Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose says the United States “Country Report on Terrorism 2016” and the Transparency International Report has confirmed his statement that the Federal Government lied about defeating Boko Haram. The US Department of State’s Bureau for Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism in a recent report had said the fight against Boko Haram...
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Lynn Knight tells it straight: “Life is bound to hand you crap, it’s inevitable, accept it. Life will not negotiate with you, either— because it’s not designed to and it doesn’t have to — nothing personal” So when the inevitable happens, how should you react? These are the 5 things we learned from her write up....
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Chioma was on her way to the office on one of those hectic Monday mornings. Just at the exit of Third Mainland Bridge, she noticed the funny sound and shaky movements of the car. Ha! Something is wrong… All these cars sef, won’t they give prior notice? Weekly meeting is just minutes away. So, she...
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by Femi Fani-Kayode “Boko Haram back in full force and have hit Adamawa today. Fulani herdsmen killing innocent people all over the country. Security agencies killing with impunity and committing mass murder. The economy in recession. Nigerians poorer than ever: suffering, hungry and badly divided. Absentee ailing President who has been away and not seen...
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News flash: We are still light years away from the end of racism, never mind the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 and all the progress that has been made in the years following. If police brutality (which birthed the Black Lives Matter movement) isn’t occuring daily, then popular myths like the one in the thread below...
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by Tosin Adesina According to Wikipedia, legacy is defined as “something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past”. The major aim of individuals in life is to leave something behind that will serve as a focal point to their existence. Despite the poor leadership Nigeria has experienced from independence...
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Acting president Yemi Osinbajo has said hate speeches does not equal freedom of expression. He spoke on Wednesday at a national security seminar on ‘Unity in Diversity’ organized by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Abuja. According to him, it is the biggest mistake that can be done by any society. “We must control...
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It’s hard to go a week without a new word or phrase being born on Twitter. Regardless of your generation, new slang is tricky to pick up on. So, with that in mind, we’ve decoded this list of popular words and phrases that are killing it on the internet right now. Woke Of course, we...
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by Tosin Adesina Bayo Adeyinka in an open letter expressed his anger at the south west Governors in his recent widely circulated article titled “Dear Southwest Governors, this house has fallen.” He painted the level of decay being experienced in South Western states recently and why the governors have refused to tackle the drift and provide...
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Lagos will become Africa’s third largest economy in a short time. Obasanjo made this known at the book launch of a book titled, “Making Africa Work”, co-authored by the former president and three other authors on Wednesday. He said the Lagos State government was working towards making the state...
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President Trump has signed the bill imposing new sanctions into law Wednesday, according to Reuters. Last week, U.S. Congress voted with an overwhelming margin of 98-2 to punish the Russian government for interfering in the 2016 presidential elections, the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea and other violations of international norms. Trump, who has repeatedly expressed his intention...
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This morning on Twitter, the conversation – as it is wont to – roved on to sexual minorities. Trans people in particular, have been the focus on many twitter arguments, no thanks to President Donald Trump’s new law that bans the sexual minority from serving in the United States Army. This morning’s conversation however, was...
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Now that President Donald Trump has a new Chief at the FBI in Christopher Wray, at whose confirmation U.S Senators expressed hope in turning a new page, filled with sunshine on a Bureau that has been mired in controversy since the James B. Comey refused to admit he shouldn’t have meddled in the DOJ’s prosecutorial...
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Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has threatened to sue the Performing Musician Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN) for accusing him of intellectual theft. PMAN had claimed that the recent creative summit organised by the minister was part of a proposal submitted to him in August 2016. But Mohammed described the allegation as laughable. While speaking...
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by Tosin Adesina The recent happenings at the National Assembly in Abuja, Nigeria, has called to question the role that Arm of Government is playing and whose interest is being protected by its actions. The National Assembly is the law making arm of the government and is made up of the Senate and the Federal...
