Deji Adeyanju: If Buhari is not a tyrant, then what is he?

On 31st of December 2015, i spoke on Channels Television new interview segment about the President Media Chat of president Buhari and raised some of these fundamental questions which pints to the fact that the president of our nation might be a tyrant: 1. Buhari’s response on the Shiites issue proves beyond reasonable doubt that... Read More

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January 3, 2016

Fani-Kayode to Buhari: ‘El Zakzaky, Dasuki, Kanu must not be tortured, poisoned or murdered’

Former Minister of Aviation and die-hard critic of the present administration, Femi Fani-Kayode, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against infringing on the human rights of high profile persons currently in the custody of the government. Fani-Kayode said no harm should befall the trio of- leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Indigenous... Read More

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January 3, 2016

APC to PDP: ‘Don’t distract Buhari with your childish conspiracy theories’

The All Progressives Congress has informed the Peoples Democratic Party that President Muhammadu Buhari would not be distracted by its childish conspiracy theories and wild claims. PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh had released a statement on Saturday, claiming that the APC and the President were afraid of Sambo Dasuki’s chances of being President in... Read More

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January 2, 2016

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 many Nigerians from all political divides have always known about President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its “Change” mantra. This continues from... Read More

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January 2, 2016

‘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 target for assassination due to his anti-corruption war. During his New Year sermon on Friday, Mbaka said: “I am not a sycophant, but I want... Read More

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January 2, 2016

‘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 Reekado Bank’s winning of the Next Rated category ahead of Lil Kesh. Olamide couldn’t stomach the snub and went on stage to rant and say... Read More

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January 2, 2016

‘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 after he was honoured with the Special Recognition award by Tony Okoroji. The super-producer, in his vote of thanks, said he didn’t want the award... Read More

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January 1, 2016

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 hopes and impediments, and the forceful manner in which these have compelled us afresh to focus on our circumstances and destiny as a people and... Read More

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January 1, 2016

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 one million poor Nigerians would benefit from the first phase of the Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme. He said the scheme was intended to utilise the... Read More

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December 31, 2015

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, and weigh-in on any discourse. A look at this year’s list would reveal that while some regular faces have retained their places, there are emerging... Read More

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December 31, 2015

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), was finally convinced (or was it confused) to host a presidential media chat in Nigeria. Before now, Nigerians had expressed strong reservations on why the... Read More

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December 31, 2015

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 own, Nnamdi Kanu and his IPOB co-travellers shifting from the fringes of society to its frightening center, oil prices on a downward slide most of... Read More

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December 31, 2015

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 after it became quite obvious that he was trailing the retired general at the nationwide polls, the world took notice. The votes hadn’t even been... Read More

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December 31, 2015

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 and is Girl Power Re-imagined. Where the stereotypes and limitations have often caged Women and in a horde of situations, relegated them to mere objects... Read More

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December 31, 2015

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 Lagos between 1999 and 2007, so that these days ‘Bourdillon’ stands as a byword for absolute authority in and over Lagos by a man to... Read More

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December 31, 2015

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 Kanu, while failing to answer why the federal government has continued to disobey court orders to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra... Read More

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December 31, 2015

‘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 Muhammadu Buhari. IPOB and MASSOB have said the insinuations are completely false, while describing the move as a calculated and systematic attempt by agents of... Read More

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December 31, 2015

‘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. In September 2015, I got a call from Dr Adedeji Adeleke, a long time family friend, telling me his son had fathered a baby girl... Read More

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December 30, 2015

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 the efforts of Sophia Momodu‘s uncle and Ovation Magazine publisher, Dele Momodu, the attempt at making the trip ended in futility. In a series of Instagram... Read More

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December 30, 2015

‘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 (Media World International), Munir Dan Ali (Daily Trust) and Ibanga Isine (Premium Times). The President was asked questions about issues bordering on challenges of insecurity, the... Read More

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December 30, 2015

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 are divisive characters, eliciting strong emotions from those who observe them, both near and far. Politicians like Nasir El-Rufai and Bola Tinubu would fall into... Read More

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December 30, 2015

#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 particular order: Africa Independent Television (AIT) Raymond Dokpesi’s Africa Independent Television (AIT) proved to be less than independent this year as the searchlight was beamed... Read More

