[The Activism Blog] The CC Hub is now training its sights on young graduates

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[The Activism Blog] The National Assembly has killed #NotTooYoungToRun, and Nigerian youth are fighting back

You should know YIAGA (Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement), they have pioneered the massively successive #NotTooYoungToRun campaign alongside other advocacy groups – successful not just in capturing popular imagination, but also in driving the conversation – for the barriers to entry for young people into elected office to come crashing down. Well, in... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Republican Healthcare bill collapses | Trump calls for “clean slate”

The Republican healthcare bill suffered a huge blow after a second attempt to pass a bill in the Senate collapsed late on Monday, when two more Republican Senators joined the opposition. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement,”Regretfully, it is now apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failure of... Read More

Donald Trump

healthcare, Obamacare, President Trump, repeal and replace

Opinion: Between the compulsive critic & the great leader

by Lai Labode While visionary leadership is not a promise of perfection, its inevitable shortcomings are judged with a malicious eye for the worst by the compulsive critics. Since the world is a great lover of great tales of success and failure, its ears are ever ready for all colours of lies, truth, rumours, misfortune... Read More

analysis, critics, leaders, opinion, Politics

[The Film Blog]: And in two paragraphs, Premium Times makes clear the AMAA death spiral

This is how the online newspaper summarizes the weekend’s event, after all said and done: “The event lacked the usual spark and buzz that the award is known for with close watchers describing this year’s event as the most poorly publicised edition yet. “The awards ceremony, which was initially scheduled to hold at the National... Read More

africa movie academy awards, Award shows, nigeria, Premium Times

[The Alausa Blog]: LSSTF partners NPA on tackling insecurity and traffic gridlock in Apapa

The Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) have sealed a joint working partnership to frontally address insecurity and traffic management challenges in and around Apapa which is housing the nation’s largest and busiest sea port. Speaking while receiving LSSTF Executive Secretary, Dr. Abdurrazaq Balogun and the management team of... Read More

The Alausa Blog

Apapa, LSSTF, Nigerian Port Authority

Boko Haram using children to detonate bombs | Army warn Nigerians

The Nigerian Army has warned the public to be wary of new tactics devised by Boko Haram insurgents. The army said the insurgents now engage children to unleash suicide bomb attacks. A statement signed by Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command, and issued in Maiduguri, said the insurgents had employed new... Read More

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

These are the top 5 stories you should monitor today. HOW ALUKO, OMOKORE DONATED N800M VEHICLES TO PDP – FG Businessmen, Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, have urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to stay further proceedings. They said this in a suit filed against them by the Federal Government to recover an alleged... Read More

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Mark Amaza: How the National Assembly broke my heart

by Mark Amaza When the #NotTooYoungToRun campaign started in May 2016, I did not need any convincing to be a part of the campaign’s strategy team. It was precisely what Nigerian youths needed in order to gain them greater participation in the nation’s political space: removing the age barriers to running for public office and... Read More

Constitutional Ammendments, Constitutional Review Committee, national assembly, nigeria, Not too young to run bill cancelled, opinion, Policy formulation

Malala Yousafzai, YNaija Cover

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 18th of July

Follow these links to read our cover stories on YNaija: Declare state of emergency on education | Malala tells Osinbajo WAEC withholds results of 214,952 candidates for cheating PDP leaders meet, vow to rebuild party

Cover Stories

Nigerians still believe in PDP – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Nigerians still want the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to lead the country. Jonathan said this at the expanded National Caucus of the party held on Monday night at Wadata House, Abuja. “Nigerians still believe in the PDP because when the Supreme Court judgement was given, I was so... Read More

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The calls for restructuring have been intense since President Buhari came into power | See timeline

The campaign for the restructuring of the country has recently increased. Groups in the South-Eastern part of the country have continued to call for the devolution of power, notable among them is the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has also been on the forefront of the call for restructuring. Here’s a timeline of... Read More

Thinking Through

[The Media Blog]: Nothing much, just Nigerian media icons gathered together

Media icons across hard and soft sell media came together on 13 July to launch a loose organisation called the Network for a Media Excellence. We love looking at these photos of the veterans. Roll call: Femi Akintunde-Johnson, anchor of FAJ Alive on Lagos Television Dr Kunle Hamilton, President, ShaddaiVille Ministries Tokunbo Modupe, CEO, TPT... Read More

The Media Blog

babatunde Fashola, Isaac Adewole, ministers, YNaija Effectiveness Ranking

Fashola drops 6 places in the YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Ministers

Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing has dropped six places in the YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Ministers. The former Lagos governor, who previously occupied the number one position has been dubbed the ‘Minister of excuses’. Almost two years as the head of the ministry, Fashola just like his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari has made... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Thinking Through

Entertainment Roundup: R.Kelly accused of holding young women in an “abusive cult” against their will; Ed Sheeran deletes his Twitter account | More stories

Here are the biggest stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing this cloudy Tuesday morning. R.Kelly has been accused of holding several women in a “sexual cult” against their will Now this may just be the craziest thing you’ll read today. A Buzzfeed News claims that parents... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

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Bayo Omoboriowo, Enitan Denloye Adekunle Ayeni, others to speak at The Academic Summit 8.0

It’s no longer news that the digital sphere has rapidly changed the face of the media world. Due to digital, our definition of what we call media has deepened. This has therefore changed media realities and trends. This trend of evolution is what The Academic Summit (TAS) has successfully highlighted and tracked for the past... Read More

