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Top 5 Stories Of The Day | Senate Approves Tinubu’s $21bn External Borrowing Plan for 2025–2026

October 26, 2024

Top 5 Stories Of The Day | FG Plans 50% Tax Relief to Aid Companies Increase Workers’ Salary

Across FG plans 50% tax relief to aid companies increase workers’ salary The federal government has announced a 50% tax relief for firms that increase or provide transportation allowance to their low-income workers. The tax relief is part of the newly signed legislative bill that was created to change the Nigerian tax system. The purpose... Read More

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The Big 5: Court nullifies charge against Gbajabiamila; INEC is the most improved public service institution in Nigeria – Yakubu | Other stop stories

Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Court approves NBC, AIT/Raypower’s terms of settlement The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday adopted as its judgment, the terms of a settlement reached between the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Daar Communications Plc. The judge, Inyang Ekwo, delivered the “consent judgment” after Daar... Read More

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The Big 5: Sharia police in Kano to arrest people eating in public during Ramadan; DSS arrests commercial sex workers in Calabar | Other top stories

Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Sharia police to arrest people eating in public during Ramadan The Commander-General of Kano Hisbah, Nabahani Usman, has said from Monday when Ramadan begins, his men will begin to arrest adults seen eating in public. Usman said arrested persons would only be released upon provision... Read More

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Nigeria Police

January 30, 2019

The Big 5: Police name eight new DIGs, retire one; I have fulfilled 2015 campaign promises – Buhari | Other top stories

Here are the top stories you should be monitoring today: I have fulfilled 2015 campaign promises – Buhari President Buhari on Tuesday said he has fulfilled the campaign promises he made to Nigerians in 2015. He disclosed this while in Imo and Abia in continuation of his campaign for a second term. At the Enyimba... Read More

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Goodluck

January 13, 2018

[The Injustice Blog] Goodluck Jonathan just threw away an opportunity to sell himself to Nigerians

Former President Goodluck Jonathan was the first President to loose a re-election bid in Nigeria. Going by the results of the 2015 Presidential elections, he lost due to the gross incompetence and the impunity that defined his six year tenure as President. Less than a year after leaving office he suddenly emerged as that beautiful... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

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November 6, 2017

Fisayo Soyombo: Getting Buhari out in 2019 is not enough

by ‘Fisayo Soyombo There are numerous disgruntled Muhammadu Buhari supporters straddling the social media space. Worried by a series of controversies in a government they placed high hopes in, many of Buhari’s supporters are penitent. “Throwback to when I used my bike to campaign for Buhari preaching change. God forgive me,” one named ‘Hur’... Read More

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September 23, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: El-Rufai’s morbid fixation with the death of his political enemies

By Farooq A. Kperogi There is no doubt that Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai embodies one of the most morbidly toxic strains of political intolerance in Nigeria. He exteriorizes his discomfort with opposition by literally wishing death upon his opponents or claiming credit for their death. At a Kaduna APC stakeholders’ meeting last Saturday, he... Read More

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Three policemen arrested for allegedly looting ex-President Jonathan’s house

The Police has arrested three policemen for allegedly looting the Abuja house of former President Goodluck Jonathan. This follows reports that some policemen standing guard at the building looted the house located in Gwarimpa. It was gathered that the policemen would soon face orderly room trial after which they would be dismissed from service for... Read More

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

These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. 1. Minimum wage: Reps to cause review every five years The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, moved the process of making the review of the National Minimum Wage a periodic exercise of every five years. 2. Three policemen burnt alive by angry naval officers... Read More

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The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversations today

These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. 1. Anyone earning N30,000 can own a house under Buhari’s administration – Osinbajo Acting President Yemi Osinbajo said the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes have been very successful. 2. Senator Dino Melaye allegedly bribed election tribunal judge Akoh Ikpeme in US dollars (LISTEN) An audio tape obtained... Read More

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Peregrino Brimah: Jonathan actually defeated Boko Haram while Buhari mopped up

by Peregrino Brimah For posterity, it is important that we are honest in recording accounts of the day. When we are partial and political, we only do injustice to ourselves now and permanently to future generations. The history of Boko Haram is sad and painful and one we wish to soon forget, however it is important... Read More

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Corruption: Court adjourns Patience Jonathan’s case till May 22

by Omoleye Omoruyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till May 22, a suit seeking the final forfeiture of the sum of $5.8m belonging to Nigeria’s former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. The court had on April 26 issued an interim order for forfeiture of the sum of $5.8m belonging to Jonathan to... Read More

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Why PDP refused to take action on the release of #ChibokGirls

On Saturday, the nation was greeted with the joyful news of the release of 82 of the abducted Chibok girls. So welcome was the news around the country that it brought a lot of hope to Nigerians. The social media was abuzz as the release became a “trending topic” on Twitter. Nigerians were in a celebratory... Read More

Thinking Through

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How I rejected Jonathan’s re-election bid in the presence of Adeboye, Oyedepo – Obasanjo

by Dolapo Adelana Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has given reasons for rejecting the re-election of immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election. Obasanjo said this in a book, Against the Run of Play, written by Mr. Segun Adeniyi, Chairman of the Editorial Board of ThisDay Newspapers. The book, an account of what happened in the... Read More

