Follow the stories and analyses on YNaija: How IPOB members stopped soldiers from entering my house – Nnamdi Kanu Stop peddling falsehood | Alhassan blasts Fani-Kayode Nigeria is stagnant, no development is going on – Wike
Good Morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: Following reports that the Nigerian Army invaded the residence of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), injuring some members of the pro-Biafra group, the Police and Army have, in separate statements, dismissed the report as untrue. Both statements... Read More
We love Mondays! It’s the day of the week where we get to load you with all the entertainment gists you missed through the weekend and others that unraveled while you slept on Sunday night. Let’s do this! Kanye West and Jay-Z may be ending their beef? Reports making rounds have it that we may... Read More
From the papers, a tracklist. Nigeria is stagnant, no development is going on – Wike – YNaija Troops did not invade Nnamdi Kanu’s house – Army – YNaija Stand on the truth, don’t be intimidated | Fani-Kayode advises Alhassan – YNaija Dangote-led national relief committee donates N250m to victims of Benue flood – YNaija Charly... Read More
The Governor of Imo, Rochas Okorocha yesterday said Charles Oputa, known as Charly Boy was recruited in 2014 by his political opponents to fight his administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor, who was reacting to a recent meeting convened by Charly Boy and the State Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Lawrence... Read More
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo A blind man who only listens to radio must be thinking this is September 2018 rather than September 2017. It is still two long years before the 2019 presidential election but the distraction of that election was so palpable last week. Aisha Alhassan, Minister for Women Affairs, sparked off the latest... Read More
Reacting to reports that the governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, and subsequent confirmation of same of his deputy, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, as his successor under the platform of the pPeoples Democratic Party (PDP), some youth in Ekiti East Local Government Area, have said they will resist the alleged imposition of a candidate on the electorate. Rising... Read More
A former minister of aviation, Femi Fani Kayode has asked the minister of women affairs, Aisha Alhassan, not to be intimidated and to stand by the truth. Fani Kayode had claimed that Alhassan had said that the governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai, was involved in the kidnap of the Chibok girls. In response, Alhassan discredited... Read More
Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has narrated how soldiers allegedly invaded his compound in Abia State. While speaking with journalists, Kanu said the soldiers, loaded in an armoured tank and three Hilux vans shot his supporters. The Biafran agitator added that some of his members formed human shields to prevent the... Read More
Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan has attacked former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode for ‘peddling falsehood’. In a series of tweets, Fani-Kayode had stated that Alhassan, who is in charge of the rehabilitation of Chibok girls had a revelation to give about the role Governor Nasir el-Rufai in the “scam.” While responding through a... Read More
The Nigerian Army has dismissed allegations that soldiers attempted to invade the compound of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in Abia State. There has been reports that the soldiers attacked the building and shot some members of the secessionists group who resisted. But the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 14 Brigade,... Read More
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has said Nigeria is a stagnant and underdeveloped country. Wike said this during the special thanksgiving service for the PDP candidates of the Rivers South-East Senatorial District on Sunday at the All Saints Anglican Cathedral, Bori, Khana Local Government Area. He called on the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to address... Read More
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In reaction to the incident that occurred at the home of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in Abia on Sunday, which has left some of the members injured, the Nigerian police said the military personnel were only carrying out a procession to test a new armoured carrier. “There was... Read More
The Igbo National Council (INC) Sunday, gave the Chief of Army staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, 21 days to withdraw his men from the Southeast region. This was stated in a release issued to Vanguard in Owerri, and signed by the National President, Comrade Chilos Godsent. The release also warned that it would sue the... Read More
The Nigerian Army has reportedly invaded the residence of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, injuring some members of the Pro-Biafra group. A video by Sahara Reporters on Twitter showed an injured person. A similar video shared by a Facebook user, Somto Okonkwo, showed the presence of armoured vehicles and... Read More
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has introduced a Security Barcode in its electricity bills to check fake bills, manipulations and other forms of “scientific electricity theft”, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Head, Communications of EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, said this in an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Enugu. Reasons: The modified... Read More
The Chairman, National Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation, Aliko Dangote says it has provided N250 million as relief assistance to victims of the flood in Benue. Dangote said on Sunday in Lagos that this was in response to the request by the Benue State Government. The former President Goodluck Jonathan had on October 11, 2012,... Read More
The minister of women affairs, Aisha Alhassan says the comment attributed to her on the involvement of the governor of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai in the kidnap of over 200 Chibok school girls in 2014, is false. Alhassan’s spokesman, Dantsoho Suleiman in a statement, said the comment is a “plot to cause bad blood between Senator... Read More
The Kogi Government says the discovery of N145 million fraud in the salary voucher of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, is responsible for the delay in the payment of July salary of its workers, Punch reports. The Director-General, Kogi State Bureau of Information and Grassroots Mobilisation, Abdulmalik Abdulkareem, said this in a statement in Lokoja... Read More
Nigeria is out of recession, 2019 is closer than we think and Nnamdi Kanu… well, is still Nnamdi Kanu. But here’s how we know all that: because they said it! “Who?” Find out below: “On this 2019 for me, the only thing that can probably prevent Mr. President from contesting is ill -health because if... Read More
As reported by Daily Trust, Nigeria is faced with paucity of funds and technological limitations to handle large-scale and complex emergencies, Presidency has said. It said despite this, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would do everything possible to give succour to victims of natural disasters across Nigeria. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media... Read More
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Governor of Edo, Godwin Obaseki to pay pensioners in the state their outstanding entitlements within the next 14 days or face legal action. In an open letter to the governor, SERAP noted that Edo pensioners are owed “over 42 months outstanding pension benefits” – therefore, requested... Read More
Arik Air Limited has filled a N20 billion suit against the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines over reports that they were negotiating a takeover of the airline. The suit was instituted by the airline at the Federal High Court, Lagos against Ethiopian Airlines, the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Attorney General of the Federation.... Read More
Although Monday was officially designated as a public holiday in many parts of the world – “Labor Day” for some and an extended Eid-l-Adha break for others – only a few know that it was just a cover for the world wide holiday that Beyoncé’s birthday has now become. You can choose to call it... Read More
Senator Stella Oduah (Anambra North) has said opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had not learnt from its past mistakes. She said at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja and recalled that impunity, imposition, disregard for members and other acts of irregularities in the party’s activities led to its losses in the... Read More
by Pius Adesanmi Fazebuuk Yeyebrity and Mitterand Okorie, speaking of Julius Berger, you dis my pikins never see anything. About ten years ago or so, I wrote a stinging op-ed blasting Julius Berger. I had gone for a lecture in Abuja and noticed how Julius Berger was ferrying her Nigerian workers: in dangerous makeshift containers... Read More
THE Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has advised the Federal Government to ban the use of power generating sets in Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, across the country, Vanguard reports. The Executive Director, ERA/FoEN, Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo, who gave this advice in Abuja while commenting on the need for the National... Read More
A socio-cultural organisation, Ohaneze Ndigbo, in South Africa, has urged to people of Anambra to vote for the governor of their choice on November 18. The President-elect of the group, Chief Ikechukwu Osakwe, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Johannesburg on Sunday that the people should come out en-masse to elect a leader of... Read More
Love is magical, Michael Jackson sang. But guess what isn’t all chocolates and flowers: heartbreak, that’s what- particularly when there are curveballs along the journey. That’s why one of the popular words around is “closure”, meaning I need to know why you broke up with me. Popular TV host and relationship guru, Steve Harvey, says... Read More