Omoleye Omoruyi

NAPTIP nabs notorious human trafficker in Benin

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) said on Sunday that it has arrested a notorious human trafficker in Benin. NAPTIP also disclosed that it has rescued three victims from the trafficker’s house. The Head, Press and Public Relations, NAPTIP, Josiah Emerole said this in a statement issued in Abuja, Premium... Read More

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“Agitations to create a Biafran state is mere freedom of expression” – Aminu Masari

Governor of Katsina state, Aminu Masari has declared that a Biafran nation cannot happen, saying the agitation is a mere exercise of the freedom of expression. Masari said Nigeria was bigger than Biafra, noting that even if a referendum was called on Biafra, it will fail, Daily Post reports. The governor said the Igbos occupy... Read More

Amini Masari, biafra, governor of Katsina, IPOB, MASSOB

$3bn stolen by Nigerian hackers – Report

Experts have alleged that Nigerian hackers and cyber criminals have masterminded a grand theft of information and money running into billions of dollars, worldwide. The report says the hackers are able to carry out their activities by sending phishing emails to commercial organizations and industrial enterprises, which they later steal dry. The FBI estimates that... Read More

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Osinbajo says government shouldn’t be in the business of setting up refineries

Yemi Osinbajo, says refineries in the country are non-functional because they are government-owned. Osinbajo said this in Abuja on Thursday while speaking at the 2017 African Modular Refinery Discussion organised by the Modular Refiners Association of Nigeria (MRAN), The Cable reports. “Government cannot just go and be setting up refineries. If government sets up refineries and... Read More

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Wild forest fire kills 57, injures dozens in Portugal (PHOTOS)

At least 57 people have been killed by wild forest fires in central Portugal, with many dying in their cars as they tried to run from the flames, the government said on Sunday. Portugal’s prime minister, António Costa, described the blazes – which have injured dozens more people – as “the greatest tragedy we have... Read More

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2019 election: Lagos group asks NEF to pick credible candidate, shun “it is our turn, we field anybody”

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has been asked to collaborate with politicians in the North to look for a credible candidate that will be acceptable to Nigerians to run for presidency in 2019 in case President Muhammadu Buhari not fit for re-election. The Association for Good Leadership, Advocate, Peace and Development, Lagos (AGLPDL), which made... Read More

Association for Good Leadership, Buhari 2019, Muhammadu Buhari, NEF, northern elders forum, Northern presidency

Police arrests Fulani herdsman for raping 22-year-old woman for 3 days

A 22-year-old Fulani herdsman, Abubakar Mojumba, has been arrested by the Nigerian Police for the alleged kidnap and rape of a 22-year-old woman, Sadiat Musa. He was said to have kept Sadiat in a forest, where he and his gang members raped her serially for three days, Daily Post reports. Mojumba was one of the... Read More

Fulani herdsman, nigerian police, Oyo State, rape, Robbery, Theft

Anti-corruption: Buhari’s panel ridicules presidency, judiciary, says anti-graft war following wrong direction

Two members of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) in Abuja on Saturday derided government’s handling of the anti-corruption war. Chairman of the panel, Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), and member, Professor Femi Odekunle, while speaking at a programme organised by the National Association of Seadogs (the Pyrates Confraternity), attributed setbacks suffered by the administration... Read More

anti-corruption, Anti-graft war, Buhari, Itse Sagay, PACAC

President Buhari

‘Buhari insists on one presidency, asks all ministers and aides to meet Osinbajo’

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly been resisting attempts by some government officials, including ministers to undermine the powers of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. He has refused to see such officials who secretly travel to the United Kingdom with files for his signature, it was gathered yesterday, The Nation reports. Buhari, the sources said, rejected the... Read More

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FG to appeal Saraki’s case on Wednesday

The Special Assistant to the President on Prosecutions, Okoi Obono-Obla, said on Saturday that the Federal Government is reportedly ready to appeal last Wednesday’s ruling of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Senate President Bukola Saraki. The CCT had discharged and acquitted Saraki of 18 charges of false asset declaration and other related offences... Read More

Bukola Saraki, corruption, False asset declaration, Federal Government, Senate President

‘Beyoncé’s twins with Jay Z are finally here’

Beyoncé has reportedly given birth to the much-awaited twins with Jay Z in same Los Angeles hospital where she delivered Blue Ivy Carter. E! News quotes multiple sources as saying the power couple were thrilled with their twin joy. “Bey and Jay are thrilled and have started sharing the news with their family and closest friends,”... Read More

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Police IG orders promotion of officers who arrested billionaire kidnapper, Evans

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has approved the promotion of police officers who participated in the arrest of Lagos billionaire kidnapper, Evans. Evans was arrested on Saturday, June 10 in Lagos by officers of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) led by ACP Abba Kyari, while he planned to travel out of the country. Daily... Read More

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2019 election: S’East coalition lists Patience Jonathan, Orji Uzor Kalu, Ike Ekweremadu, others

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, three Igbo groups, the World Igbo Youth Congress (WIYC), the Igbo Students’ Association (ISA), and the South-East Women Professionals (SWP), have shortlisted Igbo politicians that should run for presidency. This is coming few days after the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), declared that it’s either Igbo presidency in 2019 or... Read More

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“I feel so shattered that they killed my son” – Florence Omagbemi

