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December 17, 2014

Yemi Osinbajo emerges APC presidential running mate

by Godwin Akanfe The former Attorney-General of Lagos state, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has been picked by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to run alongside its presidential candidate, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, in next year’s presidential election. This was confirmed to YNaija a few minutes ago by the media team of the Buhari campaign. Professor Osinbajo is... Read More

2015 elections, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo

December 17, 2014

No lights: What’s going on with the long power cuts in Lagos?

by Adedayo Ademuwagun Electricity supply has dwindled in Lagos lately, and as a result, residents in some parts of the city have been experiencing severe power cuts over the last one month. “We’ve been experiencing frequent power outage in my neighbourhood for some time now,” says Antonia who lives in Ogba. “Supply was a lot... Read More

Electricity, ikeja, lagos, PHCN, Power

December 15, 2014

There was a jet flying over #Synagogue at the time of the building collapse – NAMA official

by Simon Ateba A military jet with five occupants on board flew over a guesthouse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos several times ‎before the building crashed and killed more than 100 people on 12 September, a Nigerian Airspace ‎official told the Coroner’s Inquest on Monday. ‎ Deputy General Manager at the... Read More

Air Force, Ikotun, NAMA, Synagogue, TB Joshua

December 15, 2014

“Even though the Naira was devalued, inflation eased” – NBS

by Tunji Andrews In November 2014, the pace of price increases observed by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation eased for the third consecutive month. Prices rose by 7.9 percent (year-on-year), down by 0.2 percentage points from 8.1 percent recorded in October. The slower pace of price increases recorded by the Headline index... Read More

consumer, Food, inflation, naira, NBS

December 11, 2014

Wahala dey! Nigeria’s FX reserves down 19.5% to $35.8bn

by Tunji Andrews Indications of the official website of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has indicated that the country’s external reserves fell to $35.8bn on December 9, down 19.5%, down from the $44.5bn it was at same period in 2013. Off the back of the CBN’s intense defence of the Naira, which has seen the... Read More

CBN, crude oil, Foreign Reserves, Godwin Emefiele, inflation, nigeria

December 10, 2014

@MObanikoro gets court date

by Godwin Akanfe A former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, on Tuesday asked the Ikeja High Court to dismiss a suit challenging his eligibility to contest electoral positions in the future. The suit was filed by three PDP members, Babatunde Ogun, Suleiman Saheed and Wasiu Adeniyi Odusan. Obanikoro, who lost the Lagos State... Read More

forgery, Ikeja High Court, lagos, musiliu obanikoro

December 10, 2014

Election fallout in Edo as SSG walks out of government

by Iyobosa Omorogie Prof. Julius Ihonvbere has resigned his position as Secretary to the Edo State Government. His resignation comes following his defeat at the Edo North senatorial primary election which held on Monday. The ticket went to Francis Alimehena who defeated Ihonvbere by just 16 votes. Ihonvbere who contested the election to fly the... Read More

Adams Oshiomhole, APC, Edo state, Francis Alimehena, Julius Ihonvbere, primaries

December 10, 2014

@APCNigeria convention will be smooth sailing – security agencies

by Godwin Akanfe The police, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have expressed readiness to make today’s national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) a smooth affair. The Lagos State Police Command said yesterday that it had deployed enough policemen to provide adequate security during... Read More

APC, convention, frsc, lagos, NSCDC, police

December 9, 2014

Who are the @PDPNigeria governorship aspirants?

by Godwin Akanfe All the governorship primaries for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) held across Nigeria yesterday, Monday, December 8, 2014. Asides from Ogun State which was stopped by the National Working Committee, the rest reached some sort of resolution. The losing candidate in Lagos has indicated that he will contest the results, but that... Read More

elections, governorship, PDP, primaries

December 9, 2014

‘A sham!’ ‘We will fight it!’ || Obanikoro is not even playing this night

by Godwin Akanfe Former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro has rejected the result of the Lagos PDP governorship primaries. In a press conference concluded at his Ikeja GRA campaign office a few minutes ago, the aspirant said, “The whole electoral exercise was a sham, I have never seen an election were ballot papers... Read More

governorship, lagos, musiliu obanikoro, PDP, primaries

December 8, 2014

Senate leader, Ndoma-Egba looses re-election bid, out of Senate

by Godwin Akanfe Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba has lost his re-election bid. He was defeated in the Cross River State Central senate primary by John Owan Enoh, the House of Representatives committee chairman on appropriation, who gathered 217 votes. Ndoma Egba polled 37 and Ambassador Egbe polled 20. Another incumbent senator, this time the... Read More

