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Roqeebah
March 29, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] The Presidency has announced the names of the new ministerial nominees

Finally, after months of waiting and a litigation scare, the President has finally found suitable replacements for the positions left vacant by the death of James Ocholi, the former Minister of State for Labour and Productivity as well as that left vacant by the promotion (guess we can call it that) of Mrs Amina Mohammed,... Read More
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March 29, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Photos of the Vice President and his wife in Lagos at the BAT Colloquim

Yesterday, the 28th of March was not only Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s birthday, it was also the 9th edition of the Bola Tinubu Colloquium which held in Lagos this time. Although President Buhari could not make it to the event, he expressed fond memories of his attendance in Abuja, last year. Also, my best wishes... Read More
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March 29, 2017

Where is Karen Igho? | The #BigBrother “bad girl” that was not really bad

The ongoing Big Brother is fast coming to an end – to the chagrin of many viewers and the relief of just many others – but there’s usually one question that dominates this period of the reality show, be it Big Brother Africa or as is the case right now, Big Brother Nigeria: “who are... Read More
Thinking Through
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March 28, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] We have ratified the Paris Climate Change Agreement

Heavy rains in March. Barely there harmattan. Super hot days and nights even in supposedly cool climes. There’s absolutely no doubt that the effects of climate change are finally catching up to us in Nigeria. Today, President Buhari signed the ratification instrument for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, confirming the level of seriousness with... Read More
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March 28, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Did President Buhari really just call Tinubu “the Jagaban”?

You know how it is with the President and all his birthday and condolence messages on Twitter. From Solomon Dalung to former Head of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon (rtd). We were almost too dismissive of President Buhari’s birthday wish to the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the APC leader turns 65 today. He’d posted this three-part... Read More
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March 28, 2017

Does Senator Dino Melaye have 7 degrees or is he a 7-year old?

Hopefully, the people of Kogi west have properly acquainted themselves with this certificate scandal that has called to question the 7 academic degrees that Senator Dino Melaye, their representative in the Senate, claims that he has. And surely, larger public must not fail to pay close attention to the raging madness at the higher echelons... Read More
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March 28, 2017

We have your receipts: Did the National Assembly forget all the promises to pass the 2017 budget by March?

President Muhamadu Buhari laid the 2017 budget before the National Assembly on the 14th of December 2016 in ceremonious fashion and with a promise to ensure that this budget will only spell Economic recovery for Nigeria. Hence, the alias: “Budget of Economic Recovery. The 7.298 trillion Naira budget should have been the main topic of... Read More
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Dino Melaye
March 26, 2017

Dino Melaye’s certificate, Buhari and his kids | See our top 10 photos from the past week

We just cannot get over Tianah’s upcoming show but it won’t be fair to only talk about that so here our top ten photos from the past week – from Dino to Westminster. Enjoy!   Senator Dino Melaye’s Ahmadu Bello University certificate finally surfaced on the internet but it’s still not vindicating for him in... Read More
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March 26, 2017

“This is Lagos State. We don’t care about court orders” | See our top 10 quotes from the past week

Senator Dino Melaye has had the most stressful week of all but it definitely cannot compare with the kind of week that the survivors of the UK terror attack have had nor can it compare with the hardship that thousands of the now displaced residents of the Otodo Gbame fishing settlement in Lekki have suffered... Read More
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March 25, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] President Buhari has a case to answer in court and we cannot wait

The first thing that will come to the minds of many when they hear of Kogi State these days is the absurd number of political appointments that the Governor of the State, Yahya Bello, recently made – 54 senior special assistants and 9 special assistants. Appointments which will become effective from the first of April,... Read More
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March 25, 2017

130 underaged Nigerian girls trapped in foreign lands | 5 numbers that mattered this week

130 – Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa disclosed that 130 Nigerian girls are trapped outside Nigeria in neighbouring countries. 90 of the girls are in Burkina Faso while the remaining 40 are in Mali. $100 million – The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday disclosed that the sum... Read More
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Dino Melaye
March 25, 2017

Thought Experiment: What if Dino Melaye really does not have any University degrees?

The publishers of the online news medium, Sahara Reporters have opened a can of worms and if anyone had told us on Monday that the grammar spitting and 7 degrees-hot Nigerian Senator Dino Melaye never completed University, we’d have walked right up to Osbourne Road in Ikoyi as a means of expressing our utter surprise. Who’d... Read More
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March 24, 2017

YNaija Says: We are disappointed, but not surprised at the forced evacuation of Otodo Gbame community by the Lagos State Government

On the 17th of March, just last week, over 4,000 members of the fishing settlement in Otodo Gbame community of Lekki area in Lagos State were rendered homeless in less than 24 hours by officials of the Lagos State Task Force, accompanied by Military Police and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) who said... Read More
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March 24, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Professor Osinbajo bags another Eastern title in Abia today

We know that the Vice President’s travels around the Niger-Delta and other oil producing regions of the country is serious business and that’s fine. We just cannot help but notice how much love he’s getting on these trips. Today, the Vice President continued the administration’s interactive engagements with oil producing communities and the chosen stop... Read More
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March 24, 2017

Where is Gbemisola Saraki?

Before the 8th Assembly came to be led by a fresh face of Federal politics, Dr Bukola Saraki, there was another member of his clan running that scene for 12 years without excessive fanfare. Gbemisola Ruqayyah Sathe other politically inclined offspring of second republic Senator and unforgettable “godfather” of Nigerian politics, Olusola Saraki who died... Read More
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March 24, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] We’ll let you decide who the “enemies” surrounding President Buhari are but we have a few ideas

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, ever the vocal one, has some more to say today and it concerns us directly here, on the Presidential Blog. We feel very shaded but we’ll swallow our pride and take the best of it. Aside: Did you know the Emir has 192,000 followers on Instagram? 86,000 more than the President and... Read More
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March 23, 2017

How is the FG managing the disbursement of Paris Club refunds to States?

The Federal Government under President Buhari’s leadership has consistently assured of its dedication to alleviating the difficult conditions of living that Nigerians everywhere have to deal with daily especially with the recession that frustrates efforts of the most ordinary citizens. It does not help that only Lagos State can be safely said to have the... Read More
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March 22, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] How can Buhari owe federal workers while he continues bailing out States?

Imagine the shock we felt seeing the report of threats made by the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) to down tools and effectively shut down the government over unpaid allowances. The report claims the public servants are frustrated with the Federal government consistently owing them arrears of promotion and other allowances even when it... Read More
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March 21, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] There’s absolutely no reason to stop crushing on Professor Osinbajo. Here’s why

For over a month during President Buhari’s medical vacation, Vice President Osinbajo took the reins and distinguished himself as an impressive leader by diligently attending to the demands of his office while maintaining a very open line of communication with Nigerians. It was like Osinbajo was not a member of the Buhari administration we had... Read More
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March 21, 2017

What signs? It looks like Senator Udo Udoma does not know what he’s saying again

Senator Udo Udoma, the Minister for Budget and National Planning has just said that he – and probably some other visionary planners and Federal Government goons – have started seeing signs. Signs that this recession plaguing the country will end soon. We say #NaWash! These are the signs he says he’s seeing: Marginal reduction in... Read More
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March 20, 2017

Did Dino graduate before he was born? | 3 other questions we have about Senator Melaye’s latest scandal

Sahara Reporters has literally “come again” as they say. Today the subject of their exposure series is Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West. According to the online news medium, Senator Dino Melaye did not meet the requisite points that would have enabled him graduate from his geography programme at the Ahmadu Bello University when he... Read More
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