Arese Ugwu is a money blogger (sounds suspiciously like ‘money doubler’) and building a personal financial platform (Smart Money Africa) targeted at young people – especially young women. And this has clearly been her year if you pay attention to Instagram. First she hosted a finance workshop targeted at young women that hosted almost a...
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Members of the press were invited for an exclusive screening of the movie 93 days at Filmhouse Cinema, Surulere, Lagos on Thursday, August 12, 2016. Also in attendance at the screening were producers of the film, Bolanle Austin-Peters, Dotun Olakunri and Sola Oyebade who plays a minor role in the movie. In a Q&A session with pressmen at...
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bimbo akintola,
Bolanle Austin-Peters,
danny glover,
Dotun Olakunri,
Dr Stella Adadevoh,
Ebola,
gideon okeke,
Keppy Ekpeyong Bassey,
Sola Oyebade,
Somkele Idhalama,
Steve Gukas
by Chi Ibe An American man, Eric T. Shoen has today shared a touching story of his marriage to a Nigerian, David (from Warri in Delta State), and the ensuing controversy across the Nigerian internet, in a piece for the Huffington Post today. They got married on 30 July in New York. Hear him in...
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So we know this is not Nigerian news – and we are about Nigerian and West African media insights, but this is major. This is like the Queen of England dying. She has to make the cover of Thisday. Arianna Huffington is the inspiration for countless bloggers and online publishers across the world – taking...
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The Honourable Minister of Health Professor Isaac Adewole has confirmed an outbreak of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in Borno state. In a statement released on Thursday by the Assistant director, press and public relations, Federal Ministry of Health, Olajide Oshundun, the outbreak affected two children from Gwoza and Jere Local Government Areas of the state....
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An APC Senator representing Taraba State, Senator Yusuf Yusuf on Thursday kicked against immunity clause enjoyed by political office holders. Yusuf, who is the Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Science and Technology, made the call following moves in the House of Representatives to accord immunity to principal officers of the National Assembly. Yusuf believes that specific...
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A member of the House of Representatives, Jisalo Zephaniah, has said a Mayoral office will be created for the original inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) soon. According to The Daily Trust the lawmaker representing Bwari/AMAC constituency of the FCT said the mayoral office is to be incorporated in a bill on the integration...
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The Bwatiye people of Demsa local government of Adamawa State, resident in Jos, have pleaded with Federal Government and the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to disarm Fulani herdsmen in their locality, in order to stop alleged attacks on them. The plea was made in a statement by the group on Thursday where it claimed...
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed on Thursday appealed to the media to project the image of the country positively and desist from spreading false information about the security situation. Mohammed said this while making reference to the report recently released by the United States, stating that 20 out of the 36 states...
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Abubakar Sidiq Usman, the blogger who was recently arrested and released from the Economic and Financial Crime Commission’s (EFCC) custody, has denied media reports that he was disappointed with the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Usman, Ibrahim Magu, the EFCC chairman, was abusing the free hand granted to the anti-agency by the Presidency....
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The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday released a report where it indicted the former Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, Professor Maurice Iwu, former Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, security agencies, individuals, government institutions among others in electoral scams. According to the report released at its headquarters titled ‘An Independent Review of Evidence...
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These are the top five news that drove the conversation today 1. Buhari meets with Soyinka Today President Muhammadu Buhari met with Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. 2. Six escapees from the Enugu prison found The Enugu State Prisons Service has announced that six of the inmates who escaped from Nsukka...
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By Yusuf Ishaku Goje Annually for the past sixteen years, the 12th of August has been set aside globally to commemorate the International Youth Day. The commemoration is the creation of the United Nations and was first celebrated on the 12th August 2000; after the UN General Assembly passed a resolution accepting the recommendations made...
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The Loose Talk podcast has one too many cusswords. In which case of course, its hosts will say ‘yeah that’s deliberate – that’s the kind of show’. To which we would say – yeah we know, but when the F-bombs just feel gratuitous, then it grates rather than gratifies. Anyway, pet peeve out of the...
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It is ten years since Chimamanda Adichie’s first book, Half of a Yellow Sun, was released to critical acclaim. Last Sunday, she was at London’s Southbank Centre and she spoke about the themes of love and war, and in response to a question, she gave this answer: "I feel like younger Nigerian women are even...