‘FG releases another tranche of Paris refund to states’

Another tranche of Paris Club refund has been paid to states, The Nation reports. According to the newspaper, Ekiti received N4.772 billion while Abia got N5.715 billion. Governor Ayo Fayose’s Media Adviser Lere Olayinka confirmed Ekiti’s receipt of the second tranche. Commisioner for Finance Obinna Oriaku confirmed that of Abia to The Nation. In the... Read More

Federal Government, Paris Club Refund, release, Ststes, Tranches

Reuben Abati: Floods and the rainmakers of Lagos Island

by Reuben Abati “To live in Lagos Island, these days, one needs to engage the services of rainmakers during the rainy season”, a friend who lives in that part of Lagos told me the other day. The job of a rainmaker, as known in our traditional communities, is actually to stop the rain from falling... Read More

climate change, Lagos floods, nigeria, opinion, rainmakers, reuben abati

Policemen who shot FRSC officials have been arrested – Police

The Abia State Police Command said it has arrested and detained two policemen for shooting operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Aba. Spokesman of the Command, Geofrey Ogbonna, who made the announcement on Monday in Umuahia, however, declined to disclose the identities of the operatives. He said: “The shooting did not involve... Read More

Abia speaker, FRSC officials, police, policemen, shot

Akinwunmi Ambode, Aminu Tambuwal, Ayodele Fayose, Nyesom Wike, Yayaha Bello, YNaija Effectiveness Ranking

Nyesom Wike replaces Ambode as the worst Nigerian governor | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Governors

Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike has displaced his Lagos counterpart, Akinwunmi Ambode as the worst Nigerian governor in the weekly YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Governors. Wike who was ranked 34th last week achieved this feat due to his silliest of reasons. The sleepy governor who has over the years developed a habit of engaging in media wars with the police... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Thinking Through

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[The Church Blog] Morning Devotion: Igbo worship songs to a juju rhythm? We are here for that

Praise Addikt for the win.

Church Culture

The YNaija Tracklist: How Aluko, Omokore donated N800m vehicles to PDP – FG | States get another Paris Club refund | More stories

From the papers this morning – a tracklist. How Aluko, Omokore donated N800m vehicles to PDP – FG – YNaija Declare state of emergency on education | Malala tells Osinbajo – YNaija Nigeria does not need restructuring – Okorocha – YNaija I have been receiving life-threatening messages – Banire – YNaija Health minister suspends 8... Read More

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Ahmed Makarfi, Health minister, Malala Yousafzani, nhis, Paris refund, PDP, The YNaija Tracklist, Yemi Osinbajo

Health minister suspends 8 NHIS officials

The Ministry of Health on Monday suspended eight officials of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This comes after more facts were uncovered by the committee set up by the minister to investigate the suspended NHIS Executive Secretary, Prof. Usman Yusuf. In a statement by the Director of Media and Public Affairs, Mrs. Boade Akinola, said... Read More

Health minister, Isaac Adewole, nhis, officals, Prof. Usman Yusuf, suspend

U.S. lifts laptop ban on Middle Eastern airlines

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said it was lifting a ban on passengers on Saudi Arabian Airlines carrying large electronics like laptops on board U.S.-bound flights, Reuters reports. U.S. officials imposed restrictions on passengers carrying laptops and other large electronic gear in cabins on nine airlines in March, most of which were Middle Eastern carriers,... Read More

Sheriff and his followers must be sanctioned | Group tells PDP leaders

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is under pressure to impose sanctions on the former National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and his followers, Punch reports. According to the newspaper, some groups have started submitting petitions to that effect. Some members of the party believed that Sheriff and members of his... Read More

Ali Modu Sheriff, crisis, PDP, punished, sanctioned, supreme court

Declare state of emergency on education | Malala tells Osinbajo

Child rights activist and Nobel Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai has urged acting President Yemi Osinbajo to declare a state of emergency in the education sector. While speaking with journalists after meeting with Osinbajo on Monday, she said she spoke on the importance of education for boys and girls. “It was a very good meeting.... Read More

education, Malala Yousafzai, State of emergency, Yemi Osinbajo

Nigeria does not need restructuring – Okorocha

Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha has dismissed calls for the restructuring of the country. Okorocha argued that Nigeria was better as united country, stating that it only needs repackaging. The governor spoke on Monday while declaring open the 67th annual conference of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria held in Imo State. He noted that each... Read More

devolution, nigeria, repackaging, restructuring, Rochas Okorocha

PDP leaders meet, vow to rebuild party

Members of the National Expanded caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday met for the first time since the Supreme Court judgement in Abuja. The meeting was attended by leaders of the party, including Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee, Makarfi; former President Goodluck Jonathan; and the Governor of Ekiti State and... Read More

Abuja, caucus, conference, Goodluck Jonathan, leaders, party, PDP, rebuild

I have been receiving life-threatening messages – Banire

National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muiz Banire has alleged that he has been receiving threat messages over his fight against imposition of candidates in the party. Banire had said the leadership of the party was not allowing popular candidates to represent the APC in Saturday’s local government election. In a statement... Read More

APC, imposition of candidates, lagos, LG elections, life-threatening, messages, muiz banire

How Aluko, Omokore donated N800m vehicles to PDP – FG

Businessmen, Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, have urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to stay further proceedings. They said this in a suit filed against them by the Federal Government to recover an alleged debt of $1.8bn. The court had frozen their assets both at home and abroad pending the determination of the suit... Read More