Cross River State, John Owan Enoh, PDP, Politics, primaries, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba

December 5, 2014

Is it OK to go for a drink with someone else when you’re in a relationship?

by Adedayo Ademuwagun Ehis and Chioma are colleagues at the office. When they first met the week Chioma joined the firm, they didn’t click straight away. But after a project they worked on together three months later went really well, Ehis thought it would be nice to hang with her somewhere and get to know... Read More

December 5, 2014

Amputee sentenced for defiling 12 year old

by Iyobosa Omoregie The Magistrate Court sitting in Ibusa, Delta state has sentenced a 65 year-old trader, Raphael Azubuike to 12 months imprisonment for sexual assault on a 12 year-old girl. Chief Magistrate Nnamdi Onyekwe found the accused guilty of the one count charge of unlawful and indecent assault of the unnamed girl, a primary... Read More

delta state, Ibusa, Nnamdi Onyekwe, rape, Raphael Azubuike

December 5, 2014

Sitting governors, expected candidates, dominate @APCNigeria primaries

by Godwin Akanfe The APC primaries across the country were dominated by landslide victories for leading candidates and sitting state governors. In Sokoto state, the speaker of the Federal House of Representatives Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, emerged winner with over 70% of the votes. Sitting Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has emerged winner of the... Read More

Akin Ambode, Aminu Tambuwal, APC, kaduna, kano, lagos

December 5, 2014

Rivers to compensate traders, renovate burnt Port Harcourt market

by Tony Tamuno Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has promised to renovate damaged stalls of the Port Harcourt new layout market gutted by fire Tuesday night. Amaechi made the promise when he went to assess damaged shops and facilities at the market on Thursday, accompanied by State Executive council members and the Caretaker Chairman... Read More

Fire, market, Port Harcourt, Rotimi Amaechi

December 4, 2014

Minister of Works insists Nigeria is not broke as FG heads to China for yet another loan

by Laila Ibrahim The Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen has said despite the falling oil prices Nigeria is not broke, as is widely speculated, insisting that the country has not gotten to a point where it can no longer fund its infrastructure projects. This is even as he disclosed that the ministry of works has... Read More

Abuja-Keffi Road, China, EXIM, Mike Onolememen, ngozi okonjo iweala, nigeria

December 3, 2014

8000 @APCNigeria delegates to storm #Lagos for primaries next week

by Godwin Akanfe The All Progressives Congress (APC) is expecting more than 8,000 delegates in Lagos for its presidential primary election coming up on December 10 and 11. Former Ekiti state governor, and chairman of the APC’s National Convention Committee, Kayode Fayemi, announced Wednesday. The choice of venue had been an issue of debate as... Read More

APC, convention, lagos

December 3, 2014

As preparations for #Lagos APC primaries heat up, candidate says ‘results are already known’

by Simon Ateba The result of the governorship primary election ‎for aspirants under the All Progressives Congress, APC, taking place tomorrow in Lagos is already known, Akinwunmi Ambode alleged on Wednesday even as council managers are said to have been ordered to contribute N2 million each‎. ‎ Reliable sources told us that the council managers... Read More

Akin Ambode, APC, bola tinubu, lagos, Politics, primaries

December 3, 2014

PDP aspirants in #Kwara promise to be of good behaviour

by Godwin Akanfe Thirteen Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants in Kwara State have announced an agreement to abide by the outcome of Saturday’s governorship primary in the state. The aspirants, who jointly signed an undertaking, promised to work for whoever emerged as the candidate for the success of the party at the poll. A... Read More

elections, Gbemisola Saraki, kwara, PDP

December 3, 2014

Another Dangote truck killed someone this week – What’s going on?

