On the 9th of August, 20 young filmmakers gathered on the 9th floor of the CBC Towers in Lekki. They were brought together by AFRIFF and Ford Foundation to discuss Cinemafabrique. These filmmakers were going to Lyon, France for six weeks for a training in filmmaking. This is the third year in a row where...
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The Borno Police Command has said 16 persons were killed and 82 wounded in a suicide attack in Konduga Local Government Area of the state. Commissioner of Police, Damian Chukwu said three suicide bombers hit the market at 5:30pm. He said the suicide bombers a male and two female detonated the explosives at the busy...
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Anambra State Police Command has invited Aloysius Ikegwuonu who was the target of an attack on St Philip’s Catholic Church, Amakwa Ozubulu penultimate Sunday, Vanguard reports. Why it matters: 13 people were killed in the attack, while 20 others were injured in the attack that took place early in the morning. There were reports that...
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by Adedotun Michael Michael Moore, a filmmaker and liberal activist, yester night slammed Trump supporters in a blunt manner for the degree to which he believes the supporters have indulged the President. Moore in an interview with Don Lemon, a CNN correspondent said, “If you hold down the woman while the rapist is raping her,...
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The House of Representatives has insisted that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the “grandfather of corruption”. This statement was made by the Chairman, Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, who said the lawmakers will not respond to the ex-President anymore. Context: The former President had reiterated that the constituency projects embarked upon by...
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Here are the biggest stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing on Entertainment Roundup this Wednesday morning. Chris Brown recalls the night he assaulted Rihanna Singer Chris Brown has opened up about the night he physically assaulted ex-girlfriend, Rihanna in annew documentary. Brown explains that issues between...
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“What is the international sound all of you are talking about sef?”, Shina finally asked from the corner of the room, where his face had just been buried behind the large iMac blocking him off the rest of the office. An argument about the idea of Wizkid marketing ‘international sound’ had ensued earlier and the...
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The 65th Annual convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God which started on the 7th August, 2017 finally came to an end on Sunday, 13th august 2017 with a thanksgiving service. But, the one-week long convention did not just end without the several healings, miracles and encounters with the word of God. In a...
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From the papers this morning – a tracklist. I consulted Adeboye before contesting with Buhari – Osinbajo – YNaija You should be crawling, apologising to Nigerians | Buhari’s aide tells Jonathan – YNaija ASUU, FG hold meeting over indefinite strike – YNaija How Buhari shunned govt official who tried to undermine Osinbajo – Presidency –...
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Last night, a video of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu inspecting “a guard of honour of the Biafra Secret Service (BSS) in Umuahia, Abia made its way online. We have the video up on our Facebook page but you can watch parts of it below. https://www.facebook.com/YNaija/videos/1612382555462324/ https://www.facebook.com/YNaija/videos/1612380712129175/ It is possible that you’ll erupt into a...
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun State Area Command said it has intercepted a Toyota Coaster bus, containing wraps of Indian hemp, along Imeko Afon area of the Idiroko border. The bus reportedly belongs to the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. The Controller of the command, Sani Madugu, disclosed the seizure on Tuesday at the command’s...
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As Nigerians continue to fawn over the details of President Muhammadu Buhari‘s absence, a familiar sense of nostalgia from the late President Yar’Adua’s passing in 2010 after a long time away from office washes over the country. Though President Muhammadu Buhari is said to merely be resting in the UK, the shrouded mystery around his...
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The Presidency on Tuesday said the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was “unnecessary “. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in an interview on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily. Shehu’s argument: ASUU is aware that the present administration inherited the agreements which...
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Former US President, Barack Obama’s response to the Charlottesville violence has become the most liked tweet in Twitter’s history. What happened: A group of white nationalists took to the street to protest the planned removal of a war hero’s statue. An alleged white supremacist rammed into counter-protesters who were not in support of racist chants...
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Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari turned back a government official for trying to undermine Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo. Buhari has been in London for 101 days for medical treatment. Shehu said this this in an interview on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily. Why...
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The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that the quit notices being issued by different ethnic groups must stop. Chairman of the Board, Senator Walid Jibrin stated this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Background: A coalition of Northern youth have asked Igbos living in their region should leave...
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Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie has said former President Goodluck Jonathan should be crawling and apologising to Nigeria for “plundering” the country. Onochie said this on Tuesday in a series of tweets. Why she made the statement: The former President at the National Convention of the PDP claimed his...
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige held a meeting over the strike embarked upon by the union on Tuesday. The meeting which held at the Minister’s Conference Room was to thrash out issues raised by ASUU. Why ASUU is on strike: The Federal Government has...
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said he consulted the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye before accepting to run as Vice President. Osinbajo said this at the public presentation of a book, ‘Pastor E. A. Adeboye: His Life and Calling’, at Redemption Camp. The connection: The Vice President...
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We won’t forget in a hurry, the record-breaking EbonyLife film, The Wedding Party. From being chosen for screening at the worlds most important publicly attended film festival to becoming the highest-grossing Nigerian movie of all time. And now, EbonyLife Films is back with The Royal Hibiscus Hotel. Toronto International Film Festival has just selected The...
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The Zonal Head of Operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Johnson Babalola, on Tuesday in Enugu said it has recovered N553.77 million from corrupt politicians in the South-east. Mr. Babalola said the announcement was to acquaint members of the public on the activities of the commission in the past seven months. He...
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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:...
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Kim Kardashian is once again hugging the limelight, this time not for any racy videos and pictures, but for opening her mouth wide and telling Blacks to get over racism. Unfortunate, right? https://twitter.com/balleralert/status/897430265588535296 https://twitter.com/balleralert/status/897430416646385665 Backstory: JeffreeStar is a makeup artist who criticised Kim Kardashian’s swatches- and made racist remarks: https://twitter.com/iamKKG/status/897456461424545792 https://twitter.com/ShesRYAN/status/897454294517116930 Whiplash like no other...
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Suicide bombers suspected to be members of Boko Haram have reportedly killed at least 27 people and wounded 83 in Maiduguri, Borno, Reuters reports. The report: A woman bomber blew herself up and killed 27 others at a market in the village of Konduga near Maiduguri, the epicentre of the conflict between government forces and...
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The leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Tuesday, inspected a guard of honour of the Biafra Secret Service (BSS) in Umuahia, Abia State. What the BSS is: They are volunteers from different states, including Delta, Rivers. What they were inaugurated to do: To defend Biafranland. And would employ force where necessary. To...
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“If you don’t see anything wrong when leaders flash the images of their sibling’s matriculation or graduation ceremonies in some of the world’s most prestigious or elitist universities, you shouldn’t see anything wrong with ASUU strike and demand for a better deal for Nigerian Universities.” Providing quality education for some and not for others is...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his condolences to President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma over the recent mudslide that has led to the death of over 300, leaving 2,000 homeless. This came through a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. It reads, “In a Tuesday telephone...
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The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun Tuesday, in Abuja at a seminar organised by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) on “The Whistleblower Policy and its Implication for Public Servants’’ says the whistleblower policy is a successful initiative of the Federal Government, NAN reports. The Federal Government introduced The Whistleblower Policy in December 2016 as...
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