The Federal Government on Saturday said the sale of national assets were needed to fund the 2016 budget. This is contained in a statement issued by the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma through his Media Adviser, Mr Akpandem James. Udoma said the sale was necessary as the government had lost almost...
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Times are certainly hard but not for everyone. There are the rich people who have perfected the best means of maintaining – and often times, multiplying – their wealth during the bad times. Usually, this is made possible by the fact that they were already filthy rich and are literally the only ones who can...
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Journalist and Financial Times West Africa correspondent, Maggie Fick, is blowing the horn on the sheer magnitude of the humanitarian crisis in war torn North East Nigeria. She warns that more lives may be lost if the Nigerian government and the international community fails to face this challenge squarely. Do see below: In north-east Nigeria,...
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Paul Pogba put up a man of the match performance as Manchester United dominated champions Leicester City. Pogba dictated the pace of the game as he controlled the midfield delivering beautiful passes into open spaces. United opened the scoring through captain of the day Chris Smalling in the 22nd minute. Smalling headed in from a...
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Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers say they have resumed bombing of pipelines. In a statement on its website the group said it “brought down oil production activities at the Bonny 48 inches crude oil export line” through its “strike team”. The Avengers said the attack was a “wake up call” for the government, which it...
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Chuks, Tolu, and Elsie – who is representing Emeka this week – join The Slab with Isime to talk about the Nigerian Police IG, Ibrahim Idris’ Al-Jazeera interview; Borno governor’s leadership moves in the North East; and militants threatening to attack oil facilities if Patience Jonathan is prosecuted by the EFCC. The Police IG had claimed that...
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An Okada rider says his attempt to rape an eight year old girl was unsuccessful due to his manhood being too huge for her, The Punch reports. The rider, simply identified as Daniel was caught by residents of the vicinity in Ogiri Okoh Street, Otukpo area of Benue state. The victim’s mother said she became suspicious when...
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The Lagos state Police Command has arrested a man for raping his 15-year-old daughter. This is contained in a statement released by the Police via its Twitter account, @PoliceNF_News dedicated for police news reportage. According to the Police the man, Uchena Tony Ehumadu perpetuates the evil act whenever the girl’s mother goes for her night...
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Fellow Nigerians, let me start by thanking all the blogs, WhatsApp groups, Facebook and Twitter wizards who make the incredible efforts and sacrifice to mass-circulate my Pendulum column every week. I’m sincerely grateful for your abiding faith in the written word. Let me assure you that you push me to write this piece regularly no...
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For those who don’t know, Reno Omokri was former President Goodluck Jonathan’s social media aide. That administration is over and we are in a new dispensation but Reno Omokri is still actively performing social media duties on behalf of his former boss and their party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Indeed, eyes have not seen...
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A lawyer representing former first lady, Patience Jonathan says two of the accounts frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) did not belong to her but to her late mother, Madam Charity Fyneface Oba. Charles Ogboli, who is the third lawyer to speak on behalf of Mrs. Jonathan said only three of the accounts belonged...
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Two years ago, the National Assembly passed an anti-LGBTI Law to what might be considered ‘critical acclaim’ by Nigerians. Nigerians are a people given to fiercely protecting their own but there was no protection for the LGBTQ Community by Nigerians when then President Goodluck Jonathan signed the bill in 2014. The average Nigerians that chose to...
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by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of...
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As our conversation begins, Gukas reveals that he directed the movie, Keeping Faith in 2002, and suddenly everything made absolute sense to me. If you truly know Nollywood, then you know that Keeping Faith was a movie far ahead of its time. At a time when the industry seemed set to collapse into clichés, this...
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The Addison sisters almost turned down a university degree because the course they were offered wasn’t one that was considered to be prestigious. Convinced by their high school teacher to accept the offer, studying Linguistics was the best thing that happened to the Addison sisters as they discovered their true passion through the course. Who...
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The Nigerian Army has killed three armed bandits in Kaduna state. The troops also arrested one electric cable vandal, as it cleared out cattle rustlers in its raid. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Army spokesman, Colonel Sani Usman. The statement read, “In continuation of the clearance operations against suspected...
