A Federal High Court Judge, Adeniyi Ademola on Thursday withdrew from handling a case filed by the Department of State Services (DSS). The security agency filed terrorism charges against one Haruna Abbas and two others. At the mentioning of the case Ademola announced that he would return the case file to the Chief Judge of the...
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A group of women under the aegis of the Voice of Niger Delta Women on Thursday stormed the office of the EFCC, demanding that former First Lady, Patience Jonathan’s account be unfrozen. Recall that over 100 women had besieged the Federal High Court Lagos yesterday, making the same request. Thursday’s protest saw the women decked...
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by Samuel Olatunji Oftentimes when we read books of some people and look at the quality of their achievements, their ‘perfect’ lives make our own ‘imperfection’ very obvious and make us wonder if we are creatures of the same god. That is the impression you get when you read Leke Alder’s books, meet him,...
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Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the...
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Despite the public outcry that welcomed Bobrisky’s inclusion as one of the speaker at a seminar on new media, the skin whitening entrepreneur and cross-dresser is currently speaking at the event in Abuja. Bobrisky’s inclusion had allegedly led to the withdrawal of Presidential Assistant, Bashir Ahmad and Subomi Plumptre, an Executive member of Alder Consulting...
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by Jude Ndukwe The Ondo State governorship election is just a few days away. While serious candidates from across all political parties are putting finishing touches to their campaigns and preparations, one Jimoh Ibrahim is desperately busy working hard with collaborators to truncate the whole process in a manner akin to that of a street...
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With the recent launch of Elite Banking by Union Bank, emerging middle class customers now get to enjoy value added banking benefits and a range of personalized banking services which are usually reserved for high net worth individuals. Some of these include an Elite Associate or Relationship Manager dedicated to them, access to exclusive Elite...
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In today’s episode of What A Major Wawu, they say they have caught the founder of the notorious NaijaGistLive.com – and they caught him for, predictably, blackmail. They say his social media identity is Baudex, he is 23, and that he tried to do remote control with Femi Otedola and his wife. Which is apparently...
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“Sister, i’m going to Mushin and i lost my wallet. Can you please help me with 100 naira?” This is the same line that we’ve had to listen to from the lot of beggars on the streets of Lagos but these ones are on an entirely different level. They are the professionals. With street begging...
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by Ololade Ajekigbe Since I published the piece on how to be a respected female in Nigeria here, I have received quite a number of requests to do a similar piece on what it takes to be respected as a man in Nigeria, mostly by the men of course. One would understand why it was relatively...
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The Senate on Thursday amended the Code of Conduct Act 2016. TheThe House of Representatives had earlier made some amendments, the upper chamber on Thursday passed the bill. The senate amended section 3 of the Act which states, “Upon complaint(s) of any breach or where it appears to the bureau that there is a breach...
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by Femi Babatunde Africa’s youth population according to the 2015 United Nations population statistics is put at 226 million, which constitutes a whopping 19 per cent of the world’s total population. This figure is further projected to shore-up by 42 per cent in the next 14 years, that is, 2030. Nigeria is home to a...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said Nigeria will emerge strong and united from its current challenges of economic recession. He said this in a message to the 7th National Breakfast prayer titled; “A tree and it’s fruits, is yours a blessing or a curse”. The President was represented by the Secretary to the Government of...
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The appeal court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by Senate President Bukola Saraki challenging the jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to try him for charges of false declaration of assets. The Justice Abdul-Aboki panel affirmed the jurisdiction of the tribunal to try Saraki. The panel said the Attorney General of...
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The court of appeal in Abuja on Thursday will deliver its judgement on an appeal by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, challenging his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Saraki is being charged for false declaration of assets while he was governor of Kwara State. The appeal challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal was...
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by Peregrino Brimah At least 13 young children have been detained for two weeks so far by the Jos state government in Nigeria’s northern region since a recent ban on activities of minority Muslims of the Shia ideology. Held since Wednesday the 12th of October, 2016 the kids were charged for “disturbance of public peace.” These...
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The Omdo State Commissioner of Police, Hilda Harrison has disclosed that 24, 000 police officers and men will be deployed to the state for the forthcoming governorship election. Harrison said this during the signing of a peace accord with political parties at the Officers’ Mess Akure, the state capital on Wednesday. She also urged to...
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by Jideofor Adibe My piece today was first published by Brookings’ Institution on its blog on February 29 2016 I decided to republish it following a report by the Premium Times of October 26 2016 that the Army has instituted a probe into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of scores of soldiers after a...
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An unidentified man who claimed to be flying from Benin airport to UK to attend a meeting was found at the Ajogodo river, Sapele Delta State on Wednesday. The man while speaking with newsmen said he was flying to the UK to attend a meeting when he ran out of fuel. He also said he...
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by Edwin Okolo ‘Enjoy your youth’ sounds like a threat, But I will anyway -Regina Spektor There never has been a time where I needed sagely advice about my life and its seemingly insurmountable problems that I haven’t found a gem tucked away in a Regina Spektor song. And more recently there hasn’t been a...
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by Festus Aladesanmi Dr. Rahman Abayomi Olusegun Mimiko, the incumbent and out-going Governor of Ondo state, is the first governor in the history of the state to enjoy full two uninterrupted terms in office. He got this because he allegedly fooled the civil servants (through the various unions) and the generality of the people by...
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Former minister of education and co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign group, Oby Ezekwesili on Wednesday said the agitation for the release of the Chibok girls was sustained by the social media. Ezekwesili said this in an interview with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, after delivering a keynote address during the opening ceremony...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a five-man disciplinary panel to investigate its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Timi Frank. The chairman of the committee, Solomon Edoja said while speaking to journalists said the committee was to consider a petition by Aneka Akpabio against Timi Frank. “We are also going to invite the petitioner...
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by Mary Olushoga In 2015, I tested a hypothesis on youth entrepreneurship which I had held onto for quite a while. My question was whether we can foster and enable entrepreneurial ideas in young Nigerians than what currently ails. I decided to test this hypothesis at Lagos State Model College, Meiran in collaboration with Covenant University’s...
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The Department of State Security (DSS) will on Thursday arraign the seven judges who were arrested for alleged corruption before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Recall that the judges were arrested by the DSS on October 7 on allegations of corruption. The DSS had also alleged that some cash and foreign funds were recovered...
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Super Falcons, Nigeria’s Senior Women National team has threatened to stay away from the African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) slated to hold in Cameroon over unpaid allowances and bonuses, SuperSport reports. A source said the players have not been paid some of the bonuses for qualifying matches. “The players are unhappy that to date...
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Here are some of the top stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing this morning.Falz and Simi drop joint EP, Chemistry When Falzthebahdguy and Simi first released a photo of both of them dressed up in winter clothing with boxes packed up looking ready for a trip,...
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carpool karaoke,
chemistry EP,
Davido,
falzthebahdguy,
grace makosewe,
James Corden,
Kaffy,
Kenya,
Lady Gaga,
lynxxx,
pokerface,
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The Federal Government has appealed to foreign airlines in the country not to suspend their operations. The monetary policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria had made it impossible for the airlines to repatriate proceeds to their home countries. The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, made the appeal when he received the...
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The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) has given the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum to weigh in on the mass retrenchment of workers by international oil companies in the country. The ultimatum was given by NUPENG National President, Igwe Achese at the end of a meeting of the union’s Central Working...
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These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. Frozen $15m: Patience Jonathan demands N200m damages Former first lady, Patience Jonathan has filed a $200m fundamental human rights against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Skye Bank over her frozen $15m. 2. This is why Bobrisky is ‘the most qualified speaker’ for...
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