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Fulani herdsmen attack Enugu community; 2 siblings killed, 19 missing

Fulani herdsmen have struck again! This time on a Thursday, in Abbi Community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, Enugu State, where two people were killed. While the Nigerian government is yet to take decisive action on the bloody massacre in Agatu, Benue state, several weeks after it occurred, the pastoral Fulani continues its spate of... Read More

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Osun state doctors call off strike after 7 months

After months of threats and counter-threats, Osun state doctors under the umbrella of Association of Medical and Dental Officers have called off their seven months strike. This was disclosed on Sunday by chairman of the association, Isiaka Adekunle, during an interview with newsmen. It would be recalled that the doctors had gone on strike over... Read More

Army forcefully retires Brigadier General for involvement in Ekitigate scandal

The Nigerian Army has forcefully retired Brigadier General Aliyu Momoh for his unprofessional conduct during the 2014 Ekiti state governorship election which saw the emergence of Ayodele Fayose as governor of the state. The army relied on the report of the committee set up to investigate the Ekitigate scandal which involved several military officials who... Read More

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Wike appointed Chairman of PDP national convention

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, on Sunday, announced the creation of four special committees to help rebuild and refurbish the crisis ridden party. Sheriff is expected to step down from his office after the National Convention of the PDP slated for May 21, 2016. The announcement was contained... Read More

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‘APC deceived, manipulated us’ – Fayose

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday, stated that his government will sue the Federal government for harassing and arresting some principal officers in his council as well as members of the Ekiti state House of Assembly. Fayose, who noted that he was being targeted by the Muhammadu Buhari administration, stated this during an... Read More

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APC rejects ‘mysterious landslide victory’ of PDP in Rivers rerun

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has described the rerun State and National Assembly elections of March 19 as ‘the allocation of votes’ to the Peoples Democratic Party by the Independent National Electoral Commission ‘to avoid being killed’ by Governor Nyesom Wike and his ‘gang of killers’. In a statement signed by... Read More

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‘We are working diligently to correct our mistakes’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his government is working very hard to correct the mistakes made by the nation and its leaders. Speaking in Washington DC to a group of Nigerians on Saturday, the President reiterated his administration’s resolve to move the country forward as quickly as possible. A statement was issued to this effect... Read More

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Wike can’t keep threatening violence and war just to win elections – Amaechi

“No democracy can survive with (Nyesom) Wike’s kind of attitude and disposition to elections”, says the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, about his successor – the Rivers state governor. In a statement released by his Media Office in Abuja on Saturday, Amaechi said the allegations by Wike that the Peoples Democratic Party won the election... Read More

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‘Apart from Buhari, Tinubu, every other person in APC is from PDP’ |10 things we learnt from Ahmed Gulak

Ahmed Gulak, who was a former Political Adviser to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, recently granted an interview to Premium Times, wherein he spoke on several topics including the possibility of Jonathan being indicted in the ongoing anti-corruption war, the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party and why they lost the 2015 election. Gulak also spoke on... Read More

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DSS ‘arrests’ top Boko Haram commander in Lokoja

Khalid Albarnawi, a top level leader of the Boko Haram terrorist sect, is reported to have been arrested near a military facility in Lokoja, Kogi state on Friday. This is according to a series of tweets published by Ahmad Salkida, a journalist renowned for his access to top Boko Haram militants. Albarnawi, who is the... Read More

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Boko Haram bomb factory destroyed by Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army, on Saturday, disclosed that it has destroyed a factory where Boko Haram terrorists make Improvised Explosive Device (IED) bombs in Wulwata village, Bama Local Government Area, Borno state. According to a statement signed by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the troops attached to 155 Task Force Battalion... Read More

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YNaija's 100 most influential people in politics | Photo: http://www.blacknaija.com/

YNaija Special: Obasanjo, Buhari, Tinubu, Saraki among 100 most influential people in Nigerian politics

After careful analysis and a thorough scouring of the nation’s political landscape, YNaija has painstakingly compiled the list of 100 persons who are a force to reckon with -in Nigerian politics. They are the movers and shakers of the political space in Nigeria… nary a conversation on politics without these names popping up. Asides politics,... Read More

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How 3 female minors were sent out of their homes ‘for being witches’

Three young girls sent out of their homes by their families and relations over allegations of witchcraft, were on Friday rescued by the Child’s Right and Rehabilitation Network Children Center in Eket, Cross Rivers state. CRARN, a center founded in 2003, takes in children abandoned or sent away by their families who accuse them of... Read More

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‘Nigerians should be patient, things will not change overnight’ – Bishop Okonkwo

Popular pastor and Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Mike Okonkwo, has faith in President Muhammadu Buhari to fix Nigeria, saying that “it will be foolhardy to say things will change overnight”. Okonkwo, who was a vocal supporter of President Buhari during the 2015 election, also said Nigerians are ‘naturally impatient’ and ‘once... Read More

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Radio Biafra resumes transmission

