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Sylva spoon: EFCC discovers N1billion Abuja mansions belonging to ex-governor Timipre Sylva
by Stanley Azuakola The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) might have gotten its most damning and compelling evidence yet on the case of looting involving ex-Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva.…
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Kola Oyeneyin: Nigeria – my faith and my fear
by Kola Oyeneyin I've come to understand that after the darkest hour of the night is day break; and that there is a degree of evil that needs to exist…
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Taking Brazil ‘higher’: Female politician offers cocaine in exchange for votes
by Stanley Azuakola Carme Cristina Lima, Female, 32, Brazilian politician and nut-case should be a case study on how not to be a politician. In Nigeria, we are used to…
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Police stray bullet kills 20-year-old girl in Abuja
by Reuben Daba A 20-year-old sales girl died on Friday, after a police-fired stray bullet hit her on the chest. This happened in Abuja, during a demolition exercise by the…
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TICKER: Horrible: Doctors decapitate baby during birth and performed needless c-section to cover up blunder
A Missouri obstetrician separated a baby's head from his body during delivery and then shoved the newborn back into the mother and performed an emergency C-section to cover up the…
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TICKER: Gay couple brutally attacked for being gay (Warning: Graphic Image)
A North Carolina-based gay couple claims they were victims of a brutal hate crime that left them bruised and bloodied. As WSOCTV is reporting, Mark Little and his partner Dustin…
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TICKER: #OddWorld: Grandma arrested naked while babysitting, asks police “You want a piece of me?”
If parents only learn one lesson from watching the local news, it should be to monitor closely those people who care for their kids. Picking the wrong babysitter could get…
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TICKER: Whitney Houston’s family go to court to stop Bobby Kristina’s inheritance
Whitney Houston’s family members claim to be concerned about Houston and Bobby Brown’s only child together, Bobbi Kristina. Houston’s mother, Cissy, and sister-in-law, Marion, have gone to court to make…
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TICKER: Even J-Lo needs some help from Spanx, and she rocks! – See Photos
She's famous around the world for her womanly figure. But it seems that even Jennifer Lopez needs a bit of help when it comes to keeping her curves in check,…
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TICKER: Time Magazine releases workout photos of Paul Ryan, and well… they’re just awful
It was sort of cute to release workout pictures of Mitt Romney’s vice presidential nominee the day of the VP debate, but those pics may not be having the desired effect.…
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TICKER: Not good: Student spikes teacher’s tea with butt enhancement pills
The scary idea that just anyone could spike your drink is enough to make any of us nervous. A teacher found out the hard way just how bad kids…
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TICKER: Meet ‘The Naked Rambler’: Man who just refuses to wear clothes in public (PHOTO)
He’s known as “The Naked Rambler,” and he’s not putting his clothes on for anyone. Stephen Gough has been incarcerated numerous times for not putting on his clothes, yet…
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18 warning signs your relationship is doomed
by GirlsAskGuys Have you ever tried to salvage a relationship, only to be burned badly? Other times, no matter how hard we try, our partner is no longer interested in…
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TICKER: What!? US Republican leader: Sterilize bad parents, deport all Muslims, and execute bad kids
The Arkansas Republican who is well known for his strong opinion that all Muslims should be deported and that rebellious children should be executed has one more strong opinion; the…
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Opinion: Still on the Achebe-Awoists controversy
by Ayomitan Stevens There are so many facts now re-emerging in the public domain to strengthen the positions of both supporters and opponents, but such facts are being used not…
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Jesus is not coming soon…
by Ikenna Valentine Oje Now to you, that might sound a bit extreme.. But we all read the agreement before we signed and took up the job. It was 6.00…
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So cute: Hungry toddlers fight sleep to the losing end (WATCH)
Fighting to stay awake: The pair fight the urge to close their eyes while trying to eat. by Isi Esene Which is stronger, the urge to eat or sleep? While…
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Opinion: Northern Muslims and the Nigerian Civil War: Between Achebe and other Igbo intellectuals
by Ibraheem A. Waziri Some including Achebe are still contesting that the kill was not an Igbo carefully planned affair but rather a coup plotted against all Nigerian leaders of…
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“We will beat Liberia silly,” Mikel assures Nigerians
by Akan Ido Mikel Obi, Chelsea FC player and Super Eagles midfielder has assured Nigerians of victory in their match against the Liberian national team tomorrow at the U. J.…
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TICKER: How Super Eagles star turned me into sex slave – Tina
Tina Okpara, the teenage girl who was serially raped by Super Eagles star, Godwin Okpara, has released a book, detailing how the sexual assault went on for two years. In…
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TICKER: NEMA registers 53,489 displaced people in Delta and Anambra States
A statement signed by the head of NEMA’s public relations department, Mr. Yushau Shuaib, stated that “reliefs and rehabilitation officials of NEMA confirmed that 28,764 internally displaced people were registered…
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TICKER: Nigeria’s economy projects to overtake UK, France
With the growth rate of 7.5 per cent per annum and all other things being equal, Nigeria’s economy may overtake those of United Kingdom and France on or before 2050,…
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“We didn’t do it!” – Osun PDP denies involvement in speaker’s wife’s kidnap
by Isi Esene The Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissociated itself from any involvement in the abduction of Muibat, wife of the speaker of the State House of…
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TICKER: #Aluu4: “I watched them kill my brother” – Tekena’s sister
A sister of one of the four University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) students brutally murdered last Friday in Umuokiri village, Aluu, Rivers State, has narrated how her younger brother and…
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Disaster: “70 percent of many states have been submerged by floods” – President Jonathan
by Stanley Azuakola Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan released some startling data on Thursday in Abuja, when he said that 50 to 70 per cent of many states in the country…
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2face, Psquare, M.I, Ice Prince, Chidinma, others to walk against domestic violence
by Akan Ido The alarming rate of domestic violence and other forms of injustice has attracted the attention of top Nigerian celebrities who have resolved to come together to walk…
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Opinion: Sentiments have never built a developed nation
by Bobby Udoh The essential first step to the building of a developed Nigeria is that you and I accept responsibility for Nigeria. So far this year, we have witnessed…
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Opinion: Okafor’s Law and the rest of us
by Collins Uma There is an invisible thread that runs through these two killings: frustration with the status quo. I was going to write on something entirely different from this…
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Hauwa Gambo: Of Omojuwa and those like him (YNaija FrontPage)
But, you see, unlike Omojuwa and his passionate young friends, they actually end up doing nothing. It’s all sound and fury, signifying nonsense, masking their own impotence. They are…
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FG set to license four new airlines next year
by Stanley Azuakola This year's been one of the toughest for Nigeria's aviation sector. A plane crash, airlines going down, and what we are left with is a 'near- monopoly…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy