The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to go on an indefinite strike just as a one-week warning strike elapsed today. The union’s meeting with the Senate on Monday had ended in a stalemate. Ifeanyi Abada, the Chairman of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Chapter of the Academic staff Union of Universities...
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Harrison Chinedu, a Nigerian football juggler has broken the Guinness World Record for cycling with a football balanced on the head. Chinedu cycled for 103km with a ball on his head, dodging the potholes and hawkers in the city of Lagos. The distance covered was from the beach to the National Stadium, Surulere Lagos. According...
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by Calvin Ebun-Amu As African states continue to transform into cashless societies, more criminals morph into faceless predators lurking through the deep depths of cyberspace. Nigerians reportedly lost $450m to digital fraud. More recently, the South African financial institution Standard Bank reportedly lost 300 million rands to ATM “heists” in Japan. Fighting Fraud The Central...
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The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) in partnership with Y!/YNaija.com will hold a discussion conference themed: Human Rights, Sexuality and the Law on December 14, 2016 at Four Points by Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos. The conference which is organized to mark the 2016 International Human Rights Week will dispassionately examine the local and international dimension of...
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The Supreme Court has ordered the Court of Appeal to pass judgment on PDP Ondo governorship candidacy tussle. Presiding over the hearing, acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen struck out ten motions filed against the lower court by Biyi Poroye. Onnoghen directed the Appeal Court to immediately proceed with the case. The Supreme Court...
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The National Youth Service Corps has announced today that prospective corps members can now print out Call-Up letters via the online portal. Usually, for most people this is troubling news. It’s Tuesday and if you are in the first stream, you’ll need to pack up and go wherever you’ve been posted to by Thursday, the 24th....
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The Chibok community in Borno State has said Boko Haram insurgents have laid siege to the town, just weeks after they celebrated the release of 21 school girls out of over 200 who were abducted. According to them, about nine communities under Chibok local government have been attacked by the terrorists. The chairman of Chibok...
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US President-elect, Donald Trump has revealed his plans for the first 100 days in office. In a video, Trump outlined his plans once inaugurated into office on January 20. Trump said he would withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiated by outgoing President Barack Obama involving 12 Pacific Rim nations. “Whether it’s producing steel, building cars...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the Ondo State government will hold on November 26 as scheduled. This was in reaction to calls by the Peoples Democratic Party and other parties for the postponement of the election. Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi said the commission had already concluded all plans...
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The business of art meets the art of business at Stanbic IBTC’s 2016 Fine Arts and The Acts exhibition. The event themed ‘Inspired by Nigeria’ will hold in Lagos on 23 November, 2016. The exhibition will feature curated art pieces from the collections of Mr Dotun Sulaimon and Mr Fola Adeola. The work of Nigerian...
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The Lagos State Police Command said it has arrested one Frank Darlington, a football club manager for allegedly sodomising three of his young players. Darlington, who is the manager of Soccer Warriors Football Academy was arrested after one of his victims reported him. The suspect confessed to have sodomised three boys in his house at...
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by Solomon Osadolo I went grocery shopping this morning and had an interesting chat with the lady who owned the shop. She spoke in Yoruba and I spoke in English the whole time and we both left off feeling like, “Yeah, good talk.” I don’t understand Yoruba at all – and, if I didn’t occasionally...
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Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo during Saturday’s clash against Atletico Madrid made a shocking statement in reply to an alleged abusive word by Koke. Both players collided during the match leading to a minor altercation. According to Cadena Cope, a Spanish radio, Koke called Ronaldo a f__t, prompting the three-time Ballon d’Or winner to allegedly reply...
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Rapper Kanye West has been hospitalized after abruptly canceling his tour on Monday. According to the NBC, his hospitalization was prompted by a disturbance call to the Los Angeles police department. His hospitalization follows days after he ranted about how he would have voted for Donald Trump during the US Presidential elections. On Saturday, Kanye...