Super Falcons’ coach, Florence Omagbemi, has said that the death of her 15-year-old nephew was killed. Omagbemi said she adopted Samson after her sister died six months after his birth. His body and that of a friend were found in a hotel swimming pool in Effurun, Warri, Delta state. They were discovered two days after going... Read More

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CAN meets Osinbajo behind closed doors, lists demands

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) met Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday, behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The delegation was led on the courtesy visit by its President, Rev Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, Daily Post reports. At the meeting, CAN made five demands in a letter delivered to Osinbajo. The demands... Read More

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

These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. 1. WHY EL-ZAKZAKY IS STILL IN CUSTODY – LAI MOHAMMED The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said that the reason Shiite leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, is still in protective custody is due to FG’s inability to build him a house. 2. LAI MOHAMMED ‘CLEARS THE AIR’... Read More

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15-year-old son of Super Falcons coach, Omagbemi, drowns in pool

The 15-year-old nephew of the Nigerian Super Falcon’s coach, Florence Omagbemi, has died. According to a media officer for the Nigeria U-23 team, Timi Ebikagboro, Samson Omagbemi drowned at a hotel swimming pool in Delta State on Wednesday, The Net reports. Ebikagboro said in a statement that a teacher had led the JSS 3 student of Challenge... Read More

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Why El-Zakzaky is still in custody – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has said that the reason Shiite leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, is still in protective custody is due to the federal government’s inability to build him a house. Speaking on Channels TV (Politics today) the Minister said the court ruled that El-Zakzaky be released after his house has been rebuilt. He... Read More

DSS, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, Islamic movement, lai mohammed, Shiite

The YNaija Tracklist: Australian PM mocks Trump in leaked audio | N’Delta militants defy Osinbajo’s warning, issue quit notice to Northerners again | More stories

From the papers, a tracklist. N’Delta militants defy Osinbajo’s warning, issue quit notice to Northerners again – YNaija ‘Billionaire kidnapper, Evans, used N4.6m phones to frustrate arrest’ – YNaija Lai Mohammed ‘clears the air’ on President Buhari’s death – YNaija Hilary Clinton compares herself to movie heroine Wonder Woman – YNaija “Time has come for... Read More

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“Reports of my expulsion from my party, the APC, are false” – Jibrin

Abdulmumini Jibrin, has described as false the report that he has been expelled from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) for anti-party activities. Abdulmumini writing on Twitter on Thursday said that his purported expulsion was carried out by ‘political antagonizers who are perpetually threatened by his advocacy for transparency in public service and political leadership’.... Read More

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“Time has come for FG to limit number of children per family” – Afe Babalola

Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) has called on the Federal Government to create awareness on the need for families to limit the number of their children to two. He said this on Thursday while delivering the 2017 annual lecture series of the Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. He stated that China introduced a... Read More

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President Buhari

Lai Mohammed ‘clears the air’ on President Buhari’s death

Amid speculations of President Muhammadu Buhari’s death, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said Acting President Yemi Osinbajo speaks with Buhari every day. He said this in Lagos during an interview with Seun Okinbaloye of Politics Today on Channels Television. According to Mohammed, Buhari has “so much trust” for Osinbajo and also... Read More

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‘Billionaire kidnapper, Evans, used N4.6m phones to frustrate arrest’

The Nigerian police have said that information from useful statements made by a younger sister of the kidnap baron, Evans, led to his arrest. The sister was said to have been arrested after her number was identified as one of the contacts in Evans’ special SIM card, Punch reports. The kidnapper’s childhood friend and four... Read More

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N’Delta militants defy Osinbajo’s warning, issue quit notice to Northerners again

Defying Yemi Osinbajo’s warning against hate speeches and threats from any part of the country or any group, a coalition of Niger Delta militants has insisted on its quit notice to northerners living in the region. The militant groups, in a statement on Thursday, also lamented that none of the leaders of the northern groups... Read More

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Human rights violation: UK, US reportedly retract visas for top military officers

The US embassy and British high commission in Nigeria have reportedly withdrawn and denied entry visa to some serving and retired officers of the Nigerian army. According to THISDAY, this was disclosed in a report of an army panel set up to investigate alleged human rights abuse levelled against the military by Amnesty International (AI). While... Read More

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’14 witnesses to testify against Dasuki behind screened doors’

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, granted a request by the Federal Government to hide the identities of 14 witnesses billed to testify against detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki. The ruling, delivered by trial Justice Ahmed Mohammed, granted leave for all the prosecution witnesses to give their evidence behind screen,... Read More

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“Adeleke was not strong enough to confront a tough challenger” – Osun APC

The Osun state chapter of the APC says its former senatorial aspirant, Ademola Adeleke, was never a member of the party. In a statement on Thursday by its Publicity Secretary, Kunle Oyatomi, and published by The Cable, the party said Adeleke’s withdrawal from the primary of Osun west senatorial district was “purely a reconsideration as... Read More

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Saraki’s trial stalled economic growth – Akpabio

Minority leader of the senate, Godswill Akpabio, says the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) slowed down the economy. Speaking on Thursday, Akpabio told his colleagues that the prices of stocks went up at the stock exchange after Saraki was cleared. A sign, he says, that the economy is “bouncing... Read More

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Tax awareness: FG to recruit 7,500 graduates as tax officers

The Federal Government has said it will recruit 7,500 graduates as Community Tax Liaison Officers to raise tax awareness among citizens. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, along with the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler made this known at a joint press briefing on Thursday in Abuja, NAN reports. Adeosun said that... Read More

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