The YNaija Cover – 2nd of July

The YNaija Cover – 2nd of July

Follow the links to read our latest stories: The Big 5: Outsiders won’t take our land – Fayemi on Ruga controversy; Buhari finally fires NHIS boss Usman Yusuf | Other top stories Film Review: ”The Bling Lagosians” is great to look at, but it doesn’t say much Nigerians are trolling Rema for saying his song... Read More

Cover Stories

Buhari, Cover stories, Fayemi, nhis, Patience Jonathan, Ruga Settlement, Usman Yusuf

July 1, 2019

The Late 5: Court orders forfeiture of Patience Jonathan’s N9.2bn, $8.4m; Atiku, PDP propose 400 witnesses to challenge Buhari’s victory | Other stories

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Atiku, PDP propose 400 witnesses to challenge Buhari’s victory The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday that they had proposed to call 400 witnesses to prove their petition challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari, and... Read More

Bauchi governor, EFCC, Patience Jonathan, Ruga, Saraki, The Big 5

May 24, 2019

The Late 5: Flying Eagles demolish Qatar 4-0 in U-20 World Cup opener; Masari approves death penalty for cattle rustling, kidnapping in Katsina | Other stories

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Supreme Court uphold’s Governor Fayemi’s election The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Kayode Fayemi as the governor of Ekiti. A five-member panel of the court unanimously dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party seeking to nullify the outcome of the July 2018... Read More

Aminu Masari, death penalty, Flying Eagles, Goodluck Jonathan, katsina, Patience Jonathan, seriake dickson, The Late 5

December 13, 2018

The Big 5: ‘Army organises private burial for soldiers killed in Metele attack’; Lagos CP counters Shogunle on sex in a car | Other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today. President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday, at the first National Summit on Healthy Ageing, has said there are plans to establish regional geriatric centres at tertiary health institutions for clinical care and extend free healthcare services to Nigerians over the age of 60 years, in line with the... Read More

EFCC, healthcare for aged Nigerians, Metele attack, Nigerian Army, Patience Jonathan, Plan of Action on Healthy Ageing by 2020, sex in a car, Yemi Osinbajo

May 8, 2018

The Late 5: FG signs $45 million agreement with General Electric (GE), Ebola virus disease reported in DR Congo and other stories.

Here are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Federal Government has signed a $45 million interim phase agreement with General Electric (GE) for the concession of narrow gauge rail lines in the country. According to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, “The... Read More

Federal Ministry of Transportation, Inspector General of Police, nigerian senate, Patience Jonathan, Rotimi Amaechi

February 26, 2018

The Big 5: Patience Jonathan wants bank MDs jailed, PDP says Nigeria will sink deeper if Buhari is re-elected, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that you should monitor today. Wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to jail the Managing Directors/Chief Executive Officers of three banks for their alleged refusal to comply with the court’s order directing them to lift the restrictions placed on... Read More

Bank MDs, Buhari, Patience Jonathan, The Big 5

January 24, 2018

The Big 5: EFCC arrests Patience Jonathan’s sister, Melaye accuses NNPC of corrupt practices, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories you should be monitoring today. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu; and the former Interim National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande. The meeting was held hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo issued a... Read More

arrest, EFCC, Patience Jonathan, The Big 5

January 12, 2018

The Late 5: Yusuf Buhari discharged, Patience Jonathan loses appeal in court, and other top stories

These are the top five stories that drove conversation in Nigeria today. After a bike accident that saw him bedridden, Yusuf Buhari, son of President Muhammadu Buhari has left the hospital. Yusuf went under the knife after he was involved in an accident with his bike in Abuja. The decision of the Federal High Court... Read More

donald trump, Patience Jonathan, The Late 5, Yusuf Buhari

December 5, 2017

Court orders EFCC to unfreeze 16 accounts belonging to Patience Jonathan

A Federal High Court, Abuja, has set aside its order made on May 30, freezing 16 accounts belonging to Patience Jonathan. Highlights: Justice Binta Nyako withdrew the order on Tuesday on the grounds that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured the order to freeze the accounts but discontinued the investigation into the allegations of... Read More

