“I have no information that supports that” | FBI Director shuts down Trump’s wiretapping claims

James Comey, FBI Director has said he has no information to support claims by President Donald Trump that he was wiretapped by his predecessor, Barack Obama. “I have no information that supports those tweets,” Comey told the House Intelligence Committee, adding that the Justice Department, along with the FBI, had no information to support the... Read More

March 20, 2017

Trump tweets: Calls CNN fake news again, says “leaker” must be found

A few hours before FBI Director James Comey is set to testify to Congress about alleged Russian involvement in the U.S. presidential election, President Trump on Monday morning again vehemently denied that he or his campaign had any involvement with Kremlin operatives in the run-up to the election. Trump referenced recent statements made by former... Read More

March 20, 2017

North Korea tests rocket engine on the last day of Secretary of State Tillerson’s visit

By Itunuoluwa Adebo Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s final day of his visit to North Korea was marked by North Korea claiming to have tested a new type of rocket engine, underlining the country’s defiance of recent calls for calm on the Korean Peninsula. The test came hours before Tillerson met Chinese President Xi Jinping,... Read More

March 20, 2017

Trump’s wiretapping claims: FBI Director Comey to testify on Capitol Hill

The unfolding drama of President Donald Trump’s claims that he was wiretapped by President Barack Obama 2 weeks ago reaches a climax today. The FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to the House Intelligence Committee. Comey is expected to say that there was no wiretapping, debunking allegations that Trump has repeatedly refused to withdraw. We also... Read More

March 18, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: There is a future for us beyond the Orangutans

by Pius Adesanmi Any public figure whose name we fail to agree on will always cause wahala. Evan Enwerem? Evans Enwerem? James Onanefe Ibori? Onanefe James Ibori? Now we have Hammeed Alli! In a single edition of The Nation Newspaper (boda Sanya Oni, take note) on September 13, 2015, the headline reads “Hamid Ali” while... Read More

corruption, donald trump, Hameed Ali, nigeria, Pius Adesanmi, senate

March 17, 2017

Why is the trans narrative so centered on Transwomen?

We’ve spoken at length about how sex and gender are not the same thing. This is an important to make when discussing how sexual orientation plays out in situations that involve transgender people and how feminism, though a tool used to fight oppression of women has evolved to exclude the very women it tries to... Read More

March 15, 2017

Spicer: Trump wasn’t referring to wiretapping in his tweets about wiretapping

By Itunuoluwa Adebo The White House on Monday had a new defense strategy, since President Donald Trump tweeted “wiretapping” in quotes, he didn’t actually mean wiretapping “I think there’s no question that the Obama administration, that there were actions about surveillance and other activities that occurred in the 2016 election,” White House Press Secretary Sean... Read More

March 14, 2017

The Spelling Bee Challenge Adamawa quiz debate contest: AUN Academy, St. Peters, Concordia, five others, survive first scare

Twelve schools took centre stage on Wednesday, March 08, 2017, as The Spelling Bee Challenge Adamawa Quiz Debate Contest. The tri-educational championship involving Debate, Quiz and Spelling Bee, got underway at the Christopher S. Abba Hall, inside St. Peters Seminary School, Jimeta, by 11am, with AUN ACADEMY I opening the day on the proposition and... Read More

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March 13, 2017

China defends approval of 38 Trump Trademarks

By Itunuoluwa Adebo China on Thursday defended its handling of 38 trademarks it recently approved provisionally for President Trump, saying it followed the law in processing the applications at a pace that some experts view as unusually quick. Democrats in Congress were critical of Trump after the Associated Press reported Wednesday that the potentially valuable... Read More

China, trademarks, trump

March 12, 2017

SPECIAL EDITORIAL: Are we seriously going to sit by and watch Audu Maikori be harassed?

About three weeks ago, entertainment mogul Audu Maikori was arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS) in Lagos and taken to Abuja, where he was detained for a day before being released. Although no official explanation was given for his arrest, it is assumed it is not unconnected with his using misleading pictures on... Read More

Audu Maikori, criminal charges, dictatorship, Nasir el-Rufai, Southern Kaduna

March 12, 2017

Washington braces as Trump looks to slash budgets

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Government agencies across Washington are preparing for what some say could be debilitating cuts to their budgets, grappling with that fact that President Donald Trump intends to make good on his campaign promise to slash the federal budget. Trump’s advisers say the cuts are meant to get a handle on the federal... Read More

March 11, 2017

Mike Pence continues to dodge wiretapping questions

By Itunuoluwa Adebo Pence dodged answering a question about whether he believed President Donald Trump’s wiretapping claims. Trump who alleged on Saturday without evidence that former President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones at Trump Tower ahead of the 2016 election. Reporter John Kosich during a press address asked the Vice President a Yes or No... Read More

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March 11, 2017

Unemployment down to 4.7% after Trump’s first full month

The U.S. economy added a robust 235,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.7% from 4.8% in the previous month. It’s a vast improvement from 2009, when unemployment peaked at 10% after the financial crisis. “The U.S. economy is doing very very well at the moment,” says... Read More

March 10, 2017

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

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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

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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

“I have no information that supports that” | FBI Director shuts down Trump’s wiretapping claims

Trump tweets: Calls CNN fake news again, says “leaker” must be found

North Korea tests rocket engine on the last day of Secretary of State Tillerson’s visit

Trump’s wiretapping claims: FBI Director Comey to testify on Capitol Hill

Pius Adesanmi: There is a future for us beyond the Orangutans

Why is the trans narrative so centered on Transwomen?

Spicer: Trump wasn’t referring to wiretapping in his tweets about wiretapping

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 15th of March

The Spelling Bee Challenge Adamawa quiz debate contest: AUN Academy, St. Peters, Concordia, five others, survive first scare

China defends approval of 38 Trump Trademarks

SPECIAL EDITORIAL: Are we seriously going to sit by and watch Audu Maikori be harassed?

Washington braces as Trump looks to slash budgets

Mike Pence continues to dodge wiretapping questions

Unemployment down to 4.7% after Trump’s first full month

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

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