Days after he escaped death, Governor Adams Oshiomole’s Principal Secretary killed by gunmen

by Lekan Olanrewaju Principal Secretary to Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomole has been shot and killed by unknown gunmen. Oyerinde Olaitan, who was also the governor’s Special Adviser was reportedly attacked by four gunmen who broke into his residence in Ugbor GRA, Benin City last night. This comes barely a week after Governor Oshiomole was... Read More

May 3, 2012

Weird MC, Jeffery Daniel, Ice Prince, Annie Macaulay (of course) & others at the 2Face Concert in Lagos – See Photos

What: 2face “Buckwyld and Breathless” Concert Where: Expo Centre, Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. When: 30 April 2012. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa.

2face, concert, events, Music

May 3, 2012

Akintunde Oyebode: Zoning, violence and treachery (Ynaija FrontPage)

“Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” There are many to whom the name Mohammed Marwa remain meaningless. He was the infamous religious scholar, known as Maitatsine, whose narrow interpretation of Islam and inciting teaches led to... Read More

Akintunde, boko haram, GEJ, Goodluck Jonathan, nigeria, Politics, president, violence, zoning

May 3, 2012

Technology: Check out the new BlackBerry 10 operating system

by Tolu Orekoya Let’s face it; BlackBerry (BB) has been struggling for the last couple of years. Once the biggest business handset maker, they lost market share to iPhone, HTC, Samsung and Windows Phone handsets by providing lackluster and underpowered phones that lacked looks, style and ingenuity – in markets where everyone was looking for the next... Read More

BlackBerry 10 (BBX), HTC, iphone, review, Samsung, Windows Phone handsets

May 3, 2012

Ify Aniebo: Chivalry is dead and Nigerian women killed it (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Show me your champagne bottle and nice car and I’ll show you my ass and all things soft and nice. Chivalry is dead I say…and Nigerian women killed it. You might be wondering why I feel this way, please allow me recount an incident which I know is a common occurrence in today’s society. Recently,... Read More

30 Days, 30 voices, Chivalry is dead, Ify Aniebo

May 3, 2012

CAN issues “final call” to the Federal Government to stop Boko Haram

by Lekan Olanrewaju Leader of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday issued a “final call” to the Nigerian government over the Boko Haram sect, stating that a solution had to be found once and for all. Speaking on Wednesday at a press briefing in Abuja, Reverend Oritsejafor stated: “We are making the final call, I quote, the... Read More

Ayo Oritsejafor, boko haram, CAN

May 3, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt: “We will not be stampeded”- Fashola asserts position on minimum wage

by Lekan Olanrewaju Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola has stated that the state government will not be forced into adopting the new minimum wage policy put forward by the Federal Government. Speaking on Tuesday during Worker’s Day celebrations at the Onikan Stadium, he stated that the Federal Government can only make legislation for a minimum wage, but the... Read More

Babatunde Raji Fashola, minimum wage

May 2, 2012

The YNaija Job Hub: “Victoria Island Hotel recruiting in 18 positions” plus 6 more

Get a Job in Nigeria: Here, every other day, you’ll find the latest jobs in Nigeria. Please Note: To apply for any of the jobs below, click on the job of your choice, do not reply! VI Hotel recruiting in 18 positions Reputable company in Lagos recruiting in 3 Positions UNPS Nigeria recruiting in 6... Read More

“WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT CENTRE, recruiting, The YNaija Job Hub

May 2, 2012

For The Records: Henry Okah affidavit to South African Court

IN THE SOUTH GAUTENG HIGH COURT, JOHANNESBURG (REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA) CASE NO: A570/10 In the matter between: – OKAH, HENRY EMOMOTIMI Applicant And THE STATE Respondent FOUNDING AFFIDAVIT I, the undersiqned, HENRY EMOMOTIMI OKAH do hereby make oath and state as follows: – 1. I am an adult male person, the Applicant herein, currently... Read More

May 2, 2012

Barth Nnaji: PHCN workers are the most dedicated in Nigeria

Sometimes, it must seem that ministers live in an alternate reality. The Minister for Power, Professor Barth Nnaji complimented PHCN workers as Nigeria marked Worker’s Day yesterday, saying that they were “miracle workers who squeeze water from stone in view of the peculiar and difficult circumstances in which they operate.” He went on to call the most hardworking and... Read More

nnaji, PHCN

May 2, 2012

Nollywood, Colours & Sass: See the Chidi Mokeme wedding album

What: Chidi & Jane Mokeme White Wedding. Where: Muson Centre Onikan Lagos Island. When: 28 April, 2012 Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa.

chidi mokeme, nollywood, wedding

May 2, 2012

Patricia Omoqui: 5 Powerful (yet simple)acts of kindness to improve your world

A kindness you show today may bless you or someone you love at the least expected moment. Here is a great story to demonstrate how. . . During a hot summer, many years ago, a poor young man was hiking through a rural area in the Eastern United States. For days he trudged past farms... Read More

