Republic of Biafra is a dead dream – Garba Shehu gives verdict

Senior Special Assistant to the president on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari would not throw his weight behind the secession of the Republic of Biafra even though he did the same for the Saharawi people in Morocco. Speaking to New Telegraph, Garba said that those making a comparison between... Read More

biafra, Buhari, Garba Shehu, Nnamdi Kanu, secession

March 26, 2016

Fire outbreak destroys goods, properties in Kano market (PHOTOS)

A tragic fire outbreak has rocked the Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi market in Sabon Gari area of Kano state. The fire is said to have started at about midnight and was still raging on as at 10:00am on Saturday. Properties and goods worth millions of naira have been destroyed by the fire.

March 24, 2016

Mikel Obi is the new captain of Nigeria’s Super Eagles

Chelsea FC midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has been appointed the new captain of the Super Eagles by coach Samson Siasia. Mikel Obi takes over from CSKA Moscow winger, Ahmed Musa. Team coach, Siasia, who arrived at the decision on Wednesday night, told the team that he intends to give the captain armband to the longest... Read More

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March 24, 2016

RED is hiring: Show us what you’ve got

Are you ready to change the world? Do you have what it takes to make things happen? Well here is an opportunity to prove it! #TeamRED is hiring. A job at RED is unlike anything you’ve ever seen. You’ll be challenged. You’ll be inspired. You’ll do things you never thought you could. And you will... Read More

March 24, 2016

No fuel for Nigerians till May, no sleep for Kachikwu

Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe kachikwu has said that fuel scarcity would be eliminated from Nigeria in the next two months. Kachikwu, who’s also the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, said on Wednesday, that to avert future cases of fuel scarcity, the government will stop selling crude produced in the... Read More

March 19, 2016

Opinion: The 8th Senate and its use of technology

The Senate President as an avid user of modern technology and new media platforms knows what advantage the online community serves to the members of the 8th assembly. Participatory governance in solving our national problems involves slow, difficult negotiations to seek agreement among the three tiers of Government and the citizens. With this, the use... Read More

8th Assembly, building, capacity, nigeria, senate

March 19, 2016

Hulk Hogan awarded $115 million in Gawker sex tape lawsuit

Hulk Hogan has won his ‘invasion of privacy’ lawsuit against Gawker Media, and has been awarded $115 million in damages. The former wrestler had in 2015, sued Gawker, its founder Nick and former editor A.J. Daulerio for posting a clip of a sex tape, which featured Hogan and his best friend’s wife. ‘Mr. Bollea is... Read More

$115M, gawker, Hulk Hogan

March 16, 2016

#WeAreHiring: RED is searching for new TV stars – are you the one?

RED, the company with the largest portfolio of youth-focused media brands in Africa, is looking for the smartest and funniest people who can host the funniest shows on Nigerian television. Are you smart, funny, have an original accent, can impress in five minutes and between ages 18-28? Do you know how to show up and... Read More

RED

March 15, 2016

RED is looking for the next big TV star

Are you 18-28 years old, can you live in Lagos and do you speak English fluently? Then you might just be the next big thing on TV! RED is in the search of new Nigerian TV stars, who are smart, confident and know how to look good for the TV. Anyone willing to show up... Read More

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March 15, 2016

EFCC reveals Ricky Tarfa influenced court judgments

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has revealed the reason behind embattled lawyer, Rickey Tarfa’s troubles. The anti-graft agency has accused the senior lawyer of attempting to pervert justice. EFCC revealed this in an affidavit sworn as a counter response to the application filed by Tarfa requesting Justice Aishat Opesanwo of the Lagos state... Read More

Bribery, EFCC, Hogh court, law, legal, Tarfa

March 13, 2016

Senate to publish National Assembly budget

The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, stated that the National Assembly will published details of its budget breakdown. This was contained in a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Public Affairs to Saraki, Mohammed Isa. The statement noted that Saraki disclosed this while speaking with editors of London based newspaper... Read More

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March 11, 2016

Opinion: Before we lose sight of the past and mistake ‘change’ for ‘chains’

A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia. – David McCullough “Maybe they were saying chains when we thought it was change”, blurted a certain social media senator, who has made the cyberspace his default “chamber”. And before you could say Jack Robinson, a hashtag, #ChangeToChains, metamorphosed on... Read More

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March 11, 2016

Opinion: Wike’s legacy of violence makes him the usual suspect

I am compelled to react to Mr Oraye St. Franklyn’s latest piece on the violent political/cult killings in Rivers State captioned “APC’s politicisation of insecurity in Rivers State: Unpatriotic and bad for development” in which he tried frantically albeit unsuccessfully to absolve Governor Nyesom Wike of blame on the numerous violent killings in Rivers State.... Read More

