by Kolapo Olapoju President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered that the Jonathan/Sambo campaign billboards, banners and posters used for the March 28th election, be removed with immediate effect. The President communicated this development on Thursday, April 23, in a statement signed by Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity. The statement reads...
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by Ranti Joseph The federal government has dragged the National Assembly before the Supreme Court over the amendment of the 1999 Constitution. The attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice, who filed the suit on behalf of the federal government, through Bayo Ojo (SAN), told the court that due process was not followed...
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by Anike Jacobs It was only a couple of months ago that Toyin Aimakhu was all over the place campaigning hard for outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan & his party PDP on social media. At the GEJ Meets 5000 Youth event which took place on March 1st, the actress kept referring to Jonathan as “Daddy” and also said...
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by Ranti Joseph The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the newly-appointed Acting Inspector-General (IG) of Police, Solomon Arase, to approach his new task with a high level of professionalism, shouldn’t delve into the kind of crass partisanship that has dragged key national institutions of state, especially the police, into the partisan fray. In a...
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by Chinwe Okafor TV presenter turned actress has been in the news recently for her false engagement. While many of her fans are still getting over being betrayed by her with the false proposition, she has decided to change the topic surrounding her to something more or less controversial than what is being reported in...
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by Anike Jacobs Media personality, Toke Makinwa has opined that the only way to move the Nigerian music industry forward is for the musicians to start thinking outside the box. During a chat with YNaija at the Nigerian entertainment conference, the OAP and Vlogger said: “Nigerian musicians need to get creative, everyone is basically doing...
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President Jonathan yesterday terminated the appointment of Mr. Suleiman Abba as the IGP and replaced him with Mr. Solomon Arase as the Acting Inspector General of Police. Solomon Arase until his appointment was the Head of the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department and possesses a CV that is sterling. With two Bachelors’ degrees and...
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by Femi Aribisala Nigerians will soon begin to realise what it means to vote against good luck. If you have been following the debate during the just-concluded elections, then I don’t need to tell you my preferred candidate was President Goodluck Jonathan and not General Buhari. I wrote quite a number of articles warning Nigerians...
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by Eky Shirley Yes, everyday people. And no, I am not about to burst into the popular “Arrested Development” song of the same title. This is a rant of very many different subjects that affect us; make that me (since they are mostly my thoughts anyway). Let’s begin! Now over the last weekend, I had...
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No worries Jonathan will hand over to Buhari May 29. ThisDay PDP says they will rebrand and regain power in 2019. YNaija Ezekwesili wants Obama to help rescue the Chibok girls. ThisDay Ikpeazu not desperate to be governor. Leadership APC taunts PDP, says if they can’t survive in opposition, quit politics. YNaija PDP wants Imo...
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by James Sambo The new Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, was officially handed over to by the sacked IGP, Suleiman Abba, on Wednesday, April 22. After the handing over, Arase gave his first official speech in his new capacity. Below are 7 quotes from the speech: 1. “My dear officers, the task of blending our acclaimed...
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by Ranti Joseph The Nigerian military said it has killed the top commanders of the Boko Haram terror group during a firefight at Alagarno, in Borno. The Director of Defence Information (DDI), Chris Olukolade, who confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday, said that the terrorist kingpin died while leading a comeback attack on the troops. “A notorious top...
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by Chinwe Okafor The heat was simply too much…. The Nigerian Entertainment Conference kicked off its third edition without any pre-event hitches. The event which had a successful first and second season, failed to replicate the ‘organisation success’ in the third edition. The entire hall was so hot that majority of the crowd were either fanning...
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by Anike Jacobs Veteran actress Joke Silva has placed a curse on the faces behind the problem of piracy that the Nigerian movie industry is facing today. In an exclusive chat with YNaija, the actress, shortly after her session at the Nigerian Entertainment Conference event in Lagos, poured out her heart about the menace of...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Patience Jonathan will be quitting as President of the African Ladies Peace Mission, two months early. She was elected the mission’s President at its seventh summit held in Abuja in July 2012 and her tenure would have expired in July 2015 when a new president would have been elected. However, she will...
