The police in Katsina have arrested suspects connected with the kidnapping of Alhaji Musa Umar, the district head of Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown. Special Assistant to the President on Social Media Lauretta Onochie broke the news on her twitter handle on Friday. “Police in Katsina State said the suspects in connection with the abduction...
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Over the weekend, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) ruled that the International Association of Athletics Federations could demand that female athletes with Disorders of Sex Development (DSD) to go on hormone suppression medication to ensure their testorone are at normal levels at the time of competition. This ruling was in response to a...
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Tonto Dikeh‘s buzzy, tell-all interview is still reverberating through social media, wherein she countered claims made by her ex-husband Churchill Olakunle Oladunni and revealed some interesting claims of her. It’s all been sapped up by Twitter with varying perspectives, and has open conversations on how society expects women to be docile and mild-mannered, regardless of...
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On May 21, Malawians will head to the polls to vote in the general elections. As such, Mary Nkhamanyachi Chilima, whose husband Saulos Chilima is the incumbent vice president and also contesting to be the next president of the country, recently released a music video to campaign for her husband under the UTM party. She...
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Follow the links to read the story on YNaija: Five missing as gunmen invade Zamfara school Tiwa Savage’s exit marks the end of the Original Super Mavin Dynasty Anambra Assembly has passed a bill to make genotype test compulsory before marriage Tiwa Savage signs exclusive international agreement with Universal Music Group Check out...
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Here are the stories that drove conversation today: 178 reps-elect endorse Gbajabiamila for speaker Supporters of Femi Gbajabiamila say 178 newly elected members of the house of representatives have endorsed him for speakership The incoming lawmakers endorsed Gbajabiamila during a meeting in Abuja on Thursday. Gbajabiamila is the current majority leader of the house and...
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Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we...
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Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Again, house of reps summons Buhari over insecurity The House of Representatives on Thursday reinvited President Muhammadu Buhari to address the chamber on what his administration is doing about the high spate of insecurity across Nigeria. The House had unanimously on April 11, 2019, adopted a motion...
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Yesterday, May 1, our country celebrated Workers Day. This occasion presents an opportunity to consider the situation of the common man or woman in our country, the role of the labor movement in our political economy, and the undoubtedly weak state of the Nigerian economy today. Congratulations to labor and the Federal Government of Nigeria on...
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In May 2012 after a year of terrible feuding between Don Jazzy and D’Banj which led to the dissolution of the Mo Hits crew and D’Banj staying at Kanye West’s Good Music while Don Jazzy left, he started Supreme Mavin Dynasty. SMD, or Mavin Records for short was Don Jazzy’s phoenix move, his play to...
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According to Channels, five persons have been reported missing after gunmen stormed Government Girls Secondary School Moriki, Zurmi Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara. The armed men were said to have entered the school through the back fence on Wednesday with an intention to attack the school and abduct students. Confirming the incident, the Police...
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What is it about? 360 Creative Hub in partnership with Untamed Empire presents the second edition of the Fashion Acceleration Program, a program geared at training 15 fashion entrepreneurs with existing fashion businesses by exposing the to the realm business of fashion within a period of 3 months. 360 Creative Hub is a fashion hub...
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Sickle cell anemia is still a traumatic, fatal health condition and, in Nigeria, it’s associated with stigma. That said, the Anambra State House of Assembly has just passed a bill to make genotype test compulsory before marriage. The bill was sponsored by Charles Ezeani, a member of the Assembly representing Anaocha II constituency and fifteen...
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I have never attended the GTBank Food and Drink Festival, and maybe because I have always seen the event as a space for the blistering heat, sweaty mass of bodies, and dehydration. It’s like a mini Coachella with food and drinks as the main attraction, and why did I have this blip of an idea...
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Acclaimed Nigerian Singer-Songwriter was the first female Artist to be named Best African Act at the MTV EMA Awards in 2018 Universal Music Group to Market and Promote New Music to Global Audience Tiwa Savage signs with Universal Music Group in Santa Monica. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24alqih9QiM[/embedyt] Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment,...
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Follow the link to read the story on YNaija: The Big 5: 17 feared dead as bandits invade Katsina villages, destroys houses; Buhari lied about his academic credentials – Atiku tells Tribunal | Other top stories Check out other latest stories: The Late 5: Don’t reduce INEC to a tool in...
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Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Police IG reorders re-deployment of Kaduna CP, others The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the redeployment of the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police and others. This was revealed as a statement on Wednesday, which stated that the redeployment is part of...
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Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we...
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Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Ekiti APC suspends Segun Oni for alleged anti-party activities The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended the former Ekiti state governor, Segun Oni for alleged involvement in anti-party activities. The Ekiti State chapter of the party gave the suspension order in a letter dated 1st May, 2019...
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Follow the link to read the story on YNaija: The Late 5: FG secures release of Zainab Aliyu from Saudi detention; Boko Haram raids Adamawa village, kills 26, injures many | Other stories See other recent stories we brought your way: Winning! Nigerian international MBA student Abiola Orimolade breaks university record...
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On Monday, the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) in its 2019 state of the world population report, said Nigeria’s population has hit a new high of 201 million. Quickly, the government in the capacity of the National Population Commission (NPC) dismissed the report and said it was a ”mere assumption.” I’m not surprised by the...
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Here are the stories you should be monitoring today: Buhari has approved community policing – IG President Muhammed Buhari has approved the adoption of a community police system to combat growing security threats across Nigeria, the IG of Police has said. The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, made the announcement Tuesday at the Forum of...
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Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we...
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Here are the stories that drove conversation today: FG secures release of Zainab Aliyu from Saudi detention Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, has said that the Federal Government has secured the release of a Nigerian student, Zainab Aliyu, who was detained in Saudi on suspicion of drug trafficking. Zainab, a...
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Adjust your crowns because its take over time. Budweiser’s King Stitch is in full swing with award winning designers ready to take you through the process of creating a super one-of-a-kind collection specially crafted to break barriers within the Nigerian sphere. Internationally acclaimed designers, Orange Culture and Tokyo James have selected and trained a few...
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Abiola Orimolade, who is a graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife made a life changing decision in 2017 to leave the shores of his country in pursuit of further education in a country he was uncertain about. He was admitted in spring 2018 into the MBA program at Sul Ross state university in...
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Over the weekend, the police in Abuja in the capacity of the Joint Task Force raided nightclubs and arrested over seventy women, on the grounds of prostitution. Many horror stories, such as the exploitation and alleged raping of these women by the police, has riled up women on social media. I’m livid myself and from...
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Every day, I’m increasingly convinced that Nigerian politicians live in an echo chamber that prevents them from being in tune with reality. From their utterances and actions, it’s all the evidence you need. On Monday at a media parley in his Abuja office, Minister of Power Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola said that well-meaning Nigerians...
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Nigeria’s sustainability champion, Access Bank Plc., kicked off its 2-day Sustainability Summit themed ‘Financing Sustainable Development’ yesterday at its headquarters in Victoria Island, Lagos. Participants were engaged in an insightful panel session on strategies for impactful collaboration and also had the opportunity to interact with representatives of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP...
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Follow the links to read the stories on YNaija: The Late 5: Nigeria’s population now 201m – UNFPA; Dickson rejects life pension bill for lawmakers | Other stories Seun Kuti says Africans didn’t know about subjugating women until colonisation came and wow, this incredible ignorance Check out other stories we brought your...
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