Youth under the aegis of the APC Youth Democratic Frontier on Tuesday protested against calls by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu that the party’s National Chairman, John Oyegun should resign. The youth who protested at the party’s secretariat asked Tinubu to leave Oyegun alone. National Coordinator of the group, Salaudeen Lukman alleged that Tinubu was also ridiculing...
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Without any iota of doubt, I am convinced that the following sequence of thoughts might erupt some form of controversy and misunderstanding is some quarters. It’s a possibility I have given some form of thought and hence concluded after all that it still needed to be shared. So I encourage you to read from a...
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by Blessing Iyamadiken We were fed up with the last administration, and all we wanted was someone different, a breath of fresh air. So when the current ruling party came out with the mantra of change, we Nigerians happily embraced it. But more than a year down this road we chose for ourselves, Nigerians are...
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Nobody stays in at night. In Donga at night time you are either young and wild or old and dying. At night bankers, teachers, local politicians and business men keep old age at bay by chasing young girls wild at heart into beer parlors, Mai Suya sheds and the dark corners between houses, down the...
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National Chairman of the All Progressives Party (APC), Chief John Oyegun has described as harsh calls for him to resign by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Oyegun said this while speaking to journalists after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. Oyegun said, “There is no rift with Asiwaju we have difference of opinion, difference of perception and...
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Killings based connected to politics have reappeared in Rivers state again, as a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Hon. Boris Naenwi, and three persons were assassinated on Monday night at Nonwa community in Tai local government area of the state. According to Leadership Naenwi and the three others were assassinated...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Oyegun at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting may not be unconnected to the Ondo APC crisis which had prompted National leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to call for his resignation. Tinubu had alleged that...
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It was 12:55am and I was just about going to bed after finishing the proposal my boss asked me to write when I heard loud continuous bangs on the gate of the compound where I live. My heart started skipping beats. The street I live on had suffered five robberies in the past 2 weeks....
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Tuesday urged “whistleblower” Abdulmumin Jibrin to reveal more of the corrupt practices in the House of Representatives. In the statement signed by its executive director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, the organization said, “We encourage Mr Jibrin to tell Nigerians more about his allegations of systemic corruption in the House of...
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We could not help but take note of the individuals who enjoyed landslide victories and successes last week. But more than winners, there were loads of people who stayed on the fence in a no win, no lose situation. President Muhammadu Buhari was one of those; his Independence Day speech did not quite hit the...
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Former Cameroon defender, Rigobert Song has come out of coma after he suffered from a stroke on Sunday and hospitalised. Song will now be flown to France for medical treatment after he regained consciousness. Dr Louis Joss Bitang A Mafok of Yaounde Central Hospital announced that Song’s blood pressure is back to normal. “His high blood pressure...
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I grew to love his commanding aura. I loved how patiently he dealt with my childish ways. I loved him and I could have sworn I meant just as much to him. Nine months into our relationship, I met her. He was a ladies man so it was no surprise to me when they came...
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This one is strictly for Nigerians. HOW ANIMAL GO KNOW-SAY DEM NO BORN ME AS SLAVE? HOW ANIMAL GO KNOW SAY SLAVE TRADE DON PASS? — FELA ANIKULAKPO KUTI I agonized over the title of this blog post for like 2 minutes then I said “f**k it” I will say it as it is. Some...
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You should especially watch this from 1.44, where the host pretends to be so shocked – shocked, we say – by this misbehavior, as he asks his MCR to play the video again, because, you know, ‘he couldn’t really see it the first time’. And as he condemns this atrocious, dramatic scene, that he is...
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The Managing Director of Katsina State Road Management Agency, Abdul Azeez Mohammed, on Tuesday said he discovered upon his assumption of duty that N14.2 billion was missing from the agency’s account. He revealed this to the Katsina Commission of Inquiry probing the immediate past administration of former Governor Ibrahim Sheu Shema. Mohammed said he had enough evidence...
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Senator Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai representing Borno Central in the Upper Chamber moved the motion on the humanitarian crisis in the North East region of Nigeria. He was supported by 17 other lawmakers. He reminded the House that the almost 10 billion naira IDP support fund proposed by the Executive in the national budget had...
