Just In: Police arrest Boko Haram commander in FCT

The Police said it has arrested a fleeing Boko Haram deputy commander, Seth Yakubu, at Gwako Village in Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory. FCT Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo said the 20-year-old from Nassarawa State was arrested at about 11.30am on Sunday after a tip-off. Kimo, on Monday, said the suspect confessed that he escaped... Read More

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After 77 days: How does Buhari look?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Odigie Oyegun, the Chairman of the APC, in the company of four APC Governors and a Minister, paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in London. A picture from the visit shows the President, Buhari, at a dinner table with his visitors. Buhari’s look is of one who appears to be... Read More

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New York Times requests apology from Fox News on an ISIS story

The New York Times has requested an apology from “Fox & Friends” on Sunday, to retract a report that the Times was to blame for the escape of an ISIS leader in 2015. The story was later updated with the letter from the New York Times, according to Politico reports. Vice President of communications for... Read More

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Nigerians should already know how Buhari prefers to do things – Adesina

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigerians should take the President the way he is. While speaking on Sunrise Daily on Channels TV, Adesina said Nigerians should have understood how Buhari likes to do things. “The style of our president is what you have seen on display.... Read More

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3 dead, 17 injured as suicide bombers hit Dalori IDPs camps – NEMA

Three people have been confirmed dead in a suicide bomb attack at the Dalori Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri on Sunday night. According to the NEMA North-East Zonal Information Officer, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, 17 other persons were injured during the incident. It was learnt that a female suicide bomber was shot by security men when she tried... Read More

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The YNaija Cover this morning – the 24th of July

Read the full stories and analyses on YNaija: APC governors visit President Buhari in London (PHOTO) I wish I learnt carpentry while growing up – Osinbajo Lagos LG poll: “It was a clean sweep” | Ambode congratulates APC

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should monitor today. I wish I learnt carpentry while growing up – Osinbajo Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said he wished he had learnt carpentry. Osinbajo said this while speaking on the sideline of the 60th birthday thanksgiving service of Salami Ololade in Lagos. He urged children to... Read More

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Entertainment Roundup: Funnybone and other celebrities apologize to Daddy Showkey over ‘mosquito’ joke; There’s a new must-see trailer for Thor:Ragnarok | More stories

Missed anything in entertainment over the weekend? Good you’re here. Here are the biggest stories and others that unraveled while you laid asleep through Sunday night – and are still buzzing this Monday morning. Between Funnybone, Daddy Showkey, celebrity mediators and a bad joke Veteran musician, Daddy Showkey was riled up over the weekend after... Read More

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‘Diezani: EFCC sends more proof to UK’

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sent two detectives to the United Kingdom with more evidence in the investigation of former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, The Nation reports. The former minister is being investigated in connection to $1.7billion contracts involving her and two business associates. She is being investigated alongside some former... Read More

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Military airlifts 43 surrendered insurgents for rehabilitation

The Nigerian Army on Saturday air lifted 43 Boko Haram insurgents who surrendered to troops of Operation Lafiya Dole to join others in Gombe. In a statement by Deputy Director Public Relations Theatre Command, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the army said the insurgents will be rehabilitated and given a new lease of life. Theatre Commander Operation... Read More

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Peregrino Brimah: Impeachable – Did the National Assembly assent Buhari’s Amnesty Program for Boko Haram terrorists?

by Peregrino Brimah In the news, the Nigerian army announced the transfer of a further 43 surrendered Boko Haram terrorists to a “de-radicalization and rehabilitation” camp. Making the announcement, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Public Relations Theatre Command, Maiduguri said, “the penitent insurgents will be given a new lease of life as they commence their journey back into... Read More

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Thr YNaija Tracklist: I wish I learnt carpentry while growing up – Osinbajo | Lagos LG poll: “It was a clean sweep” | Ambode congratulates APC | More stories

From the papers this morning – a tracklist. I wish I learnt carpentry while growing up – Osinbajo – YNaija A good councillor would have done much better than Uduaghan as governor – Pat Utomi – YNaija $43m Ikoyi fund: We are under pressure to manipulate investigations – Reps – YNaija Lagos LG poll: “It... Read More

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Group demands medical panel to determine Buhari’s suitability to remain in office

The Coalition of Concerned Nigerians has urged the Federal Executive Council to ask the National Assembly to request a medical examination of President Muhammadu Buhari. The coalition made the request in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. The statement was signed by the Chairman, National Conscience Party, Alhaji Tanko Yunusa; a lawyer and social activist,... Read More

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NHIS: Reps give HMOs deadline to submit N351bn audit

The House of Representatives has given Health Maintenance Organisations up to Wednesday to submit audited accounts on how the N351bn spent on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) since 2005 was utilised. Chairman of the House committee on health, Chike Okafor on Sunday said 35 of the organisations had so far failed to comply with the... Read More

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N13.6bn diversion: Court freezes Minimah’s accounts

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said former Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah diverted about N13.6bn belonging to the Nigeria Army. The agency also mentioned a company, Stoke Synergy Nigeria Limited in the allegation. The EFCC said the two suspects diverted the funds to the accounts of four other companies namely,... Read More

