Comic, Basketmouth and his family were robbed at gunpoint at their Lekki Phase 1 home in the early hours of this morning. Bovi – who is a close friend of the comedian revealed this on his Instagram page minutes ago. According to Bovi, the robbery operation which held between the hours of 2am – 4am saw...
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These are the top five news stories to monitor today 1. You lied – APC tells Fayose The Ekiti state All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Governor Ayodele Fayose’s claim that no member of the opposition was attacked since he assumed office, is false. 2. Military recover bodies of 3 soldiers The Nigerian military has...
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Four marine police officers have been killed by suspected sea pirates in Rivers State, according to residents of the community. Channels Television reports that the incident occurred in Abonnema waterways in Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State when a gunboat was hijacked with the policemen on board. The gunboat was reported to have been...
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A herbalist, Tunde Banjo, and an Alfa, Nurudeen Adeniyi, have been arrested by the Ogun state Police Command for allegedly killing a 16-year-old girl identified as Olayinka in Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state for ritual purposes. Another person, Tobi Ogunkoya was also apprehended. Ogunkoya is believed to be an accomplice to the two men....
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A 57-year-old American man was found dead with a rope around his neck in a hotel room in the Lekki area of Lagos state. The American, Charles Carlson, had checked into Ellyx Vile Hotel on African Line, Lekki Phase 1, on Monday before the incident happened. The police has begun investigation into the incident. The deceased...
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by Dr. Peregrino Brimah The direct policies of the central bank of Nigeria, CBN have been and continue to be at the helm of the current economic crisis and recession that is permanently and irreversibly destroying life and hope for the Nigerian masses. We have repeatedly pointed out these cabal-favorable, masses-exterminating policy decisions that have gotten Nigeria...
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From the papers this morning – a Tracklist Osinbajo: ‘Nigeria has been badly governed’ – YNaija 25,000 policemen, 550 patrol vehicles deployed for Edo guber – YNaija Shi’ites reveal what the army did to 50 of their daughters – YNaija APC to Fayose: You lied, Many of our members have been harassed – YNaija Kowa to...
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The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has released Ahmad Salkida, the Nigerian journalist declared wanted by the Nigerian Army for having links with the Boko Haram terrorist group, according to Premium Times. Salkida was arrested on Monday by DSS operatives when he arrived Abuja after his visa to the United Arab Emirates expired. According to sources...
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One of the most difficult responsibilities passed on to the Muhammadu Buhari administration from the tenure of former President Goodluck Jonathan is to secure the release of over 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014. A few of the girls have escaped in the last two years but majority are still missing and the...
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The Nigerian military has recovered the bodies of three of the four soldiers who drowned on Monday after a boat conveying them and some military ammunition capsized along the waterways of Brass in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. According to ThisDay, the marine component of the military in conjunction with local divers began a...
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How has no one sued them to court? How has no one attempted to shut it down? How has no one noticed to bring everyone’s attention to the mainstream media? We have one take: it’s difficult to confess that one has discovered and is reading a blog like NaijaGistLive.com. Go ahead. Check it out. You...
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Whilst Nigerians and Kenyans continued in their tug of war over Zukerberg, the weekend saw a lot more drama when somewhere in a South African secondary school, the students were grappling with something more serious- racism over hair. Specifically the Afro hair, a natural hair texture of certain populations in Africa. This varies from Kinky to coily, curly, etc....
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The KOWA party on Tuesday said the All Progressives Congress (APC) should not use the fight against corruption as an excuse for the poor economy of the country. In a press statement by its media team, the party said Nigerians are tired of hearing what happened 16 years ago, stating that the only reason APC...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State on Tuesday said Governor Ayodele Fayose’s claim that no member of the opposition was attacked since he assumed office, is not true. The party, through its Publicity Secretary Taiwo Olatunbosun said the claim made by Fayose during his Monday media chat television programme was a lie. Olatunbosun listed instances...
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Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites, have alleged that the army abducted 50 girls of its girls during a clash between the group and the army. The group said the Chibok girls’ parents were relying on the army to rescue their daughters, not knowing that they also abduct people....
