by Anike Jacobs English teachers Shelley Dufresne and Rachel Respess are accused of sleeping with the 17-year-old boy earlier this month after taking him to Respess’ apartment following a football game. News channel WGNO reports that the two women, teachers at Destrehan High School in Louisiana, now face charges including carnal knowledge of a juvenile,... Read More
by Buki Otuyemi Hello dearest readers, how’s your weekend been? Today’s topic came about from a conversation I had with some amazing friends a couple of weeks ago. It was about whether sex on a Monday morning is ideal/acceptable or not. Most of us did not see anything wrong in it while a couple others... Read More
by Tunde Leye Oil has not been important for a very long time. When we see the behemoth-like companies that are involved in the oil trade worldwide now, and the way the global economy seems to revolve around the price of oil, many of us will find it very difficult to believe. But oil has... Read More
by Anike Jacobs Nollywood actress, Ini Edo recently walked out of her 6-year old marriage to Philip Ehiagwina. She confirmed the crash of her marriage in a series of tweets where she said she initiated the divorce proceedings to end the marriage even though she never cheated on her husband. Her tweet also initiated the... Read More
by Tiwa Adegbuyi So I attended an engagement ceremony the day before, and it was wonderful really, but of course there are those elements which always allow it to identify properly with a typical Nigerian party. So here are the things I believe to be the requirements for a typical Nigerian family African Time: In... Read More
by S’ola Filani The Cable News Network (CNN) got it all wrong last night while running a story concerning the spread of Ebola in America. In the report, CNN mi-spelt Ebola as ‘Bola’ – a popular yoruba Nigerian name. Of course, the error is trending on the social moment at the moment. A Nigerian, @Ikhide... Read More
by Toks Ero Everywhere in the democratic world, elections are important planks on which democracies thrive. This periodic exercise gives the people on the streets the power to choose who presides over their lives and destinies. Therefore, the electorates periodically file out to exercise their civic responsibility to elect their leaders, retain those they want... Read More
by Anike Jacobs Singer cum politician 9ice has caught the love bug again. The “Gongo Aso” crooner who has been romantically linked with different ladies following his failed marriage with Toni Payne, recently welcomed his fourth child with his 3rd baby mama, Sunkanni Ajala, last month. In a new interview with CPM, he gushed about... Read More
As you count down to the February General Elections, we show you what to read and what to skip today Buhari will officially declare later. Vanguard GEJ wants Lagos SO badly. Punch While some Ijaws oppose him. Nation Battle to replace Okorocha rages on in Imo. Leadership Uduaghan too. Nation Delta PDP chiefs apparently hate... Read More
by Anike Jacobs On Friday, Taiwo Oshadipe of the gospel singing duo, Oshadipe twins sadly passed on. There have been many speculations as to why she died as some reports claim she died in her sleep. However, their manager Olu Akinsanya, in a new interview has revealed that she died from complications arising from chest-related pains... Read More
by Michael Ogundana “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” ― George Orwell If there is something so special and interesting about democracy that the people cherish the most it is Basic Human Rights. This includes freedom of speech that is the... Read More
by Adedayo Ademuwagun Every now and then a market fire happens somewhere in the country, and people lose their business and a lot of money. Many people never fully recover from these losses. Last month, there was a fire at a cattle market in Ogun state, and just three weeks before that, there had been... Read More
by Hemenseter Butu After the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 2010, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan completed his hat-trick of political ascensions. Since then, the chances that a child born to Nigerian parents will be named Goodluck have become higher than they were just a few years before. This depicted the height of a... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju The Nigerian policeman; the scruffy officer in weathered, formerly black uniforms. The men and women whose task is to protect and serve but turnaround to exploit and scare. The wide-eyed, hungry looking semi-literate officers. The gun toting recipients of uncountable 50 naira notes. The Police, who used to be ‘our friend’, but... Read More
by Nnamdi Anekwe-Chive On September 12, 2014, members of the 143 Infantry Special Forces Battalion, engaged the Boko Haram Terrorists in Konduga, during their fourth attempt at over running the town, a city that’s 40km from Maiduguri, Borno state capital. The terrorists suffered heavy casualties, including the death of a prominent commander who had been... Read More
