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‘It’s difficult to do business in Nigeria in 2016… than in 2015’ – World Bank

It is difficult to do business in Nigeria in 2016 than it was in 2015, the World Bank ‘Doing Business Report’ opines. However, the report also states that Nigeria moved up a spot from its position last year, in the ‘ease of doing business’ ranking. Out of 189 countries surveyed, Nigeria ranked at 169th with... Read More

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#30Days30Voices

‘People will not come into the church… if the economy fails to improve’ – Ambode

The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday, said the attendance rate in Nigerian churches is heavily dependent on the economy of the nation. Consequently, he urged religious leaders to pray fervently for the country, so that the welfare of the people who attend churches can improve. The governor spoke on Monday while declaring... Read More

Church, economy, nigeria, prosperity

‘We’ve waited one year for this government to perform’ | Labour leaders blow hot

Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, during the celebration of the Workers Day, declared that the country’s labor force is losing faith in the supposed change the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration promised Nigerians. The general consensus of the labour leaders as they delivered speeches at the May Day rallies, was that even after one year of... Read More

Buhari, economy, hardship, labor congress, nigeria, workers day

EFCC raids Yola Government House, arrests Chief of Staff

A Chief of Staff of Muhammadu Jibrilla, Adamawa state governor has reportedly been arrested by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged scam. The aide, AbdurRahman Abba Jimeta is said to be involved in a scam totaling up to over N2.88 billion slated for the renovation of Yola International hotel which... Read More

adamawa, corruption, EFCC, nigeria, Yola

‘We received N2.5m from Nigerians for #OccupyNASS’ – CUPS

The Citizens United for Peace and Stability, has revealed that it received N2, 585,531 from ‘patriotic Nigerians’ to fund the #OccupyNASS movement. The 3-day protest of #OccupyNASS at the National Assembly was called off on Friday, April 29. Some of the demands made by CUPS while the protest lasted, were; the immediate resignation of the... Read More

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Vincent Enyeama quits the Nigerian senior national team || YNaija.com

‘Nigerians should beg Enyeama’ – Taribo West

Pastor Taribo West, a former Super Eagles player, has advised Nigerians to beg goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama to return to the National team. Enyeama, who plays his club football for Lille, in France, retired from the Super Eagles as a result of a bitter disagreement with former coach, Sunday Oliseh. Taribo told Punch Newspapers that the... Read More

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Ezekwesili to Buhari: ‘What didn’t work in 1984 can’t be a solution today’

A former Minister of Education and co-convener of BBOG advocacy group, Oby Ezekwesili, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is trying to impose on the Nigerian state, the same economic policies that failed him during his military regime of 1984. Ezekwesili said the ‘archaic’ and ‘opaque’ economic principles of Buhari have led to the suffering of... Read More

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YNaija Editorial: Fulani herdsmen and the looming reprisal attacks

For the past few months, Benue State in the North-Central part of Nigeria has been largely restive with attacks on villages by persons said to be marauding herdsmen; the most affected of these areas has been Agatu Local Government where over 300 persons were killed and thousands displaced. There have also been sporadic clashes involving... Read More

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‘We can’t say whether Fulani herdsmen are Nigerians or not’ – NIS

There is no evidence to prove that the herdsmen involved in the killing of farmers and villagers across the country are immigrants who come into Nigeria from neighbouring countries, says the Nigeria Immigration Service. According to the NIS spokesperson, Ekpedeme King, the Service can’t conclude on the nationalities of the herdsmen, as the agency hasn’t... Read More

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Being a Police in Nigeria is difficult – IGP Arase

The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, on Friday, stated that the Nigerian police cannot effectively provide security to all Nigerians due to inadequate funding and number of personnel. Arase stated this while delivering a public lecture on: ‘Police and Public Partnership in prevention and control of violent crime and conflicts in Nigeria” at the... Read More

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#OccupyNASS declared a ‘resounding success’… but what was achieved?

The Citizens United for Peace and Stability has called off the OccupyNASS protest after the convener, Bunmi Awoyemi declared that a ‘resounding success’ was recorded from the 3-day protest. The tents as well as other kits set up for the duration of the protest, would be brought down while the protesters would leave the main... Read More

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#OccupyNASS protest called off

The leader of the Citizens United for Peace and Stability, Bunmi Awoyemi, who convened the protest at the National Assembly tagged #OcuppyNASS has called off the protest. Awoyemi, while speaking during a press conference, revealed that the protest would be discontinued on the evening of Thursday, April 29. Speaking further on the purpose of the... Read More

Abuja, nigeria, OccupyNASS, protest, senate

OPENNASS

Senate preaches ‘Made-in-Nigeria’, yet shuns locally made, cheaper SUVs

Local automobile manufacturers are livid with the Nigerian Senate for its decision to purchase imported Sport Utility Vehicles at the detriment of Nigeria-assembled SUVs. The Senate intends to spend about N3.9bn to purchase 108 SUVs for the senators, at a unit cost of N36.5m. Chairman, Nigerian Automotive Manufacturers Association, Tokunbo Aromolaran, however says the Senate... Read More

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No work on Monday – FG

Monday, May 2, has been announced as a public holiday to commemorate the 2016 Workers’ Day Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), announced this on Thursday, April 28, on behalf of the Federal Government. In the statement which was released by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Bassey Akpanyung, Nigerian workers... Read More

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REPORT: Death, destruction and the herdsmen

