China grants Trump 38 trademarks, reopens Conflict Of Interest debate

By Itunuoluwa Adebo China has granted preliminary approval for at least 38 Trump trademarks for businesses ranging from hotels and spas to animal training and weather forecasting, reopening a debate about the potential for conflicts of interest under his presidency. There was no evidence that President Trump received special favors from the Beijing government in granting the trademarks, experts said,... Read More

March 10, 2017

DC restaurant sues Trump’s hotel, claims unfair treatment

By Itunuoluwa Adebo How do you compete with a restaurant at President Donald Trump’s hotel down the road from the White House? Two Washington restaurateurs argue you can’t — and have sued him over it. The plaintiffs are Khalid Pitts and Diane Gross, who own Cork Wine Bar and Cork Market & Tasting Room. They... Read More

hotel, Lawsuit, pitts, trump

March 10, 2017

Trump’s $1 trillion promise to deliver jobs? Not likely to happen this year

By Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump’s pledge to create a program that funds $1 trillion in new infrastructure programs has kicked off with numerous meetings but few firm decisions, beset by under staffing, bureaucratic challenges and major questions about how to pay for everything. Trump promised in a February speech to Congress that a $1 trillion infrastructure rebuilding... Read More

March 10, 2017

The Dummies Guide to catching up with Game of Thrones

Yesterday, HBO finally announced the premiere date for the seventh season of the thriller drama TV series. Game of Thrones is undoubtedly one of the best things that has ever happened to television series and we’ll forever be grateful for it. However, we cannot fool ourselves by assuming that everyone follows the genius episodes put... Read More

Game of Thrones, Jon Snow, Khaleesi, The Dummies Guide

March 10, 2017

Kemen says what he did to T-Boss was only a game, and Payporte clearly agrees #BBNaija

“I knew that everybody was playing the game in the house at the same time competing for the prize. I realised that I overplayed my game which brought about my disqualification“. Those are words from the “apology” from former #BBNaija housemate Ekemini Ekerette, popularly known as Kemen. He was, as you most likely know, disqualified... Read More

BBNaija, Big Brother Naija, kemen, payporte, T-Boss

March 10, 2017

Man jumps fence into White House, claims he’s a friend of Trump

By Itunuoluwa Adebo A man carrying a backpack was arrested Friday night after breaching security at the White House complex and was discovered by a Secret Service officer by the south entrance to the executive residence, officials said. The incident happened just before midnight while President Donald Trump was at the White House. The suspect,... Read More

March 9, 2017

The one woman who could derail Trump‘s presidency

By Itunuoluwa Adebo It’s not Hilary Clinton While he was running for president, Donald Trump had some not entirely kind words for Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. Yellen, Trump alleged “should be ashamed of herself” for conspiring with Barack Obama to keep interest rates low and to create a “false stock market,” surprisingly, changed his view entirely. Now, there’s no reason at... Read More

March 9, 2017

Edumark holds 11th edition of ‘We are the Future of Our Nation’

The 11th edition of the annual inspirational event “We are the Future of Our Nation” held in Ikeja recently. In attendance was former Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Leke Pitan, writer Okechukwu Ofili, businessman Tonye Cole amongst others. The event is organised by Edumark Consult for the graduating class of secondary schools in Lagos.... Read More

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March 9, 2017

The Film Blog: Let’s just end the Isoken-Wedding Party comparisons right now

Today we saw a post by the good folks at Zikoko saying Isoken looks like The Wedding Party and we are here to vehemently disagree. Not just with the suggestion of similarity – which we think it is far too early to tell about – but the notion being purported by many others that Isoken is... Read More

March 9, 2017

Hawaii becomes first state to sue Trump over travel ban

By Itunuoluwa Adebo Hawaii has become the first state to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, saying the order will harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign students. Attorneys for the state filed the lawsuit against the U.S. government in federal court in Honolulu. The state had previously sued over Trump’s... Read More

March 9, 2017

Trump vs WikiLeaks: A taste of his own medicine?