by S’ola Filani A 56-year-old Pentecostal pastor, Peter Iyasele, and two others ─ Anthony Ibiade and Amas Debar ─ have been arrested by the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos, for hijacking a truck with N25m worth of goods in the Ijora area of Lagos. According to reports, the hijacked truck, contained 25 heavy duty outdoor... Read More
by Kenneth Uwadi Officially and publicly, Governor Okorocha has not announced his intention to remain in power beyond May 2015, his terminal period as Governor under the military imposed 1999 constitution. Notwithstanding his ostrich game on this issue, all key economic and political features and manipulations going on under the regime clearly point only in... Read More
by Godwin Akanfe A guest on YNaija’s Rubbin’ Minds, Bukola Ogunyemi, has written off the chances of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Retired General Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s presidential elections saying that Buhari was beyond the “age limit”. He said that Buhari “doesn’t have that vibrancy and is not in tune with what... Read More
by Azubuike Azikiwe The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in Imo State, has declared its support for the President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid in next year’s general elections. Party chairman in Imo state, Peter Ezeobi, made this announcement in Owerri yesterday at a rally to organise support. Ezeobi said the party is preparing and gathering... Read More
by Anike Jacobs Our Nigerian celebrities – Tonto Dikeh, Waje and Funke Akindele – hit the beach in style today. They participated in the AFFRIF beach party which held hours ago and also had actress Rita Dominic, OAP Toolz and rapper Ice Prince in attendance. So, whose beachy wear is your fave?
by Godwin Akanfe The Director of ‘Code of Conduct Bureau, in Ekiti State, Akinfolarin Feyisola, has instructed Governor Kayode Fayemi to declare his end of tenure assets before the expiration of his tenure, without fail. On Sunday, 5 October, Feyisola said that all public officers had been duly informed about the assets declaration directive. He stated that the... Read More
by Akan Ido Last time we saw Bruce Jenner, Kris Jenner’s estranged husband, he was actually a man but his appearance yesterday night in Los Angeles, California really gets us thinking. The ex-Olympic athlete radically changed his look for the Elton John concert at the Staples Centre looking almost unrecognizable. Divorce makes you do a... Read More
We deliver your news brief for Tuesday, October 5, 2014. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have responded to calls made by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop trying to take credit for the containment of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria. The APC had released a statement yesterday saying the Ebola Virus... Read More
by Isi Esene Davido is currently backstage at the Big Brother Africa House getting ready to thrill the continent. The Skelewu artiste arrived South Africa a few days ago after undertaking a tour of Europe. He posted this picture moments ago with the caption: “On In a Bit #BBAHOTSHOTS.”
by Isi Esene The Big Brother Africa Hotshots premiers today in Randburg, South Africa. YNaija.com, your favourite online news platform is live in the Rainbow Nation to bring you up-to-date information as events unfold. Tayo and Lilian are Nigeria’s representatives in the House this year. We wish them the best of luck. Here are the... Read More
by Akan Ido A woman, Eunice Ugwuozor has been stabbed to death by her son in Ubiekpo Abor community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu. The son named Uchechukwu, reportedly attacked his mother on October 2, while she was asleep. Uchechukwu who was said to be suffering from an unresolved psychological problem, then left the... Read More
by Godwin Akanfe Tunde Olatunji, the Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), in Osun State, has declared that members of the party in the state will not emulate the recent defection of Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, to the Peoples Democratic Party. Olatunji made the statement on Friday, 3 October, in Osogbo, where he... Read More
by Akan Ido The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have responded to calls made by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop trying to take credit for the containment of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria. The APC had released a statement yesterday saying the Ebola Virus spread was halted by the co-operation of all... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, has stated that the problems and enormous challenges facing Nigeria as a nation, can be traced back to 1914, during the colonial rule of the British empire. Carrington says the colonial administrator at that time, Sir Frederick Lord Lugard, is directly responsible for... Read More
by Mark Bassey They are old foes and probably will always be. On a sunny afternoon in West London, where Chelsea stretched their lead at the summit of the English Premier League by 5 points, it was more than obvious that there is no love lost between Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger. Edin Hazard netted... Read More