Omoleye Omoruyi

UK-based Nigerian threatens to use biological weapons against the Igbos

A Nigerian man, Adeyinka Grandson, in a video that emerged online, has threatened to use biological weapons against the Igbos and other tribes in Nigeria. Grandson, who is based in the United Kingdom, said he speaks for the Young Yorubas for Freedom, affiliated to the Movement for Oduduwa Republic, as well as Yoruba Liberation Command.... Read More

Adeyinka Grandson, terrorism

Google sacks employee for “making incorrect assumptions about gender”

According to reports, Google has fired a male engineer at the center of a racket in Silicon Valley after he authored an internal memo asserting there are biological causes behind gender inequality in the tech industry. In an email sent to Reuters on Monday, the engineer, James Damore who wrote the memo, confirmed his dismissal,... Read More

gender inequality, Google, James Damore

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. 1. FG to recruit 10,000 youth from oil-rich N’Delta communities – Boroh About 10,000 youth from oil-rich Niger Delta communities will be employed by the Federal Government as surveillance and security officers at oil pipelines in the region. 2. Northern youth, Igbo leaders committee meeting ends... Read More

big 5, Nigerian News, today's news

Court harmonises suits seeking to stop Melaye’s recall

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday harmonised two different suits seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from initiating the process of recalling Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi) from the Senate. NAN reports that Justice Nnamdi Dimgba allowed for the suits filed by Melaye and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be... Read More

APC, dino melaye, INEC, Kogi

The YNaija Tracklist: Trump accuses ‘fake news’ of not reporting N’Korea sanctions | PDP to kick out Kashamu | More stories

From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Northern youth, Igbo leaders committee meeting ends in deadlock – YNaija Present-day students need digitally-smart teachers – Minister – YNaija FG to recruit 10,000 youth from oil-rich N’Delta communities – Boroh – YNaija Heavy downpour in Jigawa destroys N500m worth farm produce – YNaija FG committed to... Read More

foreign news, Nigerian News, tracklist

FG lists 27 industries to enjoy tax holiday

The Federal Government has announced a list of 27 new industries that qualified for tax holiday after the administrative suspension on processing Pioneer Status Incentives (PSI) applications. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, told journalists yesterday in Abuja that the pioneer status initiative seeks to enhance the survival, profitability and sustainability... Read More

Pioneer Status Initiative, Tax, tax holiday

Tanzania’s Magufuli rejects calls to extend tenure beyond 2 terms

Tanzanian leader, John Magufuli, has reportedly rejected calls to extend his rule beyond the constitutional limit of two, five-year terms, Reuters reports. This is unlike Presidents Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and Pierre Nkurunziza (Burundi), who have all ‘reviewed’ their constitutions to extend their rule. At a public rally in the coastal Tanzanian town of Tanga on... Read More

African Presidents, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, John Magufuli, Tanzania

Heavy downpour in Jigawa destroys N500m worth farm produce

Heavy rainfall has destroyed farm produce and animals, worth N500 million, in Gumel Local Government Area of Jigawa, at the weekend. According to The Nation, villages affected by the disaster include Garin Gambo, Gwari, Garin Galadima, Baikarya, Zuge and Garin and Baki towns. Among the victims, APC Galagamma ward chairman, Mallam Sadi Haruna who spoke... Read More

: Natural Disasters, Jigawa, Rainfall

FG to recruit 10,000 youth from oil-rich N’Delta communities – Boroh

About 10,000 youth from oil-rich Niger Delta communities will be eemployed by the Federal Government as surveillance and security officers at oil pipelines in the region. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh announced this at a news conference in Abuja, on Monday. He said,... Read More

Brig. Gen Paul Boroh, Niger Delta, oil producing communities, Ondo

FG committed to creating a ‘new N’Delta region’ – Usani

Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Usani Uguru Usani, has urged investors and other stakeholders to support the government to initiate infrastructure projects for speedy development of the region to make it more like ‘Dubai’. Usani said this in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Monday, adding that the Buhari-led administration is committed to building a... Read More

Niger Delta, PANDEF, president buhari, Usani Uguru Usani, Yemi Osinbajo

Present-day students need digitally-smart teachers – Minister

The Minister of State for Education, Professor Anthony Anwukah, has said twenty-first century students, who are technologically-smart would need very smart teachers to teach them. Anwukah, who stated this at the commissioning of the UNITeS CISCO Internet of Things, IoT, centre at the Federal Science and Technical College, Yaba, Lagos, said teachers need to move... Read More

21st Century, Anthony Anwukah, Digital trends, global trends, Minister of State for Education, technologially-smart kids

ASUU lambasts Yahaya Bello over non-payment of salaries

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has lambasted the Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, for not paying the salaries of about 65 workers of the Kogi State University, while the state government claimed that it had paid 90 per cent of the university workforce. ASUU, Abuja Zone, which held a briefing on Monday, said... Read More

ASUU, Kogi, Kogi State University, Yahaya Bello

Northern youth, Igbo leaders committee meeting ends in deadlock

A committee that had been set up to review the quit notice given to Igbos in the North met on Monday, but nothing came out of the meeting, yet. Leaders of the northern coalition groups and representatives of the Igbo resident in the North set up the committee to resolve agitations over the Kaduna Declaration. According... Read More

Arewa, Igbo leaders in the North, Kaduna Declaration, Northern youth, quit notice to Igbos

Raila Odinga vs Uhuru Kenyatta: Final statements before the Kenya election tomorrow

The general elections in Kenya are scheduled to be held August 08, 2017, where 19,743,716 registered voters will choose between the incumbent president, Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga. As expected, the duo, running with William Ruto (Kenyatta) and Kalonzo Musyoka (Odinga) have released their final statements in the form of videos, highlighting what they aim... Read More

Kenya election, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta

Gunmen abduct passengers heading for Lagos in Rivers

Gunmen, Monday morning kidnapped 15 occupants of a Lagos-bound bus belonging to God is Good Motors, Punch reports. The hoodlums had accosted the bus at Elibrada, Emohua axis of East-West road in Rivers State at about 7.20 am. Details later…

abduction, God is Good Motors, kidnap, lagos, Rivers

Troops kill 13 Boko Haram terrorists

The Nigerian Army, Operation Lafiya Dole, reportedly killed over 13 terrorists on Saturday in various areas in Borno and Adamawa during clearance operations. The spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, confirmed in a statement that 12 were neutralised when the troops laid ambushed for them at Miyanti-Banki junction in Borno and one at Kafin Hausa in Madagali... Read More

boko haram, Borno, insurgents, Nigerian Army, Operation Lafiya Dole, terrorists

Court orders permanent forfeiture of Diezani’s $37.5m mansion

The Federal High Court Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture of a $37.5 million mansion on Banana Island, Lagos allegedly owned by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The court also ordered that the sums of sums of $2,740,197.96 and N84,537,840.70 realised as rents on the property should equally be forfeited to the... Read More

Alison-Madueke Diezani, corruption, EFCC, Fraud

Devolution of power: Militant groups threaten to declare N’Delta Republic

A coalition of Niger Delta militant groups Saturday, have threatened to declare a Niger Delta Republic if the Federal Government failed to embrace devolution of power and fiscal federalism. The militants, who spoke under the aegis of the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators, stated that they were prepared to mobilise other agitating groups in the... Read More

Devolution of Power, Federal Government, Militants, Niger Delta

We will locate, prosecute those behind Anambra church attack – Police

The Nigeria Police has released its official statement on the attack, where a gunman opened fire on worshipping members of St. Philip Catholic church Amakwa in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area. In a statement signed by the state’s Commissioner of Police, Garba Umar, the police confirmed the death of eleven, while eighteen was left injured. The... Read More