EFCC, Justice Binta Nyako, Mike Ozekhome, Patience Jonathan

November 24, 2017

Stop persecuting Patience Jonathan | NANS tells EFCC

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), zone B has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is persecuting former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. Pedro Obi, coordinator of the zone spoke to reporters in Ondo on Thursday. Obi said the EFCC has refused to obey the court ruling which ordered the unfreezing of the accounts... Read More

EFCC, NANS, Patience Jonathan, persecute

November 17, 2017

Cover stories, Patience Jonathan, recovered loots, Robert Mugabe

The YNaija Cover this morning – The 17th of November

Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: Recovered loots not enough to stop foreign borrowings – FG Robert Mugabe refuses to resign after talks with military Patience Jonathan begs court to release her $5.8m and N3.5bn

Cover Stories

November 17, 2017

Patience Jonathan begs court to release her $5.8m and N3.5bn

The wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Thursday, asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside an order made on May 30, 2017, freezing her 16 separate bank accounts with the cumulative sums of $5.8 million and N3.5 billion. Highlights: As her grounds of the application, she contended that... Read More

$5.8 million, EFCC, N3.5 billion, Patience Jonathan

November 15, 2017

Court freezes N350m linked to Patience Jonathan

The Federal High Court, Lagos on Tuesday, ordered that N350 million belonging to AM-PM Global Network Ltd, in a commercial bank, be placed on temporary attachment, pending an ongoing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Highlights: Justice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari, made the order following an ex-parte application filed by the anti-graft agency. The... Read More

AM-PM Global Network Ltd, EFCC, Patience Jonathan

October 24, 2017

EFCC, Patience Jonathan, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP)

[The Activism Blog] SERAP asks NASS to withdraw directive to banks to unfreeze Patience Jonathan’s accounts

That respite will soon come for former first lady Patience Jonathan in her travails with the EFCC is a conditional statement going by the turn out of events as it relates to her frozen bank accounts. A Non-Governmental Organisation, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has joined the league of those against the unfreezing of... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

October 20, 2017

The Big 5: Jonathan accuses Buhari’s government of “lies and propaganda,” Senate to investigate Buhari’s approval of Paris Club refund, and other top stories

Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, in a scathing remark, has accused the incumbent party, All Progressive Congress (APC), of being “full of lies and propaganda.” Speaking in Abuja yesterday while receiving one of the chairmanship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prof... Read More

central bank of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, NEMA, Patience Jonathan, senate, The Big 5

October 18, 2017

How Patience used Jonathan’s aide to launder N5.1bn – Witness

A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of a former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa Tuesday, told Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, how Mr Dudafa allegedly laundered several billions of Naira for a former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. Background: Mr Dudafa is standing trial... Read More

money laundering, Patience Jonathan, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa

October 17, 2017

PROFILE: How Aisha Buhari went from First Lady to Rogue One

by Wilfred Okiche When you hang with politicians, everything is political. Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, mother of five, and unofficial first lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, for some reasons hasn’t gotten the memo. Or she has, but couldn’t care less anyway. Since the start of the Buhari administration, Aisha... Read More

Thinking Through

Aisha buhari, first lady, Patience Jonathan, President Muhammadu Buhari, profile, Rogue One

October 14, 2017

21,870 Kaduna teachers fail primary 4 test | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

$5.5 billion – President Buhari wrote to the Senate seeking approval for an external loan worth this amount. The fund will be channelled towards funding capital projects in the 2017 budget. 21,780 – About this number of primary school teachers in Kaduna took a primary 4 test and failed. N2.1 billion – An interim report... Read More

boko haram, kaduna, loan, Patience Jonathan, president buhari, primary school teachers, senate

October 13, 2017

I have spent N3.2bn helping children…Allow my mother rest in peace | Patience Jonathan tells EFCC

Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed an allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that she used her foundation, Aruera Reachout Foundation to launder stolen funds. Background: The anti-corruption agency had frozen 15 accounts belonging to the former first lady, stating that the funds were proceeds of corruption. Mrs Jonathan had filed... Read More

$1bn, EFCC, Foundation, mother, N2, Patience Jonathan

October 12, 2017

The Big 5: EFCC traces N2 billion to Patience Jonathan, Parents withdraw their children from school over Monkeypox virus, and other top stories

Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: The Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, had more than 2 cents to give about the ongoing corruption allegation in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Buhari is “treating corruption involving his men as a family affair,” Fayose said in a statement yesterday describing... Read More

Davido, EFCC, Fayose, Monkeypox, Patience Jonathan, Tagbo, The Big 5

October 12, 2017

‘EFCC uncovers N2.1bn in Patience Jonathan’s late mother’s account’

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC) has traced N2.114bn to the bank account of Magel Resort Limited, which was allegedly owned by Mrs. Patience Jonathan and her late mother, Mama Charity Oba, Punch reports. Background: The anti-corruption agency had frozen 15 accounts belonging to the former first lady, stating that the funds were proceeds of... Read More

Account, EFCC, late mother, N2.1bn, Patience Jonathan, traces

October 8, 2017

Super Eagles, Aishah Ahmad, Davido, Patience Jonathan | Here are last week’s winners and losers

From sports to politics to entertainment and even literature, here are our winners and losers from last week’s biggest newsmakers: WINNERS Super Eagles Nigeria is on its way to Russia 2018 thanks to the amazing team. After tackling the Chipolopolo of Zambia in a goalless first half, Alex Iwobi’s 73rd minute goal signed us on... Read More

Thinking Through

Aishah Ahmad, Davido, Ibe Kachikwu, Kazuo Ishiguro, Nnedi Okorafor, Patience Jonathan, super eagles, Winners and losers

October 8, 2017

Patience Jonathan was arrogant, widely disliked as First Lady – Ex-US Ambassador

A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell has said former First Lady, Patience Jonathan was flamboyant and arrogant while her husband was in power. Campbell also wondered how Mrs Jonathan who has been a civil servant all her life amassed such wealth in a piece ‘Nigerian President Buhari’s Sisyphean Efforts’. He stated, “Patience Jonathan... Read More

arrogant, disliked, John Campbell, Patience Jonathan, US ambassadir

October 6, 2017

The Big 5: Patience Jonathan slams EFCC with N2bn lawsuit; Tiwa Savage takes major L for gender based comments; and other top stories

Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: It’s payback time for former first lady Patience Jonathan. She has slammed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission with a N2billion human rights enforcement lawsuit. What could the EFCC have done to deserve this mind-boggling lawsuit? Find out all the details, here.... Read More

APC, EFCC, Patience Jonathan, PDP, The Big 5, tiwa savage, toke makinwa

October 5, 2017

Patience Jonathan files N2bn human rights suit against EFCC

Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has filed a N2 billion rights enforcement suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Background: The EFCC had frozen some accounts belonging to the former first lady, claiming that the funds were proceeds of corruption. Mrs Jonathan in a statement to President Muhammadu Buhari had said... Read More

EFCC, human right, Patience Jonathan, suit

September 29, 2017

$15.5m: Court to hear Patience Jonathan’s suit against Skye Bank, EFCC on Nov. 2

The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed November 2 for hearing in the N200m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, against Skye Bank Plc. Defendants: Defendants in the suit are a former Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa; and the Economic and Financial... Read More

$15.5m, court, EFCC, frozen, hearing, Patience Jonathan, Skye Bank

September 20, 2017

Reps have not directed banks to unfreeze Jonathan’s accounts – Gbajabiamila

Majority leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said the lower chamber has not ordered banks to unblock the accounts of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. What happened: Mrs Patience had sent a petition the House of Representatives, stating that the EFCC was after her. The Reps committee on public petition, directed six... Read More