Amaechi, opinion, Oraye, Rivers, Rivers State, wike

March 10, 2016

11,000 ‘potential ghost workers’ discovered on FG payroll

The Federal Government has uncovered 11,000 ghost workers on its payroll in its second batch of staff audit. This new discovery is coming on the heels of the 23,000 ghost workers that were deleted from the government’s payroll in February. Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, made the disclosure to State House correspondents on Wednesday at... Read More

FG, Ghost workers, kemi Adeosun

March 9, 2016

Grill at the Pent Presents ‘Respect the Wave’ Edition With Davido, Caroline Danjuma, Others

Welcome to Grill at the Pent – where the trendiest and sophisticated of persons, meet next generation partying …

March 8, 2016

PIN hosts SMWDigitalJobs, SMWTENT and SMWNetRights at Social Media Week Lagos

PIN hosted 3 of her projects at the Lagos Social Media Week which took place from 22nd to 26th February, 2016. Beginning with the SMWDigitalJobs hosted on Monday 22nd, PIN gathered more participants at the SMWTENT session on Tuesday 23rd and SMWNetRights on Thursday 25th. Overall, a total of 197 participants attended the three interactive... Read More

#SMWLagos, innovation, lagos, pin

March 7, 2016

Y! Spotlight: Agiri Ibrahim, the brain behind AjeboMarket

Agiri Ibrahim, CEO/MD of AjeboMarket, an online store for men’s fashion, is a tenacious visionary as well as a diligent dream chaser. He has with his unwavering desire to create a clear cut niche for himself in the e-commerce industry, despite its growing crowd, transformed AjeboMarket from a budding online store to one of the fastest... Read More

brains, e-commerce, innoivation, market, spotlight

March 6, 2016

James Ocholi’s wife, son confirmed dead

Following the death of the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, James Ocholi, his wife and his son are also reported to have died from Sunday’s car accident on the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Ocholi and his son are believed to have died instantly while his wife went into coma and later died at Doka hospital,... Read More

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March 6, 2016

‘Nigeria will be part of Islamic coalition against terrorism’ | Watch Buhari’s full interview on Al Jazeera

During his recent trip to Qatar, President Muhammadu Buhari was interviewed by Martine Dennis, on “Talk To Al Jazeera”. Over the course of the 26-minute long interview, Buhari spoke on oil prices, foreign exchange, devaluation of the naira, Boko Haram insurgency and the Biafra agitation. Watch below:

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March 4, 2016

Opinion: Ese Oruru and the victimization of Islam and the North

There is a usually predictable, almost robotic, pattern of reaction to any story in which an individual or a group from the north of Nigeria is a major character. This is the error of contemptuous generalisation, taking the action of a few individuals for a collective decision of the entire region. Or visiting the “sins” of the colonial north upon... Read More

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March 4, 2016

Fayose, Sultan of Sokoto, Ooni of Ife, others attend coronation of Olubadan (PHOTOS)

A new dawn has set over the throne of the Olubadan of Ibadanland as Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji was on Friday, coronated as the new king of the historic Yoruba city. Some of the nation’s elites graced the coronation of the new Olubadan. In attendance were Lagos state governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Ekiti state governor Ayo Fayose, his... Read More

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March 4, 2016

YNaija Exclusive: FG files lawsuit against Chevron, Agip, Shell over $12bn missing oil revenue

The federal government has instituted civil actions against multinational oil corporations- Shell, Chevron, Agip and other major oil companies- in a bid to recover over N2 trillion, believed to be proceeds of unremitted crude oil revenue. The scourge of crude oil theft has plagued the nation since the era of its oil boom, leading to... Read More

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Agip, Chevron, corruption, Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total

March 3, 2016

DSS arrests ex-Chairman of APGA, Victor Umeh

Victor Umeh, the former Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, has been arrested by the Department of State Security. Umeh, who’s contesting the Anambra Central Senatorial District election, is said to have been arrested in Enugu state at about 9am on Thursday. Channels Television reports that Umeh was taken o the DSS office in... Read More

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March 2, 2016

Melaye, lover of imported cars, complains about Nigerians who like ‘imported ladies’

There are many sides to Senator Dino Melaye. Senator Dino Melaye is that man who never backs down from a fight. He did fight on the floor of the House of Representatives a few years back. Literally. Since then, he has come under a barrage of attack in the media for different reasons with one being the many... Read More

