January 16, 2016

5 surefire ways to be prominent on Nigerian Twitter

by Emeka Nwankwo The Nigerian twitter-sphere is a bag of craziness, with updates ranging from outright brilliant, funny and creative, to downright inane. It’s amazing what people can do with 140 characters. So do you need attention, feeling bored, need something to spice up your day, or you’re just really, really angry at someone, then... Read More

nigeria, twitter.

January 16, 2016

2016 budget: DSS to spend N1.1bn on construction of office buildings

by Emeka Nwankwo The Department of State Security (DSS), in its 2016 budget, plans to spend N1, 130, 480, 321 on the construction and provision of office buildings. The document did not specify where the structure will be located or why it gulp such an amount of money. The DSS, which is the foremost domestic intelligence... Read More

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2016 budget, DSS, solid minerals ministry

January 16, 2016

‘Arrest Alex Badeh… as a trained pilot, he can run away’

Northern leaders are of the opinion that the federal government should promptly order the arrest of former military chiefs who were involved in financial misconduct. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Friday, directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe the alleged misconduct established against some retired and serving officers of the Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian... Read More

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alex badeh, Arms scandal, Military

January 16, 2016

Arms scandal: EFCC invites 18 military chiefs for questioning

The eighteen military chiefs to be probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will start appearing before the anti-graft agency on Monday, January 18. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Friday, issued a directive to the EFCC, to begin the probe of several retired and serving military chiefs over alleged misconduct and misappropriation of funds. The affected... Read More

alex badeh, arms deal, Fake military, Military

January 16, 2016

‘I’m not responsible for the gas pipeline attack’ – Tompolo

Former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo also known as Tompolo, has denied being responsible for the attack on oil installations in some parts of Delta state. In the wee hours of Friday, January 15, a gas pipeline supplying gas from Escravos-Warri to Lagos and Abuja, was blown up by suspected militants. Speaking through his... Read More

Attack, Delta, pipeline, Tompolo

January 15, 2016

Lagos records first case of Lassa fever

Lagos state has recorded its first case of the Lassa fever, in its latest outbreak. A patient was discovered to be suffering from the fever at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba. The patient has been isolated at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) unit of the hospital. The unnamed 25-old student of Ahmadu Bello... Read More

lagos, Lassa fever, Luth

January 15, 2016

The Nicole Code: My top 5 beauty products of 2015

Hello everyone, HAPPY NEW YEARRRRRR! Please forgive me. If you follow my Instagram handle @thenicolecode (you don’t? …

January 15, 2016

Opinion: Kaduna Nzeogwu and 50 years of an unknown conspiracy (LONG READ)

On January 15 1966, a bloody coup, which claimed several high profile lives took place in Nigeria. Its exactly 50 years today and as expected, the social media is now littered with e-arguments or e-wars, about what transpired in the unfortunate coup. It is important to note that, as a result of sentiments adopted by... Read More

Hameed Ali says most Customs officers are not corrupt | YNaija.com

January 15, 2016

BREAKING: Customs officers ordered to declare assets within 14 days

Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have been ordered to make a ‘full disclosure of their assets’ within the next two weeks. The assets declaration directive is contained in a circular, signed by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) and addressed to all Deputy Comptrollers-General, Zonal Coordinators and Customs Area Controllers. According... Read More

assets declaration, Customs officer, Hameed Ali

January 15, 2016

‘I challenge those who call me a propagandist to come out’ | 10 things we learned from Lai Mohammed’s interview

by Emeka Nwankwo In an interview granted to Premuim Times, the Honorable Minister of Information and culture and Former APC spokesman, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, spoke on his former job, the regular criticism directed at him and the Federal Government’s Boko Haram war. From the revealing interview, we grasped 10 things. (All statements in quote were... Read More

January 15, 2016

Careerpedia Nigeria and YNaija presents… the top 50 occupations in Nigeria

Careerpedia lists the TOP 50 occupations in Nigeria for the year 2015 in other to open up to Nigerians some occupations that did good this year and also to identify their efforts.Not everyone is destined to work in an oil company, multinational and bank but still live the life of their dreams. With our top... Read More

January 15, 2016

Favour Afolabi: The missing budget saga, Ita Enang- the accomplice and Buhari- the suspect

Within the Nigerian political space, you can always rely on a section in it to attempt to twist basic logic on its head on any subject matter once they come to realize that they have been found wanting on the subject matter based on their position on same – this Ita Enang matter presents another... Read More

January 15, 2016

Information Nigeria version 2.0 unveiled

Information Nigeria (www.informationng.com) is pleased to announce the launch of the version 2.0 of the popular information portal. The new version has been designed specifically to be more engaging and accessible to young Nigerians across the country. Information Nigeria, Nigeria’s No. 1 Information portal has the widest reach in Nigeria across all platforms reaching Nigerians... Read More

January 15, 2016

Bayo Omisore: Perhaps, it’s time to kill the Don Jazzy character

So to start with, I am not a hater. I do not wish any evil on Don Jazzy or Michael Collins. If anything, I can be categorized as an interested onlooker when I want to be passive or an invested businessman active in the Nigerian music industry for the past 18 years. In addition, I... Read More

Kill Don Jazzy by Bayo Omisore

January 15, 2016

MASSOB directs members to begin worldwide pro-Biafra protests

The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has threatened that its members would resume another round of protests from January 18 over continued detention of the director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. This decision was taken after rising from a one-day meeting of national executive officers at MASSOB... Read More

detention, IPOB, MASSOB, Nnamdi Kanu, protest

January 15, 2016

Buhari orders EFCC to investigate former Service Chiefs

President Mohammadu Buhari has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate former Service Chiefs. They are Chief of Defence Staff, Air Bice Marshal Alex Badeh, former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu, among others. The president’s directive was disseminated on Friday, in a statement released by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to... Read More

Buhari, EFCC, PROBE, Service Chiefs

January 15, 2016

With This Ring: Wedding bouquet ideas

by Ada Ebunam Hullo Ladies, Enjoy below the bouquet ideas I’ve picked out for both natural and artificial bloom…

January 15, 2016

Buhari, Osinbajo, Saraki, others attend Armed Forces remembrance day celebration (PHOTOS)

President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, and other top dignitaries were present on Friday, to mark the this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration. The event took place at the National Arcade, Eagle Square Abuja. See photos below.

