by Damilola Jagun A week after releasing her critically acclaimed third studio album, Nigerian singer, Asa, has revealed plans to hold a concert for her fans in London. The concert is scheduled to hold on Thursday, 2 October, at the Union Chapel in Islington, London, United Kingdom. Reports indicate that the London concert is among...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, was recently photographed in one of the largest and most expensive shopping malls in the UK, the Westfield Mall in London. The Alaafin travelled outside Nigeria to celebrate his 76th birthday, and he went shopping with his four wives. Royal flamboyance Several Nigerian royal fathers live...
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by Emma Chidiogo Recently, young people within the APC have been said to be decamping to the Peoples Democratic party (PDP). YNaija got top tweets from some of the affected members of the All Progressive Youth Forum (APYF). “Obviously the lack of recognition of the hard work from most APC youths by d leaders. wen u...
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by Olorunwa Lawal Super Eagles head Coach, Stephen Keshi has revealed why striker, Ikechukwu Uche, has continually been left out of the national team. According to the Big boss, Uche was supposed to be part of the Super Eagles team taking on the Red Devils of Congo this weekend, but was excluded because he has...
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by Jewel Stephen As part of a bizarre Indian tribal ritual designed to ward off evil spirit, an 18-year-old girl has married a dog to please her family who think in doing so she will rid herself of a curse they believe she carries. The girl, Mangli Munda had to walk down the aisle with a...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Following the divorce suit instituted against him by his wife, Anita Oyakhilome, founder of Christ Embassy church, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has blasted media houses, claiming their reports of the divorce proceedings are ‘false and fabricated’. Speaking through his lawyer, Mr. Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), he said the adultery allegations are being orchestrated to...
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by Kolapo Olapoju The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has confirmed that the total number of cases of the Ebola virus disease in Nigeria has risen to 18. The latest patient is the sister of the Port Harcourt doctor, Samuel Enemuo, who recently died of EVD. The Minister’s spokesperson, Dan Nwomeh, announced this and added that...
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by Laila Ibrahim Insurgents believed to be members of Boko Haram have forced out five Emirs in Borno state, from their palaces, with two other monarchs in Yobe State being displaced, following the takeover of their domains. The affected Emirs in Borno are; Shehu of Dikwa, Muhammad Ibn Shehu Masta; Emir of Gwoza, Muhammadu Ibn Mustapha Idrissa Timta; Emir of Bama, Kyari Ibn Ibrahim...
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by Azubuike Azikiwe A robbery gang of four were arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the command, for robbing early morning pedestrians and motorists in the Mile 2 area of the state. The robbers, Mutalubi Abdullahi, Ismaila Moruf, Opeyemi Akinyemi and Sarah Emmanuel, operated on commercial motorcycles (Okada), using three locally-made guns...
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Sango Ota,
Sarah Emmanuel,
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SP Abba Kyari
by Laila Ibrahim President Goodluck Jonathan will meet with the 14 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirants for the Adamawa State governorship election ticket. The PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) has said that any aspirant who refuses to attend the meeting in Abuja today, will lose the right to participate in the primary election. The...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Superstar twins, P-square haven’t had a radio interview since the last one they granted in 2011 on Beat FM. Peter and Paul Okoye say the reason for this is their busy schedule and also, a deliberate attempt to avoid overt exposure. Three years after their last radio appearance, the pair were guests...
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by Igboeli Arinze After eight years spent as Vice President of the Federation, Atiku Abubakar also known as Turakin Adamawa is set to declare that he would again run as he did in 1993, 2007 and 2011, to lead Africa’s largest democracy as president. On face value, Atiku is naturally not the typical Nigerian politician and...
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by Akan Ido Three women have been arrested and charged to court for stealing Rolex watches belonging to Las Vegas tourists. The suspects, Charmella Triggs, Bryanna Warren and Trinity Kennard were said to have stolen the items on August 17 at the Encore Hotel, Las Vegas after meeting the tourists at the hotel bar. The victims...
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by Tunji Andrews The charge on extended use of other banks’ Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) reintroduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria, which took effect from Monday, has been considered as being unnecessary by Nigerians. Below are few myths around the ATM charge implementation; 1. Bankers say paying interloping fees on behalf of customers greatly...
