Adebayo Emuleomo

eXploring: Zina Anumudu and Denola Grey eXplore the historical symbolism of the Freedom Park

eXploring, in its seventh episode continues to provide interesting stories, with topics like food, art, even alternative medicine and betting for the football enthusiasts. In this week’s episode, built from the ruins of Her Majesty’s Broad Street Prisons by Architect Theo Lawson, Freedom Park has become a cultural site and a historical landmark, regularly hosting... Read More

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Ali Modu furious with PDP as he’s fired as party chairman

The Peoples Democratic Party has sacked its national chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff, even as the scheduled national convention billed to hold today was cancelled. In place of Ali Modu Sheriff, Ahmed Makarfi, a former governor of Kaduna State was appointed as interim leader of the party even as a caretaker committee was instituted. A former... Read More

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Why PDP’s National Convention was suspended

The Peoples Democratic Party has officially called off its national convention which was scheduled to hold today in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. The build up to the convention had been marred with several conflicts between members of the party and the founding fathers of the party. While this convention was billed to hold in Port... Read More

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Expect heavy traffic gridlock on Monday as Buhari visits Lagos

President Muhammadu Buhari would arrive Lagos state on Monday, May 23 on a 2-day working visit on his first official visit to the state since May 29, 2015. According to the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, “this is the first time in about 15 years that a sitting President will be visiting... Read More

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Malami

5 reasons why Buhari should fire the Minister of Justice

As the government of Muhammadu Buhari is about to clock one year in office, his strengths, weaknesses and shortcomings as well as that of his appointed officers would be thoroughly and vigorously reviewed by all and sundry. The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) , a civil rights group has taken upon itself the onus of reviewing... Read More

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PDP convention in Port Harcourt to be called off?

Despite confident declarations from Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention would hold, new reports filtering out suggest that the convention might be canceled. The convention was billed to hold today(Saturday) in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state. According to online media outlet, Naij, a source within the PDP told their... Read More

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Group petitions Buhari to immediately fire AGF

A civil rights group, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has written President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to immediately relieve the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Malami Abubakar of his duty. This, the group noted would save the Presidency and the country from further embarrassment and criticism. CACOL, in the letter addressed to... Read More

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PDP not shocked that APC chieftain’s son was arrested for murder, kidnapping

The Nigerian Army has reportedly arrested the son of Deputy Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers, Peter Odike on charges of murder and kidnapping. The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party reacted to the arrest by stating that it proves that the PDP had been right all along for blaming... Read More

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Falae

‘Grazing reserve bill will lead to a civil war’- Anglican church blasts Buhari

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), has joined in the multitude of people and organisation kicking against the proposed grazing reserves for Fulani herdsmen across the country. The church, on Friday in Abuja, asked the Federal Government to scrap the proposed grazing reserves for Fulani herdsmen, noting that it would lead to a civil war... Read More

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Oil marketers demand forex from govt, else…

Following the payment of a total of N48.2 billion as arrears of outstanding 2015 subsidy claims to oil marketers, the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) has asked the government to make foreign exchange available so they can import fuel. The marketers made their request in a meeting which was chaired by the Minister... Read More

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Army tells YNaija: ‘We have no reason to lie on Chibok girl’, attacks NGOs

The Nigerian Army has declared that it cannot drag issues with any person or non-governmental organisation over the identity of the girl alleged to be the second Chibok girl rescued by the Army. Following a clear out operation in Sambisa Forest by the army, a teenage girl identified as Serah Luka had been rescued from... Read More

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IPOB is now friends with Niger Delta Avengers and Egbesu Water Lions

The two newly revamped militant groups in the Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Avengers and the the Red Egbesu Water Lions now have an ally in the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). This follows the ultimatum given to the Federal Government for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu and the former national security adviser, Col.... Read More

biafra, Militants, Niger Delta, Nnamdi Kanu, north, pipeline, Sambo Dasuki, Yoruba

WATCH: Governor Fayose unveils 3 new sectors for the Nigerian economy

From the man who brought you ‘stomach infrastructure’ comes another germ. Attacking local politicians in his state, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti claims he knows the people on the streets so well, that you need to forget the oil economy and anything else you learnt in school – Nigeria’s masses live in an alternative reality.... Read More

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These are the 13 states Biafra agitators want from Nigeria

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has revealed the number of states said to be a part of the Republic of Biafra, if they break away from Nigeria. The IPOB has also declared that Biafra is not for Igbo-speaking people as there are other people who do not speak Igbo but are part of the... Read More

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“His blockos are still PDP” | 7 nasty insults Shehu Sani threw at Governor El Rufai

It is no new news that Governor of Kano state, Nasir El Rufai and Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani despite being members of the same All Progressives Congress (APC) are sworn enemies with endless personal attacks in between them. The latest person to fire his weapon of words in the cold war between the two... Read More

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Shehu Sani calls APC’s bluff, describes El Rufai as a ‘rotten egg’

Human right activist and Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has dared the Kano state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). His dare comes after he was threatened with expulsion by the party for speaking against President Muhammadu Buhari’s oil subsidy removal policy yesterday. Shehu Sani has always been at loggerheads with the governor of... Read More

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Where is the ‘mother of all protests’ Dino Melaye promised in 7 days?

