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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Over 100 Dead, Dozens Missing in Niger State Flood

YNaija May 31, 2025

“Diezani sent someone to New York to offer me a bribe” – Sowore Omoyele alleges on ‘Is It Your Money?’ docu-series

Publisher and presidential candidate, Sowore Omoyele has alleged that former oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke sent someone to offer him a bribe in New York during her time as minister to…

YNaija May 12, 2025

Independent journalism under threat: The Diezani documentary case

Chude Jideonwo, journalist and filmmaker, is currently facing legal action from former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in connection with his four-part docuseries, Is It Your Money? The series,…

YNaija May 5, 2025

Widely anticipated Diezani documentary ‘Is It Your Money?’ is finally released – now streaming on withChude.com

One year after its viral teaser was released, prompting conversation around the region and becoming a top trending topic on Twitter, West Africa’s largest factual content studio, Chude Jideonwo Presents…

Op-ed Editor August 11, 2020

Corruption nor balance: Diezani face massive criticism over ‘Yahoo boy’ comment | The #YNaijaCover

Op-Ed Editor May 15, 2020

House of Diezani – The #YNaijaCover

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over a building forfeited by Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum, as an isolation centre. The property consisting six flats of…

Bernard Dayo July 29, 2019

The Big 5: INEC opens defense on Atiku’s petition; Don’t reappoint Ngige as Labour minister, NLC warns Buhari | Other top stories

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Three Nigerians ask Supreme Court to nullify Buhari's election for allegedly lying on oath Three Nigerians have filed a suit at the…

Op-ed Editor October 13, 2017

Opinion: These Nigerian ‘heroes’ deserve our accolades

by Raphael Esu Nigeria, as we know it, is blessed with outstanding leaders. We are a fortunate nation in that regard and it does not get better than…

Op-ed Editor September 28, 2017

Olusegun Adeniyi: President Buhari has proven his critics right

by Olusegun Adeniyi When on 19th April this year President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr David Babachir Lawal and…

Samuel Okike September 25, 2017

The Big 5: Federal Government to prosecute over 2,500 Boko Haram members; Idyl wins The Voice Nigeria; and other top stories

Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: The Federal Government has announced its plan for a "special prosecution" of at least 2,541 suspected Boko…

Op-ed Editor August 30, 2017

Could Malami and Magu’s feud derail the Diezani case?

by Alexander O. Onukwe The EFCC has been accused of performing badly in anti-corruption trials because of their reliance on negative media reports. This reason was given by the Minister…

Op-ed Editor August 29, 2017

Why our mumu suppose don do for ASUU strike, not Diezani

by Alexander O. Onukwe The Our Mumu Don Do movement decided it was going to take a 21-day break after its #ResumeorResign protests met with sprinkles of violent pushback. Charly…

Roqeebah August 14, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 14th of August

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Roqeebah August 14, 2017

This is literally everything you need to know about Diezani Alison-Madueke’s expensive “crimes”

Everywhere you turn, there's she is, looking like she could not have managed a quarter o all the allegations heaped against her. You turn on your TV screen, your computer,…

Roqeebah August 13, 2017

[The Media Blog] And no, NEXT’s Diezani story was not “the peak of journalism in Nigeria”

No, we aren't done with the Dele Olojede interview. Not when we haven't corrected the claim that the said Diezani story was "the peak of journalism in Nigeria." So what…

Omoleye Omoruyi June 22, 2017

The YNaija Tracklist: Nigeria’s population to overtake US by 2050 | Trump touts promises kept, victories to come | More stories

From the papers, a track list. Nigeria's population to overtake US by 2050 – UN - YNaija We will crush APC in 2018 – Fayose - YNaija Nigeria's unity is…

Omoleye Omoruyi May 11, 2017

#DiezaniGate: INEC staff remanded in prison for N111.5m bribe

by Omoleye Omoruyi A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, has ordered the duo of Uluocha Brown, an Administrative Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),…

Editor April 14, 2017

Insiders: The Malabu figures are lies only to be taken seriously by illiterates

The Malabu oil scandal has pitched the Insiders into two camps of those that are for investigations and those that just see this as another media trial and propaganda. “The…

Editor April 12, 2017

EXPLAINER: What exactly is the Malabu Oil controversy and how did it come to be?

The Malabu Oil controversy is not exactly breaking news as it has raged on and off for more than a decade. But from time to time, a new piece of…

Op-ed Editor March 22, 2017

The Thread: Hameed Ali is a metaphor for the APC administration- power drunk

There is an ongoing drama at the NASS theatre starring Hameed Ali, the Nigerian Customs boss, Dino Melaye and other members of the Senate. We are not just starstruck, we…

Op-ed Editor February 13, 2017

Feyi Fawehinmi: Everybody in NNPC is a thief [A polemic]

by Feyi Fawehinmi Following the story about Andrew Yakubu and his dollar stash, I went on a twitter rant (deliberately trying to be provocative). Naturally a lot of…

Editor February 11, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 11th of February

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Op-ed Editor February 11, 2017

The Thread: Twitter reacts in shock over $9.8M stash owned by former GMD NNPC, Andrew Yakubu

The EFCC recovered a stash of 9.8 million dollars supposedly belonging to Andrew Yakubu, the former General Managing Director of NNPC, and Twitter has been in shock. See below: ;

Azeez December 11, 2016

Diezanigate: EFCC submits reports on corrupt INEC officials

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released a report to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on electoral officers who allegedly shared out of N23bn disbursed by former…

Mazi Emeka July 20, 2016

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories that you should monitor today Police interrogate Bishop ‘for sponsoring Niger Delta Avengers’ The Delta State Police Command has interrogated the presiding bishop of…

Mazi Emeka June 13, 2016

The late 5: These are the stories that drove the conversation today

These are the top five stories that drove the conversation today. 1. Sheriff and supporters storm PDP secretariat Sacked National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some of…

Adebayo Emuleomo June 10, 2016

Report: Over N1bn already recovered from Diezani’s election largesse

Nigeria has recovered over N1 billion illegally disbursed during the 2015 general elections to some former ministers, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders and coordinators of some…

Mazi Emeka June 8, 2016

Top PDP leaders, 2 ex-ministers arrested

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday and Tuesday, arrested two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and two former Ministers, the Punch reports. The top politicians…

Adebayo Emuleomo May 28, 2016

Opinion: Who is afraid of Fani-Kayode?

By Jude Ndukwe The current travails of Femi Fani-Kayode in the hands of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had long been expected. In fact, with developments leading to…

Adebayo Emuleomo May 23, 2016

EFCC sneaks Fani-Kayode to Lagos to obtain ‘shady’ remand warrant

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been accused of trampling on the fundamental human rights of detained former spokesperson of President Goodluck Jonatha, Femi Fani-Kayode. The anti-graft agency…

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