Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has categorically denied the insinuations that members of the Constitution amendment Committee of the 7th Senate, pocketed N8 billion. Ekweremadu, who was chairman of the committee during the last Senate, says the claims that public funds was pocketed, is ‘a figment of the imagination of those behind the report.’ This was disclosed in...
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Members of the Muslim sect, Shiite have taken to the streets of Bauchi, Potiskum in Yobe State and Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State to protest the death of its members following Saturday’s clash between the group and the Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna state. After the clash, the army claimed that members of the group attempted to assassinate...
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Forbes’ annual list of highest-paid musicians has been released, and as one might expect, pop stars took the top slots. According to Forbes, the highest paid musicians of 2015 is Katy Perry, who earned $135 million, largely from touring. Other names in the top 10 include One Direction, Garth Brooks, The Eagles, Calvin Harris, Diddy...
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The most anticipated TPL Event of 2015 is billed to hold at Campos Mini Stadium, Lagos Island on Saturday the 19th of December. Kick off Time is 10 am prompt with a rendition of the national anthem in concert with a military parade in honour of the Thank A Soldier online campaign. The bragging and social...
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It is the end of the year once again and YNaija presents the annual list of the top 10 books released in 2015. From trusted hands knocking it out of the park as expected, to relative newcomers displaying stunning depths of talent, our notable books are an interesting bunch. Go set a watchman- Harper Lee...
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Bloggers can sometimes have no chill, and Davido got a full dose on Sunday morning. A South African lady friend of Davido, named Agnes Masogange, posted on Instagram, pictures of his chain and a pregnancy tool kit which she later deleted- but not before many conjectured it to mean she was pregnant for the HKN...
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Former Senate President, Senator David Mark, who is campaigning for rerun election in the forthcoming Benue senatorial rerun election has warned all external forces to stay away from the election. Mark said the people are ready to reject any attempt to carry out a manipulation of the process. Speaking on Saturday, at the palace of the...
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The BET Africa Experience concert took place at the 20,000 capacity Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg on Saturday, December 12th, 2015. It was a night of high power performances from top billing artistes which included American trap star, Young Thug, our very own Flavour, AKA, Diamond Platinumz and a host of others. Here are pictures from the night. ...
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I have been reading some depressing stories about the state of the Obafemi Awolowo University, formerly University of Ife, which provide an equally depressing metaphor for the state of higher education in Nigeria. Great Ife, known to its staff, students and alumni, is probably Nigeria’s first model university in every respect. Its major competitors were...
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Iyorchia Ayu, who was Director-General of ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo’s 1999 presidential campaign has confirmed that he received money from Former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.. As the investigation into the alleged $2 billion arms deal scam widens, several names have been thrown into the mix as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission attempts to follow...
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The federal government has revealed that no Itsekiri native was implicated in the ongoing investigation into the diversion of arms funds by the last administration. Several politicians, industrialists, traditional rulers and religious leaders in attendance as the 20th Olu of Warri, Ikenwoli Gbesimi Emiko 1 was crowned on Saturday in coastal Ode-Itsekiri, Delta State. The president of the country,...
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According to the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (2016-2018) sent by the president to the National Assembly, the Federal Government has spent N3.42tn out of the total N4.493tn spending approved in the 2015 budget in nine months. The spending of the government in the last nine months have largely been on recurrent expenditures while...
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This year started with a lot of expectations for me, I was ready to make up for lost time after having a baby in 2014. Then the reality of things not happening as fast as I wanted hit me. My expectations and the excitement of a new year fast dwindled, but that didn’t last long...
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The Nigerian premiere of the Beasts of no Nation took place on Saturday night, at the Silverbird Galleria in Victoria Island, Lagos. Hollywood movie star, Idris Elba, who is the lead actor in the Netflix original movie, was the main attraction on the night. An array of Nollywood and music stars, which include: Genevieve Nnaji, D’banj, Juliet...
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Some public figures who have been implicated in the $2.1bn arms fund scandal have reportedly reached out to former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to wade in and help their plight. According to Punch, these group of prominent Nigerians who received funds from the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, want soft landing with their prosecution. The reports states that ‘a trusted aide’ of Obasanjo...
