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The YNaija Cover this morning – the 7th of April

Read these stories and analyses by clicking the links below: Anambra speaker flees with mace to stop impeachment Buhari’s govt has sidelined my people, Minister leads protest to APC headquarters How the US launched Tomahawk missiles into Syria (WATCH)

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US airstrikes in Syria, “an act of aggression” – Putin

by Dolapo Adelana Russian President, Vladmir Putin has condemned the US airstrikes on Syria ordered by President Donald Trump. In a statement by his spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, Putin described the airstrikes as an act of “aggression against a sovereign nation”. Peskov also insisted that “the Syrian army doesn’t have chemical weapons,” saying this had been “observed... Read More

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

by Dolapo Adelana 1. BREAKING: Trump launches airstrikes against Syria The United States on Friday launched dozens of cruise missiles at Syrian government facilities in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians, US media reports. 2. PDP crisis: Sheriff walks out on Jonathan at peace meeting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu... Read More

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The Thread: Trump’s first missile strike, a grave error

The 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, has ordered the launch of his first ever missile strike against the Assad regime in Syria. This comes after years of opposing US intervention in the armed conflict in the region. See below what Trump tweeted in 2013: What will we get for bombing... Read More

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The YNaija Tracklist: Trump launches airstrikes against Syria | PDP crisis: Sheriff walks out on Jonathan at peace meeting | More stories

by Dolapo Adelana From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. BREAKING: Trump launches airstrikes against Syria – YNaija PDP crisis: Sheriff walks out on Jonathan at peace meeting – YNaija “Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children” | Trump speaks on US airstrikes in Syria (WATCH) – YNaija Buhari’s govt... Read More

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US airstrikes in Syria: Action was appropriate and just – Speaker Ryan

House Speaker Paul Ryan has described the airstrikes launched by the US military as “just and appropriate”. Ryan said Assad must be held accountable for his actions in Syria and his enablers must change course. He urged the Donald Trump administration to meet with Congress to hold further discussions on the matter. [Read Also:] US airstrike: Trump has... Read More

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How the US launched Tomahawk missiles into Syria (WATCH)

by Dolapo Adelana The United States on Friday launched several missiles into Syria. The strikes ordered by President Donald Trump targeted Syrian airfields where a response to President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. Speaking on the air strikes, Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis, said, “At the direction of the president, U.S. forces... Read More

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US airstrikes in Syria: American troops met injustice with strength – U.S. Senator

by Dolapo Adelana US senator, Ben Sasse has commended the country’s military for its airstrikes in Syria on Friday. Sasse, a member of the Republican party and the junior senator from the state of Nebraska said the troops “met injustice with strength”. The senator who isn’t a big fan of President Donald Trump urged the president to... Read More

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“No child of God should ever suffer such horror” | Trump explains reasons behind Syrian airstrikes (WATCH)

by Dolapo Adelana US President, Donald Trump said he ordered the airstrikes on Syrian targets in the interest of national security. Trump, who spoke after the US military launched several missiles on a Syrian airfield said President Assad, choked the lives of helpless men, women and children with chemical weapons. He urged other nations to... Read More

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US airstrike: Trump has sent a clear warning to Assad, Russia – Sen. Marco Rubio

by Dolapo Adelana US. Senator Marco Rubio has commended President Donald Trump and the Armed Forces for the airstrikes launched in Syria on Friday. Rubio in a statement said the mission was a clearly warning to Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad “that the days of committing war crimes with impunity are over”. He added that efforts... Read More

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BREAKING: Trump launches airstrikes against Syria

by Dolapo Adelana. The United States on Friday launched dozens of cruise missiles at Syrian government facilities in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians, US media reports. On President Donald Trump’s orders, US warships launched 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles which destroyed portions of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s military infrastructure. According... Read More

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“What is your approach?” | Russia challenges Trump’s stand on Syria

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Russia has challenged President Donald Trump to set out his strategy on Syria after he declared that the recent chemical attack had transformed his views on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Trump, who has previously argued against removing Assad from power, said the attack on a rebel-held town in Syria’s Idlib... Read More

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“I’m certainly not going to be telling you” | Trump speaks of retaliatory plans for Syria

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump warned on Wednesday that he would not tolerate the “heinous” chemical weapons attack in Syria opening the door to a greater American role in protecting the population in a vicious civil war that he has always said the United States should avoid. Trump declined to offer any details about any... Read More

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February 10, 2017

Opinion: What Trump’s ban says to Nigeria and the rest of us

by Chude Jideonwo “We live in a very unknown but somehow very scary world right now,” tweeted a friend from home barely 50 minutes after news of President Donald Trump’s latest executive order cut through the world – blocking nearly all people of seven countries from entering the United States and suspending the entire... Read More

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February 4, 2017

Still on the Matter: There’s a ripple effect of Trump’s #MuslimBan in Kuwait that the world is not talking about

Donald Trump undeniably has had the worst first two weeks in the history of American Presidents in recent times. For the most part, he cannot be pitied. Not with his clamp down on the media and his restoration of a global gag order and everything else that is about to be turned upside down in that part... Read More