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March 1, 2016

Mimiko to give keynote address at LBS’ Africa Business Conference 2016

Ondo governor, Olusegun Mimiko has been announced as keynote speaker at the Lagos Business School Africa Business Conference (LBSABC2016) set to hold on Thursday, March 3 at the Lagos Business School, KM 22, Lekki/Epe Expressway, Lagos, Nigeria. Joining him as keynote speaker is Mohamed Darwish, Co-founder of IHS Nigeria. The LBSABC is an annual forum which targets... Read More

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March 1, 2016

The competition begins… for CNN Multichoice African Journalist Awards 2016

CNN International and MultiChoice this week officially launched the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2016 Awards. The competition for African nationals based on the continent welcomes entries from journalists creating content targeting an African audience. A new category has been added this year, The Maggie Eales Young Journalist Award. This is named in honour of the... Read More

March 1, 2016

LSE Africa Summit 2016 announce key participants

The London School of Economics and Political Science today announced key panel participants for its third annual Africa Summit to take place on April 22 and 23, 2016. The Summit, themed “Africa within a Global Context,” will feature an interdisciplinary research conference and a transnational business conference focused on economic development in the African continent. The Summit... Read More

economy, Lagos summit, nigeria

March 1, 2016

3 Seminary School girls abducted in Ikorodu

A group of armed hoodlums have kidnapped no fewer than three females students of the Babington Macaulay ‎Junior Seminary School in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state. The abductors, armed with guns stormed the premises of the private school and seized the children at about 8:30pm on Monday, February 29. The ‎Lagos State Police Command confirming the... Read More

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February 28, 2016

Opinion: Why must Okonjo-Iweala be the scapegoat?

“The immediate past Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, illegally approved the transfer of at least N61.4 billion ($300 million and £5.5 million) from funds recovered from late dictator, Sani Abacha, to the Office of the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, few weeks to the 2015 presidential election…” Those were the words of Nigeria’s online news... Read More

economy, nigeria, okonjo iweala ngozi, Sani Abacha

February 27, 2016

What FG must do to end Biafra agitation in Nigeria – Ohaneze Ndigbo

Apex pan Igbo social, political and cultural organisation- Ohaneze Ndigbo, has advised the Federal Government to take some certain steps in order to bring to an end, the agitation for secession by pro-Biafra elements in the South East. Ohaneze Ndigbo on Saturday, demanded the establishment of the South East Development Commission- saddled with the responsibility... Read More

biafra, infrastructure, ohaneze ndigbo, roads

Republic of Biafra is a dead dream – Garba Shehu gives verdict

Fire outbreak destroys goods, properties in Kano market (PHOTOS)

Mikel Obi is the new captain of Nigeria’s Super Eagles

RED is hiring: Show us what you’ve got

No fuel for Nigerians till May, no sleep for Kachikwu

Opinion: The 8th Senate and its use of technology

Hulk Hogan awarded $115 million in Gawker sex tape lawsuit

#WeAreHiring: RED is searching for new TV stars – are you the one?

RED is looking for the next big TV star

EFCC reveals Ricky Tarfa influenced court judgments

Senate to publish National Assembly budget

Opinion: Before we lose sight of the past and mistake ‘change’ for ‘chains’

Opinion: Wike’s legacy of violence makes him the usual suspect

11,000 ‘potential ghost workers’ discovered on FG payroll

Grill at the Pent Presents ‘Respect the Wave’ Edition With Davido, Caroline Danjuma, Others

PIN hosts SMWDigitalJobs, SMWTENT and SMWNetRights at Social Media Week Lagos

Y! Spotlight: Agiri Ibrahim, the brain behind AjeboMarket

James Ocholi’s wife, son confirmed dead

‘Nigeria will be part of Islamic coalition against terrorism’ | Watch Buhari’s full interview on Al Jazeera

Opinion: Ese Oruru and the victimization of Islam and the North

Fayose, Sultan of Sokoto, Ooni of Ife, others attend coronation of Olubadan (PHOTOS)

YNaija Exclusive: FG files lawsuit against Chevron, Agip, Shell over $12bn missing oil revenue

DSS arrests ex-Chairman of APGA, Victor Umeh

Melaye, lover of imported cars, complains about Nigerians who like ‘imported ladies’

Mimiko to give keynote address at LBS’ Africa Business Conference 2016

The competition begins… for CNN Multichoice African Journalist Awards 2016

LSE Africa Summit 2016 announce key participants

3 Seminary School girls abducted in Ikorodu

Opinion: Why must Okonjo-Iweala be the scapegoat?

What FG must do to end Biafra agitation in Nigeria – Ohaneze Ndigbo

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