Anambra killings, catholic church, Garba Umar, nigerian police

Islamic group condemns Anambra killings

The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria on Monday condemned the killings in St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozubulu, Anambra. It was reported that a gunman stormed the church and killed several worshipers and injured several others. The group made the condemnation in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by its National Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim... Read More

Anambra killings, Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, Ozubulu, St. Philips Catholic Church

Buhari calls Gov Obiano over Anambra killings

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday called the Governor of Anambra, Willie Obiano, to commiserate with him over the attack on the St. Phillips Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state. The police have confirmed 11 deaths and alongside the Governor vowed to arrest the gunman and other involved. According to a statement... Read More

Anambra killings, Muhammadu Buhari, Willie Obiano

Osinbajo congratulates Nigerian medical doctor who achieved a “rare feat”

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo Sunday has said the problem in Nigeria is the inadequate management of resources. Osinbajo said the Federal Government is now doing more when funds are scarce than in the days when oil was selling at over 100 dollars per barrel. Osinbajo stated this when he received a U.S.-based Nigerian medical... Read More

Nigerian in the Diaspora, Oluyinka Olutoye, Yemi Osinbajo

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. 1. Nigeria on the pathway to economic recovery – Ita Enang Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang says Nigeria will soon recover from the economic meltdown. 2. PDP Chair, Makarfi airs his views on restructuring The National Chairman... Read More

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The YNaija Tracklist: Trump accuses ‘fake news’ of ignoring successes | Northern Nigeria divided on restructuring | More stories

From the papers this morning – a tracklist. Nigeria on the pathway to economic recovery – Ita Enang – YNaija PDP Chair, Makarfi airs his views on restructuring – YNaija PDP condemns Anambra church attack, say it is a call for moral rearmament – YNaija “There should be no age limit for president” – Obasanjo... Read More

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PDP vows to bring Kano Speaker to book for flouting court order

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the leadership of the Kano State House of Assembly of violating a court order. According to The Nation, the court, in a July 12 judgment, sacked an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker, Hayatu Sallau (Kura/Garun Mallam constituency), from the House of Assembly. The judgment... Read More

APC, kano, Kano State House of Assembly, party politics, PDP

Nigeria on the pathway to economic recovery – Ita Enang

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang says Nigeria will soon recover from the economic meltdown. A statement signed by his media aide, Essien Inyang, on Sunday in Abuja, said Enang disclosed this at an event organised to mark the end of the second legislative year of... Read More

Economic recession, Economic recovery, Ita Enang, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria's economy

Indecent dressing responsible for increased rape incidents – Islamic group

The Islamic Group Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has blamed indecent dressing for the increase in rape cases in women. This was highlighted in a statement released by the group in response to a protest on rape staged by another group War Against Rape (WAR), Punch reports. Members of WAR had staged the protest at the office of the Lagos... Read More

Akinwumi Ambode, Ishaq Akintola, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), rape, War Against Rape (WAR)

PDP Chair, Makarfi airs his views on restructuring

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi Sunday, said that the party was not against restructuring, but there should a debate on what should be restructured. Makarfi, who spoke in an interview with Vanguard, said, “Because it (restructuring) means different things to different people, there is a need to sit down... Read More

Ahmed Makarfi, party politics, PDP, restructuring

Buhari will only return if his doctors permit – Femi Adesina

The Special Adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, says the demands of the civil society groups who are staging a protest in Abuja, are not known to the laws of Nigeria. In a statement on Saturday, the groups said Nigerian entertainer, Charly Boy, would lead a protest to demand that President Muhammadu... Read More

ailing Buhari, Charly Boy, Femi Adesina, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria's president

PDP condemns Anambra church attack, say it is a call for moral rearmament

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the Sunday church killing that took place in Anambra. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Dayo Adeyeye, the PDP described the attack as “barbaric, sacrilegious”, adding that it indicates that “our society is fast degenerating into a state of anomie with total moral collapse.” The... Read More

Anambra Catholic Church, Anambra church attack, PDP, St. Philips Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Willie Obiano

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