By Itunuoluwa Adebo With the recent release of classified documents by WikiLeaks, President Donald Trump now has to face the same spy organization he once praised. During the Presidential campaign, Trump cited several documents released by WikiLeaks about Hilary Clinton and the Democratic National Convention at his rallies, seemingly praising the organization. Err, we even... Read More

March 9, 2017

Sheer insincerity and all round bad taste | 3 things that make Kemen’s “apology” unacceptable

So Mr Kemen who got booted out of the BBNaija house last weekend has suddenly come to the realisation that his action was as bad as bad can be and decided to apologise. If we are being honest about our observations we’d say that someone told the young man that the best thing to do... Read More

More, Thinking Through

BBNaija, kemen, Kemen apology, sexual harassment, tboss

March 9, 2017

Criminal probe opened Into WikiLeaks Publications; Trump extremely concerned

By Itunuoluwa Adebo A federal criminal investigation is being opened into Wikileaks publication detailing alleged CIA hacking operations, the officials said the FBI and CIA are coordinating reviews of the matter. The investigation is looking into how the documents came into WikiLeaks’ possession and whether they might have been leaked by an employee or contractor.... Read More

March 9, 2017

How US authorities locked up Nigerian for 4 days at Los Angeles Airport

by Dolapo Adelana A Nigerian man, Olaniyi Femi has recounted the horrendous treatment meted on him by United States authorities at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Femi, who possessed a valid entry visa was locked up in a cold room for four days and was later sent back to Nigeria. Advocate group, the Socio-economic... Read More

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March 8, 2017

Why Iraq was exempted from the new travel ban order

By Itunuoluwa Adebo Iraq was removed from the new travel executive order banning travel from certain Muslim-majority countries after intensive lobbying from the Iraqi government at the highest levels. The pressure from the Iraq officials included a phone call between Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on February 10 and an in-person conversation between... Read More

March 8, 2017

WikiLeaks: C.I.A. Is the real Big Brother

By Itunuoluwa Adebo In what appears to be the largest leak of C.I.A documents in history, Wikileaks released on Tuesday thousands of pages describing sophisticated software tools and techniques used by the agency to break into computers, smartphones, and even Internet-connected televisions. The documents amount to a detailed, highly technical catalog of tools. They include... Read More

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March 8, 2017

‘How Nigeria loses over N130bn to corruption at borders’

by Azeez Adeniyi The Nigerian Association of Nigerian Traders said the country has lost more than N130bn to corruption at its borders. President, National Association of Nigerian Traders, Mr Ken Ukaoha, said this on Wednesday. Ukaoha said, “These past three months alone, Nigeria has lost more than N130 billion due to the porosity of our... Read More

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March 8, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Back to Basics: Has the concept of rape changed?

We at the Sexuality Blog are revisiting the basics, and as best we can, explaining the concepts of sex, consent and the different aspects of rape culture with analogies that are specific to Nigerians. We are also trying to answer a number of questions that revolve around rape culture and how our current beliefs and... Read More

March 8, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: We need to talk about queerness

Not everyone falls into a binary and that’s okay. Sexuality isn’t as much shock and awe in Nigeria as it was a little as ten years ago. Thanks to Bisi Alimi coming out on air on Funmi Iyanda’s defunct ‘New Dawn’ and the events that have followed that cataclysmic event, the average Nigerian is now... Read More

March 8, 2017

Trump says it will cost just a “little” to build his wall

By Itunuoluwa Adebo The Trump administration is planning to ask for a relatively small amount of money to start building the President’s long-promised border wall this year far short of estimates of what the wall might cost. Despite the President’s repeated calls to begin building immediately the substantive wall along the entire Southern border, which... Read More

March 7, 2017

Trump Tweets: Another terrible Obama decision

Mr Trump seems to be on a roll this week, but when isn’t he? In the wake of the wire-tapping allegations against Obama in a tweet over the weekend, Twitter’s most active president isn’t done. He tweeted “122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield. Just another terrible... Read More

March 7, 2017

4 things to know about Trump’s new travel ban

So Donald Trump has signed a new immigration order and it’s been met by expected opposition and criticism, but here are the 4 main things we’ve gleamed from Travel Ban 2.0. The new ban takes effect from March 16. Iraq has been removed from the list of affected countries. The affected countries are Libya, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia,... Read More

March 6, 2017

More battery juice and longer hours of fun with the L9 Plus

The TECNO L9 Plus is here to take you by surprise and literally give you a much better experience in “Bigger” and “Longer” doses. “Longer” Battery Life: The TECNO L9 Plus is brilliantly crafted with a 5000mah Ultra Long-lasting Battery; this technically means you can use your phone for over 3 days of uninterrupted battery... Read More

