Our relationship with Nigeria still intact despite raid – UN

The United Nations’ relations with Nigeria remains intact, despite an unauthorised raid by Nigerian troops at a UN base on Saturday, an official has said. Peter Lundberg told a press conference in Maiduguri that the United Nations was working with the Nigerian government to resolve the issue of Friday’s search of the humanitarian camp known... Read More

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Attack, intact, Military, nigeria, relationship, UN

August 12, 2017

Opinion: Is competition between women such a bad thing?

by Ona Amanda Eze In a conversation with my hairstylist, I got to know that she has more male than female friends. This isn’t because she wants it that way, but because she feels much comfortable that way. I also had the privilege of talking to a few other people on their preference of friends... Read More

Opinion

Competition between women, opinion

August 12, 2017

The Thread: “Baba! I can’t wait to see him in Aso Villa | TwitterNG reacts to Buhari’s new pics

President Buhari received another set of August visitors at his London home today. Abike Dabiri, Lai Mohammed, Garba Shehu, Femi Adesina and the presidential photographer, Bayo, held court with the president in Aso-London. Perhaps because you suspicious children of Twitter had been criticising previous pictures he took with Governors, saying stuff about a stroke, Buhari... Read More

Opinion

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August 12, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Stephanie Busari 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

Opinion

Melania Trump, Stephanie Busari, Today's Noisemakers: Donald Trump

August 12, 2017

The YNaija Cover this evening – the 12th of August

Follow the stories and analyses on YNaija: BREAKING: Buhari receives presidential media team, Lai Mohammed in London Are the agitating Niger Delta groups a subset of IPOB? I am already in Aso Rock, Fayose tells PDP members

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2019 election, Abike Dabiri, Ayodele Fayose, biafra, Femi Adesina, Garba Shehu, IPOB, lai mohammed, Lauretta Onochie, media aides, Militants, President Muhammadu Buhari, YNaija Cover

August 12, 2017

Just In: Car crashes into protesters in Charlottesville

A vehicle has plowed into a group of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally Charlottesville, Virginia. Some white supremacists had staged a rally protesting the planned removal of the statue of Gen Robert E Lee from Charlottesville. State authorities had been forced to declare a state of emergency after a clash between the nationalists and... Read More

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car, Charlottesville, Crash, nationalists, protesters

August 12, 2017

Nobody can intimidate the PDP – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan had said God believes in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said this while speaking at the party’s non-elective convention in Abuja on Saturday. The former President said no one can intimidate the PDP, while stating that the party has achieved a lot in 16 years. He said, “This experience is... Read More

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August 12, 2017

Youth inclusion in decision making helps foster peace #YouthDay

by Wareez Odunayo United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 54/120, on 17 December 1999, approved the recommendation by the World Conference of Ministers for Youth, Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998 that August 12 be declared International Youth Day. There has been growing recognition since the adoption of Security Council Resolution S/RES/2250 in 2015 that as... Read More

Thinking Through

inclusion, International Youth Day, peace, violence, youth, Youth Building Peace

August 12, 2017

Donald Trump condemns violent white supremacists rally in Charlottesville

US President Donald Trump has condemned the violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Authorities had declared a state of emergency due to the clashes between those protesting the plans to remove a statue honouring Confederate general Robert E Lee from a Charlottesville park and counter-protesters. [Read Also: State of emergency declared in Charlottesville... Read More

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Charlottesville, condemn, donald trump, rally, White supremacists

August 12, 2017

The Thread: This is why America is plagued by White Supremacists today

While Abike Dabiri and Buhari’s aides are rejoicing over seeing their president’s face (which we’re sure will result in more clampdowns on anti-Buhari speech/protests), America is bemoaning the rise and rise of White Supremacists. Last night, a “Unite for Right” rally was held in Charlottesville, Virginia. It swiftly turned violent. Today, the Governor of Virginia... Read More

Opinion

America, donald trump, Internal instability, Protests, The Thread, White supremacists

August 12, 2017

[The Activism Blog] UN celebrates 2017 International Youth Day

The United Nations Headquarters in New York Thursday played host to Youth across the world at the commemorative event of the 2017 International Youth Day tagged “Youth Building Peace”. The program was organised by the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in collaboration... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

2017 International Youth Day, DESA, DSPD, UN, Youth Building Peace

August 12, 2017

State of emergency declared in Charlottesville over white nationalists rally

A state of emergency has been declared in Charlottesvillei n the US state of Virginia ahead of a large march by white nationalists. They are expected to protest against plans to remove a statue of a pro-slavery US Civil War general. Violent clashes erupted between far-right groups and counter-protesters who have also gathered in the city.... Read More

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Charlottesville, State of emergency, Virginia, white nationalists

August 12, 2017

I’m not coming home yet…I have learnt to obey my doctors – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday insisted that he would only return to Nigeria when his doctors advise him to. Buhari said this when he received the Presidential media team in London, a statement by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said. The team which included the Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Abike Dabiri-Erewa... Read More

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Doctors, Lomdin, nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari

August 12, 2017

Presidential media team visit Buhari in London (PHOTOS)

The Presidential media team on Saturday visited President in London. They include Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina; Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Senior Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Abike Dabiri-Erewa; Special Assistant on social media, Lauretta Onochie and official Presidential photographer,... Read More

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August 12, 2017

The Thread: “Give them a world where you can’t say ‘Christmas'” | Americans blast White Supremacists

Trump’s America is burning. Last night, at the University of Virginia, white nationalists wielding torches clashed with counter-protesters. NBC reports, “chants of “You will not replace us!” and “Blood and soil!” were met with shouts of “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!” Today, the violence continued, with Supporters of the “Unite the Right” rally... Read More

