by Zara Mustapha The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe and his team are obviously under a lot of pressure with the mounting demand on the Goodluck Jonathan administration to bring back the hundreds of schoolgirls abducted by men suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect. After... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo The President of the United States of America, Barack Obama has spoken out on the abduction of over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno. Obama, while announcing his offer of help to the Nigerian government, said as a father of two girls he can’t imagine what the parents of the girls were... Read More
#BringBackOurGirls, abuja bomb blast, boko haram, bomb blast at abuja, corruption, employment, Goodluck Jonathan, jonathan, kidnapped girls, lagos protests, mama, media chat, new york, new york protest, Nyanya, Nyanya Bomb Blast, nyanya explosion, opinion, Patience Jonathan, peace, presidential media chat, protest hit manhattan, protest hit new york, Protests, terrorist, we will make them care, ynaija
by Cheta Nwanze ….you form a group and terrorise citizens; kill a few of them, nothing happens; kill you a few security officers, nothing happens; security agency “forgives” you, and you’re left to your devices. What is worse, the widows left behind by said security agents are left practically destitute. Then people expect the security... Read More
by Bukola Saraki Regardless of politics, creed, or ethnicity, we must continue to give our Commander-in-Chief, our military, and all our security agencies our full support. As the struggle to reunite the young schoolgirls abducted from Chibok by Boko Haram insurgents enters its third week – like many Nigerians and our well wishers around the... Read More
by Tutu Akinlabi The Nigerian entertainment industry is bursting to the seams with talented stars but some of them stand out for a totally different reason. These 10 stars have caught our eye because they are attractive and appealing and definitely sexy (at least in our opinion). Here are our 10 sexiest Nigerian celebrities (in... Read More
by Zara Mustapha The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has released a statement offering a cash reward of Fifty million Naira (N50, 000, 000.00) to anyone with vital information concerning the rescue of the abducted Chibok school girls. The force’s public relations officer,Frank Mba who made the statement added that the reward was to involve the... Read More
by Zara Mustapha An Indonesian woman who was said to have been brutally gang-raped as a punishment for having an affair with a married man could be caned in public for breaking religious laws. The unnamed widow was allegedly attacked last week when a gang of eight men broke into her home, tied her and... Read More
byJillian Michaels Treat yourself as you would someone you love. That grad-school application not coming along? Don’t berate yourself or deprive yourself of sleep or playtime. Instead, reward yourself with something like an episode of Orphan Black for every question you complete. Love and respect yourself and you will flourish. When I started planning my first live show, Maximize... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo The Future Africa Awards & Summit 2014 has been formally launched – it was launched at the closing gala for SHAPE Africa 2014 in Abuja on Tuesday, 7 May, just before the World Economic Forum on Africa begins. This will be the 9th season of the awards. “As the world focuses on... Read More
by Tutu Akinlabi 2face Idibia definitely knew what he was doing when he featured his wife, Annie, in the video for his hit track, “African Queen” and then married her years later. Annie is one beautiful and special lady and she shows off all that in this photo where she donned a hot white shirt-dress... Read More
by Zara Mustapha The World Economic Forum has named SEPLAT Petroleum Development Company Plc. a global growth company. With this recognition, SEPLAT joins a vibrant community of the world’s most dynamic, influential and high-growth companies. Companies are judged on their compliance with set criteria: growth, global corporate citizenship, executive leadership and impact on the competitive... Read More
Chairman of SEPLAT, company’s organic growth, David Aikman, domestic gas business, Dr ABC Orjiako, expansion, gas supply contract, global growth company, Head of the New Champions, independent power plant, Managing Director, power plant, SEPLAT, SEPLAT Petroleum Development Company, Seplat’s domestic gas business, underpinning, WEF, World Economic Forum
by Adeola Balogun The entire nation is still talking about some utterances made by the First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan in reaction to the kidnapping of over 200 girls in the country. Dame Patience burst into tears in a now viral video while announcing the presence of God in all we do. Her now... Read More
by Zara Mustapha A woman accused of an attempt to kidnap 3 primary school pupils in Ekoro area of Abule-Egba, Lagos was yesterday set ablaze by an angry mob. The incident occurred barely 24 hours after two primary school pupils were rescued from a suspected kidnapper at Ile-epo area of Egbe. Report said the three... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo As the world continues to clamour for the release of over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants in Chibok, Borno, another 8 girls are said to have been kidnapped. The girls, aged between 12 and 15, were reportedly taken yesterday from the village of Warabe, also in Borno. A resident of... Read More