From his stand against the removal of subsidy in 2012, his famous fist fight at the House of Representatives in 2014 which left his clothes in shreds to his unflinching support of the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki even when it looked like the senate president was losing the battle, Dino Melaye sure looks like... Read More

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Governor Wike to borrow N10 billion to pay salaries

The Rivers State House of Assembly has given the state Governor, Nyeso Wike, the go-ahead to take a N10 billion loan from the Federal Government. The members of the House agreed to the governor’s request to apply for bailout funds from the Federal Government at a session yesterday. Rivers had previously refused to take the bail... Read More

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Ekiti state PDP attacks Fayose, governor says they are “day dreaming”

The first Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Clement Awoyelu, has attacked Governor Ayodele Fayose, calling him overbearing and lacking in respect for the party’s constitution. The veteran politician also accused Fayose of lacking respect for the leaders of the party and therefore, the party must be reclaimed from him. Awoyelu,... Read More

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FG says River Niger will soon dry up

The Federal Government, yesterday, warned that the River Niger is in danger of drying up completely due to climate change and the dumping of industrial waste. The Auditor General of the Federation, AGoF, Samuel Tyonongo Ukura, sounded the warning during a session with the Edo State Auditor-General and members of the Edo State Public Accounts Committee... Read More

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NLC meeting with House of Rep Speaker, Yakubu Dogara

NLC finally meets Senators, Reps over fuel subsidy and strike (PHOTOS)

The leaders of a faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) met with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, and members of the ad-hoc committee on deregulation yesterday to discuss the recent increase in fuel price and Labour’s ongoing strike. The NLC delegation was led by President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba. No official resolution... Read More

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Why Chibok community, BBOG are upset with government and the media

Members of the Chibok community have lambasted the government and media over the inhumane treatment given to Amina Nkeki, who was kidnapped in 2014 and found on Tuesday, May 17. In a chat with pressmen yesterday, representatives of the Chibok community decried the description of one of the Boko Haram susects, Mohammed Hayatu, who was... Read More

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This is why FG will not let Dasuki go

The Federal Government has revealed the reason why former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki is still in the custody of the Department of State Services. The government made this known at the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS court in Abuja on Thurdsday through T.D. Kabiru, a legal representative of the government who argued against the... Read More

Buhari, court, dasuki, DSS, Federal, government, Justice, nigeria, security

‘We’ll continue to fight’ | NLC threatens FG despite failed strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to keep resisting the hike of petrol price from N86 to N145 despite some of the failures its planned nationwide strike action suffered on Wednesday. The President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba, speaking on the second day of the strike noted that the Union had not received any invitation... Read More

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Conspiracy theories, pertinent questions about rescue of Chibok girl (READ)

On Wednesday, May 18, a girl believed to be one of the kidnapped Chibok girls was found loitering in the woods with a Boko Haram insurgent and a 15-month-old baby, by men of the Civilian Joint Task Force near Sambisa Forest. Thereafter, several versions of the story of how Amina Alli was found, surfaced on... Read More

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NLC members barricade Alausa road in protest of fuel price (PHOTOS)

In furtherance of its agitation against the increase in petrol price from N86 to N145, the National Labour Congress has taken its protests to the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja. According to eyewitness reports, the protesters barricaded the road leading to the secretariat before gaining entrance and subsequently harassing government officials who did not take part... Read More

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Nyesom Wike's fate rests on the ruling of the Supreme Court | YNaija.com

APC says Wike is collecting 10bn loan ‘to watch UCL final in Milan’

The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress has lamented that Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike was given approval by the House of Assembly to secure a loan of N10 billion from commercial banks for apparently no reason. The state House of Assembly, yesterday granted the governor’s request to source for the said loan... Read More

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Opinion: Not on fuel subsidy, Buhari!

“The royalists of the economic order have conceded that political freedom was the business of government, but they have maintained that economic slavery was nobody’s business.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 President Buhari was in faraway London to attend an Anti-Corruption Summit when the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, made a statement that Nigeria and... Read More

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Ronke Shonde: Result of autopsy now out

The result of the autopsy conducted on late Ronke Shonde who was believed to have been killed by her husband, Lekan in a domestic spat might have just vindicated Lekan. Lekan was accused of beating his wife to death when her lifeless body was found in their Egbeda home with their two young children. Subsequently,... Read More

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Nigerian men arrested at Cambodian airport with drugs (PHOTOS)

Two Nigerian men were reportedly arrested at the Phnnom Penh International Airport on Monday, May 9 for attempting to transport 1.27 kilograms of cocaine after swallowing several pellets of the hard drug. Pictures of the men, Okafor Ifeanyi Anthony and Adibe Paschal have been released by Cambodian authorities. See below.

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