Residents of Mende/Araromi area of Lagos, unable to stomach their incessant exorbitant electricity bills, engaged, confronted and protested against the Ikeja Electricity Distribution (Ikeja DISCO) Company. The residents complained that they barely get 9 hours of electricity in a month but the attendant bill the Disco presents is usually in tens of thousands. Frustrated by the excessive charges...
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By Mark Amaza The end result now is we have a state where herdsmen are given an ultimatum to leave, and another where the governor has charged hunters and vigilantes to seek out herdsmen and “kill them before they kill”, as though we were a society lacking in law and order. It feels like it was...
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After more than a thousand years of almost unchanged traditions, the Roman Catholic Church has hinged its identity on its ability to survive centuries of cultural dynamics and popular beliefs – something no other institution can brag about, With this in mind, I decided to start my church crawling from a Catholic Church – St....
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Joachim MacEbong takes on May 29th Democracy Day and President Muhammadu Buhari’s one year in office. Take a listen. https://soundcloud.com/ynaijaonline/morning-devotion-episode-14-analysis-of-buhari-presidential-address
To commemorate the one year anniversary of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, some members of the President’s cabinets were featured on a Channels Television programme on Sunday, May 29. Here are the top 10 comments from the show. 1) Speaking on corruption, the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, said:...
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Novelist and writer, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani gives five examples of what has changed in Nigeria since 29 May 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in. 1. Are we safer? Those of us who travel regularly in Nigeria’s north-east had become used to what should be a 15-minute journey turning into an hour-long ordeal. You had...
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By Reno Omokri On January 22, 2016, I tweeted a joke which went viral. I had said that at meetings of the Federal Executive Council, the minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, would address members and say ‘turn to your neighbour and say, neighbour have you blamed Jonathan today’. Yes, it was a joke, but...
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Charles Emeka Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy, is the new president (and spokesperson) of the – ‘All Frustrated, Abandoned and Voiceless Youths’. The entertainer’s first assignment on the job is a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on the commemoration of his one year in office. Read below: “My Dear Presido, You know how hard...
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“Why would anyone choose to be gay in a heteronormative society like ours? Do you think if gay people had a choice they will not change their sexual orientation?” Olumide Makanjuola asked midway into our discussion. Energetic and expressive without being overtly effusive or dramatic, Olumide speaks with a subtle authority and an engaging yet...
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A few days to the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari last year, a lady went to buy fuel at her neighbour’s station. In the commotion of a queue and lengthy frustration, the neighbour allowed her to jump the line based on their personal relationship. A riot almost broke out. One motorist yelled: “All this nonsense...
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Nigeria celebrated its Democracy day on Sunday May, 29, making it one year since President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated as the new leader of the nation. Amidst talk of campaign promises, Nigerian Netizens weren’t too pleased that the All Progressives Congress hadn’t fulfilled most of these promises and who would blame them? Images like the...
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While the whole country celebrated Democracy Day yesterday, Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike refused to and he has revealed why. The governor, speaking at a thanksgiving mass to mark the first anniversary of his administration at Our Lady of Holy Rosary of the Catholic Institute of West Africa in Port Harcourt, said there was...
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The leadership of organised labour groups in Ekiti state, on Sunday, accused the state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, of lying and blackmailing the unions. The was made this known in a press statement issued after an emergency meeting of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Joint Negotiating Council in Ado Ekiti....
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After surviving the 2016 budget back and forth with the federal lawmakers, President Muhammadu Buhari has invited them for a dinner in Abuja today. According to Punch Newspapers, all 360 members of the House of Representatives have been invited by the President to dine with him. The lawmakers will be led to the dinner by...
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The Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, on Sunday, dismissed the widespread insinuation that the President failed to list individuals from whom stolen assets were recovered from. The Presidential spokesperson in a statement posted on his Facebook page noted that President Buhari has kept his words and has given...
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The minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, and his counterpart from the Ministry of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, on Sunday, insisted that the federal government will fulfill all the promises made to Nigerians. The Ministers, who defended the policies of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, said this while speaking on Channels Television. “By this time last...
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Here are the top five stories to monitor today. 1) List of looters The Presidency has failed to make good its promise to release names of persons who stole Nigeria’s assets and others from whom stolen funds were recovered. However, presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Sunday, declared that the list will be released by the...
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Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a. Tompolo, is an ex-militant leader, who has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over allegations of corruption and diversion of public funds. Owing to his refusal to surrender to the law and face the charges leveled against him, Nigeria’s security agencies believe he may be fighting back through...
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According to figures given by the Deputy Comptroller of prisons in Nigeria, Musa Tanko, Kuje Prisons in Abuja is holding inmates way beyond its capacity – consequently leading to congestion. Tanko revealed the figures on Sunday when a group of the Alumni Association of the Nigerian Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, Abuja chapter, visited...
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The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on Sunday, disclosed that he was unable to secure jobs for his relations in a recruitment exercise in the state because his relations were unqualified for the job. Answering questions at an event to mark Democracy Day at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, the Governor admitted that he...
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While Nigerians marked Democracy Day on May 29, pro-Biafrans from all over the world are expected to celebrate the fallen heroes and heroines of Biafra on Monday, May 30. A “peaceful remembrance march” will be held in Anambra for those who died during the Biafra/ Nigeria civil war of 1967 to 1970 and those who...
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The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, released a statement to mark Nigeria’s Democracy Day. Here are 3 things we learnt from the statement which was entitled “We must not take our democracy for granted.” 1) Tinubu’s life is devoted to democracy “I...
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As the spate of violence in the Niger Delta region continue to increase, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and the Coordinator of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General (Rtd) P.T. Boroh, on Saturday, held a meeting with ex militants leaders in the region. The meeting, which was held in...
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A whooping N900m has been recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission- from Waripamowei Dudafa, a kinsman to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Dudafa, a former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to Jonathan, was arrested on April 18 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The former presidential aide and Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, Jonathan’s ex...
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Since being inaugurated as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29, 2015, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari has particularly paid keen attention to fostering foreign relationships and building burned bridges – which has seen him travel at least once every month. While some schools of thought opine that these incessant trip are not...
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Ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a.Tompolo, who’s evading the long arm of the law, on Sunday issued a desperate appeal – urging the Niger Delta Avengers to stop blowing up pipeline installations in the region. Speaking from his hideout, Tompolo who has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, assured the NDA that...
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The Nigerian Army ‘has arrested’ 10 suspected members of the Niger Delta region. The Commander, 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin City, Farouk Yahaya, revealed this on Sunday while addressing journalists. He said the suspects were apprehended during a cordon and search exercise conducted in Oporozoa community and its environs in Delta State. Niger Delta Avengers...
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In the past year, veteran journalist and publisher of Ovation magazine, Dele Momodu has written several desperate, albeit kind worded memos to President Muhammadu Buhari reminding him of his campaign promises to Nigerians. Even as the popularity of the President amongst Nigerians decreased, Momodu’s column on ThisDay, The Pendulum, had nothing but passionate, soft worded...
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Written by Femi Oyesile How time flies, it’s already one year since President Buhari took over from Goodluck Jonathan’s government, after a supposed free and fair electoral process marred with campaign battles, selective propaganda, disillusioned rants and so many other things that come with such process in this part of the world. For so many...
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President Muhammadu Buhari was inaugurated today last year. Many Nigerians expressed excitement at the inauguration of the country’s new President, but they were also filled with expectations as to the changes that will be made in the country during this new administration. Netizens took to Twitter to make their demands known to Buhari with the hashtag, #BabaNowThatYouAreThere. Here...
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