The following is a report conducted by SB Morgen, on the menace of Fulani herdsmen. Introduction In the early hours of Monday, April 25th, 2016, destruction was unleashed upon Ukpabi-Nimbo, a sleepy village in Uzo-Uwani LGA of Enugu State. Scores of heavily armed Fulani herdsmen executed a ferocious attack on the community, killing dozens and... Read More

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Mahmud Yakubu is the new INEC Chairman | YNaija.com

‘Elections in Nigeria are much better, votes now count’ – INEC chairman

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, says that having two strong political parties is good for the country’s democracy because they make elections competitive. Yakubu, while addressing journalists at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja on Wednesday, April 27, said that going by the tight margin between the... Read More

2019, Bayelsa, elections, INEC, nigeria

Opinion: Fighting corruption is not enough, Mr President

As I have always pointed out in most of my writings, it is no more news that the ultimate mission of Buhari’s government is to fight the Kilimanjaro height of corruption in this country. To speak the truth, corruption is the cankerworm that has eaten so deep into our fabrics that needs serious extermination which... Read More

Buhari, corruption, country, Fighting, nigeria

Nuclear power is dangerous for Nigeria – Shehu Sani

Senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Senator Shehu Sani has advised the Federal Government to be careful before choosing to invest in nuclear power. Revealing that N2 billion has been allocated for the construction of nuclear station in the 2016 budget, he stressed that Nigeria as a country is not ready for nuclear power. He... Read More

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Opinion: Innocent Okonjo-Iweala and the desperate ones

The direction of Nigeria’s socio-political environment saddens my heart. Politicians from all sides have decided to adopt a destructive political system that is inimical to the progress of the country. Hardly can one identify in our political system a genuine technocrat. Among the so-called politicians, it is very difficult to identify those genuinely interested in... Read More

economy, finances, nigeria, Okonjo-Iweala, opinion

The police can now arrest you for buying fuel in jerrycans

Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has instructed all Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General as well as FCT/State Commands Commissioners of Police to arrest anyone found selling petrol or other petroleum products in plastic containers. According to the directive which was issued by Arase on Monday, April 26, the police said apart from the hardship black... Read More

crime. nation, fuel scarcity, nigeria, petrol, police

Saraki, Ekweremadu, others to meet with Buhari over budget controversy

A lasting solution to the standoff between the National Assembly and the Presidency on the 2016 budget, might soon be found. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, alongside other senators will on Tuesday, April 26 meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss and find a solution to the controversy surrounding the 2016 Appropriation Bill. The meeting is... Read More

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Isime Esene: Counting the cost of coal mining in Nigeria (YNaija Long Read)

While many people were shocked to see Peabody Energy, the world’s largest privately owned coal producer file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy a few days ago, industry experts had for some time seen it coming – a few more discerning industry watchers almost expected it. There’s a higher demand for natural gas in the world’s most... Read More

Coal, Energy, enugu, nigeria, Renewable energy

BREAKING: Fulani herdsmen attack village in Enugu, many feared dead

Natives of Ukpabi, Nimbo in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State have reportedly fled to neighboring communities of Nkpologu and Uvuru following a brutal attack by suspected Fulani Herdsmen which left scores dead. The herdsmen reportedly invaded the communities in the early hours of Monday, April 25 with the intent to kill and destroy... Read More

death, enugu, Fulani herdsmen, nigeria, police, violence

Governor Fayose declares 3 day mourning for dead medical doctors

Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has declared 3 days of mourning in the state following the death of six officials of the Nigeria Medical Association, Ekiti state chapter and a driver in a ghastly motor accident on Sunday, April 24 a few kilometres to Kaduna on their way to Sokoto to attend Nigerian Medical... Read More

accidents, death, Ekiti State, Fayose, Governor, Medical association, nigeria, state

Opinion: Violence in Nigeria; causes, effects and solutions

Violence in Nigeria in its various forms has evolved over the decades; from use of traditional weapons, charms and hamlets, violence in Nigeria has taken sophisticated dimension. Political, electoral, religious, ethnic/tribal, cultism and other forms of violence are dominant in the Nigerian society, at varying degrees. Each region in Nigeria has its peculiar form of... Read More

cause, effects, nigeria, violence

‘Change sometimes comes with pain’ – Presidency

The Presidency has said that achieving ‘change’ is not an overnight process and that it can sometimes be painful. This statement was made on Sunday by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. He disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered for the release of 10,000 tons of grains from the national... Read More

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Forex: How Nigeria lost $10bn in 4 months to ‘unlicensed currency hawkers’

As a result of the limitations on forex by the federal government, Nigerian banks are reportedly redirecting dollar from licensed Bureaux De Change operators to unlicensed currency sellers in a dubious effort to make profit. According to an investigation conducted by The Nation, the country has lost about $10 billion from such practices in the... Read More

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Reuben Abati: Confronting the curse of oil… and the failure of Nigerian leaders

The monthly Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting was held the other day in Abuja, with the representatives of state governments again cap in hand, asking for their share of federal revenue – read: oil revenue, or better still, national cake, or our money. A paragraph in the report by the online newspaper, Premium Times,... Read More

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Suicide bomber detonates IED, blows off private parts (VIEWER DISCRETION)

A potential Boko Haram suicide bomber on Saturday morning, detonated his explosives which were strapped around his lower body region – in order to evade arrest. Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, released a statement to this effect. The bomber was reportedly heading to Ummarari village, in Borno, to carry out an... Read More

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Why US wasn’t committed to Boko Haram war under Jonathan

The U.S Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, Samantha Power, who is currently in Nigeria, has stated that the United States of America was skeptical of Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram terrorism. Powers revealed this during a press conference at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), while rounding off her visits to Internally Displaced Persons... Read More

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