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Hollywood sweetheart and star of Being Mary Jane, Gabrielle Union announced via Instagram on Tuesday that she has design…
by Farooq Kperogi A lot of ignorant social media commentators are beating up on the Nigerian Senate for passing “Bill Number 8,” which grants legislative immunity to members of the National Assembly. One social media commentator cynically called it “legislative impunity,” and he was barracked by a band of nescient cheerleaders. The truth is that...
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by Tosin Adesina “The nation has a huge infrastructure deficit for which we require foreign capital and expertise to supplement whatever resources we can marshal at home. In essence, increased engagement with the outside world is called for as we seek public private partnerships in our quest for enhanced capital and expertise. This is the...
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has said the efforts to amend the 1999 Constitution wi succeed this time. Saraki said this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja. He said the present National Assembly has learnt from the mistakes of previous assemblies who were unsuccessful. He said “unlike in the past...
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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said that work on the proposed expansion and reconstruction of the Oshodi-International Airport Road would commence next month. Speaking at the Third Quarter Town Hall Meeting at the Badore Ferry Terminal, he disclosed that plans are already underway to commence the construction of 181 local government roads next...
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A betting website has opened bet on when President Muhammadu Buhari will return to the country. Buhari had travelled to London for medical treatment on May 7. Options given by the site include bet that Buhari will return ‘first week in August’, second week in August’ or ‘third week in August’, as well as custom...
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When we speak about sexual assault and rape in Lagos in public spaces, without fail, the #NotAllMen brigade appear first to derail the conversation by suggesting that men get raped too, second to suggest the numbers are not as pervasive as victims and their allies suggest and third (and these are the worst off the...
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters Tuesday that he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that the relationship between the U.S. and Moscow was bad and could get worse, POLITICO reports. “I told President Putin when I saw him in the Kremlin in March and I’ve told Foreign Minister Lavrov...
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Unknown gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped a staff of Ikeja Local Government in Lagos, Shamsideen Omotayo on Agbowa-Imota road, near Ikorodu. Omotayo, a clerk in the council, was abducted on his way to work. Afolabi Olawale, Head, Public Affairs, Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC), confirmed the kidnap. He said the abductors have contacted the council, demanding...
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has urged governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to deliver their promises to Nigerians. Osinbajo said this in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi state, on Tuesday at the conclusion of a Federal Government- Progressives Governors’ Forum parley. He said depite numerous challenges, the APC-led Federal Government will deliver...
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by Tosin Adesina One major project that has gulped trillions of Naira without completion is the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, which is also the busiest expressway in West Africa. It is divided into two major sections: the Lagos-Sagamu section and the Sagamu to Ibadan section. The Obasanjo government between 1999-2007 did little or nothing on the road...
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Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has ordered the revocation of the Certificate of Occupancy of Novotel Hotel, Port Harcourt, one of the places where Amaechi lodges whenever he visits the state, TheCable reports. According to the news medium, the facility which has 117 rooms is located at 3 Stadium road, Rumola, Port Harcourt. Former commissioner...
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On the 31st of July 2017, gossip social media channel, Instablog9ja first broke the news that the Lagos State taskforce at the behest of the citizens of Owode, had raided a hotel and arrested 42 alleged homosexuals. There hasn’t been any proper information about the arrest and the details; the actual number of people arrested,...
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by Peregrino Brimah In 6 months in office, US president Donald Trump has wasted no time in getting rid of people he has issues with. At least 11 officials have been fired in one form or another. The list includes: NSA Michael Flynn, Acting AG Sally Yates, US Attorney, Southern District of NY, Preet Bharara,...
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by Pius Adesanmi Tayo and I set forth on a trip to our source. We set forth on roads unworthy of the animal dignity of pigs. Successive generations of Nigeria’s federal leadership have decided that these roads, beneath the dignity of swine, are all their people deserve. You see their convoys of glistening Toyota Prados...
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