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by James Sambo Former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff has denied claims by Australian Stephen Davis that he is a sponsor of the extremist Boko Haram sect. Davis, who was contracted by the Federal Government to negotiate the freedom of the abducted Chibok girls with Boko Haram had claimed, in widely published interviews,...
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by Alkasim Abdulkadir The most apt metaphor of the recent actions of Stephen Davis has to be John Le Carre’s book The Tailor of Panama and the iconic character of Harry Pendel. As the tailor of the Panama’s elites including the President. He is approached by a British undercover agent to spy on the president....
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by Emmanuel Chidiogo The Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, recently hosted a group of journalists at his residence, and answered questions on the state of the nation, his disagreement with President Goodluck Jonathan, and other issues. Below are top 10 quotes from the interview; 1) In Nigeria nobody runs for president. You just sit and you become...
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by Tunji Andrews Nigeria’s electricity generation has for the last few months been enjoying a steady climb reaching a year high of 4,044 megawatts (MW). Industry experts are even expecting higher numbers in the coming months as on account of improved gas supply to generation stations and the rise in the water level at the...
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by Adedayo Ademuwagun It’s been more than two months since the election in Ekiti state, and some civil servants claim that since the elections, they have been going without pay. This week, health workers at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital threatened to strike because they hadn’t been paid for July and August. Local government workers...
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by Ife Adebayo In October 2010 at the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Congress of International Chapters held in London I gave a speech titled “Youth Involvement in African Politics”, in that speech I spoke largely about encouraging young Africans to dust off their nonchalant attitudes and get involved. Before then, I was already “doing...
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by Olusegun Adeniyi He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day! That popular street lingo, abridged from a poem by the 18thcentury British novelist and playwright, Oliver Goldsmith, was recently taken to a new low in our country: a large contingent of Nigerian troops “tactically manoeuvred” its way into Cameroon, following a...
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by Onyew Bongos-Ikwue Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 8:12pm Swirling The thoughts in my head Twirling even on my bed Sleepless That’s what I am A mess Trying to remove all the spam Depressed so much in my head You say I’m blessed But I can’t even get ahead So what’s next If you...
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by Olorunwa Lawal Former Arsenal right-back, Bacary Sagna, has revealed why he left the North-London side, for Manchester City. According to the French international, it was time to have a different experience from what he has had in his last 7 years at London. “I am 31 and this was the right time for me...
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by Buki Otuyemi Keeping a long distance relationship is not a walk in the park and it is never easy in the long run. I’m not talking about a few weeks apart from your beloved here. I’m talking months and perhaps years of no physical contact with the one you love and are dating or...
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by Damilola Jagun Konga.com recently unveiled a shopping app for the iOS platform, marking the latest step by the e-commerce giant to make online shopping convenient and accessible to everyone. Konga customers who use iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices can now shop on the go with ease and discover the hottest deals on hundreds...
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by Olorunwa Lawal World football governing body, FIFA, has given Nigeria up until Monday 8th September, to resolve issues in the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), or risked being sanctioned. FIFA had ordered the NFF to quash the election which saw Chris Giwa emerge as the winner and conduct another. In response to the directive, the...
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by Rudolf Okonkwo After taking off on March 2, 2004, over ten years ago, and travelling 6 billion kilometres, last month a European spacecraft called Rosetta orbited the nucleus of comet 67P otherwise called Churyumor Gerasimenko. It was the first man-made object to essentially catch a comet, often referred to as the solar system’s most mysterious...
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by Maxwell Fabilola Having read and researched about culture and its development (particularly our languages) for years now, I have come to the conclusion that people have no idea the abyss we are staring into or the nature of the world we are leaving for our children to endure and most people don’t seem to...
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by Isi Esene School resumption date may be reviewed by the National Council of Education as the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu hinted at a reduction in the alert level on Ebola. Chukwu who spoke with newsmen after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja based his statement on the measure so...
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by Kingsley Ahanonu As I write this, I do so with a concern over the implicit challenge to the security of my person. But nevertheless, I’ll not fret for this concern; I’ll not be perturbed in writing and writing absolutely the thoughts conjectured on the premise of the reality on ground, which though is been...
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