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by Panshak Ibrahim Sacked Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, is ready to move on with his life. Suleiman Abba was removed as the IG of Police on Tuesday, April 21, by President Goodluck Jonathan, who immediately replaced him with Solomon Arase. On Wednesday, during his formal handover to Arase, the outgoing IG, Abba said:...
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by Azubuike Azikiwe Remember the famous “I grew up with no shoes” campaign line of President Goodluck Jonathan? It earned him a lot of votes back in 2011, when he ran for election as President for the first time. Four years down the line, the jury is still out on his performance. The incoming Governor...
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by Kolapo Olapoju The All Progressives Congress has advised members of the Peoples Democratic Party to quit politics if they cannot stand being in opposition. The party implored members and leaders of the PDP to stay in their party and rebuild it to become a very robust and strong opposition. In a statement signed by...
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by Damilola Jagun The All Progressives Congress’ candidate in Ogun-East senatorial district, Dapo Abiodun, has filed a petition before the state National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, challenging the victory of the winner, Buruji Kashamu of the Peoples Democratic Party. Abiodun argued in the petition, that Kashamu was not qualified to contest the election and that...
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by James Sambo The Peoples Democratic Party has vowed to regain power from the All Progressives Congress in 2019. The PDP lost the presidential election to the APC as well as losing the majority in the governorship, National Assembly and state Houses of Assembly elections, which made it lose the title of ruling party. Consequently,...
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by Shaka Momodu Nigeria, we hail thee, Our own dear native land, Though tribe and tongue may differ, In brotherhood we stand. As I sit down here in silent romance with my memories of Nigeria of yesteryears, a surge of emotions runs through my body. My heartbeat quickens, as over four decades of hope and...
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by Kayode Komolafe These are certainly scary times for young men and women migrating to seek better life elsewhere. The situation is more pathetic in Africa as demonstrated by two tragic developments. The two tragedies are related because they have similar socio-economic undercurrents. In South Africa xenophobic attacks, which began a few days ago, have...
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by Prince Charles Dickson Buhari is going to be faced with giving or sharing the bounty on very mundane reasons. Ministers who failed as governors, legislators who contributed nothing and persons who lost elections and others whose father and mother was former this and former that. Scientists have finally found out what’s wrong with the...
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by Soji Apampa Who will tell Mr. President that there is a need to fasten his seat belt as there is great turbulence ahead for him and key figures within his administration. Nigerians suspect that a colossal amount was spent during the just concluded general elections but figuring out even a ballpark figure would have...
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A Federal High Court has dismissed two suits seeking the disqualification of Muhammadu Buhari from the March 28 presidential election. Justice Adeniyi Ademola of Federal High Court, Abuja, struck out the two suits Wednesday. There has been controversy over the academic qualification of Mr. Buhari for the election which he eventually won. PremiumTimes The Senate...
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by Kolapo Olapoju South African cannot outrightly guarantee that there won’t be a recurrence of xenophobic attacks against foreigners in the country. This was disclosed on Wednesday, April 22, during a stakeholders’ meeting convened by President Jacob Zuma in Pretoria, South Africa. The meeting was attended by various stakeholders from government, business, sports, trade union...
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by Godwin Akanfe A prosecution witness, ACP Abdullahi Garuba, has confirmed that a court registrar, Oluronke Rosolu, accused of conspiring with others to defraud a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, visited him three times in prison. Garuba made was testifying earlier todaty at the continuation of Rosulu’s trial before Justice Lateef Lawal...
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by Kolapo Olapoju The unfolding drama in the attempt to impeach Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, has just taken a whole new dimension. A quick recap- 19 lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress, who had been on exile for months, returned to the state with the sole goal of impeaching Fayose, who has employed all forms of...
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by Kolapo Olapoju The Nigerian Senate has implored the Federal Government to drag South Africa’s Zulu King to the International Criminal Court. Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini, is believed to have ignited the recent xenophobic killings in South Africa, through a speech he gave last month, stating that foreigners were encroaching in the country, and as such,...
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by Temitope Onitiju President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has been warned to be careful of the defecting politicians from the Peoples Democratic Party. The Diocesan Bishop, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Diocese of Egba, Rt Reverend Emmanuel Adekunle, says Buhari should not to allow the defectors pollute his administration. Adekunle gave the counsel on Tuesday, April 21,...
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