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Former governor of Bayelsa state and the governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in last weekend’s inconclusive governorship election, Timipre Sylva, may have been left in the cold, to fight his battle alone. The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared the Bayelsa governorship election inconclusive on the basis of widespread irregularities in Southern Ijaw...
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Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has revealed that the Nigerian Tribune and Peoples’ Daily were part of the beneficiaries of the N670,000,000 received from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. NPAN however, revealed that both newspaper houses have failed to pick up their cheques at its secretariat. In the case of...
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For those of you battling with stretchmarks caused by creams, weight gain, pregnancy, there’s a new cure, it’s very effective for fading stretchmarks within 30-90days. It does more than that, it exfoliatesyour skin to give you smooth, fresh and bright skin tone, treats pimples, spots as well. It doesn’t bleach or darken the skin. Try...
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The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says the federal government should start seeing Radio Biafra Director, Nnamdi Kanu as someone that can be dialogued with. Bishop Kukah advised President Buhari to attempt to work with Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), rather than prosecute him. Speaking at the 41st Convocation...
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Former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda, has revealed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he disbursed N600million cash to six chairmen of the Contact and Mobilisation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2015 general election. Yuguda said the recipients of the funds were: Bode George (South-West); Amb. Yerima Abdullahi...
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The Nigeria U-23 team has defeated Algeria to win the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, holding in Dakar, Senegal. The Dream Team VI thrashed Algeria 2-1 on Saturday at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium, to lift the trophy of the second edition of the tournament. Oghenekaro Etebo scored two goals for the Nigerian team in the first half while Segun Oduduwa...
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The Itsekiri nation of Delta State has crowned a new monarch, His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Ikenwoli I, as the 20th Olu Of Warri. The ceremony, which took place on Saturday, was a convergence of prominent public figures. A few of those present include: All Progressives Congress national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and Minister of State for Petroleum,...
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The Nigerian premiere of the Beasts of no Nation is ongoing at the Silverbird Galleria in Victoria Island, Lagos. Idris Elba, the lead actor in the Netflix original movie, is obviously the main attraction at the event. So irresistible is Idris Elba’s star power that former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala requested a hug from...
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The Shi’a Islamic Movement has accused the Nigerian Army of peddling the ‘lie of the decade’ by alleging that the group attempted to assassinated the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai. Earlier on Saturday, the Army and the Shiite Muslims clashed at the movement’s headquarters- Hussainia Baqeeyatullah- in the PZ area of Zaria. Several people have...
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As the sometimes turbulent, sometimes complicated year comes to an end, we reflect on significant events that have shaken the earth to its very foundation and moved nations to tears. From the horrendous impacts of the two Paris attacks to the old power tussle between the United States and Russia as well as the continued global menace of...
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The Nigerian Army has described Saturday’s confrontation with the Shiite Sect as a deliberate attempt to assassinate the Chief of Army Staff and officers in his convoy. The Army, reacting to the incidence which claimed the lives of 7 Shi’a Muslims, said the sect members were acting under the instruction of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky....
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Commander of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo known as Tompolo, says he’s being harassed by the federal government over his refusal to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tompolo said on Saturday, that the EFCC gave a misleading information that he is evading summon. The former militant leader said he’s taken...
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The newly appointed transition committee chairman of Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State, Hosea Azi has been abducted and murdered by suspected kidnappers on Saturday abducted and killed. According to Premium Times, family sources on Saturday revealed that Azi was kidnapped on Friday evening along Miango road, in Kufang, near former NYSC Secretariat...
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Womenswear brand MAJU releases its Holiday collection 10 days before its Lagos Shopping Party. Maju, known for its fe…
Seven people were killed on Saturday, during a firefight between the Nigerian Army and members of the Shi’a Muslim sect, in Zaria, Kaduna. The official Twitter account of the Nigerian Army says members of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky’s Shi’a Muslim group attempted to assassinate the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai. Shiites attempt to assassinate the Chief of Army...
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