thursday. In a statement by her Special Assistant of Media, Joe Obi, the...
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Photos of passengers stranded at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja...
by Oge Okonkwo The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has been shut down since Thursday leaving passengers stranded as two major functional domestic airlines, Aero Contractors and Arik Air...
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Olusegun Adeniyi: We say no to ‘Supplementary mandate’
by Segun Adeniyi Against the background that a certain penchant for lawlessness and opportunism underlies the crises that characterize our political culture, the toxic suggestion by Ekweremadu for a...
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Femi Fani-Kayode: The nerve of Kaita and the shame of Mohammed
by Femi Fani-Kayode The suggestion that there will be bloodshed if he runs simply because he is a southerner or that the country will divide if he happens to win fairly and squarly simply because, in...
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Dele Momodu: As the world mourns Mandela
by Dele Momodu Mandela had this incredible aura and effervescent rapport that drew him to people like sugar to ants. Like most mortals, I wished and tried to meet him but failed. It was a dream I...
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Poetry: What happened on the day Madiba died
by Nwokike Chukwuemeka On the day Madiba died A vacuum filled his space For men who live for selflessness Can rarely be replaced On the day Madiba died I recall time stood still My whole life flashed...
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