Thinking Through

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January 29, 2017

The Explainer: Why Nigerians shouldn’t rejoice over Trump’s Muslim ban

For the past couple of days, all hell has literally been let loose since the signing of an executive order by United States President Donald Trump that restricted entry to Muslims from seven countries for 90 days, revoking valid visas and even those with Green Cards, which makes them permanent residents, as well as indefinitely... Read More

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January 29, 2017

Opinion: America doesn’t owe anybody anything

by Umar Sa’ad Hassan President Donald Trump has promised to get Americans off welfare by rebuilding America with American labour. He has promised an end to the era where their borders were open to countries stealing their companies, making their products and destroying their jobs. America will no longer enhance foreign industries at the detriment... Read More

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January 9, 2017

ISIS toddler executes prisoner (VIDEO)

A video recently posted online by Islamic State terrorists shows a toddler shooting a prisoner dead in Syria. The child walks through a pit full of broken plastic balls before being handed a gun by a man and he is seen aiming the gun before seemingly pulling the trigger. Screenshots of the video were published... Read More

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December 25, 2016

Russian military plane with 92 aboard crashes

A Russian military plane with 92 people aboard has crashed, leaving a trail of plane wreckage in the Black Sea near Sochi, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The plane which had 84 passengers and eight crew members disappeared from radar Sunday morning local time after taking off from the Adler airport near the Black... Read More

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December 19, 2016

The Thread: The Syrian crisis simplified

Perhaps you know that Syria has been at war since 2011, but do you know why? This thread attempts to break down the reasons Syria found itself in a war not quite so much of its own making. Western and Arab forces had a lot to do with it, @ovozainab says. Conspiracy theory? You decide.... Read More

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December 16, 2016

Key moments from Barack Obama’s end-of-the-year conference

President of the United States of America, Barack Obama on Friday held his final press conference of the year 2016. Obama mentioned Russia and its president, Vladmir Putin many times during the conference. He said it was shocking that a recent poll showed that 37 per cent of Republican voters approved of Putin, saying “Ronald Reagan would... Read More

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November 20, 2016

Dangote visits Peter Okoye in his new home | Top 10 photos from last week

We bring you 10 of the most fascinating, touching and downright gory sights from last week. The beautiful moment President Barack Obama met with the 6-year-old boy who wrote an emotional letter to him requesting that the President brings the Syrian kid, Daqeesh who survived attacks to live with his family in America. This is... Read More

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October 20, 2016

The third U.S Presidential debate- a case of chickens and puppets

If there was anyone who remained undecided about the United States elections after last Sunday’s second Presidential debate, they were looking to Wednesday’s elections at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to make a final decision. Some of us were in that demographic so we watched closely last night as DRC candidate. Hillary Clinton and... Read More

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September 25, 2016

From U.S. to South Africa, here are the top 10 photos from the past week

While mourning the fatal shooting and killing of an unarmed African American in the United State, a protester gets shot and killed in the process. In South Africa,Police shoot rubber bullets at student protesters demanding free education in Johannesburg. Here are top 10 photos of the past week from around the world; Indonesian children disembark... Read More

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September 22, 2016

Remember Syrian Omran Daqneesh? A 6-year-old American boy offers him a family (WATCH)

Do you remember Omran Daqneesh, the 5-year-old boy whose pictures went viral after his home in Aleppo was destroyed by airstrikes on the city? Alex, a 6-year-old American boy has written a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama offering him a place in his family. Obama quoted Alex’s words at the United Nations refugee summit.... Read More

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August 31, 2016

Islamic State spokesman killed in Syria

A frontline leader and the main spokesman for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) armed group, Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, has been killed in the Syrian province of Aleppo, according to an ISIL-linked website. According to Amaq, the ISIL-affiliated media outlet, Adnani was killed on Tuesday while monitoring military operations in Aleppo. Adnani has... Read More

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August 21, 2016

From Rio to Manilla, here are the top 10 photos from the past week

From the victors at the 2016 Olympic games in Rio De Janeiro to the heavy monsoon rains in Manilla that have had a cataclysmic effect on the populace, here are the top 10 photos of the past week from around the world. Here’s for you Nigeria – John Mikel Obi celebrates as the Nigeria Dream Team VI... Read More

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December 12, 2015

#YNaija2015Review: 10 events that shook the world in 2015

As the sometimes turbulent, sometimes complicated year comes to an end, we reflect on significant events that have shaken the earth to its very foundation and moved nations to tears. From the horrendous impacts of the two Paris attacks to the old power tussle between the United States and Russia as well as the continued global menace of... Read More

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October 31, 2015

Commentary: Our President is clueless! Donald Trump’s Obama-phobe persists

Donald Trump may or may not emerge the Republican candidate to contest the presidency of the United States of America. Not known for mouth-guardedness, Trump’s polarizing figure and extreme stand on issues, may possibly serve as his major impediment to become President, should he defeat Ben Carson. Well, Hillary Clinton should be his major impediment, but... Read More

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September 5, 2015

How Nigerian ISIS-supporters purportedly get visas to join sect in Syria

It’s been revealed by the Head of Mission, Syria embassy in Nigeria, Dr. Shafik Daiyob, that Nigerian supporters of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS), usually obtained visas to join the terrorist group in Syria from the Turkish embassy in Nigeria. Daiyob disclosed to Punch Newspapers that quite a number of ISIS sympathisers entered Syria... Read More

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