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The Federal Government has launched N25 billion loan scheme for transport companies in the country for the purchase of mass transit vehicles. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday at the opening of a two-day national workshop for chief executives of mass transit companies. Enelamah said the...
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The Nigerian Air Force on Tuesday launched a new operation ‘Operation Forest Storm’, aimed at eliminating the inflow of Boko Haram insurgents from the northern part of Borno State to the South. This was revealed by the Chief of Training and Operations, Headquarters Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Ahmed Abdullahi Iya at the NAF base Yola in...
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday reduced a two-year tennis ban on Maria Sharapova to 15 months. Sharapova had tested positive to meldonium during January’s Australian Open. The Russian had admitted to taking the substance for the last 10 years, claiming that it helps treat her heart illness and magnesium deficiency. The CAS “found that Ms...
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A senior advocate of Nigeria, Afe Babalola has written a letter to President Muhammadu Nuhari, stating that the ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign was not conceived by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. A businessman, Akin Fadeyi had alleged that the campaign was his idea with the theme; ‘Not in My Country’ which he said...
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The Federal Government has put up an advert in national newspapers auctioning two presidential jets. The advert ask interested buyers to signify interest for the two aircraft – a Falcon 7X (5N-FGU) and Hawker 4000 (5N-FGX). The Falcon 7X has a 16 passenger and 3 crew members capacity, while the Hawker 4000 can seat 9 passengers...
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Members of the Senate on Tuesday agreed to donate N300,000 each to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-Eastern part of the country. The decision followed a motion by Bashir Gabai, a senator from Borno central who pointed out that despite the increment of amount proposed by the executive in the budget for IDPs from N6bn to 10bn,...
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The current economic situation, worsened by high rate of inflation and skyrocketing prices of commodities has been nothing to write home about. Every Nigerian, one way or the other has felt the unpleasant effects of the country’s battle with economic recession. On this episode of #30Days30Voices, a Nigerian tells us the less privileged bear the brunt...
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The Kaduna state Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of former Minister of Environment, Laurentia Laraba Mallam. The spokesman for the command, ASP Aliyu Usman, told the News Agency of Nigeria that Mallam was abducted with her husband, Mr Pius along Bwari/Jere axis on Kaduna-Abuja highway on Monday evening. Usman said the police was doing all...
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by Ore Fakorede If you’re inclined to start a business in Nigeria, by all means do. Sell whatever you want. Build anything. Just don’t run a ‘Nigerian’ business: 1. Profit margins are a priority and the welfare of staff isn’t. *Which is so ironic that it’s actually stupid. 2. The entire concept of work-life balance...
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The arrest and detention of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki on Tuesday was declared as unlawful and arbitrary by The Court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). According to Premium Times the court also directed the federal government to pay Dasuki 15 million naira as damages. A three-member panel led by Justice...
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I pretty much didn’t remember much of my childhood but as a Yoruba adage says “ti omode o b aba itan, a ba aroba. Simply meaning all I heard were stories about my childhood and saw some pictures. I come from a family of six, now seven. We have my dad, mum, an older brother,...
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Rapper MI on Tuesday October 4, 2016 clocked 35 years. Choosing a unique way to celebrate his birthday, MI (real name, Jude Abaga) shared some of his old pictures on his Instagram page. Wishig himself a happy birthday, MI wrote, “Happy birthday Jude. You are going to see the world, share your heart, make mistakes, fall...
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The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Tuesday found former minister of Niger Delta affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe guilty of false declaration of asset, The Cable reports. Chairman of the tribunal, Danladi Umar who delivered the judgment convicted Orubebe of the offence. He said, “I hereby seize, on behalf of the federal government, the property known as...
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According to confirmed rumour-mongers, ‘Your View’ on TVC is Nigeria’s most watched TV show. Some say it’s most watched talk show. But media planning agencies are certainly treated it as ‘most watched something’ at the very, very least. It doesn’t look like anything special, but if you know Nigerian television, you would have known it...
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