The AMVCA red carpet is a sartorial assault course that can either help or take you off your newly found style…
Nigerians voted for change and to attain that change there is a need to do things differently, in the recognition that doing what we have always done will only result in more of the same. That change has started with the vital offensive against corruption, which has had a huge and adverse effect on our... Read More
$1m cash has been recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from one of the houses belonging to the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.). The money was reported to have been recovered after detectives searched a mansion located at 6, Ogun River Street, Maitama, Abuja. A detective... Read More
The Minster of State for Labour and Employment, James Ocholi, his wife, son and aide-de-camp, were on Sunday, involved in a car accident along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Ocholi, his wife and son are reported to have died from the crash which involved a Prado SUV and another Lexus SUV. The condition of the aide-de-camp remains... Read More
Following the death of the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, James Ocholi, his wife and his son are also reported to have died from Sunday’s car accident on the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Ocholi and his son are believed to have died instantly while his wife went into coma and later died at Doka hospital,... Read More
The Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Honourable James Ocholi (SAN) is dead. Ocholi is reported to have been involved in a road accident on Sunday, while travelling from Kaduna to Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad’s tweet on James Ocholi’s death further gives credence to the report. RIP... Read More
Nollywood’s most beautiful couples showed off their glitzy and glamorous sides as they flaunted their romance a…
President Muhammadu Buhari has categorically stated that not all the members of his government are fully loyal to him and the cause of his administration. Buhari said there are ‘certainly’ saboteurs in his government, during an interview with Al-Jazeera, which was aired on Saturday, March 5. He expressed doubts over the fidelity of the government... Read More
The Christian Association of Nigeria has become a veritable platform for political campaigns, says the Bishop of the Wusasa Diocese of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Zaria, Kaduna State, Reverend Ali Lamido. Reverend Lamido, while speaking on Saturday, lamented the fact that the leadership of CAN at all levels, have converted government houses into... Read More
The 4th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2016 took place at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Islan…
After his infamous comment about fellow party member, Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s wife on the floor of the Senate, Senator Dino Melaye is back with another nugget for Nigerians to feed on. This time, it is Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Babatunde Raji Fashola, who is also a fellow party member, that takes the indirect... Read More
The 4th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards 2016 is underway at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. Hosting the awards tonight are IK Osakioduwa and Minenhle ‘Minnie’ Dlamini. YNaija will be on standby- to bring you updates of winners from the awards ceremony and what Nigerians are saying on Twitter... Read More
The inaugural edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards kicked off in 2013 and so did its fabulous red carpe…
Nigeria’s leading movie makers and actors came out on Friday night for the The Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards cocktail party. The cocktail shindig, which held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, witness a convergence of movie stars and those behind the scenes of your favourite African movies. The party is a pre-event... Read More
A former Special Assistant to the Ekiti state governor on Youth Matters, Pastor Yemi Olayinka, on Thursday, defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress, while describing Ayo Fayose as a ‘power greedy individual’. Olayinka, a former ally of Fayose said it’s unfortunate that Ekiti state is under a one-man dictatorship while noting that Fayose deceived... Read More
The federal government has instituted civil actions against multinational oil corporations- Shell, Chevron, Agip and other major oil companies- in a bid to recover over N2 trillion, believed to be proceeds of unremitted crude oil revenue. The scourge of crude oil theft has plagued the nation since the era of its oil boom, leading to... Read More
In recent weeks, Nigerians have seen an increase in the prices of petroleum products, as well as queues at fuel stations across the country. Nigerians are heavily dependent on fuel for the different socio-economic activities they carry out daily, hence the harsh suffering the scarcity has inflicted on the populace. While the Nigerian National Petroleum... Read More
On a sunny afternoon in July 2013, as Hilary Okeke drove around the city of Enugu with his friends on their way back from scouting for girls at the Polo Park Mall, he turned on the radio. As he fiddled with the knob, an Igbo version of American superstar Jay Z’s Forever Young came on,... Read More
Three different incidents in the last week cast, poignantly, in bold relief the plight of the girl-child in Nigeria. Thanks to The Punch newspaper which launched the #FreeEse, #JusticeforEse campaign and the civil society groups that took up the fight in a spirited manner. With the outrage and outcry that followed, within 72 hours, this... Read More
In May 2014, prominent sports journalist, Aisha Falode’s 19-year old son, Toba was killed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates when he fell off his 17th floor balcony. While his friends claim that his falling was an accident, Mrs. Falode alleges that it was a murder, and accused the Dubai Police of being part of the... Read More
The Minister of state for Petroleum Resources and the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Ibe Kachikwu, says the NNPC would be restructured and divided into 30 companies that will generate revenue for the country. Each of the 30 companies is expected to have its own managing director. Kachikwu made this known on... Read More
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, also known as Shiites, has slammed terrorist groups that operate in the name of Islam, describing them as ‘enemies of Islam’. While denying recent news report that the movement was ‘planning a revenge mission’ for the killings of its members by the army in Zaria, the IMN strongly noted that... Read More
Victor Umeh, the former Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, was on Thursday, arrested by the Department of State Security. While it was initially uncertain why the DSS arrested the politician, his media aide, Stan Okeke has now revealed that it has to do with his alleged support of pro-Biafra agitators. The security agency... Read More
Hausa and Yoruba traders on Thursday afternoon, were involved in a bloody altercation in the popular Mile 12 market in Lagos State. Not less than 3 people were reported dead from the clash, which purportedly began when an Hausa commercial bike rider drove against traffic and hit a Yoruba bike rider. However, another report infers... Read More
Before you get to answer that question, we’ll have to understand what a leading nation actually is. Around 2050, there are aspersions that portend that the world will literately run out of space and one of the greatest concerns for humanity would be where to find a space for himself and his family. Many people... Read More
A few hours after he was slammed with a 10-count criminal charge of corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC), the former Chief of Defense staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, has denied the allegation that he misappropriated funds meant for the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). Badeh made his position known in a... Read More
While the dust raised by the alleged abduction of 14-year-old Ese Oruru from Bayelsa, is yet to settle, there are reports that Patience Paul, a 14-year-old primary six pupil of Mohammed Zako Model Primary School, Sokoto, may have been possibly abducted. Patience Paul, whose family resides in Sokoto, is reported to be taking up abode... Read More
After being abducted to Kano by Yunusa Yellow, 8-months ago, Ese Oruru and her mother, Rose, on Wednesday, made a return to Bayelsa State. While her alleged lover is in police custody in Abuja, Ese Oruru and her parents are currently at the Police Officers Mess in Yenagoa, where journalists have been denied entry. Yunusa... Read More
Ese Oruru, the teenage girl who was allegedly abducted from her home in Bayelsa and taken to Kano, where she was forcefully married to- Yinusa Yellow, is reported to be about ‘5 months pregnant’. Vanguard reports that the white Hijab she wore over her dress from Kano to Abuja on Tuesday, was used to conceal the pregnancy.... Read More
The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has urged the Norwegian government to halt its plan to illegally deport Lotachukwu Okolie and Onyedikachi Ani. Lotachukwu Okolie, who’s currently in detention, is the leader of pro-Biafran agitators in Norway. MASSOB leader, Uchenna Madu, said on Tuesday, that the plot to deport the duo is the... Read More
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