Catch her if you can: Actress, @Tontolet flashes skin in beach photos

Endowed Ghanaian actress, Joselyn Dumas is in love with Genevieve Nnaji

by Damilola Jagun Ghanaian actress and talk-show host, Joselyn Dumas says she ‘absolutely loves’ her Nigerian colleague, Genevieve Nnaji. In a recent interview, the endowed actress, who is the face of Range Rover E-vogue in her country, gushed about her delight to be on the same platform as Nnaji, who is the ambassador for the brand... Read More

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How does this Primary school expect to attract pupils, when it can’t even spell? (LOOK)

by Damilola Jagun Education in Nigeria is in dangerous waters, as a result of outdated curriculum, poor infrastructure and facilites, and worse of all, incompetent teachers. It is a common occurence to find Primary and Secondary school pupils who cannot string together a full sentence in English, a serious cause for alarm. It becomes more... Read More

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Beauty over Brains! Miss Unilag gets a new car, while the University’s best debater gets a laptop

by Damilola Jagun In Nigeria, and sveral other parts of the world for that matter, beauty seems to earn more reward than brains. It becomes extremely discouraging for youths who are holed up in the library or laboratory studying hard, when someone who probably has little or no brain tend to get a lot more... Read More

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There’s more! Pastor Chris removed from ‘Board of Trustees’ of U.K church branch

by Kolapo Olapoju Fresh facts have emerged about the divorce controversy surrounding the founder of Believers love World (Christ Embassy), Pastor Chris Oyakhilome and enstranged wife, Anita Oyakhilome. Anita had filed for divorce from Pastor Chris in a London court, citing “unreasonable behaviour” by her husband, as the grounds for seeking dissolution of their 20-year-old... Read More

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@ElMagnificento1: The imperative of building local industrial capacity (Y! PolicyHub)

by Fortune God’sSon Alfred So I hear and read somewhere that the US is stopping Nigeria from acquiring (wrong diction) BUYING certain choice military hardware such as the Chinook, which is said to be a versatile and reliable American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter produced by Boeing. Boohoo! Am I supposed to be mad at the... Read More

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Two teachers arrested for having threesome with their teenage pupil (PICTURED)

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

@Survivor17: Let us talk about the timing of sex (Y! Superblogger)

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

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@TundeLeye: Nigeria’s oil is drying up, and when it does, this is what will happen (Y!FrontPage)

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

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I warned Ini Edo in 2007 not to marry my husband | Phillips Ehiagwina’s ex-wife, Ruth Okoro laughs last

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

@Adegbuyii: What you must have in a Nigerian Party

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

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This is not a good time to be called Bola in America | CNN goofs

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

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@ToksEro: Are we on the path to free and fair elections?

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

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She gives me peace of mind | singer 9ice gushes about new Baby Mama

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

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THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Buhari chooses to declare later | GEJ wants Lagos SO badly | Alao-Akala tries his hands on media | More stories

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

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She promised to play at my wedding – Taiwo Oshadipe’s manager recounts her last moments

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

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@MickeySunny: Don’t listen to Joseph Mbu’s stories, he is really controversial

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

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Two markets were on fire last month. Why do market fires happen?

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

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@Hembuts: Of names, missing the point and African proverbs

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

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@Hardrockyng: Nigerian police are not paid to die!

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

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@nnamdianekwe: Why Abubakar Shekau is dead!

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

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I needed money to pursue my calling | This Pastor and his gang hijacked truck with N25m goods

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

Kenneth Uwadi: How Okorocha has looted Imo dry

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

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Buhari is too old to rule Nigeria – @zebbook on #RubbinMinds

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

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No shaking GEJ, Imo’s APGA is behind you

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

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Who rocked it better? @Tontolet, @officialWaje and @funkeakindele in beach wear

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?

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“Declare your assets” || Outgoing Governor of Ekiti, @KFayemi has been served

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

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Oh no, is Bruce Jenner turning into a woman right before us? (LOOK)

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

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Today’s Daily Brief: PDP calls APC out over Ebola, Labour Party says Mimiko’s on his own, and 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

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