President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday welcomed the release of 21 Chibok girls from terrorist sect, Boko Haram. Buhari who heads to Germany on Thursday, expressed his delight via his Twitter account. The Chibok girls were released on Thursday as the Presidency said their release was secured through the assistance of the Swiss Government and the International...
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British boxer and World Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has voluntarily vacated his WBO and WBA titles with immediate effect to fully focus on his medical treatment and recovery, the boxer has announced. Fury recently cancelled his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko for the second time after being declared “medically unfit’. Fury recently failed a drug drugs and...
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The Presidency on Thursday confirmed the release of 21 Chibok schools. In a statement issued by senior special assistant to the President Mallam Garba Shehu, the girls were released based on negotiations between the Federal Government and Boko Haram. The statement read, “It is confirmed that 21 of the missing Chibok Girls have been released...
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It has taken 913 days, countless protests and sit-outs at the Unity Fountain in Abuja, several marches to the gates of Aso Villa, a vast number of tweets, uncountable tears, lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth, confrontation with government officials online and offline; scolding, berating, exhorting, and vowing never to give up. But it...
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How many energy millionaires and former ministerial nominees do you find randomly speaking at youth events, writing columns in national newspapers, directing traffic at the Redemption Camp during the popular Holy Ghost Service? It’s a question I have had for almost a decade of knowing Tonye Cole, known (deliberately) as one of the founders of...
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by Jumoke Olusoga “There’s a place for talking and criticism but there’s also a place to let our ACTIONS do the talking” – Fela Durotoye There are many things I would do for the people I love, but to sit around and wait irks the life out of me, I totally hate waiting and when...
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An illustrious veteran of lifestyle journalism, Dylan Jones has seen it all in the world of fashion and style, having been involved with lifestyle magazines for three decades. Since 1999, Dylan has led GQ to over 30 awards while winning nearly a dozen personal awards in the process, including being appointed an Officer of the...
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by Bolade Ogunfuye Pointers on a few insights I’ve learnt in my not-so-short life. Our education system was built on ideas that existed before we were even exposed to the idea of learning and what kind of person it is supposed to turn us into. It’s based on industrial revolution-era thinking about how learning and...
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Terrorist sect, Boko Haram has released 21 of the over 200 schoolgirls they abducted in April 2014, according to Sahara Reporters. The girls were picked up by military helicopter from Banki area of Borno state where Boko Haram militants dropped them off on Thursday, a government source said. The girls are currently being held by security...
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One of our favourite people on television, Sika Osei (host of Studio 53 Xtra) was the guest on the Nigerian version of Moments, on EbonyLife TV yesterday. The topic was Cheating, and it was remarkable viewing to be honest – as Osei admitted to cheating on her boyfriend in the past (albeit, while on a...
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Ekiti governor Ayodele Fayose has taken the recent anti-grazing law in the state personal. In a post released on Thursday by Fayose’s spokesman, Lere Olayinka, the governor joined youth to arrest cows grazing on someone’s farmland. He wrote, “As Governor Fayose was going to Ikole Ekiti today, he came across herdsmen along Afao Ekiti road,...
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In commemoration of October as the month Breast Cancer awareness globally, Iweka Kingsley writes about a fourteen years old girl diagnosed with breast cancer who shares events of her life through a private diary she keeps. He believes that the cancer campaign all over the world should be amplified and hopes EMILY’S DIARY will drive consciousness and inspire hope and real actions...
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A senior Advocate of Nigerian (SAN), Chief Afe Babalola, and the Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose, have condemned the arrest of several judges across the country by the Department of State Services (DSS). Both men spoke on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti capital while laying the foundation of the state new High Court complex. Afe Babalola...
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It looks like the Donald Trump campaign is set to implode yet again, as a 1992 video by CBS news has emerged. Trump who just faced a recent bashing for a 2005 video where he made lewd remarks about women, was on Wednesday accused of sexual assault by four women. In the latest video, shot at Trump...
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The European Investment Bank and United Bank for Africa (UBA) have agreed a new EUR 60 million lending programme to support private sector investment across Nigeria. This represents the EIB’s largest ever loan to UBA and will allow UBA to provide longer term loans than currently available to private companies in Nigeria. The new private...
