by Oge Okonkwo 1. Blood Money: After this movie was made, Kanayo .O. Kanayo became the man known for acting in money-ritual films. Who can forget that scene where a boy was turned into a chicken when he picked up money from the floor and carried away for rituals? Many parents used that part of... Read More
by Akan Ido Style icon, Dimeji Alara, has formally announced his resignation from the popular fashion and style magazine, StyleMania. Alara made his resignation public in a personally signed statement circulated today citing personal reasons for his disengagement.
by Fred Onyeoziri Finally, on the matter of who convokes the national conference , President Jonathan who is the only elected public officer with a nation-wide mandate to represent all of Nigeria can convoke the national conference on behalf of the people. But the conference report cannot be tampered with by the president or his... Read More
by Adeola Balogun A driver in Oyo has been arrested after he was accused of locking a police officer in his car. Sunday Oladele,41, was arraigned before a Magistrate court in Ibadan, the state capital after he was alleged to have locked up the woman in a bid to resist arrest. According to the prosecutor,... Read More
by Adeola Balogun A fire outbreak late on Tuesday engulfed the official residence of the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of Operations at the Lagos Command, Emmanuel Ngwu. The fire is said to have started at about 6.30pm in Mr. Ngwu’s duplex at the Police College, Ikeja. Eyewitness accounts have it that the... Read More
by Akan Ido Contrary to the assertions made by the governor of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Apbabio that the people of Anambra that, unlike him, the All Progressives Congress (APC) deports Nigerian citizens, it would appear he is also a culprit, according to a document made available to YNaija. Akpabio had at a Peoples Democratic Party... Read More
by Alkasim Abdulkadir The most potent force against defeating the polio virus has been insecurity; going into the red flag states of Borno and Yobe states has been hazardous to vaccinators. Nigeria is fighting several battles, on several frontiers, from the insurgency in the North Eastern corner, to the debilitating poverty across the country to the polio... Read More
by Akan Ido Annie Idibia celebrated her birthday yesterday while in the United States. And she took some time out on Wednesday to thank her fans who showed her mad love with a short Instagram video. Annie, who is in the States to have her second baby for musician, 2face captioned the short clip with... Read More
by Adeola Balogun The remains of Olatunji Okusanya (Jnr), son of the Chief Executive of MIC funeral services, were finally laid to rest yesterday. The late Okusanya died with his father in a plane crash involving an Associated Airlines plane on October 3 and was buried at the Ikoyi Cemetery, Obalende, Lagos. [READ: Associated Airlines... Read More
by Adeola Balogun Ayodeji Falae, the son of Olu Falae, will be buried today, 14 November 2013. ‘Deji died in the fatal Associated Airline plane crash in Lagos on October 3 while accompanying the funeral party of the late former Governor of Ondo, Olusegun Agagu. [READ: Associated Airlines plane carrying late Agagu’s body crashes in... Read More
by Tutu Akinlabi Yesterday, November 13 was Tunde Demuren’s birthday – of course you know Tunde is now one of our favourite people because he and Toolz – one of our all time favourites – are a couple, yes? The Empire Mates Entertainment co-founder celebrated his birthday in Lagos with family and friends. The party... Read More
by Chi Ibe The BBC is reporting that a French priest has been “kidnapped in northern Cameroon, in region where Islamist militant group Boko Haram operate.” This tweet was sent out by the service at 12.45pm. French priest kidnapped in northern Cameroon, in region where Islamist militant group Boko Haram operate — BBC Breaking News... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo It’s #ThrowbackThursday! Here are former Lagos state governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his lovely wife, Oluremi Tinubu at their traditional wedding years (years, years) ago. And, below, look at them now. One a Senator, the other a (alleged) godfather. Time has been good to them.