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Nigerian international Odion Ighalo has signed a new 5-year-deal with English premiership side Watford. The club announced that the 27-year-old has extended his contract at the Vicarage road until 2021. OFFICIAL: Odion Ighalo has signed a new five-year contract with #watfordfc. Congratulations @ighalojude! pic.twitter.com/45iodzMPaB — Watford Football Club (@WatfordFC) August 11, 2016 Ighalo who was Watford’s...
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by Ezinne Ajoku Lack of Media Coverage I know Aisha Buhari is not an elected official but still she is the First Lady of The Federal Republic of Nigeria. Which means that it is rather suspicious to have her travel to the United States shortly after Fayose’s allegations against her as someone involved in a...
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Following budget padding allegations against him, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Thursday explained why he failed to honour the invitation of the Police Special Investigating Panel. Dogara, explained at an interactive session with Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, in Abuja, on one-year review of the 8th House of Representatives Legislative Agenda. According...
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Raymond Dokpesi, an aspirant for the Peoples Democratic Party national chairmanship, on Thursday, warned that the former ruling party would fade into oblivion if it is not reformed soon. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, the former chairman of Daar communication noted that the PDP has reached the point where it should negotiate its future if...
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by Ezinne Ajoku The Niger-Delta Avengers are a new group of “worthy outlaws” who sprung onto the scene early this year. They have been fingered for oil pipelines busts and attacks on other economic assets in the area since the year began. They are PMB’s other major pain in the neck. Lately, a splinter group...
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Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said Nigeria will spend N100 billion ($312.50 million) on capital projects in the coming days as part of the 2016 budget. Osinbajo made the remark while speaking at the 2016 Presidential Policy Dialogue organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He said government capital spending so...
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Professor John Okoli, a University of Port Harcourt lecturer who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Monday, has regained his freedom. According to The Punch, Okoli was free set by his abductors on Wednesday night after being held hostage for three days by his kidnappers. Professor Okoli was kidnapped from his residence in Omuoko Aluu community in Ikwerre Local Government...
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#SaveMayowa was a cause that brought Nigerians together and subsequently, rather unfortunately divided them following reports of a ‘ruse’. However, it appears only God, through the surgeons, who Mayowa Ahmed is on her way to see in South Africa, can save her. This might come as a surprise as the family of the Stage IV Ovarian...
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The Federal Government has paid N70 billion out of N102 billion given to the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, to contractors for road projects. This was confirmed by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola at the ongoing town hall meeting in Abuja. According to him, the contractors will now resume back...
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A senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science, University of Mkar, Benue state, Aondosoo Tondo, on Thursday, was shot dead by four gunmen. According to a report by Punch, the lecturer was killed in his apartment in the University quarters, after he was trailed from his office by the gunmen. Public Relations Officer of...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the sharp drop in oil prices has made Nigeria a poor country. According to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the president said this while receiving the United Nations Population Fund’s Executive Director and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin,...
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Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, on Thursday commissioned a Helipad for medical emergency in Nigeria at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. According to him, the Helipad which is the first state-owned in Nigeria will complement already functioning emergency services in the state. “This Helipad being commissioned today is a lifesaving asset and critical...
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The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomole has said that he increased workers minimum salaries in the state to prove to his colleagues that it can be done easily. The governor said this while speaking with State House correspondents shortly after meeting the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja....
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Accelerate TV (owned by Access Bank) is, uhm, accelerating. Sure, its bank-as-media-owner strategy is inspired (to put it gently) by Ndani TV (owned by GTBank). But it’s not taking that gently – its content over the past year has undergone a major makeover – across short dramas, scripted series, event coverage, travel shows, interview shows...
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Access Bank,
Day Pass,
EbonyLife TV,
Frank Donga,
Isoken,
Jade Osiberu,
Media,
Ndani TV,
nigeria,
RED TV,
The Media Blog,
TMB,
Toolz
by Richard Romanus It’s been 16 years after the Niger Delta Development commission (NDDC)was established with a core mandate of improving social and environmental conditions of the people of Southern region but one question that seems to be begging for answer is; Whether or not, the commission has achieved it’s mandate. It is true that...
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