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Jude Ndukwe: #Buharigate, Jonathan, PDP and lessons from Garba Shehu’s treatise
In his essay titled “#Buharigate: As the Limit of Obstructionist Politics”, that was widely published in the media recently, Mr Garba Shehu, one of the president’s spokespersons, further confirmed what…
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‘Many people are planning to kill Buhari’ – Father Mbaka
Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, revealed on Friday, that there are plans by certain elements to assassinate President Muhammadu Buhari. Mbaka of the Enugu-based Adoration Ministry, says Buhari has become a…
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‘God will punish you and your generation’ | Olamide and Don Jazzy at war over #TheHeadies2015
The Headies Awards 2015 was a night of flops, goofs and controversy. Leading the charge in the controversy department was Don Jazzy and Olamide. The pair's verbal altercation was over…
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‘If you want a car, come and take’ | Don Jazzy shades Olamide at #TheHeadies2015
The 2015 edition of the Headies Awards ended in disarray after Don Jazzy and his Mavin crew stormed out of the event premises. Don Jazzy's exit of the hall came…
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Reuben Abati: In 2015, Nigerians taught the political elite a bitter lesson in humility
What is the most compelling, most impactful and most remarkable issue in the year 2015 that has just ended? In my estimation, it is democracy: its contents and discontents, its…
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FG to create 1 million jobs in 2016 – VP Osinbajo
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the Federal Government will create not less than one million direct jobs in 2016. Osinbajo said on Thursday, December 31, that another…
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Class of 2015: These are the 100 most influential Nigerians on Twitter
by Chi Ibe This post has been updated. It’s a fact that Twitter has become a medium for every Nigerian to be heard and bare their minds, express their opinions,…
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Jude Ndukwe: What is presidential about Buhari’s media chat?
After months of addressing Nigerians from outside the country on issues that are largely local, granting interviews to foreign media outfits while neglecting the local media, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd),…
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Editorial: Why Josephine Ugwu – whose name you might have forgotten – is the Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2015
by Our Editors Look at the headlines. The fuel queues back in a big way, Lagos roads on perpetual lockdown, Shiite Muslims protesting the senseless killing of hundreds of their…
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Timi Dakolo profiles Goodluck Jonathan: Authentic African Hero (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)
In March this year, when President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan did the unthinkable- at least by African standards- and called up his closest opponent, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress…
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Toyosi Akerele profiles Aisha Alhassan: The fierce ‘Mrs Madam’ who wins without trembling (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)
In a country where upstanding role models are insufficient, authentic female role models are even fewer and powerful femaleness is such rareness, Madam Aisha Alhassan goes for the jugular fearlessly…
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Tolu Ogunlesi profiles Bola Ahmed Tinubu: The Lion of Bourdillon (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)
Bourdillon Road cuts across the eastern half of Ikoyi Island, one of Lagos' most upscale neighbourhoods. Easily the most famous address on it belongs to Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor of…
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What Buhari said about Nnamdi Kanu, Biafra and Ndigbo marginalisation during #PresidentialMediaChat
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, weighed-in on the continued detention of Radio Biafra Director, Nnamdi Kanu. During his first Presidential Media Chat, Buhari gave some insight into the activities of…
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‘Nnamdi Kanu would rather die than apologise to Buhari’ – MASSOB, IPOB
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) have vehemently rejected the reports that Biafra leader, Nnamdi Kanu, apologised to President…
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‘We’ve been treated shabbily’ | Dele Momodu writes on Davido, Sophia Momodu’s bitter fight
Ovation publisher, Dele Momodu- the uncle in the middle of the controversy between singer, Davido and his baby-mama, Sophia Momodu, has written a tell-all article on the matter. Read below. …
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Davido, Dele Momodu in war of words – Read why
Davido has spilled some nasty details about the mother of his child, Sophia Momudu, on Instagram. Apparently, Davido wanted to travel abroad on Tuesday with his baby daughter, Imade, but through…
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‘Police cannot investigate the army’ | 35 key quotes from Buhari’s Presidential Media Chat
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday evening, hosted his maiden Presidential Media Chat since assuming office on May 29, 2015. The panel of interviewers were Kayode Akintemi (Channels TV), Ngozi Anyaegbulam…
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Joachim MacEbong profiles Rotimi Amaechi: The rebel who wins battle after battle, after battle (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)
Every country has public figures about whom there does not seem to be any middle ground. They are people you either love, or hate. This is because, of essence, they…
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#YNaija2015Review: Channels TV, Twitter, Linda Ikeji… | Top 10 most influential media platforms of the year
The top 10 influential media platforms of the year range from the viral churning Buzzfeed to the highbrow Channels Television. See how they influenced the year that was. In no…
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Akintunde Oyebode profiles Attahiru Jega: Primus Inter Pares (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)
The first time I heard his name, I was barely in my teens, but old enough to understand that a dictator ran Nigeria, and a quiet gentleman was leading a…
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Chuba Ezekwesili profiles Sim Shagaya: Sim has seen the future (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)
The name Sim Shagaya may not be very popular among young Nigerian folk but mention “Konga”, and the eyes of your listener will light up in acknowledgement. Nigerians know the…
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N39bn to be spent in running ‘Office of the President’ in 2016
Out of the N6.1 trillion budgeted by the federal government for the 2016 fiscal year, the executive arm of the government would spend 96.5 per cent, which amounts to N5.87…
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FG reveals source of funding for proposed N5,000 monthly stipend
The Federal Government has revealed the source of funding for the monthly welfare payment to vulnerable Nigerians. The All Progressives Congress-led government had during electioneering promised to pay a monthly…
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‘I apologise for calling Buhari a paedophile, terrorist’ – Nnamdi Kanu
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has apologised to President Muhammadu Buhari, for describing him as a terrorist and a paedophile in his radio broadcasts. Kanu, the…
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Ore Fakorede profiles Ibukun Awosika: Women can have it all (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)
In this inherently male chauvinist world, women can't have it all. Or maybe they can. Ibukun Awosika certainly does. After being miscast as a Chemistry major at the Obafemi Awolowo…
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See who won the popular vote for Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2015 | Overall winner to be announced on December 31
And we have a winner – at least for the popular vote! The Y!/YNaija.com voting for Person of the Year 2015 began in late November, and the overall winner will…
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#YNaija2015Review: ‘Gerrarahere, #FoundOnKonga, Ambode all-stars…’ | We present the top 7 adverts of the year
These adverts had us laughing out loud, singing along or just marvelling at their technical accomplishment. From bottom to top, we present the 7 adverts we loved the most in 2015.…
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How Radio Biafra used MTN masts to broadcast messages
The transmitters used in broadcasting secession-inclined messages from Radio Biafra, were installed on the masts of telecommunication giants, MTN. in Enugu and Anambra. Nnamdi Kanu, the Director of Radio Biafra, is…
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Niger Delta militants to Buhari: ‘We want EFCC to leave Tompolo alone’
Former Niger Delta militants, have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop harassing ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a Tompolo, and follow the…
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Why Senator Shehu Sani was suspended for ’11 months’ by APC
Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone, has been suspended by the Tudun Wada ward of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna state. Sani, an outspoken member of the…
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