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March 4, 2017

Opinion: The Buhari/Osinbajo Initiative and the Niger Delta

by Dele Awogbeoba For a while now, the Niger Delta has been on the boil again. Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers and Akwa Ibom constitute the major sources of oil revenue that makes up over 60% of Federal Government foreign exchange earnings and over 50% of Federal Government Income. Ondo, Imo, Abia, Anambra and Lagos states contribute... Read More

Buhari, Niger Delta, nigeria, opinion, Osinbajo, Politics

March 4, 2017

Xenophobia: South African border police detain social commentator, Omojuwa

by Dolapo Adelana Social commentator Japheth Omojuwa is currently being detained by South African border officials. According to Omojuwa who tweeted about the situation, said he is being held and has been isolated. See tweets below: The lady said to me; "this country, does it look like Lagos? Go back to your country" — JJ.... Read More

Border police, japheth omojuwa, south africa, Xenophobia

March 4, 2017

The Thread: Will ethnicity ever cease to matter in Nigerian politics?

It’s doubtful. And that’s because we have made it the bedrock, the corner stone, the essence of politics. But it’s more than that, as @KingDouyeAlfred explains. Do see below: 1-"Ethnicity doesn't matter! I just want a country that works" LOL Naivety at it's peak As usual, we don't ask the right questions — King Alfred... Read More

ethnicity, Ethnocentric, Federal Allocations, Land Use Act, nigeria, Politics, The Thread

March 4, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: Propagandocracy and the Buhari Media Center

The Buhari government is an absolute propagandocracy, that is, a government conducted by intentionally false and manipulative information. And this is so because the very foundation of the government is fraud. When you defraud people into electing you and you have no substance to justify the trust they invested in you, you either apologise and... Read More

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March 4, 2017

Reno Omokri: How Amaechi and Buhari induced Nigeria’s recession

by Reno Omokri This has been a most interesting week for me. As many of my readers may have become aware, the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, gave an interview to some select papers (THISDAY thankfully not included) and repeated the lie that former President Jonathan pilfered $49.8 billion from the national treasury and that... Read More

amaechi rotimi, Economic recession, Goodluck Jonathan, nigeria, opinion, Reno Omokri, the economist

China grants Trump 38 trademarks, reopens Conflict Of Interest debate

DC restaurant sues Trump’s hotel, claims unfair treatment

Trump’s $1 trillion promise to deliver jobs? Not likely to happen this year

The Dummies Guide to catching up with Game of Thrones

Kemen says what he did to T-Boss was only a game, and Payporte clearly agrees #BBNaija

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 10th of February

Man jumps fence into White House, claims he’s a friend of Trump

The one woman who could derail Trump‘s presidency

Edumark holds 11th edition of ‘We are the Future of Our Nation’

The Film Blog: Let’s just end the Isoken-Wedding Party comparisons right now

Hawaii becomes first state to sue Trump over travel ban

Trump vs WikiLeaks: A taste of his own medicine?

Sheer insincerity and all round bad taste | 3 things that make Kemen’s “apology” unacceptable

Criminal probe opened Into WikiLeaks Publications; Trump extremely concerned

How US authorities locked up Nigerian for 4 days at Los Angeles Airport

Why Iraq was exempted from the new travel ban order

The YNaija Cover this evening – the 8th of March

WikiLeaks: C.I.A. Is the real Big Brother

‘How Nigeria loses over N130bn to corruption at borders’

[The Sexuality Blog] Back to Basics: Has the concept of rape changed?

The Sexuality Blog: We need to talk about queerness

Trump says it will cost just a “little” to build his wall

Trump Tweets: Another terrible Obama decision

4 things to know about Trump’s new travel ban

More battery juice and longer hours of fun with the L9 Plus

Opinion: The Buhari/Osinbajo Initiative and the Niger Delta

Xenophobia: South African border police detain social commentator, Omojuwa

The Thread: Will ethnicity ever cease to matter in Nigerian politics?

Farooq Kperogi: Propagandocracy and the Buhari Media Center

Reno Omokri: How Amaechi and Buhari induced Nigeria’s recession

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