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Revelations have emerged how Esai Dangabar, a former Director of the Police Pension Fund stole a whooping N24bn, and built 22 houses, The Punch reports. An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission witness, Mr. Mustapha Gadanya, who was also part of those who investigated the matter said Dangabar lodged the stolen money in various banks as fixed deposits. Speaking before...
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The one thing President Buhari has gotten mostly right since assuming office is the security situation in the North East, to the point where bombs going off is news. It wasn’t always like this. Throughout 2013 and 2014, most people resigned themselves to daily news of attacks in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, but since...
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From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Cash dictates justice in the judiciary – Prof. Sagay – YNaija 4 women accuse Trump of sexual assault – YNaija Fire outbreak kills twins in Ogun – YNaija Ogun police arrests 3 robbery suspects – YNaija Shi’ites, youth clashes in Kaduna, Katsina leave 12 dead – YNaija...
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It is hard to keep up with this anti-corruption war that is raging across the country. One day it is public officials and recovery of siphoned funds, the next, it is the illegal raid of judges’ houses where millions in cash are allegedly stashed. Today, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared Mr. Goodie Ibru...
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12 people have been confirmed dead and many injured in clashes between members of the Shi’ites group and youths in Katsina and Kaduna States. The group had staged a procession to celebrate Ashura Day when the clash took place in the two states. In Kaduan State, Funtua town, 10 people were killed in a bloody...
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The Ogun Police Command has arrested three suspects of a robbery/kidnapping gang that has been terrorising residents in the Ijebu-Ode/Sagamu axis. According to the spokesperson for Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, Muyiwa Adejobi, the trio of Abibu Onasanya, Kamorudeen Abdulahi and Olalekan Ogunbowale were arrested by operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FEDSARS in their...
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President Muhammadu Buhari obviously has enormous emotional investment in his perception in the media— broadly conceived. His first appointments upon being sworn in as president were media appointments. At the last count, he has at least six media advisers and assistants. He has a Special Adviser on Media and Publicity (Femi Adesina), a Senior Special...
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Two children, Taiye and Kehinde Oluwasegun were burnt to death in a fire outbreak in Gaun, in the Magboro area of Ogun State on Tuesday. It was learnt that fire gutted the bungalow where the victims live with their parents while they were preparing for dinner. One of the siblings had mistakenly spilled fuel on...
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Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) on Wednesday said it is sad that the Nigerian judiciary is one where cash now dictates justice in the country. Sagay made this disclosure while reacting to the arrest of some judges by the Department of State Services (DSS) over the weekend....
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These are the top five stories you should monitor today. EFCC declares Goodie Ibru wanted for fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday declared businessman, Goodie Ibru wanted. In a statement by EFCC head of media and publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, the anti-graft agency said Ibru was wanted for allegedly diverting billions of naira and...
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by Bayo Oluwasanmi “The statement from Yakasai is not surprising. That the Hausa-Fulani feudalists have consciously sought to monopolize power at the center is not a matter of speculation but of public record. They have consistently opposed progressive ideas that would chip away their hold on the center. The northerners have always fought against everything...
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by Ibironke Oluwatobi The murky economic situation in the country is not a new topic. The realities of the economic morass have dawned on us as a nation. This has stirred reactions, with the major cause of concern being the increasing price of commodities. Nigerians have had to adjust to the situation. Some have had...
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One of the many incidences of globalization is such that thousands in Nigeria can hold hands with African Americans suffering injustice at the hands of the American police force. After all, there was no such worldwide recognition of the same kind of evil that went down in the 1980s in and around Compton, Los Angeles and many other parts of...
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by Chi Ibe It just gets worse for Donald Trump. Yesterday, two women were published by the New York Times accusing the Republican presidential candidate of groping them, just three days after he denied any such thing happened in the second presidential debate. Two of the women say he made unwanted sexual advanced. Then the...
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by Oyin Oludipe It began as jerks, turned into a tremor and then became a chorus of spasms. Metal wriggles. Lapsing route. Dead ancient omnibus. It had set forth at the crack of dawn to weather the cracks of the road. A retinue of dust and smoke flatters the small triumph, till premonition waives the...
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