Opinion

America, donald trump, Neo Nazis, Protests, Unite the right rally, Virginia, White supremacists

August 12, 2017

BREAKING: Buhari receives presidential media team, Lai Mohammed in London

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday received members of the Presidential media team at Abuja house in London. They include Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina; Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; Senior Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Abike Dabiri-Erewa; Special Assistant on social... Read More

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August 12, 2017

We are not paying ex-corps members N75000 – NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps has debunked reports that it is planning to pay ex-corps members N75,000 stipend. Director of Press, NYSC, Bose Aderibigbe, in a statement on Saturday, said some persons used a fake Facebook account to disseminate false news about the organisation. She said the online news claims that the NYSC Director-General, Brig.-Gen.... Read More

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ex-corps members, N75000, nysc, stipend

August 12, 2017

Opinion: Stemming soaring cases of mental illness in Nigeria

by Jide Ojo So many strange things are happening in Nigeria today that give goose pimples. Often times, I ask myself if those who indulge in many heinous crimes reported in the country are normal. There is a tendency for many people to think that only those in hospitals or invalids are sick. Indeed, there... Read More

Opinion

Mental Illness, Neuro-psychiatrist hospitals, nigeria, opinion, Public health

August 12, 2017

I am already in Aso Rock, Fayose tells PDP members

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has said he would receive members of the Peoples Democratic Party at the Presidential Villa in 2019. Fayose said this at the party’s Non-Elective National Convention, which was held at the Eagles Square, Abuja on Saturday. “When you come to the Villa in 2019, I will receive you warmly, ”... Read More

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August 12, 2017

Fayose arrives PDP convention with Presidential campaign posters

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has officially announced his intention to contest for the Presidency in 2019. Fayose stormed the non-elective National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party taking place in Abuja, carrying his 2019 presidential campaign posters and wearing his campaign cap and shirt. The governor had boasted that he would take power from... Read More

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Ayodele Fayose, campaign posters, convention, PDP

August 12, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: How “Bello” Became Nigeria’s most universal “ethnic” name

by Farooq Kperogi This article has been in the works for months. Each week I decide to work on it, something more pressing that invites my commentary comes up. But I have bucked all temptations to abandon it this week. Few people realize that “Bello” is Nigeria’s most universal “ethnic” name. Fewer still give a... Read More

Opinion

Bello, Farooq Kperogi, nigeria, opinion

August 12, 2017

11 killed in Kenya’s post-election protest

Eleven people have reportedly been killed by Kenyan police while dispersing protesters who are agitated by the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta. Violence has erupted in the western city of Kisumu and slums ringing the capital, officials and witnesses said on Saturday. A security official said the bodies of nine young men shot dead overnight... Read More

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11, Kenya, killed, post-election, violence

August 12, 2017

Operation zero oil: Are the militants trying to get Osinbajo’s attention?

by Alexander O. Onukwue A Coalition of some Niger Delta groups has threatened to start destroying oil facilities in the South South again. This will be in defiance of the Acting President who had urged, in his visits to the region earlier in the year, that there should be no more sabotage of the nation’s... Read More

Story of the day

Militants, Niger Delta, Operation zero oil, Yemi Osinbajo

August 12, 2017

Just In: PDP extends Makarfi committee’s tenure

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the tenure of the Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker committee. The party took the decision at its non-elective National Convention in Abuja on Saturday. Details later…

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Ahmed Makarfi, caretaker committee, Extend, PDP, tenure

August 12, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] What is CAN doing to stop these wolves in sheep clothing?

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is the umbrella body of all churches in Nigeria. According to the information on its website, “The Mission of the Association is to meet regularly and take joint action on vital matters, especially on those issues which affect the Christian Faith and the welfare of the generality of Nigerians.”... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

August 12, 2017

Nigerians will have plenty to eat, after we sack APC – Makarfi

Chairman of the National Caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Makarfi has said after the party sacks the All Progressives Congress in 2019, Nigerians will have enough money in their pockets. Makarfi said this on Saturday at the party’s non-elective national convention in Abuja. He said Nigerians are yearning for the PDP... Read More

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Ahmed Makarfi, APC, money, PDP, sack

August 12, 2017

Are the agitating Niger Delta groups a subset of IPOB?

by Alexander O. Onukwue In their statement, they declared October 1 to be the expulsion dates for Hausas and Yorubas, but did not make any mentions of Igbos. The group which calls itself the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators released a statement in which it threatened to send persons of Hausa and Yoruba extraction packing... Read More

Story of the day

agitators, IPOB, Niger Delta militants, quit notice

August 12, 2017

Opinion: Here is a reason to weep for Nigeria

by Micheal Ace A few days ago, I was listening to the news when the reporter said something that made me lose my voice. I was dumbfounded. I logged on to Facebook immediately only to find people post tributes with hashtag #Ozubulu. Some gunmen just walked into a church during service and shot people... Read More

Opinion

BBNaija, education, Efe, nigeria, opinion, Politics, public opinion

August 12, 2017

PDP holds non-elective National Convention (PHOTOS)

Opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is currently holding its non-elective National Convention at the Eagles Square, Abuja. See photos below:

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Abuja, National convention, non-elective, PDP

August 12, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] This ‘prophet’ is of the devil and NOT of God

According to gotquestions.org, a prophet is defined as a person who speaks God’s truth to others. The English word prophet comes from the Greek word prophetes, which connotes “one who speaks forth” or “advocate.” Prophets are also called “seers,” because of their spiritual insight or their ability to “see” the future. However, the deeds of... Read More

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Anuoluwapo Ajisafe, God, Kehinde Onayiga, Musiliu Jibril, prophet, Satan

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