In spite of the continued incarceration of founder, Nnamdi Kanu, pirate radio station, Radio Biafra, has started streaming live across the Nigerian airwaves, as stated by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). According to TheCable, the station is now live on Tune In, a radio service which operates on the Internet. The report further stated... Read More

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Wike suspends Works Commissioner… days after discarding Amaechi’s monorail project

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has suspended his Commissioner for Works, Kevin Wachukwu. The Works Commissioner was suspended with immediate effect on Friday, April 1. Wike’s Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, disseminated news of the suspension. Wachukwu’s Special Adviser on Special Projects has been asked to take over the responsibility of supervising projects... Read More

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‘This war between us will not stop’ – Boko Haram leader says in new video

These words: “This war between us will not stop”, were uttered by Abubakar Shekau, leader of extremist group, Boko Haram, as he affirmed in a video released on Thursday, that the terror group will not surrender . This is coming on the heels of last week’s video, wherein a thin looking and dejected Shekau had... Read More

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Northern Nigeria has more primary schools than South

Nigeria’s population is estimated at about 170 million, and is expected to grow beyond that in the coming years. Nigeria also has an estimated 61.3 percent literacy -with males accounting for more than half of this figure. According to a UNESCO report, about 10.6 Nigerian children are said to be out of school, with Northern... Read More

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‘Send corrupt officials to Kirikiri, Ijebu Ode Prisons, not EFCC cells’ – Falana

“Since victims of grand corruption including armed robbery and kidnap suspects are not usually admitted to bail, those who are charged with looting the treasury should no longer be granted bail,” says popular human right lawyer, Femi Falana. Falana, who spoke at two different events on Thursday, stated this while giving a keynote address at... Read More

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‘Timi Frank is not authorised to speak for us, disregard him’ – APC

In a swift reaction to the comments made by the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, Timi Frank, the National Secretary of the party Mai Mala Buni, on Thursday, emphatically declared that the ruling party is in good shape. He dismissed Timi Frank’s utterances as “bogus and misleading allegations.” Buni noted that... Read More

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‘Buhari, Benue governor aren’t taking Agatu killings with seriousness’

A recent meeting of Benue state socio-cultural and religious groups condemned President Muhammadu Buhari, the Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, the army and the police chiefs for their insensitivity to the killing of Agatu people by armed Fulani herdsmen. The groups expressed bitterness over the fact that neither the President nor any other federal government... Read More

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‘APC is divided… there’s crisis in the party’ – Timi Frank

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, on Thursday, disclosed that the APC has developed serious internal crisis and that the crisis was festering fast. This is coming on the heels of the vacuum created in the party by Lai Mohammed’s ascension to the Ministry of Information and Culture... Read More

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Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal | YNaija.com

‘SGF has vowed that Saraki must go down’ – APC Senator

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy and a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Senator Isa Misau, on Thursday, accused the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), David Lawal, and others in the Buhari administration, of being behind the plots to remove Bukola Saraki as the Senate President. Misau, who stated this... Read More

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‘Jonathan refused to work with people who know the game’ – Ibrahim Mantu

In an interview with Premium Times, Ibrahim Mantu, a former Deputy President of the Senate and a close associate of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, speaks on the reasons why Jonathan lost the 2015 general elections. Mantu noted that Nigerians were tired of the Peoples Democratic Party and that the PDP was ‘over drunk with... Read More

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‘Wike’s destination is destruction’ – APC

The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to act decisively in the crisis and political violence currently prevalent in Rivers state. In a statement signed by the chairman of the APC Rivers state, Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, the party asked the president to look into the violence... Read More

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‘We support Buhari’s anti-corruption war’ – John Kerry (WATCH)

The Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyeama, on Wednesday, held a joint press conference with the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, at the White House. Kerry, while speaking, said his country was happy with the ongoing anti-corruption war of the Nigerian government, noting that the US government has never had a “Holier... Read More

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Opinion: When near-absolute power corrupts absolutely

Background On Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 Sahara Reporters published an article on the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki’s case at the Federal High Court, Abuja, that several legal professionals have called a dangerous judicial precedent. The article in question, which was entitled “Billionaire Judge Withdraws From Saraki’s Case Over Saharareporters Investigative Report”, bragged about... Read More

AGF, EFCC boss travel to the US… not for the Nuclear Summit – Here’s why

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, have traveled to the United States of America to hold talks on the anti-corruption war of President Muhammadu Buhari. Among the topics likely to be discussed are the war against corruption, repatriation of looted funds stashed abroad,... Read More

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Alas! ‘3 Ekiti lawmakers’ weren’t abducted by DSS… they went into hiding

Embattled members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, resolved to shun any invitation from the Department of State Services (DSS), following the 19 days detention of their colleague, Afolabi Akanni. During a pressing briefing held by the Speaker of the House, Kola Oluwawole and Information Committee Chairman, Gboyega Aribisogan, three members of... Read More

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‘If Saraki is removed, PDP will produce the next Senate President’

Peoples Democratic Party members of the Nigerian Senate have began to put measures in place that will see the party produce the next Senate President if the present SP, Bukola Saraki is removed as a result of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. According to Punch Newspapers, the All Progressives Congress senators are... Read More

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