by Adedayo Ademuwagun A deadly accident happened on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway on Monday. A truck owned by the Dangote Group, which was coming into Lagos, had a brake failure at the border between Lagos and Ogun and crashed into a billboard, causing a multiple collision involving six vehicles. The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says... Read More

Dangote, frsc, lagos, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Sunday Omafu, trucks

December 3, 2014

Cameroon expands army by 20,000 to fight #BokoHaram

by Chidi Okoye Cameroonian authorities have announced the recruitment of 20,000 soldiers to fight Boko Haram following reports that the group is recruiting young Cameroonians to fight for them. Speaking with the Voice of America, Senator Haman Paul, who hails from northern Cameroon, spoke about Boko Haram’s recruitment of young Cameroonians to fight for the... Read More

boko haram, Cameroon, Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo’o, nigeria, Paul Biya, Sali Dairou

December 2, 2014

Import substitution programmes set to kick off over oil prices

by Laila Ibrahim Following the country’s dwindling oil revenue, the Federal Government is set to commence comprehensive implementation of import substitution programmes in order to enhance local production of goods and services and make the country self sufficient. This was disclosed by President Goodluck Jonathan while speaking at the Top 100 Businesses Award Dinner held... Read More

Goodluck Jonathan, imports, nigeria, Oil, revenue

December 2, 2014

The Pope prayed at a mosque last weekend – Is this the cool, progressive thing to do?

by Adedayo Ademuwagun Picture the Pope praying in a mosque alongside top Muslim leaders. That’s what happened in Turkey last weekend. Pope Francis was at the Blue Mosque in Instabul on Saturday as part of his three-day visit to the predominantly Muslim country. He also celebrated Mass at the Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit... Read More

CATHOLICISM, Christianity, islam, Pope Francis, Turkey

December 2, 2014

Lagos will not pay doctors for strike period

by Jewel Stephen The Lagos State Government has faulted claims it was owing medical doctors in its employ, saying it has always paid the salaries of all its employees, doctors inclusive, when due. Some doctors working in the State Government’s hospitals staged a demonstration last week alleging that the government owed them an unspecified amount... Read More

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December 2, 2014

#Ekiti speaker advices @GovAyoFayose on the way forward

by Godwin Akanfe The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, has advised the state governor, Ayodele Fayose to demonstrate leadership rather than belligerence, saying propaganda against the APC lawmakers in the state would not move the state forward. The governor had on state radio and television, at the weekend, alleged that... Read More

Adewale Omirin, Ayo Fayose, Ekiti State

December 2, 2014

ANAMCO resumes truck assembly

by Nnamdi Akpa The Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company (ANAMMCO) has resumed third-party assembly of trucks, bringing its factory in Enugu partially back to life. The company now assembles Shacman trucks for Transit Support Services, a Nigerian company, after recalling some of its previously downsized personnel. Speaking during a policy monitoring visit by the National Council... Read More

ANAMCO, Godwin Okeke, Nwanze Okidegbe, vehicle assembly

December 1, 2014

Afenifere blasts GEJ’s ‘belated efforts to woo Yoruba’

by Godwin Akanfe The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has criticised President Jonathan’s attempt to “woo the Yoruba nation” for the support of his re-election, claiming that it is already too late in the day. The group, in a statement by its spokesman, Kunle Famoriyo, described the “Yoruba Progress Summit” which held last Friday as an... Read More

Afenifere, Goodluck Jonathan, Kunle Famoriyo, oau, Yoruba

December 1, 2014

Four years after, parents who named their kids ‘Goodluck’ speak on the name

by Adedayo Ademuwagun A lot of people say there’s a story behind every name. Perhaps they’re right. A couple of years ago, many Nigerian parents named their sons Goodluck while things dramatically shaped up nicely for Goodluck Jonathan. Philomena and Bimpe are two mothers who did this too. Now they tell their story. “I had my... Read More

elections, Goodluck, Goodluck Jonathan, nigeria, parenting

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