It certainly is safe to declare that gloomy clouds have cast over the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari despite the gargantuan goodwill it enjoyed before and after the 2015 general elections. The clouds have cast so thickly that several ardent supporters of the government have turned tail to declare a loss of confidence in the...
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has told the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara that, “The House of Representatives absolutely has no power to insert any projects in the 2016 budget that was not originally part of the estimates of the executive in the Appropriation Bill.” In a statement signed by its...
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Everton football Club have confirmed the signing of Congolese winger Yannick Bolasie from Crystal Palace. The 27-year-old put pen to paper for a five-year contract believed to be in the region of £25m. Bolasie has been handed the number 14 shirt and joins the likes of Idrissa Gueye and Ashley Williams at Everton. Speaking to Everton TV,...
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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu had secretly accepted to renounce the Biafra struggle in exchange for his freedom. MEND said this in a statement released by its spokesperson, Jomo Gbomo on Monday, stating that Kanu’s agitation for the...
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The Lagos state governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday signed two bills into law. The bills are the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Law and the Lagos State Properties Protection Law. Governor Ambode who spoke while signing these bills said that, “these two bills are very central to our administration’s focus of safe guarding the lives...
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In four years, BudgIT has revolutionized the Nigerian public data and budgeting system with easily accessible creatives such as infographics, Apps, interactive website, social media. BudgIT has stimulated public interest and awareness in government budget, finance and expenditure. Through attracting creatives, BudgIT has broken down the complexities around government budgets and engendered discussion on government...
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In January 2016, GetUpInc conducted a research across multiple urban centers in Nigeria and the relevant data gathered were entries of participant millennials. Millennials are the largest demographic that consume online content and will constitute 75% of the workforce by 2020 with a high aggregated purchasing power. Millenials are also the major influencers of marketing...
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TheCable is one of our favourite news platforms – the writing has flair, the sensibility is fresh, and they understand the concept of the-news-behind-the-news as an important concept for news in the 21st century. And they have led the way in terms of breaking news and incisive analysis for the two years that they have...
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The Federal Government has said it would commence the re-screening of 2,000 recruits of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS who were not employed after their training in February last year. The spokesman of the NIS, Ekpedeme King in a statement on Monday said the decision was reached after an emergency meeting of the Civil Defence,...
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has blasted the senior special assistant to president Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity Mallam Garba Shehu for saying Nigerians should be proud of President Buhari’s achievement. On Sunday Mallam Shehu had praised Buhari to high heavens. In a series of tweets via its official Twitter account, @PDPNigeria, the party...
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Following a statement by the Nigerian Army declaring three journalists- Ahmad Salkida, Ahmed Bolori and Aisha Wakil, wanted over the recent video by terrorist group, Boko Haram, the latter has said the Nigerian Army had always known she had a connection with the group. In a statement released on Monday, Aisha revealed that she had in...
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One of the journalists declared wanted by the Nigerian Army over the recent Boko Haram video, Ahmad Salkida on Monday said he has done nothing wrong, stating that he has stayed within the creed of professional journalism in his work. Salkida in a statement he released on his website said he has made personal sacrifices...
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Starting this August, YNaija.com, the internet newspaper for young Nigerians wants to receive and share its readers’ unique experiences – and is launching a brand new vertical called ‘Nigerian Voices’. ‘Nigerian Voices’ will give young Nigerians (18 – 36) who can write really well an opportunity to tell their true stories in a down to...
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The former Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin on Monday apologized to the All Progressives Congress, APC for supporting the emergence of Yakubu Dogara as Speaker of the House against the wish of the party. He made the apology via a series of tweets this morning while continuing his budget...
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Ahmed Bolori, one of those declared wanted by the Nigerian Army on Sunday expressed shock about the development. Bolori said he was surprised since he was never invited and did not know his crime. The Nigerian Army had on Sunday declared Ahmed Bolori, Ahmad Sakilda and Aisha Wakil wanted for purported links to the Boko...