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The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday said it has deployed 25,000 police personnel, helicopters, gunboats and 550 patrol vehicles to Edo State for the governorship election on Saturday. In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Don A. Awunah, the police said it has deployed a deputy Inspector General of Police, assisted by an...
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In a bid to stop the unlawful arrest of Lagosians, the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has asked that some police officers attached to the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences Unit be redeployed. Officers of the taskforce had, last Friday, raided different parts of Lagos, leading to the rough treatment and arrests of...
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Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said Nigeria is dealing with the consequences of what any country who had experienced massive stealing and looting will go through. He made this assertion while receiving a delegation of the Northern States Pentecostal Bishops Forum in his office at the Presidential Villa. He however assured them that even...
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Nigerian journalist, Ahmed Salkida who was arrested on Monday at the Nnamdi Azikwe airport, Abuja has been denied access to his lawyer, Femi Falana, Premium Times reports. Salkida, alongside Ahmad Bolori and lawyer, Aisha Wakil had been declared wanted by the Nigerian Army over links to terrorist group, Boko Haram. Salkida had distributed the most...
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The husband of the Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Oceanic Bank Cecilia Ibru, Olorogun Michael Ibru died on Tuesday at the age of 86. According to sources the late Michael Ibru died in the early hours of Tuesday in Florida, U.S. after a protracted illness. The entrepreneur was the first son of Chief Epete Ibru of Agbarha-Otor...
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The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali on Tuesday said the ministry is planning to embark on training for its civilian staff. Dan-Ali said this after he received the 2015 National Defence Policy Committee’s report in Abuja. According to Channels TV, Dan-Ali told reporters that the training is part of plans to restructure the Nigerian Armed Forces....
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More often than none, there has been a lot of complains as regards finding particles inside everyday drinking water- the sealed ones. This has naturally fallen on deaf ears and these mishaps keeps happening on a regular. The thread below talks about the laxity with which business is done in Nigeria and the absence of...
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The Plateau State Health Commissioner, Dr. Kuden Kamshak on Tuesday said the state has reported four new cases of Lassa fever. He disclosed this while speaking to journalists in Jos. Kamshak said samples from the victims have been taken to Delta Sate for analysis and investigation. He said two have tested positive to the virus...
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The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Tuesday disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the recruitment of 5000 personnel into the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in 2016 and another 10,000 in 2017. Malami said this while speaking at the ECOWAS ministers’ meeting in Abuja. He said the Federal Government plans...
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Having stopped the first silent protest of September 2nd 2016, embarked by the Bring Back Our Girls Group, by the Nigerian Police has, the group rescheduled its cause to Tuesday, 6th September 2016. However, there was a repeat performance by the police as the authorities, once again, obstructed the BBOG group from attending to their...
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An Instagram user, @yemillunati on Tuesday posted a picture of an electrocuted man who he claimed was a security guard. He said the incident took place at River Valley Estate, Ojodu Berger, Lagos at about 6:30 am on Tuesday morning. He also claimed no one was willing to help the electrocuted man who was still fighting...
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Chinua Achebe, in his classic analysis of Nigerian socio-politics, The Trouble With Nigeria, describes the Nigerians of the 1970s as having cargo cult mentality. This mentality, Achebe explains, is “a belief by backward people that someday, without any exertion whatsoever on their own part, a fairy ship will dock in their harbour laden with every...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged the people of Edo State to vote the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Godwin Obaseki in order to ensure the continuation of the “good work” in the state. Buhari said this at the APC campaign rally at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin. “Obaseki is a seasoned technocrat...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said Nigeria will soon get out of recession, assuring Nigerians that the country will be great again. The president said this in Edo state at the All Progressives Congress governorship rally in preparation for the election taking place on Saturday. “We are a nation of great human and natural resources, especially...
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The Defence headquarters on Tuesday warned militant groups in the Niger Delta to desist from threatening residents and stop all hostilities. In a statement by Acting Director, Defence information, Brigadier Gen. Rabe Abubakar, the military said militant groups were hiding under agitation to commit crimes, stating that it would not allow any form of criminality...
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