Hundreds of Nigerian women held in Saudi Arabia for traveling unescorted

by Isi Esene Reports say 398 Nigerian Muslim women traveling on pilgrimage to Mecca were temporarily held at a Saudi Arabian airport for traveling without male relatives. The women were reportedly held between Thursday and Monday at the King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah. A spokesman for Nigeria’s National Hajj Commission, Uba Mana, said the women... Read More

September 24, 2012

YNaija Editorial: Dear Anyim, Arik Airline is not the PDP

It’s not every time that a week as terribly confusing as the last comes along. This board has struggled to make sense of exactly what just happened in the aviation sector – the irrascible Arik airline at its centre – and, frankly, we have failed. On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Aviation chaired by Hope... Read More

Airline, Anyim Pius Anyim, Arik, Dana, PDP, Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi

September 24, 2012

TICKER: MFM pastor, others pray for “quick recovery of Patience Jonathan”

The residents of Oyo State in Nigeria have been persisting on prayer for the urgent recoup of Nigerian First Lady, Patience Jonathan who is presently receiving medical treatment in Germany, to enable her quick return to the country. Prayerfuls during church services, mosque praying sessions, market squares and solemn gatherings in the Ibadan metropolis of... Read More

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September 24, 2012

Flooding: FRSC closes Lokoja-Abuja highway, announces alternative routes

by Isi Esene The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Monday released a list of alternative routes which can be used by motorists as a result of the flooding of roads normally used by travellers. The flooding was caused by the overflowing of the River Niger shutting off vital roads linking the Federal Capital Territory... Read More

Abuja, Bisi Kazeem, Edo, Federal Road Safety Commission, flooding, frsc, highways, Kogi, lagos, Likoja, Okene, River Nigeria

September 24, 2012

Justice for all: Aloma Mukhtar administers oath on new Supreme Court chiefs

by Stanley Azuakola In two days time, the number of Justices in Nigeria’s apex court, the Supreme Court, would increase from 15 to 17 as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, will on Wednesday administer the oath of office on two newly appointed Justices of the Supreme Court, Hon. Justices... Read More

Aloma Mukhtar, Festus Aweneri Akande, justices, K. B. Akaahs, S. S. Alagbaso, supreme court

September 24, 2012

Under the cashew tree: Cousins caught in the act, paraded naked in village square

by Reuben Daba On Sunday, in Elele community, near Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, two cousins, Aishetu and Ayibaba, were allegedly caught in a bush path committing incest and paraded by the villagers in the village square. The scandal was worse because Ayibaba is the son of a highly placed chief... Read More

Aishetu, Auchi, Ayibaba, caught, incest

September 24, 2012

“Unthinkable”: Shell goes on the offensive, rubbishes Petroleum Industry Bill

by Stanley Azuakola Mutiu Sunmonu, the Country Chair of Shell Companies in Nigeria, has been very silent on what the company thinks about the Petroleum Industry Bill, even though lobbying efforts by the company have always gone on behind the scenes until now. Sunmonu finally broke his silence however on Friday and this is what... Read More

Country Chair, Joint Venture, Mutiu Sunmonu, petroleum industry bill, PIB, Shell

September 24, 2012

Adaudo Anyiam-Osigwe: My love affair with Africa (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Breathe Africa. And laugh a little even as I cry. Your weakness is okay. I love you regardless. Africa, you are the second person I ever loved. The first God and all those in heaven; the third my family and my friends; the fourth a boy. But of all the four, you have made me weep the... Read More

Adaudo Anyiam-Osigwe, africa, civilization, Love

September 24, 2012

Technology 101: Anonymity: The dark side of the internet

by Oluwatobi Soyombo The freedom to connect to the world anywhere at any time brings with it the threat of unsuspicious predators and criminals who mask their activities with the anonymity the internet provides to its users. – Mike Fitzpatrick Great as it is, the internet has one dark side among others – anonymity! Today,... Read More

September 24, 2012

Trapped on treetops: Kogi flooding crisis worsens

by Reuben Daba The flooding situation in Kogi State has assumed critical dimensions. Boats were deployed on Sunday by the Nigeria Red Cross Society to Ibaji Local Government Council of Kogi state to rescue trapped flood victims who took refuge on treetops. Even the Abuja-Lokoja highway was blocked by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)... Read More

Abuja, FCT, flooding, frsc, Ibaji, Kogi, Lokoja, Obajana, red cross

September 24, 2012

“Stop threatening the president” – Presidency warns critics

by Stanley Azuakola The presidency has responded to the National Assembly’s threat to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan over his failure to implement the 2012 budget and resolutions of the legislature. The advise from Aso Rock to the legislators is — calm down. The presidency believes that all those threats only add to the current tension... Read More

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