‘Remembrance’, armed forces, Buhari, Dogara, Osinbajo

January 15, 2016

‘Jonathan is inside the hole he threatened to throw me in’ – Oshiomhole

Adams Oshiomole, governor of Edo state has revealed that former president Goodluck Jonathan threatened him after he stated his support for Muhammadu Buhari in the heat that led up to the 2015 elections. In a meeting with APC chieftains across the three Senatorial Districts of Edo State on Thursday, January 14, Oshiomole recalled “around this time last... Read More

APC, Edo state, jonathan goodluck, PDP

January 15, 2016

Adelaja Adeoye: Saraki and the tall task of leading Nigeria’s National Assembly

Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki is one of the unassuming personalties we have in the political circuit. This predates back to his emergence as Governor of Kwara State for two terms when he first defeated an incumbent governor and later moved against his father’s wish to run for second term. He was briefly around as Special... Read More

national assembly, Saraki, senate, Senate President

January 15, 2016

Umari Ayim: Born Again (Episode 2)

The night was cold. High above the concerns and activities of humans, a thick fog spanned the horizon, and the bright silver lining of a full moon peeked through small wisps of clouds as if biding its time. In the East, a small wind lifted from the dry earth, slowly building momentum as it moved... Read More

Bonny camp, Born again, jazz song

January 15, 2016

An account of the Chibok parents’ meeting with Buhari – Aisha Yesufu

The #BringBackOurGirls group accompanied by 71 parents of the abducted Chibok girls marched on Thursday, January 14 demanding to see President Buhari. The march was geared towards galvanizing the president into taking prompt action to see to the liberation of the kidnapped girls who have been in captivity for over 640 days. As President Buhari... Read More

#BringBackOurGirls, Buhari, chibok, democracy

January 15, 2016

Health Ministry budgets N297m for ‘computer printers’, N6m for ‘computers’

by Emeka Nwankwo One of the questionable appropriations in the 2016 budget is in the Federal Ministry of Health, where the amount earmarked for computer printers is N203 million more than what was allocated for the purchase of computers. The headquarters of the Health Ministry, in its 2016 budget, plans to spend a whooping sum of... Read More

2016 budget, computer, Health Ministry, printers

January 15, 2016

‘Biafra agitation is a means of making money’ – Obasanjo

According to former President, Olusegun Obasanjo- the Biafra agitation is an industry and a money-making platform. Obasanjo said the Biafra issue was dead and has now been commercialised by certain elements. While delivering a keynote address at a public discussion on Biafra organised by Nextier Advisory in Abuja on Friday, Obasanjo said: “Biafra as a... Read More

2 dead as cultists clash, biafra, dead, Obasanjo Olusegun

January 15, 2016

Metuh pleads ‘not guilty’ to 7-count charge of corruption…

The spokesman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has been remanded in prison by a federal High Court in Abuja. Metuh also pleaded ‘not guilty’ to a seven-count charge of corruption and money laundering. He appeared in court on Friday, over 10 days after he was arrested by officials of the Economic... Read More

court, EFCC, Kuje Prison, metuh, PDP

January 15, 2016

Why cameras were barred from Chibok parents’ meeting with Buhari – Presidency

The Presidency has explained the reason why journalists were excused from the meeting of the Chibok parents and President Muhammadu Buhari, at the presidential villa on Thursday, January 14. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the cameras were sent out because ‘sensitive security information may be disclosed’ and... Read More

January 15, 2016

Dammy Krane vs Wizkid: Iyanya also accused of stealing from the Hypertek act

After the altercation at Club Quilox, between Wizkid and Dammy Krane, it appears the alleged ‘song theft’ matter hasn’t really been resolved. Dami Marshall- the daughter of popular Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshall aka Kwam- who was recently called to bar, has gotten involved in the brewing intellectual property saga. Dami, who’s a close friend to Dammy Krane, has... Read More

Dami Marshall, dammy krane, Iyanya, kwam 1, wizkid

January 15, 2016

2016 Budget: FG to spend N3bn on Aso Villa medical centre [DETAILS]

The Federal Government has several times urged Nigerians to buckle up for hard times in the coming year as the price of oil continues its downwards spiral in the global market. It would appear however, that the message of austerity preached by the Federal Government for the year 2016 will not extend to the Presidential... Read More

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2016 budget, budget, budget of yams, president buhari

January 15, 2016

2016 budget: Defence Ministry to spend N229m on auditorium renovation

by Emeka Nwankwo The expenses incurred alone on the ‘preparation of budget’ by government institutions in the 2016 national budget runs into millions. While the Ministry Of Budget and National Planning will spend about N198 million on the preparation of budgets, the Ministry of Defense has earmarked N33, 233, 363 for its preparation of budget.... Read More

2016, budget, defence ministry, Ministry of Budget

January 15, 2016

The Style Doctor: Uche Nnaji Takes Pitti Uomo – Day 1

Pitti Uomo is regarded as the most important International event for menswear and men accessories collections and for…

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