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December 30, 2015

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 standoff on behalf of his colleagues. It was July 1992, and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was locked in an epic battle with... Read More

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December 30, 2015

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 very popular brand that has revolutionized the e-commerce sector in Nigeria. They also know Dealdey. Sim Shagaya is the founder and CEO of Konga.com as... Read More

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December 30, 2015

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 trillion, while the Legislature and the Judiciary, would spend N115 billion and N90 billion respectively. According to the budget breakdown, N39 billion will be spent... Read More

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December 30, 2015

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 stipend of N5,000 to poor, unemployed Nigerians. On Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed disclosed that the monthly stipend would be sourced... Read More

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December 30, 2015

‘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 director of Radio Biafra, expressed his readiness to write a private letter of apology to the President. He also apologised to former President Goodluck Jonathan and Igbo... Read More

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December 29, 2015

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 University, the all-rounder beat her own path into finance by taking as many accounting electives as she had room for. Self-taught, Awosika was impressive enough... Read More

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December 29, 2015

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 be unveiled to the public by the editors on December 31. Before that, we have tallied the popular votes – and the winner by a... Read More

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December 29, 2015

#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. The one with Frank ’Gerrarahere’ Odega Etisalat’s Easy Starter campaign as fronted by comedian Frank Odega isn’t the funniest or most visually impressive ad we... Read More

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Deji Adeyanju: If Buhari is not a tyrant, then what is he?

Fani-Kayode to Buhari: ‘El Zakzaky, Dasuki, Kanu must not be tortured, poisoned or murdered’

APC to PDP: ‘Don’t distract Buhari with your childish conspiracy theories’

Jude Ndukwe: #Buharigate, Jonathan, PDP and lessons from Garba Shehu’s treatise

‘Many people are planning to kill Buhari’ – Father Mbaka

‘God will punish you and your generation’ | Olamide and Don Jazzy at war over #TheHeadies2015

‘If you want a car, come and take’ | Don Jazzy shades Olamide at #TheHeadies2015

Reuben Abati: In 2015, Nigerians taught the political elite a bitter lesson in humility

FG to create 1 million jobs in 2016 – VP Osinbajo

Class of 2015: These are the 100 most influential Nigerians on Twitter

Jude Ndukwe: What is presidential about Buhari’s media chat?

Editorial: Why Josephine Ugwu – whose name you might have forgotten – is the Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2015

Timi Dakolo profiles Goodluck Jonathan: Authentic African Hero (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)

Toyosi Akerele profiles Aisha Alhassan: The fierce ‘Mrs Madam’ who wins without trembling (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)

Tolu Ogunlesi profiles Bola Ahmed Tinubu: The Lion of Bourdillon (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)

What Buhari said about Nnamdi Kanu, Biafra and Ndigbo marginalisation during #PresidentialMediaChat

‘Nnamdi Kanu would rather die than apologise to Buhari’ – MASSOB, IPOB

‘We’ve been treated shabbily’ | Dele Momodu writes on Davido, Sophia Momodu’s bitter fight

Davido, Dele Momodu in war of words – Read why

‘Police cannot investigate the army’ | 35 key quotes from Buhari’s Presidential Media Chat

Joachim MacEbong profiles Rotimi Amaechi: The rebel who wins battle after battle, after battle (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)

#YNaija2015Review: Channels TV, Twitter, Linda Ikeji… | Top 10 most influential media platforms of the year

Akintunde Oyebode profiles Attahiru Jega: Primus Inter Pares (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)

Chuba Ezekwesili profiles Sim Shagaya: Sim has seen the future (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)

N39bn to be spent in running ‘Office of the President’ in 2016

FG reveals source of funding for proposed N5,000 monthly stipend

‘I apologise for calling Buhari a paedophile, terrorist’ – Nnamdi Kanu

Ore Fakorede profiles Ibukun Awosika: Women can have it all (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)

See who won the popular vote for Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2015 | Overall winner to be announced on December 31

#YNaija2015Review: ‘Gerrarahere, #FoundOnKonga, Ambode all-stars…’ | We present the top 7 adverts of the year

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