Inspiration, kindness, Self Help

May 2, 2012

Japheth Omojuwa: The Fuel Subsidy Scam: Rewarding the big thieves again (YNaija FrontPage)

“Payment of N999m to unnamed entities 128 times to the tune of N127.872b” The above line is one of the shocking details from the recently released Nigerian House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee on fuel subsidy. If this is shocking, what would you say about the fact that the man who made these payments – all within... Read More

japheth omojuwa, The Fuel Subsidy Scam, YNaija Frontpage

May 2, 2012

Kehinde Shote: “You want it but can’t afford it? Wear a fake” (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Keeping up appearances is why many women know their husband’s business dealings are illegal or unethical but still stay because of the first class tickets to New York and the Hermes bags. Hyacinth Bucket is the main character in a British sitcom; ‘Keeping Up Appearances’. She spends most of her time trying to climb into... Read More

30 Days, 30 voices, corruption, nigeria

May 2, 2012

Reuters Poll: Young people believe the world will end in 2012

by Seyi Lawal A new poll has revealed that almost 15 percent of people in the world are certain that the world will end during their lifetime if not this year, 2012. According to Reuters, the end of the Mayan calendar (which spans about 5,125 years, and ends on 21 December, 2012) has sparked speculation that it marks the end... Read More

amagedon, poll

May 1, 2012

Gbenga Sesan, Nkem Uwaje and Adebola Williams to speak at the ‘5Ws & H of AJEGUNLE’ event this May

by Seyi Lawal FutureCity International presents the “5Ws & H OF AJEGUNLE” -What, where, who, when, why & how (Environment is not a Factor). It is a conference prepared to gather over 3,000 participants in AJEGUNLE. The speakers include; Gbenga Sesan (Paradigm Initiative Nigeria), Nkem Uwaje (CEO, Future Software Resources) and Adebola Williams ( Red Media). According to Michael Alabi,... Read More

adebola williams, AJEGUNLE, gbenga sesan, Nkem Uwaje

May 1, 2012

Report: Pan-African University to begin classes in Nigeria this September

by Seyi Lawal The Pan-African University is scheduled to begin academic activities, in September, 2012. In a report by the Punch, Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, made the announcement at the Conference of African Ministers of Education in Abuja on Friday after they had reached an agreement. The Minister explained that University of Ibadan would... Read More

Pan African University, World Citizen

May 1, 2012

‘Water No Get Enemy’ – See Photos from the Music & Art exhibition in Lagos

What: Water No Get Enemy Exhibition. Where: The Wheatbaker Hotel Ikoyi, Lagos. When: 28-04-12. An intercultural music and art exhibition organized to increase public awareness of the conservation, use and management of water. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa

event, music and art, Water No Get Enemy Exhibition

May 1, 2012

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: There is nothing new about the fuel subsidy report (YNaija FrontPage)

I can’t be held accountable, D’Evils beating me down, boo Got me running with guys, making G’s, telling lies that sound true – Jay-Z “D’evils” This week’s column will be pretty short because I have said whatever I have to say about this week’s hot topic in its entirety before and not much has changed... Read More

House of Reps, lawan, nnpc

May 1, 2012

Bobo Omotayo: “Our P.O.S Machine is down!” (30 Days, 30 Voices)

The CBN ‘Cashless Lagos’ initiative has further allowed creditors like me owe more as one-man businesses across Lagos have been slow to embrace this new state-of-play. Two mojitos and one rib-eye steak later, I was pleasantly hit by the words, “Our P.O.S. machine is down!” Not like I was genuinely trying to pay for the... Read More

Bobo Omotayo, CBN, P.O.S MACHINE, YNaija 30 Days

May 1, 2012

Azazi must go – Abubakar Tsav, Balarabe Musa call for resignation

by Lekan Olanrewaju It’s near-impossible to have missed the recent stir caused by General Andrew Azazi. Azazi, who is Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, at the Second South South Economic Summit in Asaba, Delta State, on Friday, blamed the PDP for the activities of the Boko Haram sect, stating that it was a result of the... Read More

Azazi, boko haram, PDP

April 30, 2012

I can still produce music for D’Banj – Don Jazzy speaks up once more

by Lekan Olanrewaju The back and forth between these two doesn’t seem to be letting up anytime soon it seems. From break up rumours, to retracted statements to cryptic confirmations and let’s not forget those shocking leaked emails, the ongoing rift between D’Banj and Don Jazzy has had more than enough twists and turns to... Read More

April 30, 2012

Ugodre Talks Figures: Is it time to dump my investment in fast food companies?