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How Buhari, APC promoted disunity with hate speeches – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the author of hate speeches in the country. The opposition party discredited a statement by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that the party was promoting disunity with its hate speeches. Spokesman for the PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye in a... Read More

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Lagos LG poll: “It was a clean sweep” | Ambode congratulates APC

Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has said politicians aggrieved by the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the local government election shouldn’t resort to self-help. Results released so far has shown that the ruling party won in 20 local government council and 37 local council development areas. In a congratulatory message, Ambode said... Read More

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$43m Ikoyi fund: We are under pressure to manipulate investigations – Reps

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Sani Jaji, has claimed that some forces were attempting to manipulate the outcome of investigation into the $43million loot discovered in a flat in Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos. In a statement on Sunday, Jaji said pressure was coming from different quarters to influence the committee’s... Read More

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I wish I learnt carpentry while growing up – Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said he wished he had learnt carpentry. Osinbajo said this while speaking on the sideline of the 60th birthday thanksgiving service of Salami Ololade in Lagos. He urged children to learn skills outside academics during the holidays. “It is a long holiday, it is a great time to do something... Read More

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I will defeat Oni, APC for the third time in 2018 – Fayose

Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will defeat the All Progressives Congress and former governor Segun Oni for the third time in the 2018 governorship election. Fayose said this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday, while reacting to comments made by... Read More

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A good councillor would have done much better than Uduaghan as governor – Pat Utomi

Political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi has said former governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan left a sad legacy. Utomi said this in a statement while responding to an attack by Uduaghan, asking him to (Utomi) to contest the post of councillor in his ward, instead of aiming to be the next governor. Utomi said some... Read More

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#TheVoiceNigeria: Look who made it into the competition at tonight’s final blind auditions

We finally made it to the last round of the blind auditions and it was exciting to watch the last set of contestants battle for the remaining slots on the coaches’ teams. Patoranking, in past weeks, had grabbed a larger number of talents than his mates so he was left with one slot to fill... Read More

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The Buhari we met – Okorocha

Governor Rochas Okorocha said President Muhammadu Buhari was very cheerful and has not lost any bit of his sense of humour when he and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress met him in London today. Okorocha gave this report in a telephone conversation reported by President Buhari’s special adviser on media and publicity, Femi... Read More

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Donald Trump blasts Republicans for not “protecting” him

US President Donald Trump has said the GOP’s have done little to protect him from the Russian ‘witchhunt’. Taking to Twitter on Sunday, Trump started by saying, “As the phony Russian Witch Hunt continues, two groups are laughing at this excuse for a lost election taking hold, Democrats and Russians!” He then continued by saying... Read More

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APC governors visit President Buhari in London (PHOTO)

A delegation of APC governors visited the ailing President Muhammadu Buhari in London on Sunday, where he has been on medical vacation. This visit comes a few days after Acting President Yemi Osinbajo met with the APC governors in Aso Rock. The delegation were hosted to lunch by the President and included the Party Chairman,... Read More

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Sheriff’s loyalists in Ekiti vow not to quit the PDP for Fayose

Loyalists of sacked National Chairman of PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, in Ekiti have vowed not to quit the party for either Governor Ayodele Fayose or his supporters. The loyalists also dismissed a report that they are defecting to Mega Party of Nigeria (MPN) adding that “they cannot quit the house they laboured hard to... Read More

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When the floods visited Surulere; Macron loves holding Trump’s hands; Malala visits Osinbajo | See our top 10 photos from last week

The mainland got its own dirty share of floods over the weekend and it’s a bigger eyesore compared to the island’s last week. We also bring you a double dose of two presidents who are obsessed holding each other’s hands. Here are our top 10 photos from last week: In an interview with the... Read More

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Dismissed officer among Boko Haram insurgents who engaged police in gun battle in Kano

One of the Boko Haram suspects who engaged the police in a gun battle in Kano was dismissed from the Nigeria air force, TheCable reports. Commissioner of police in the state, Rabiu Yusuf disclosed this to reporters on Sunday. The incident happened at Gaya in Unogo local government area of the state. Yusuf said the dismissed officer... Read More

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Igbos should stop agitations, they can’t exist on their own – Ohanaeze chieftain

The Anambra State chapter of pan Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has downplayed Biafra agitations, saying Igbos cannot afford to exist alone. Speaking in Awka, the state capital, President of Ohaneze in the state, Damian Okeke explained that Igbos can’t leave Nigeria because they have investments all over the country. He insisted that Igbo leaders... Read More

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Spicer out!, Lie Mohammed, R.Kelly, Usher and all your MCMs | Here are last week’s winners and losers

Twitter NG had a field day with Diezani-Alison Madueke’s alleged money laundering topic, the Minister of Information is the subject of massive backlash from Nigerian entertainers but the man has his own supporters team plus all your favourite celebrities that messed up last week, here are our winners and losers. LOSERS Sean Spicer Scaramucci in,... Read More

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