September 2, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Ayo Sogunro, Emeka Obia, Owerri women and others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

Emeka Obia, Owerri women, Today's Noisemakers: Ayo Sogunro

September 2, 2017

Turkish President Erdogan congratulates Buhari on his recovery

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his recovery. This was disclosed in a statement by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity on Saturday. He said both leaders wished each other good health and success in their endeavours. He added that the two... Read More

Health, Muhammadu Buhari, recovery, Teyyep Erdogan

September 2, 2017

The Thread: Concerned about Nigeria’s future? Then here’s what you should do

Politics, it’s said, is a dirty game. So is there a way you can keep your hands clean and still participate in making things work in Nigeria- or at least keeping the people in charge accountable? According to Dr Joe Abah, there is a way, and it’s called governance. He explains below: You can be... Read More

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September 2, 2017

The YNaija Cover this evening – the 2nd of September

Read the full stories and analyses here: I am not interested in the Presidency…my passion is business – Dangote ‘Frank Edoho to be dropped as WWTBAM host’ We have spent N2bn on IDPs in Borno – SEMA

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September 2, 2017

Nigerians can live in any part of the country – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said Nigerians have the right to live and work in any part of the country. Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu said the President spoke while receiving the Governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Aminu Masari, at his country home in Daura, Katsina State. The... Read More

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September 2, 2017

The Thread: Can we stop invoking the name of Awo in vain?

Education in Nigeria has pretty much gone down the drain, the latest evidence of this being JAMB’s decision to lower its cutoff marks for entry into tertiary institutions to 120. No wonder then, Mr Odinkalu is drooling over days gone past. Check on it: ….when there was #FreeEducation in Western #Nigeria & govt cared to... Read More

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September 2, 2017

Biafra secret service was established to tackle herdsmen – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has said its Biafra Security Service (BSS) is only created to defend Biafran villages against attacks by Fulani herdsmen. The secessionist group said the outfit would not be in contest with the Nigerian security operatives. In a statement in Awka, IPOB media and publicity secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, said... Read More

Biafra Secret Service, created, herdsmen, IPOB

September 2, 2017

Killing of Nigerian in South Africa condemnable – Dabiri-Erewa

Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has condemned the killing of Nigerians in South Africa. In a statement by her Special Assistant on Media, Abdurrahman Balogun, the Presidential aide said ” this is one death, too many” This came after reports that a Nigerian, Kingsley Ikeri,... Read More

Abike Dabiri-Erewa, killing, nigerians, south africa, Xenophobia

September 2, 2017

Air Force drops bombs on Boko Haram insurgents in Sambisa Forest

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it has neutralised hundreds of Boko Haram terrorists in Garin Maloma area of Sambisa Forest. According to the NAF, the insurgents were gathered under a tree when an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (iSR) platform sighted them. Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, Director of Public Relations and Information, in a statement... Read More

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September 2, 2017

It can’t go on like this… | Kenyatta blasts Judges

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday attacked the judiciary for overturning his re-election. Chief Justice David Maraga on Friday declared Kenyatta’s victory in August 8 polls “invalid, null and void”, pointing to widespread irregularities in the electronic transmission of vote results. “Every time we do something a judge comes out and places an injunction. It... Read More

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September 2, 2017

The Film Blog: Sango gets the film treatment with Dawn of Thunder

Komotion Studios with a $400 dollar budget and two weeks of work has helped move Yoruba culture forward for the digital age. Following the successes of American Gods on television and the countless super hero films from the likes of Marvel and DC, a serious case could be made for African folklore getting similar treatment.... Read More

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September 2, 2017

We have spent N2bn on IDPs in Borno – SEMA

The Borno State Emergency Management Agency SEMA on Saturday said it has spent over N2 billion on distribution of food items and condiments to IDPs in the last four years. SEMA’s Chairman Alhaji Satomi Ahmad, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri. Satomi said that the amount went... Read More

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September 2, 2017

Can the explosives’ sniffer help with fighting Boko Haram?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Those who attended TEDGlobal 2017 at Arusha Tanzania say it was one of the best events of the year. Living up to the TED standards in the quality of ideas being shared by Africans from a vast array of walks of life, the meet offered a number of interesting innovations that... Read More

Story of the day

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September 2, 2017

Trump returns to Texas, to meet Hurricane Harvey survivors

President Donald Trump on Saturday returned to Texas to meet rescuers and survivors of Hurricane Harvey. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump plan on visiting Houston and Lake Charles, Louisiana, both areas hit with severe floods. “The president and First Lady will be back here [in Texas] on Saturday out with the families,” Vice President... Read More

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September 2, 2017

It is time for our leaders to be held accountable – CAN

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked the government to increase its efforts in stopping tension of ethnic division in the country. In a statement by its President, Samson Ayorinde, CAN said no country has survived two civil wars. He urged Muslims to follow the teachings of the Holy Quran. “It is high time... Read More

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September 2, 2017

Boko Haram: Can we be better than ‘better than in 2015’

by Alexander O. Onukwue “Nigeria’s major cities and towns will never be held hostage by Boko Haram ever again”, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed said. “This is because the country’s armed forces, the Army and Air Force in particular, have so vastly improved in their operations that the state of the arts of the war... Read More