A look at Tantalizer’s Annual Report for 2008-2011 reveal a startling idea of just how unprofitable these businesses are. Tantalizers for example have made revenues of not less than N4.5b over the years. However, most of it is eaten up by huge cost of sales and admin expenses …. In almost every street corner in... Read More

fast food, investments, Tantalizers

April 30, 2012

Spiritual corruption, a new brand of corruption: All in last week’s news… with a pinch of salt

by Stanley Azuakola Justice Marcel baffles Nigerians Justice Marcel Awokulehin, the judge who cleared James Ibori of any wrongdoing when Ibori stood trial in Nigeria, announced last week that his “conscience is clear.” The judge’s submission immediately sparked an informal discussion on the conscience. A Warri lady, who gave her name simply as Yeye, told... Read More

A pinch of salt, a riff off news, is satire

April 30, 2012

Technology 101: Innovation or Imitation- The path of an emerging industry

by Oluwatobi Soyombo Developers need to perform a critical analysis of the Nigerian system and build what’s needed by the people; or link up with those who have these ideas. As I surfed the World Wide Web last week, I came across something disturbing. At first, I came across an ad pointing to a Nigerian developed... Read More

facebook, imitation, Nigerian start up, Technology 101

April 30, 2012

Elnathan John: How to run a one-man business

by Elnathan John You are the type of person our President loves. Every well meaning capitalist government loves an entrepreneur. You are the future of the middle class. You are a business owner. While your lazy classmates (if you even entered a class) hustled with CV’s in brown envelopes for government salaries, you built a... Read More

Business, garri, jonathan, service

April 30, 2012

Tolu Ogunlesi: The road mess travelled… (YNaija FrontPage)

They may never have heard of Twitter, or the term ‘Occupy Nigeria’, but they, like me and the multitude of social-media-active persons I know, all share in the nagging sense of victimhood that Nigeria confers on us all. Last Friday afternoon I left Lagos to travel to Ife, to speak at TEDxIfe. Having missed the... Read More

bad road, boko haram, lagos/ibadan expressway, YNaija Frontpage

April 30, 2012

Report: Two students arrested for campus murder

by Seyi Lawal In Ekiti, the State Police Command has arrested two students for allegedly killing a final year student at the Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti. Sola Falade, a 400 level student at the Faculty of Education was hacked to death last Thursday when two rival cult groups unleashed terror on the students in hostels outside the... Read More

Ado-Ekiti, cult, Murder, students

April 30, 2012

Controversial US pastor burns Korans in protest despite US advice to re consider

by Chi Ibe US pastor Terry Jones has burned more copies of the Koran and a depiction of the prophet Mohammed to protest the imprisonment of a Christian pastor in Iran, The Gainesville Sun has reported. Jones, who is from Florida, protested the imprisonment of Youcef Nadarkhani at a burning ceremony attended by 20 people and... Read More

burning, Koran, pastor Terry Jones, Youcef Nadarkhani

Days after he escaped death, Governor Adams Oshiomole’s Principal Secretary killed by gunmen

Weird MC, Jeffery Daniel, Ice Prince, Annie Macaulay (of course) & others at the 2Face Concert in Lagos – See Photos

Akintunde Oyebode: Zoning, violence and treachery (Ynaija FrontPage)

Technology: Check out the new BlackBerry 10 operating system

Ify Aniebo: Chivalry is dead and Nigerian women killed it (30 Days, 30 Voices)

CAN issues “final call” to the Federal Government to stop Boko Haram

#InCaseYouMissedIt: “We will not be stampeded”- Fashola asserts position on minimum wage

The YNaija Job Hub: “Victoria Island Hotel recruiting in 18 positions” plus 6 more

For The Records: Henry Okah affidavit to South African Court

Barth Nnaji: PHCN workers are the most dedicated in Nigeria

Nollywood, Colours & Sass: See the Chidi Mokeme wedding album

Patricia Omoqui: 5 Powerful (yet simple)acts of kindness to improve your world

Japheth Omojuwa: The Fuel Subsidy Scam: Rewarding the big thieves again (YNaija FrontPage)

Kehinde Shote: “You want it but can’t afford it? Wear a fake” (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Reuters Poll: Young people believe the world will end in 2012

Gbenga Sesan, Nkem Uwaje and Adebola Williams to speak at the ‘5Ws & H of AJEGUNLE’ event this May

Photo of the Day: Oliver Twist- So you want more?

Report: Pan-African University to begin classes in Nigeria this September

‘Water No Get Enemy’ – See Photos from the Music & Art exhibition in Lagos

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: There is nothing new about the fuel subsidy report (YNaija FrontPage)

Bobo Omotayo: “Our P.O.S Machine is down!” (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Azazi must go – Abubakar Tsav, Balarabe Musa call for resignation

I can still produce music for D’Banj – Don Jazzy speaks up once more

Ugodre Talks Figures: Is it time to dump my investment in fast food companies?

Spiritual corruption, a new brand of corruption: All in last week’s news… with a pinch of salt

Technology 101: Innovation or Imitation- The path of an emerging industry

Elnathan John: How to run a one-man business

Tolu Ogunlesi: The road mess travelled… (YNaija FrontPage)

Report: Two students arrested for campus murder

Controversial US pastor burns Korans in protest despite US advice to re consider

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