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April 25, 2018

The Big 5: APC governors adopt President Buhari as consensus candidate, Salah torments his old club in the Champions League and other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, called on Churches for religious tolerance and prayers for those in government to overcome numerous challenges facing the nation. Osinbajo, who made the remark at the inauguration of the Deeper Life Bible Church new Headquarters Auditorium, Gbagada, Lagos, said that... Read More
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Mace
April 21, 2018

Mace theft from the Nigerian Senate, President Buhari’s comment about Nigerian youth and other stories that made headlines this week

These are the top ten stories that drove conversation this week. Award-winning author, Chimamanda Adichie revealed that she was sexually abused by a powerful media man as a teenager. The award-winning author made this known during an address at the Stockholm Forum for Gender Equality. Adichie narrated that she wrote a book of poems and thought... Read More
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April 16, 2018

The Late 5: President Buhari says his focus is on his 3-pronged agenda not 2019 elections, Black Panther actor embarrassed by nude video and other top stories

These are the stories that drove conversation today. President Muhammadu Buhari Monday, said that his administration is more preoccupied with the three-pronged focus of the current administration than the 2019 presidential elections. Speaking in a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister, Theresa May on Monday, President Buhari explained that he is still more bothered about security and the... Read More
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April 12, 2018

The Big 5: President Buhari links Muammar Gaddafi to the killer-herdsmen, Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed asks protesters for patience and other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today. President Muhammadu Buhari while meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, on Wednesday, linked the killer-herdsmen to the late Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, The Nation reports.  Responding to Welby’s comment on the herdsmen and farmers’ clashes in some parts of the country, Buhari said, “The problem... Read More
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April 11, 2018

The Big 5: President Buhari makes 23 new appointments, Roma stun Barcelona to reach the UCL semis and other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today. Some Nigerians living in London yesterday protested against President Muhammadu Buhari. The protesters stormed the Abuja House in Kensington London, where the President is staying, blaming him for the nation’s problems. The protesters said they would take their action to the venue of the Commonwealth Heads... Read More
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April 10, 2018

President Buhari does not deserve to be re-elected – Prof Kingsley Moghalu

Presidential candidate and former deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria has reiterated the need for a paradigm shift in Nigerian politics, stating that based on an objective assessment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s failed performance, he does not deserve to be re-elected by Nigerians for a second term. Speaking in a statement after a confirmation... Read More
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April 9, 2018

The Big 5: President Buhari leaves for UK, Hungary’s Viktor Orban wins third term and other top stories

These are the stories from Nigeria you should be monitoring today. Senate President Bukola Saraki has approved the appointment of Abubakar Danladi as his Special Adviser on Special Duties. The appointment was announced through a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Senate President, Yusuph Olaniyonu, on Sunday. The appointment takes immediate... Read More
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April 5, 2018

The Big 5: President Buhari approves $1bn to fight insecurity, former Brazil president faces jail for corruption and other top stories

These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. The tenure extension for the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has been reversed. At a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Villa, some of the governors, including Plateau’s Simon Lalong, who was appointed by Oyegun to head the technical... Read More
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March 29, 2018

Martin Luther King award scam: Yes, it is a scam and the Presidency should be ashamed

  In communicating the receipt of a leadership award from “the MLK family”, President Buhari’s media team (or whoever posted those photos on Twitter) had a clear intention: to associate the integrity and legacy of the late civil rights activist with the Nigerian president. 2018 is a commemorative year for the Martin Luther King Jr... Read More
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March 18, 2018

The Late 5: Mamora ‘rejects’ Buhari’s appointment, Putin secures fourth term as Russian leader, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. Former senator, Olurunnimbe Mamora, has rejected his appointment as the Chairman of the Abuja Investment and Infrastructure Centre. According to Punch, Mamora, who was Deputy Director-General of the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation during the 2015 presidential election, was nominated by the President. It was learnt that a... Read More
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March 17, 2018

PDP Chair, Uche Secondus gives reasons why we must celebrate James Ibori; President Buhari and the ‘IGP’s failure’ to obey an order and, other stories that people talked about this week

These are the top ten stories that drove conversation this week. Aisha Wakil said the terrorist group, Boko Haram, are willing to quit their activities. In a recent interview, Wakil, who is a lawyer, said there was a need to engage Boko Haram in dialogue. She added that their “hearts bleed because of what they are doing” and... Read More
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March 13, 2018

The President is surprised again: should we expect any consequences?

 Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police, did not spend more than 24 hours in Benue after President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered he relocate there in the wake of wanton killings last January. Everyone in the country knew about this because there were newspaper reports on the IGP’s reluctance to follow the president’s directive. Apparently,... Read More
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February 10, 2018

Osinbajo supports state police, Catholic Bishops ask President Buhari to act as a father and other stories that got people talking this week

These are the stories that drove conversation this week. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Barr. Solomon Dalung, said President Buhari’s victory in 2015 against former president, Goodluck Jonathan, proved that one could win election in Nigeria without having money. Dalung said there was a brewing political revolution against ‘god-fatherism’ in the Nigerian political... Read More
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February 6, 2018

The Big 5: Okorocha wants Buhari to reply Obasanjo’s letter, Police declare IBB’s spokesman wanted, and other top stories

These are the top five Nigerian stories you should be monitoring today. The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has declared Kazeem Afegbua, spokesperson to former dictator, Ibrahim Babangida  wanted over the statement he issued on his behalf. In a letter signed by Afegbua, Babangida advised Nigerians to do away with analogue leaders and embrace those of... Read More
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January 29, 2018

The Late 5: President Buhari calls for the establishment of a single market in Africa, Russia accuses U.S. of meddling in its elections and other stories

These are the Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. Rabiu Kwankwaso, lawmaker representing Kano central senatorial district, has cancelled his visit to Kano. The police had advised him to postpone the visit in order to avoid an outbreak of violence between his supporters and loyalists of Abdullahi Ganduje, the governor. “I have shelved my visit to... Read More
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January 28, 2018

The Late 5: Roger Federer wins historic 20th Grand Slam, Presidential aide vows to ensure Buhari’s victory in 2019 and other top stories

These are the Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. A former Senator under the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Basheer Lado, has decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), alongside 5,000 other supporters in Kano. Lado was received by the Deputy National Chairman of the APC, Segun Oni on behalf of the party’s national chairman,... Read More
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January 26, 2018

The Late 5: President Buhari signs 8 bills into law, Federer to face Cilic in Australian Open final and other stories

These are the Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. President Muhammadu Buhari Friday, said it was disgraceful that no all the refineries in the country were not working – none performing up to 50 percent capacity. He said his tenure as military head saw all the refineires working. The Federal High Court, Abuja, Friday, declined... Read More
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HURIWA
January 24, 2018

[The Activism Blog] HURIWA thinks Buhari is handling the herdsmen attack as a family matter

Prominent civil rights group and Non Governmental Organisation, the Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has advised President Buhari to stop handling attacks by rampaging Fulani herdsmen as a family affair which should rather be handled as a national security challenge. HURIWA in a statement jointly endorsed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and... Read More
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January 23, 2018

The Late 5: Obasanjo writes ‘letter bomb’ to Buhari, Rafael Nadal pulls out of the Australian Open hurt and other top stories

These are the Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. A former minister and convener of the BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group, Oby Ezekwesili, was, on Tuesday arrested and detained by the FCT Police Command. Her arrest is believed to be connected to the activities of the group. She has, however, been released. In reaction, the Police has... Read More
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December 30, 2017

The Thread: “Buhari is President of both the living and the dead” | TwitterNG reacts to Buhari appointing dead people

President Buhari has goofed again and Twitter Nigeria, hell all of Nigerian social media, is having a field day. What did he do this time, abi? My brethren in the Lord, Mr President appointed 209 board chairpersons and 1,258 board members yesterday; what Premium Times called “the largest single appointments made by the president since... Read More
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December 30, 2017

Buhari appoints 3 dead men as board members

In his end of the year appointments, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a deceased senator, Spanner Francis Okpozo, who died in Benin City, Edo, in 2016. The Second Republic Senator was aged 81. https://www.instagram.com/p/BdUJWfqFOaz/ The surprising part of the development is that President Buhari mourned Okpozo’s demise. In a statement by the presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the... Read More
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December 29, 2017

Fayemi is trying to protect Buhari’s image and it’s not working

A former governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is only seeking to return to power in 2019 so as to resume looting the treasury. Fayemi, currently the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, also urged Nigerians not to use the current fuel scarcity to rate President Muhammadu Buhari’s... Read More
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December 28, 2017

The Big 5: Buhari reiterates his love for Igbos, Davido reunites the Mo’Hits crew and other top stories

These are the top five stories you should be monitoring today. Davido’s 30 Billion Concert held and as he said, he surprised fans by bringing together the Mo’Hits crew to perform songs off the Curriculum Vitae album. A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Essien Okiemute has given reasons President Muhammadu Buhari will... Read More
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December 25, 2017

YNaija Editorial: Buhari’s inept, sycophantic media team decides to show us his ‘Softer Side’ and we’re not sure why

On January 01, 2012, the then president, Goodluck Jonathan changed the way Nigerians prepare for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Fuel scarcity has been a problem the country has always struggled with, even when our refineries were fully functional, but by the time the man from Bayelsa found himself at the helm of the... Read More
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December 18, 2017

#YNaija2017Review: Rats’ invasion of Buhari’s office, Dino Melaye’s certificate scandal, Okorocha’s erections | See the top 10 cringeworthy moments

Labeling 2017 ‘Year of the Awkward’ will not be out-of-place as the year never ran short of a supply of embarrassing moments. Now we don’t jump in our seats when we read weird stuff in the news, we just shrug. Here are the 2017 moments that prepared us for that level of bravery.   Dino... Read More
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