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A former senator, Magnus Abe has said he would not attend the public hearing of a petition written against the Nigerian Army by the Civil Liberties Organisation. The invitation was forwarded to the former senator by the House of Representatives. In a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abe said he would...
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Here are some of the top entertainment stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing this morning. Kanye West checks into hospital for exhaustion Rapper, Kanye West has been checked into the UCLA medical centre and is being examined for exhaustion. Sources say that this followed a “disturbance call”...
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These are the top five stories you should monitor today. ASUU, Senate meeting ends in stalemate, adjourned indefinitely A second meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Senate over the ongoing strike action ended in a stalemate on Monday. 2. Ondo election: 17 parties demand postponement of polls Following calls by the...
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From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Ex-FCT minister, Bala Mohammed sues EFCC over continued detention – YNaija FG has a grand plan to wipe us out completely – Shi’ites – YNaija Ondo election: 17 parties demand postponement of polls – YNaija ASUU, Senate meeting ends in stalemate, adjourned indefinitely – YNaija Judge refuses...
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A second meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Senate over the ongoing strike action ended in a stalemate on Monday. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFund, Jibrin Barau, while speaking with journalists said only the issue of payment of arrears was not resolved. He said, “You can...
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Following calls by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the postponement of the Ondo governorship election, seventeen other parties have demanded the same. The parties alleged that their candidates are unable to campaign in the state due to the high level of insecurity. They also threaten to take undisclosed actions if INEC refuses to postpone...
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by Enenim Ubon Since the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999, Akwa Ibom state has been among the very few states lucky enough to have governors that can be said to have performed to an above average level. From Architect(Obong) Victor Bassey Attah (1999 – 2007) to Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, these men had...
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The Islamic Movement in Nigeria otherwise known as Shi’ites on Monday alleged that the Federal Government has a grand plan to wipe out the sect. The head of Martyr Foundation of IMN, Sheikh Abdulhamid Bello stated this at a press briefing in Kano. He said the group’s Ashura procession had ended peacefully before sucurity agents...
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by Jude ‘Feranmi Let me start with the motive for acquiring political power as I never really answered that in the first part of this article. At the core of anyone’s aspirations of political power is a longing to impose his/her own ideas on the rest of the people, either for good or for bad....
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by Bolade Ogunfuye The best way I’ve found to fight the darker part of myself and hope to win is through writing. Every time I take on a new challenge, or turn the leaf to face a new chapter of my life my darker half takes over immediately. The darker alter ego would wait for...
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Festivals are the most realistic means of showcasing what a nation has to offer in terms of culture. Be it fashion, film, books, arts, or food; there is no better time to lure foreigners into a country to treat them to a feast of what each of its different cultural sectors have to offer. Without...
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Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his continuef detention. Mohammed filed the fundamental human right suit which has been fixed for hearing on November 24 before the Federal High Court Abuja. The former minister stated in the affidavit that he was invited...
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An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck early on Tuesday, local time, off the Japanese coast, some 67 km northeast of Iwaki, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake struck off about at 5:59 a.m. Tuesday near Fukushima, where an earthquake in 2011 caused a nuclear plant to have a meltdown. A tsunami wave of 1-3...
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Earlier this evening, the only governorship debate for the Ondo elections on Saturday, November 26, took place. Here are three takeaways. Aketi conspicuously absent: in Nigerian politics, the pattern is increasingly that it is those who dodge debates who are in the lead. Muhammadu Buhari didn’t debate anyone in 2015, and Goodluck Jonathan did not...
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Governors of the South-Western geo-political zone have resolved to forge a common front at regional integration by jointly staving off external influences capable of stifling the region’s economic and social interests. Irrespective of their political affiliations, the governors said they have decided to be their brother’s keepers by promoting common programmes and projects capable of...
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This year, the 4th Ake Arts and Book Festival, set out to address the issues that affect us beyond the skin. The art exhibitions by Ayobola Kekere-Ekun and Fati Abubakar; the selection of books on focus this year and importantly the conversations were all curated with a view to exploring as many issues that affect us...
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