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The YNaija Cover this evening – the 6th of April

Read these stories and analyses by clicking the links below: The Dummies Guide to understanding meningitis | Don’t listen to Yari or Makarfi, they don’t know jack “I don’t think Bill did anything wrong” | Trump stands solidly behind Bill O’Reilly despite sexual harassment claims Nigerians still have faith in PDP – Jonathan

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Farooq Kperogi: In 2015, I told Buhari I’d be his watchdog, not his lapdog

In last week’s column titled “Psychoanalyzing Dishonest, Low-IQ Buhari Apologists,” I quoted a sentence from my April 4, 2015 column titled “After the Euphoria, What President-elect Buhari Needs to Know” to show that I put the president on notice from the get-go that, although I supported him, I would be a critical watchdog, not a... Read More

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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 have been held spellbound. What is the cause of the drama? Comptroller-General Ali decided that all motorists must produce evidence of import duty paid on cars... Read More

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Election

Reuben Abati: Buhari’s return- Matters arising

by Reuben Abati As someone who has been in that corridor recently, I do not share the view of those who insist that President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent 50-day medical vacation was mismanaged by his handlers, up to this point. I said this much during a recent interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today with Seun Okinbaloye.... Read More

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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: https://www.instagram.com/p/BQVYpgCBIdv/?taken-by=buhari.sallau&hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/BQV6-slB1-1/?taken-by=buhari.sallau&hl=en GEJ’s clean hands Before you blame GEJ for Yakubu's criminality, So there's NO ambiguity, this was APC's position when GEJ fired Andrew Yakubu as... Read More

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January 25, 2017

Deji Adeyanju: I disagree with those wishing Buhari dead

by Deji Adeyanju I have read the rumours of the death of President Muhammadu Buhari at an unknown hospital and the reactions that have trailed those rumours with a growing sense of dismay. While the rumours have since been dispelled, it is very disconcerting to watch many Nigerians wish President Buhari ill health & death.... Read More

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Election

January 24, 2017

Reuben Abati: Once upon a time in Gambia

by Reuben Abati I have very vivid memories of my last visit to The Gambia. This was in 2013 when President Goodluck Jonathan paid a two-day visit to the country. In the course of that visit, President Jonathan commissioned the new Chancery of the Nigerian Embassy in Banjul, and also met with the Nigerian community,... Read More

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December 4, 2016

Opinion: Economic mismanagement and a bag of rice

by Undung Pam Much as I appreciate what the media has done by publicising the speech delivered by Dr Oby Ezekwesili at the Inaugural Business Lecture of the Lagos Country Club, I am still not quite certain about what that speech hoped to achieve. You see, Dr Ezekwesili did a fine job of detailing the... Read More

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November 30, 2016

YNaija Says: President Buhari, you are making it hard for people to believe in Nigeria

Back in 2015, a lot of people who were fed up with the direction of the country – the wanton corruption, the insecurity, etc – thought that you represented the change that would improve things. You talked a good game. You spoke about fighting corruption and insecurity, and you spoke about making Nigeria a country... Read More

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November 13, 2016

“Obama got what he did to Goodluck Jonathan”| Read our top 10 quotes from a most interesting week

No doubt this past week has been interesting, to say the least. From a very surprising return of the #AmericaDecides2016 to the swearing-in of Godwin Obaseki as the new Edo State governor and finally, the return of the Super Eagles in an uplifting win against Algeria on Saturday – we bring you the most notable... Read More

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November 4, 2016

Opinion: Re | Buhari, Jonathan and a redefinition of change

by Dele Awogbeoba For a while now, Nigerians have had to endure a whole stream of articles coming from the pen of a certain former adviser to the Goodluck Jonathan led Federal Government and now hanger-on and serial addition to foreign events where Goodluck Jonathan is the sole actual invitee. Omokri (a graduate from the... Read More

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November 1, 2016

The YNaija Tracklist: Supreme court strikes out suit against NFF | Nigeria loses N127b yearly to telecoms infractions | Senate approves continuation of police recruitment

From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Jonathan’s govt was not serious about defeating Boko Haram – Osinbajo – YNaija INEC excludes officials under bribery probe from elections – YNaija Senate approves continuation of police recruitment – YNaija Ondo election: Jegede, Ibrahim combined cannot defeat me – Akeredolu – YNaija How policemen tortured man to... Read More

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October 25, 2016

Re: Jonathan’s speech | Let’s talk through why Number 38 is rubbish

Yesterday, former President Goodluck Jonathan chose to reopen old wounds or put critics to shame- depends on who you ask. Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was invited to speak at Britian’s third oldest university union, Oxford University’s Oxford Union Society. Looking sharp in a black suit, and dual tone striped tie, the former president delivered his speech... Read More

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October 10, 2016

The Media Blog: Punch just took it to Buhari – and we’re bloody proud of them

Punch has been a thorn in the flesh of Presidents since Olusegun Obasanjo – their irritation crystallising with Goodluck Jonathan. Of course, straight from the backwaters of ignorance, some of his supporters assumed it was a ‘Yoruba Media’ conspiracy against a candidate from the Niger Delta. Anyone who actually pays attention knows it is embedded... Read More

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