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January 20, 2021

FG to pay 24.3 million ‘poor Nigerians’ N729bn | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

FG to pay 24.3 million poor Nigerians N729bn The Federal Government on Tuesday, 19 January 2021 said about 24.3 million ‘poor Nigerians’ will be beneficiaries of N5,000 each for a period of six months – The Punch reports Sadiya Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, disclosed this at the inauguration... Read More
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January 19, 2021

FG releases N10bn targeted for local production of COVID-19 vaccine | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

FG releases N10bn targeted for local production of COVID-19 vaccine Minister of health, Osagie Ehanire, has stated that the federal government has approved the release of N10 billion to support local production of the COVID-19 vaccine – The Cable reports Speaking on Monday, 18 January 2021 at the press briefing of the presidential task force... Read More
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January 18, 2021

NIN: FG insist on Wednesday deadline, registration of foreign diplomats | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

NIN: FG insist on Wednesday deadline, registration of foreign diplomats The federal government has stated that the national identity number (NIN) is compulsory for diplomats who will be in the country for more than two years – The Cable reports Femi Adeluyi, the technical assistant to Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, in... Read More
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January 14, 2021

NECO: 233,000 candidates to retake missed subjects | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

NECO: 233,000 students to retake missed subjects The National Examination Council, NECO, has on Wednesday, 13 January announced the release of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (internal) results – The Punch reports According to the report, a total of 233,000 candidates, who were prevented from taking the NECO examination due to the #EndSARS protests,... Read More
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January 12, 2021

60 Lagos-Ibadan railway project workers infected with COVID-19 | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

60 Lagos-Ibadan railway project workers infected with COVID-19 Over 60 workers on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project site have been infected with COVID-19. The report was shared Monday, 11 January by Federal Government. Rotimi Amaechi, The Minister of Transportation, disclosed more details in Abuja while stating that the inauguration of the rail project would be put... Read More
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January 11, 2021

Varsities unsafe to reopen now – ASUU | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Varsities unsafe to reopen now – ASUU Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU on Sunday, 10 January 2021, assessed COVID-19 protocols for universities and other institutions and said the institutions were not ready for safe reopening. A few of the chapters of the union, in separate interviews with newsmen, commented on the... Read More
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Noise Pollution
January 8, 2021

70% of noise pollution in Lagos caused by Churches, Mosques | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

70% of noise pollution in Lagos caused by Churches, Mosques Dr Dolapo Fasawe, General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, in an interview with with newsmen talks about pollution in Lagos and measures being taken by the state government to address it. According to the GM, churches and mosques contributes to the larger factors of... Read More
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NEDC
January 7, 2021

Reps consider legalising cannabis cultivation | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Reps consider legalising cannabis cultivation The House of Representatives is purposing the legalisation of cultivating and trading of cannabis for medical and cosmetic use, research purposes as well as revenue generation for Nigeria. This is being proposed in the Cannabis Control Bill 2020, sponsored by Miriam Onuoha, which is awaiting second reading. The bill is... Read More
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COVID-19 Vaccine in Nigeria
January 6, 2021

FG expecting 42 million doses of COVID-19 Vaccine in Nigeria | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

FG expecting 42 million doses of COVID-19 Vaccine in Nigeria The federal government of Nigeria is said to be in talks with China over COVID-19 Vaccine. According to reports, FG is expecting 42 million doses of  COVID-19 vaccines to battle coronavirus in the country. Top government leaders and health workers are said to be considered... Read More
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Lai Mohammed
January 5, 2021

FG alleges support of terrorists by foreign entities | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

FG alleges support of terrorists by foreign entities Nigeria’s Information and Culture minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday, 4 January 2021 said some foreign elements including human rights groups like Amnesty International and the International Criminal Court are being used to frustrate the country’s efforts to deal with the Boko Haram menace. Lai Mohammed alleged... Read More
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January 4, 2021

Sokoto, Rivers, Oyo, ignore FG’s directives on school resumption | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Sokoto, Rivers, Oyo, ignores FG’s directives on school resumption As part of measures to reduce the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the country, the Federal Government has directed that all schools remain closed till January 18. However, some state governments have faulted the directives and insisted on early resumption on January 11. While some... Read More
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January 1, 2021

Nigeria’s debt profile rises to N32.2tn | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Nigeria’s debt profile rises to N32.2tn Nigeria’s public debt reached a total of N32.2tn at the end of September 2020. The announcement was made by the Debt Management Office Thursday, 31 December 2021. The data also indicates that Nigeria’s national debt profile rose by N1.19tn between the second and third quarters of 2020. The Minister... Read More
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December 31, 2020

YNaija Legislators’ Ranking: Here are our good, bad and worse performers for Q4, 2020

Nigerians are beginning to question the power and capability of the nation’s legislature. In the face of major insecurity, lawmakers were unable to hold the president accountable for the mismanagement of things. In fact, Members of the assembly had called on President Muhammadu Buhari, he did not show up, and they eventually resigned to ‘apologising’... Read More
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December 31, 2020

YNaija Governors’ Ranking: Makinde, Ganduje, Sanwo-Olu | Here’s how the state executives performed in Q4, 2020

A major theme that has differentiated the worst governors from the best is the management of insecurity crisis in their respective states. Most Northern leaders have shown to be, unfortunately, quite lacking in this field. Nevertheless, there were still a handful of governors worthy of praise for their significant strides in ensuring the development of... Read More
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December 31, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: #EndSARS, Don’t Rush Challenge, Don’t Leave Me Challenge… 10 Moments that broke the Internet

2020 really was that year. 20.10.2020 On October 20, between the state and federal governments, armed officers were deployed to the Lekki toll gate center where they opened fire on people who gathered to protest police brutality and demand good governance. According to Amnesty International, at least 12 people died with many more injured. The... Read More
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December 31, 2020

Sanwo-Olu budgets N500m for PLWDs, to appoint SSA on Disability Affairs | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Sanwo-Olu budgets N500m for PLWDs, to appoint SSA on Disability Affairs Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has promised to appoint a Senior Special Assistant on Disability Affairs, adding that his administration earmarked N500 million for Persons Living With Disabilities, PLWDs in the 2021 budget. Sanwo-Olu State has promised to appoint a Senior Special Assistant... Read More
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December 30, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Lekki Shootings, Buhari the unbothered…10 moments that painted Nigeria as a zoo

It is a dog-eat-dog world out here. But does it have to be? Arranged in alphabetical order. A Rapist in Government? Commissioner for Water Resources in Kogi State, Abdulmumuni Danga, brutalized and allegedly raped a lady for calling him out on Facebook. The lady, identified as Elizabeth Oyeniyi, had urged the commissioner on Facebook to... Read More
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NIMC
December 30, 2020

NIMC adopts booking system for NIN enrolment | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

NIMC adopts booking system for NIN enrolment The National Identification Management Commission, NIMC, has adopted the booking system for NIN enrolment. A statement, yesterday, by the Commission’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Kayode Adegoke, said it adopted a couple of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic while ensuring its services to Nigerians... Read More
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tragedies from 2020
December 30, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Abule-Ado explosion, Zabarmari Massacre, Rape Epidemic…10 Tragedies we won’t forget from 2020

Tragedies are constant. And in 2020, there were moments that broke our hearts immensely. From gruesome attacks to unexpected mishaps and events that claimed lives and properties, some of these tragedies raised questions about security in Nigeria. Here are 10 Tragedies we won’t forget from 2020. 1. Auno attack: On February 9, a group of... Read More
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