by Zara Mustapha Some Boko Haram gunmen in armoured vehicles stormed Gamborou Ngala town in Borno state, killing at least 300 people on Monday. According to reports, a false intelligence report was given to the security forces who were deployed in that area, it said some gunmen were sighted with abducted schoolgirls moving to the Lake Chad... Read More
by Aregbesola Mobolaji He has handled the security challenge the same way past governments have handled security matters with the highest votes going to the ministry of defence and police that has not justified the huge amount to them to ensure the protection of lives and properties of the Nigerian citizens. The spate of insecurity... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo The #BringBackOurGirls cause has been marked by protests all around the world with citizens of different countries standing in solidarity with the Nigerian people. One of such protests held on Saturday at the Union Square in Manhattan, New York, the commercial nerve center of the United States of America. The report was... Read More
#BringBackOurGirls, abuja bomb blast, boko haram, bomb blast at abuja, corruption, employment, Goodluck Jonathan, jonathan, kidnapped girls, lagos protests, mama, media chat, new york, new york protest, Nyanya, Nyanya Bomb Blast, nyanya explosion, opinion, Patience Jonathan, peace, presidential media chat, protest hit manhattan, protest hit new york, Protests, terrorist, we will make them care, ynaija
by Terseer Ugbor I will encourage him to stay on and should he desire to pursue re-election, he is free to do so. Winning, however, is another story. READ: YNaija Editorial: Mr. President, we’re going to need you to resign I make an obvious suggestion, if you want President Jonathan out, I suggest you maintain... Read More
by Wokinda Saresihn Are the conspiracy theorist who says the American CIA is indirectly connected to this Boko Haram onslaught right afterall? I say is the CIA working towards making true their prediction that Nigeria will break up come 2015? Is a respectable body such as the Nigerian Army infiltrated already as alleged by some?... Read More
by Ekene Ngwu Another factor is that social media seem to be awash with millions of Nigerian youths, but a major percentage of the 100 million youths in Nigeria are either inactive or not online. From my experience during the 2011 elections, older people vote more than youths do in Nigeria and many Nigerians classified... Read More
by Collins Uma Another question nibbling away at a corner of my mind is “Where are these girls?” Some say they are in Sambisa forest and that is why our soldiers have refused to blow the place to smithereens so as to avoid collateral damage. It is no longer news that President Goodluck Jonathan is... Read More
by Solomon Uyi Osadolor There are people we love that we don’t necessarily trust. For example, those who have the misfortune of having a sibling/family member they can’t brag about know this all too well. We’re hardwired to love family, no matter what. So if you have a sibling whose nature is rather uncouth, you... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo A girl in Lagos yesterday bit off a man’s finger after she discovered that he had sold her a phone filled with stones. The girl, identified simply as Nkechi, had gone to buy a second hand BlackBerry device from Westminster Market in the Olodi-Apapa area of the state when she met one... Read More
by Henry Jacob I watched in astonishment the first lady accusing the Chibok school person of not providing adequate security for the students, that’s preposterous I exclaimed. How can a school provide adequate security if not by the police or military? I heard a staccato of gunshots close to a primary school and on turning... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo A hunter in Ogun has been arrested and charged to court after he shot and killed one Obasi John while searching for game. 40-year-old Oguntola Joel is said to have stated that he was chasing an antelope and thought he had shot one and not a human being. Oguntola was arraigned before... Read More
by Adeola Balogun A young woman in Nepal has been hospitalized after her husband allegedly poured kerosene on her and set her alight. Farid Sheikh is said to have set his 25-year-old wife ablaze after he made an attempt to extort a motorbike and water buffalo from her family. Prem Basnyat, a police official said:... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo A man in Bauchi has been convicted by a court in the state after he was found guilty of causing the death of his child. Shitu Adamu is said to have administered a chemical herbicide to his 9-month-old son leading to the latter’s death from poisoning. He was sentenced to 6 years... Read More
by Malti Bhojwani Road rage, impatience, yelling at customer service executives, staff and employees, and practically anyone, is more frequent as the temperature rises. Try to remember that you are not the only one in the sweltering heat, but everyone you come across is going through the same and carrying their own loads too.... Read More
by Perry Brimah I can imagine a small girl, who must have thought of the first sexual experience with her own husband some years to come, experiencing it now with criminals, with a man she never desired, on a bare floor of a cursed forest, an environment polluted with guns, mortars, bullets, filth, sorrows, tears... Read More