by Ayokunle Odekunle “Whoever is seen in alliances and dalliances with Babangida should never be trusted. Such a person is a sell-out”. The twitter activist got many RTs and more followers. From time immemorial, I have had series of issues with our self-appointed, self-anointed Twitter activists. It is that they suffer from some acute selective... Read More
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by Muyiwa Daropale The singer, Obiwon announced this week the launch of his new album. Whilst he is not one of those on the lips of many, we’re still excited he’s back in business The voice: Obiwon has an incredible voice that just uplifts. Whether its gospel, R n B, or just soul, that... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Yesterday, the entire People’s Democratic Party appeared to descend on Anambra to push the gubernatorial candidate, Tony Nwoye into winning an election many pundits think he won’t. He has been involved in litigation over who is candidate for the pasty for the past few months – and has been late to the... Read More
by Chi Ibe If you thought President Goodluck Jonathan had distanced himself from his now notorious declaration at a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) rally three years ago, then you have misjudged the man: he had no shoes when he went to primary school. That’s his story and he is sticking with it. At least, going... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Isn’t marijuana supposed to be illegal in Nigeria? Well, this policeman – who is supposed to be enforcing our laws – seems to be blissfully unaware, bless his heart.
by Pius Adesanmi President Obama’s convoy comprises his limo, a decoy limo, one or two media buses and a few police outriders on motorcycles. That is the length of the convoy of a self-respecting Local Government Chairman in Nigeria. “There is Elizabeth Udoudo, a mother of two children aged five and three years respectively. Sometime... Read More
by Hakeem Baba-Ahmad Governor Amaechi does not have the options of a prodigal son. His sins dwarf the others’ principally because Jonathan’s people see him as fraternizing with the enemy, which is what Northern PDP have become. The crisis in the PDP has many ominous implications, yet the major players appear to think the nation... Read More
by Rotimi Fasan Death at political rallies, which was what happened at the Adoration Ground crusade, is commonplace thing in Nigeria. The least organisers of such rallies could do is make contingency arrangements for the safety of their partisans, including possible sabotage by opposition elements. Failure to do this, I repeat, amounts to criminal negligence... Read More
The national leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday entered into closed-door meetings with two former leaders, Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, at their Hilltop residences in Minna, Niger State. Four APC leaders – General Muhammadu Buhari, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Bisi Akande and deputy chairman of the party and former speaker... Read More
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by Ogaga Ifowodo Given the immediate circumstances of this tragic event, I call on the Kogi State Attorney-General to bring charges against the offending driver for manslaughter. I am stunned and saddened beyond description by the death in a road accident of Prof. Festus Iyayi yesterday (12 November 2013). As a student in the late... Read More
by Muyiwa Daropale Every day, YNaija On The Streets will try to bring you images that capture the dramatic, the striking, the elevating or the smile-inducing from the streets of Africa, with a special interest in that maddening city called Lagos. These photos from Ladipo Market in Oshodi and Surulere in Lagos tell a story... Read More
by Is’haq Kawu Modibbo Those, like Bukola Saraki, who felt President Jonathan was a clueless weakling that can be used and dumped as they thought fit, now have to fight for their own political lives. Last week, the ‘aggressive recruitment’ train of the APC finally chucked into Ilorin, Kwara State. The team was received by... Read More
by Josef Omorotionmwan It will be unfair to totally ignore the dilemma of Governor Chime. We are possibly looking at a mental case. What does a man do if his wife has gone totally berserk? How does he export her abroad — cage her or crate her, the Umaru Dikko style? We saw real agony... Read More
Angry leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities allegedly chased away the Governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada (retd.) from the emergency ward of the Lokoja General Hospital on Tuesday. Wada had gone to the hospital to visit their injured colleague, Dr. Ngozi Ilo, and commiserate with them over the death of their... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday suspended its proposed National Executive Council (NEC) during which it was supposed to reach a decision on the suspension of its 4 month old strike. [READ: ASUU strike: Meeting postponed indefinitely, strike continues] The meeting was to be held in Kano and its suspension... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Disaster struck in the Iba area of Lagos when a railing, on which 8 children were leaning, collapsed. The children, students of the Ajangbadi High School in Iba Local Council Development Area, were resting on the rusted railing when it gave way causing injury to all 8 of them. The incident occurred... Read More
by Segun Adeniyi The greater tragedy of our country, however, is that a system that is literally overrun by sundry abuses which undermine best practices is simply incapable of isolating any single act of misconduct for serious remedial action. Two profoundly significant episodes which speak to how other societies deal with issues bordering on abuse... Read More