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Yesterday, amidst the lengthy debate about Senate plans at the Upper Chamber, Senator Joshua Dariye representing Plateau Central announced his decision to defect from the PDP to the APC. The news of Senator Dariye’s decampment did not quite come as a shock to many as the man who is the former Plateau state governor is in...
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The Lagos state Police Command has arrested a man for raping his 15-year-old daughter. This is contained in a statement released by the Police via its Twitter account, @PoliceNF_News dedicated for police news reportage. According to the Police the man, Uchena Tony Ehumadu perpetuates the evil act whenever the girl’s mother goes for her night...
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A terrorist group al-wilayat al-Islamiyya Gharb Afriqiyyah, on Friday threatened to bomb the University of Ibadan before Independence Day on October 1, The Punch reports. The message which was circulated to staff of the institution via mail correspondence and WhatsApp caused tension in the university. The letter read in part, “You people are an embarrassment to Nigeria and are...
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If you are a Nigerian university graduate who has been socialized into disdaining polytechnics as inferior higher education institutions, think about this: Albert Einstein, the world’s most renowned physicist and one of the most influential thinkers of all time, graduated from the Zurich Polytechnic (now called the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) in 1900...
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You should look out for something called naijacontent.com? Because some of you like to compare anything with something Americans have done, let’s explain it as Netflix. For Nigeria. With less complexity. The pay-off is No 1 website for Nigerian video content – so it essentially helps you aggregate everything that exists anywhere on the vast...
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From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Unpaid salaries: Siasia gives NFF 2-week ultimatum, threatens sit-out – YNaija Sale of national assets: Labour unions threaten strike action – YNaija Boko Haram: We have freed over 2 million people in 1 year – Buratai – YNaija Just In: 4 killed in Washington mall shooting – YNaija...
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Four persons have been killed in a shooting at a wall in Washington, United States of America. Brandi Montreuil, an eyewitness who was at the mall to see a movie said they were told to leave immediately. “I didn’t know anything,” she said. “The theater attendant came in and apologized for stopping the movie and said they...
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai says that over two millions persons have been freed from terrorist sect, Boko Haram by the military in one year. Buratai who was represented by Major General Peter John Bojie, made the declaration on Friday in Abuja during a conference organised by Bassey Etuk Williams, President of Coalition of Civil...
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Labour unions in the country have threatened to embark on a strike action over plans by the Federal Government to sell off some of the country’s national assets, The Punch reports. The Federal Government had been advised by billionaire Aliko Dangote to sell of the nation’s shares in Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG). Dangote’s advise was supported...
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Bronze medal winning coach Samson Siasia has given the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) a two-week ultimatum over his unpaid salaries, The Vanguard reports. Siasia who is owed five months by the Federation threatened to storm the NFF’s office at the expiration of the ultimatum and engage in a sit-out until he receives his salary. Siasia made...
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Tyson Fury’s world heavyweight title rematch with Wladimir Klitschko has been cancelled for a second time. Fury’s management released a statement saying he has been “declared medically unfit to fight”. The original rematch scheduled for 9 July at Manchester Arena was postponed in June after Fury injured his ankle. Fury, 28, beat Ukraine’s Klischko on...
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The Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Comrade Air, Mr. Umar I Mohammed has some advice for entrepreneurs. See tweets after the cut. The first thing to do as an entrepreneur during a recession is to start tracking your finances. Daily. Weekly. Monthly. #UIMBusiness — Farouk (@umarimohammed) September 22, 2016 Tracking your business's finances will...
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Men of the Nigerian Army on Thursday killed two armed bandits, and recovered seven cows during a clean up operation in Zamfara state. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday by the army spokesman, Colonel Sani Usman. According to Usman, the troops also recovered one Mercedes Benz car from the bandits. The statement...
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#Femvertising they call it; but we call it the absolute truth. This #MyFutureStartsToday ad from Always. For many years, girls have been groomed to accept second place. It is actually a norm now. It is okay to not play football or partake in any sports. It is news when a woman is an automobile engineer...
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