Story of the day

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September 2, 2017

Insiders: “Ycee didn’t get legal advice before signing with Sony Music or he disregarded it”

In October 2016, singer and rapper Ycee who at the time had fairly gained attention with his hit tunes ‘Jagaban’ and ‘Omo Alhaji’ signed a deal with international music company, Sony Music. Beyond the fact that Ycee’s debut EP, The First Wave was to be released under Sony Music, no one really knew the details... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

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September 2, 2017

Pay our entitlements or forget re-election | Former LG Chiefs tell Obiano

Former Deputy Chairmen of Local Government Areas in Anambra State on Saturday asked governor Willie Obiano to pay their entitlements or forget his re-election. In a meeting in Awka, the former administrators said they would withdraw their support if he refuses to pay arrears of their entitlements totalling about N80m. They said the debts included... Read More

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September 2, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: JAMB’s mediocre cutoff- An unconventional view

by Farooq Kperogi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) recently reduced the cutoff for its standardized admissions test for entry into Nigerian universities from the 40th percentile to the 30th percentile, and everyone is getting hot under the collar. While I share the philosophical anxieties of people who say JAMB’s reduced cutoff (which... Read More

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September 2, 2017

Boko Haram: Defeated, depleted or what exactly?

by Alexander O. Onukwue On BBC Hardtalk, Nigeria’s Army chief employed a technical dodge to backtrack on the Army’s claim in 2016 that it had defeated Boko Haram. “I don’t think anybody has said Boko Haram has been eliminated”. General Tukur Buratai said this with that look that says ‘I probably said something similar to... Read More

Story of the day

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September 2, 2017

Nigeria gets FIFA’s clearance to field Ola Aina against Cameroon

Football governing body, FIFA has given Nigeria clearance to field Chelsea defender Ola Aina in the World Cup qualifier against Cameroon on Monday. Coach Gernot Rohr said Aina, who can play at right-back or left-back, could now line up in Yaounde as the Super Eagles look for a second victory in four days over Cameroon.... Read More

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September 2, 2017

Opinion: Makurdi floods and Nigeria’s hypocrisy

by Micheal Ace It’s so disheartening to realise that almost every citizen of Nigeria is a hypocrite. That is the exact truth and that is why there is nothing strange in our leaders’ negligent attitude towards state issues. Whenever disastrous events storm a particular country or city in the world, as long as it’s... Read More

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September 2, 2017

How Evans duped me after selling him rifles – accomplice

Frank Udeme, an apprehended accomplice of kidnapper, Evans, has said he sold rifles belonging to his community to him. The suspect in an interview with Vanguard said dupef him and refused to pay. “Evans duped me and ran away with my money when I sold our community rifle to him. I met him through one of... Read More

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September 2, 2017

N136.5m spent on Hajj; 110,000 displaced in Benue | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

12.1 million – The numbers of viewers who tuned in to watch the final episode of the seventh season of HBO series, Game of Thrones. An additional 4 million caught the episode on streaming channels. 110,000 – According to the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, this number of people were left homeless in 24 communities... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

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September 2, 2017

[The Church Blog] 50 years and counting; The Adeboyes are still standing strong

Can we ever talk about Christianity in Nigeria and not mention Pastor and Pastor Mrs E.A Adeboye, General overseers of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Worldwide. Not only have they grown the RCCG into the admirable level that it is right now, they have also led a life worthy of emulation. Their lives,... Read More

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September 2, 2017

Evans collected huge amount of money from victims and gave me peanuts – Informant

Okechukwu Nwachukwu, one of the informants of billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudi Onwuamadike known as Evans, has narrated how he met him. In an interview with Vanguard, Nwachukwu popularly known as Baba Eko said he provided the information that led to the abduction of Chief Donatus Dunu. He said, “ I came to Lagos in 1986 and... Read More

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September 2, 2017

No post-UTME for candidates with marks below 180 – FUNAAB

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta has said prospective students who scored less than 180 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are ineligible for its post-UTME test. This was made known in the recently released cut-off marks for students who made the institution their first choice for the 2017/2018 academic session. Emi Alawode, who heads... Read More

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Nnamdi Kanu

September 2, 2017

[YNaija 2019] Should Nnamdi Kanu contest for president?

by Usman Alabi Perhaps the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu should run for the office of the President in 2019. It would be interesting to have someone with such a gargantuan support base run for election.

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September 2, 2017

I am not interested in the Presidency…my passion is business – Dangote

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has denied reports that he is planning to run for Presidency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019. In an interview with Daily Times, the businessman said he was not contacted to be the opposition party’s candidate in 2019 as widely reported. According to him, his... Read More

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September 2, 2017

How I discovered my talents through hunger – MC Galaxy

Comedian turned singer, MC Galaxy has said he discovered his talents through hunger. In an interview with Punch, the singer said he came to Lagos in a night bus, for a competition he failed to win. “I left Akwa Ibom for Lagos to hustle. Many people do not know that I was one of the... Read More

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