Today's Scoops
Survey: How COVID-19 has impacted jobs, paychecks and religion in Nigeria
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Scoopinions
Nana Nwachukwu: Can I have my N2.50k please?
January 6, 2013by Nana Nwachukwu My grocery bill was 7,632.50 Naira. Oh yes, I was fighting for the coins in my ‘change’. On a particular day during the last festive season, I went grocery shopping. When I got to the cash point,...
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Today's Scoops
War without end: Atiku’s media team lashes into Obasanjo in new tell-all book (READ)
January 6, 2013by Solomon Osadolo It is, however, ironic that the same EFCC, whose only allegation against Atiku Abubakar is authorisation of placement of deposits in interest-yielding bank accounts, failed to see anything wrong or even curious in a situation where Obasanjo...
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Today's Scoops
‘Ajibola Ogunsola’, ‘Gyang Pwajok’, ‘Nasir El-Rufai’: The Top 10 people in politics to watch in 2013… and why
January 6, 2013by Stanley Azuakola For followers and lovers of Nigerian politics, 2013 should be a fun year. We can’t expect less from a year right at the midpoint between the last general elections and the next. The Scoop is highlighting below,...
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BOOs
Obi Nwakanma: The governor is mightier than the senator is mightier than the citizen
January 6, 2013by Obi Nwakanma There is no protocol under the rule of law that grants the governor of the state any more rights on the road than any other citizen. Governor Okorocha therefore breaks a fundamental law that needs to be...
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Scoopinions
Yomi Kazeem: 2012: Good Riddance
January 6, 2013by Yomi Kazeem Nigerians are a religious bunch. Every other year is tagged with faith and declared a year of promotion, of elevation, of divine favour or of outstanding breakthrough. Nigerians are a religious bunch. Every other year is...
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Scoopinions
Atom Lim: First of all… Introduction
January 6, 2013by Atom Lim What these ‘unexpecteds’ show is that this Jonathan presidency is immune to logical or analytical projections. Where you expect it to at least reason, the government shocks you with its folly. Where you are sure it will...
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Today's Scoops
“Former PDP chairman gave us N40,000 to kill the two lawmakers” – The confessions of a suspected assassin
January 6, 2013by Stanley Azuakola How much is a human life worth these days? Well, in Kano, where the police is holding two men in connection with the assassination of two lawmakers in the state assembly, it is worth just N20,000...
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Scoopinions
A Pinch of N(u)ews: Sokoto governor wins Thug of the year, rejects award
January 6, 2013by Stanley Azuakola The group assured Nigerians that handing phones to farmers would not lead to famine when farmers start pinging and tweeting indiscriminately instead of farming. Governors Reject Awards IN its first meeting this year, the Nigeria Governors Forum...
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Aso Rock
This is just a test
December 15, 2012Hello, Please note the following as a contributor 1. Y! reserves the right to enter into correspondence with contributor if work is used or not. 2. Y! reserves the right to reproduce contribution after initial publishing. 3. Y! reserves the...
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Events
7 takeaways from @AbujaGSC dialogue on health financing in Nigeria
November 6, 2017The issue of health financing, funding and the rising cost of health care in Nigeria were on the front burner last Friday at the Dialogue Series of the Global Shapers...
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Politics
Buhari’s assistant sulks and melts down on national TV (Watch)
November 1, 2017Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecutions, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, was a guest on Monday’s edition of AIT’s breakfast program, Kaakaki. Interviewed by the duo of Utibe Umoren and...
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Slider
“Boko Haram is broke” – UN
February 8, 2017The Boko Haram sect is currently plagued by financial difficulties, Jeffrey Feltman, UN under-secretary-general for political affairs, has said. Feltman said this on Tuesday, while briefing the security council on...