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Former Appropriation Committee chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin is back in his tweeting element has he has promised to engage us this Monday morning with hundreds of tweets. Yes, the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership tried to rein in him weeks ago – telling him to seal his lips, but of-course, no one said he should not...
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The family of the Chief Protocol Officer of the Minister of State for Defence, Desmond Nunugwo, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of killing her husband and labeling him a criminal without proof. Susanne, the widow of the deceased said her husband was pronounced dead barely 6 hours after he was taken into...
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Following the release of the latest Boko Haram video showing the Chibok Girls, the Nigerian Army has declared a journalist, Ahmad Salkida, wanted. Why? Take a listen.
Here are some stories from the weekend and others that unraveled while you slept – and are now buzzing this morning in today’s Entertainment Roundup. D’ija shares picture of son’s face for the first time Di’ja shocked Nigerians in early July when she revealed she was now married and already had a baby boy to...
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Five persons were confirmed dead on Sunday after three vehicles crashed on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. 13 other passengers were injured in the accident that involved a LAGBUS, a Rover Jeep and a Hilux pickup. According to The Punch, the accident ensued at about 6pm on Sunday around the UNILAG Waterfront end of the bridge. An official of...
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These are the top five stories to monitor today 1. In Kaduna it is school or jail Kaduna state Governor, Nasir el-Rufai has said that parents in the state who fail to send their wards to school in September would be jailed. 2. Army did not arrest our members -Avengers Militant group, Niger Delta Avengers,...
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Following Ali Modu Sheriff’s disclosure that Femi Fani-Kayode “is not the kind of man that Nigerians should take seriously,” Fani-Kayode has issued a statement in which he described Sheriff as a mole. While noting that Sheriff was on a mission to destroy the Peoples Democratic Party, Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation during the administration...
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Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima on Sunday said the fresh cases of poliomyelitis outbreak recorded in his state are embarrassing to him. The Governor said the Boko Haram insurgency was to be blamed, stating that the insurgency has made some villages inaccessible for polio vaccination. Shettima reportedly said this in Mainok village in the Kaga Local Government...
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Parents of abducted Chibok girls and the BringBackOurGirls group on Sunday asked the Federal Government to swap the girls with detained Boko Haram suspects. This was following a video of the girls which was released on Sunday, where the group claimed that some of the girls were killed in air strike by the Air Force. In...
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Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday, said President Muhammadu Buhari is afraid of the unknown hence the reason for appointing his (Buhari) immediate family members and close associates into his adminstration rather than seek competent hands. According to a statement signed by Lere Olayinka, the governor’s special assistant on public communications and new media, Buhari...
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Just in case you don’t know, Ali Modu Sheriff, the factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has paid his dues in politics and is qualified to contest for the Presidency. Sheriff, a former Borno state governor, stated this while speaking on a Channels Television programme on Sunday. He noted that he is a highly principled...
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The Ministry of Youth and Sports has refunded the sum of $4,600 to captain of the Under-23 team Mikel Obi he paid for the team in Sao Paulo on their way to Salvador. The ministry also assured players and officials of the team that they will be given all that is due to them. Minister of...
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by beating American Justin Gatlin to gold at Rio 2016. Bolt, 29, ran 9.81 seconds in his final Olympics to replicate his success at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Britain’s Andy Murray also became the first tennis player to win two...
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Kaduna Governor, Nasir el-Rufai on Saturday said parents in the state who fail to send their children to school in September would be jailed. El-Rufai said this during the screening of a documentary, “He named me Malala,” organized by his wife. The governor said parents who did not want to send their children to school...
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How Punch reported the news on Linda Ikeji’s new office – rumored total sum, 106million. How the NET reported the same ‘exclusive’. We won’t take eet. PS: See anything worth talking about on the ins and outs of the media business in Nigeria on TV, radio, print and online (could be news, tweets, photos,...
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