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Opinion: Ekiti and the triumph of emotions
by Abdul Ajia Those who are still searching for answers behind the reason why Mr. Ayodele Fayose triumphed over the more cerebral Dr. Kayode Fayemi should look no further than the market place of...
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Tunde Leye: Reporting Nigeria – What is good for the goose (Y! FrontPage)
by Tunde Leye Why then does the media find it so convenient to report events about Nigeria in prisms and narratives of Muslim North against Christian South, or Oil Rich Niger Delta or Hausa-Fulani...
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Opinion: Dear hungry generation, your vote is your ‘rice’
by Aminu Yusuf Mallam The APC and the PDP both distributed their branded rice, each sack with an inscription on it. Because we are hungry, we accepted the rice. We need the rice. That’s why they gave...
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Femi Falana: The President cannot sack governors
by Femi Falana, SAN It is high time the attention of Nigerians are drawn to Sections 180,188 and 189 of the Constitution, which provide that an elected Governor can only cease to hold office on...
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Femi Aribisala: A Muslim/Muslim Presidential disaster for the APC
by Femi Aribisala Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. The APC plan for a Muslim/Muslim ticket in this day and age in Nigeria is nothing short of madness. It will not fly. It...
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Demola Rewaju: 3 simple reasons why Fayemi lost to Fayose in Ekiti (Y!...
by Demola Rewaju When Fayemi’s mother was to be buried, it was more of a who is who event, for the glitterati and the elite. Policemen cordoned off the tent and made it exclusively for the VVIP while...
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Opinion: Ayo Fayose’s 4 Commandments – How to win elections in Nigeria
by Ogunsanwo Babajide A man and the formula he used to win all the 16 local governments is a priceless asset to his party. Do we really expect him to now easily share such a dangerously valuable...
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Opinion: Ekiti 2014 and the re-definition of ‘a good man’
by Vincent Nzemeke Fayemi concentrated on what posterity would say about him, Fayose bothered only about what those living now think about him. That is why it is so easy for him to connect with the...
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Suraj Oyewale: Memoirs of a newspaper boy (Y! FrontPage)
by Suraj Oyewale Then, I could discuss pre-independence and first republic politics with precision, from the London conference to the Operation Wetie crisis. I savoured those moments. I started...
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Ayomikun Soyombo: Though Ekiti has spoken, we won’t let Nigeria go (Poetry)
by Ayomikun Soyombo We can’t neglect this land We can’t give in yet Though the imprisoned seeks no liberation We can’t just turn our backs to see her waste For the love of Nigeria 1.For...
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Opinion: Stopping Nyesom Wike’s macabre dance in Rivers
by Babatunde Oladipo Wike’s nomination as Minister by the governor has become like the biblical thorn in the flesh of Apostle Paul, who though could heal others of a similar pain but had to live with...
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Opinion: Genetically Modified foods – A question of morality or survival?
by Diana Abasi-Alphonsus Udoh Nigeria not to be left behind toed the African rejection trend, in March 2005 a Nigerian Consumer body under the umbrella of All-Nigerian Consumer Movement Union rejected...
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Eddie Iroh: Ekiti as template for change
by Eddie Iroh But there is one person who probably more than all of us, deserves the greatest plaudits for what has happened in Ekiti. It is Senator Ben Ndi Obi, the Special Adviser to the President...
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Grace Efezokhae: Dying the ‘Nigerian kind of death’ (Y! Superblogger)
by Grace Efezokhae In Nigeria, death is cheap. People die every day and we just say eyah and move on. Death is inevitable to man. Death is painful to the loved ones of the deceased. I remembered when...
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Opinion: Dearth of primary education in Theodore Orji’s Abia
by Onyebuchi Ogbaegbe How can we be blaming Abubarkar Shekau (Leader of Boko Haram) for claiming that Western Education is sin when the government of Ikwuano LGA and Abia State Government have openly...
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Ayokunle Odekunle: Dear APC Twitterati, elections are not won on Twitter
by Ayokunle Odekunle That people do not approve of your idea of change does not mean they do not want change. Your idea of change might be retrogressive and not progressive to another person. On...
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Opinion: Wukari Crisis, security and the 2015 elections
by Catherine Angai There is no arguing that security still remains a major factor that the 2015 elections will have to contend with like no elections have before now. The fact that there is a...
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Opinion: Ekiti and its plethora of lessons in poli-tricks
by Abdulazeez Abdulazeez Another great lesson from the Ekiti polls is for the APC to meditate; rethink, and restrategise. The election, by all Nigerian standard, was free and fair. If it wasn’t to any...
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Opinion: #EkitiDecided – Why Gov. Fayemi was defeated
by Nicholas Ibekwe In fact, at Ikere, some jubilant voters were singing: “he would go back to Ghana this time. He would go back to Ghana this time,” in Yoruba, highlighting the mood among some...
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Garba Shehu: As the North grabs its fate in its hands
by Garba Shehu The communiqué also strongly disagreed with the malicious linking of Islam to bandits who merrily kill, kidnap and trample on innocent persons and businesses, as well as the...
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