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Thinking Through
February 20, 2017

Audu Maikori, Adebayo Oke-Lawal, Adele | Here are our winners and losers from last week

From entertainment to politics to even fashion, here are last week’s winners and losers: WINNERS Audu Maikori: The Chocolate City CEO was arrested by the police on Friday afternoon and taken to the Police Headquarters in Abuja on the same day. He was accused of inciting the public and inflaming the Southern Kaduna situation by spreading... Read More
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February 20, 2017

Analysis: Just how feasible are Osinbajo’s plans to work with illegal refineries?

by Mark Amaza On the Port-Harcourt leg of his Niger Delta tour, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed the intentions of the Federal Government to work with illegal refiners of crude oil in the region and enable them to establish modular refineries so they can legally refine the crude oil and be properly engaged in economic... Read More
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February 20, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Angelina Jolie speaks on divorce from Brad Pitt for the first time, Ndani TV studio razed by fire | More stories

The weekend is over but here are all the top entertainment stories you missed and the ones that unraveled last night – and are still buzzing this Monday morning. Angelina Jolie opens up about her divorce from Brad Pitt for the first time In an interview with BBC World News, Hollywood superstar and human rights... Read More
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February 19, 2017

Thought Experiment: What if Trump is actually doing a lot better than we give him credit for?

LoL. No, he is not. But what if? You know every day these Fake News outlets just cook up lies against him because he won and Hillar y lost. All we hear about in the News is how he’s tried to discriminate against all Muslims when all he wants to do is secure Americans. And how... Read More
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February 19, 2017

Analysis: Was there just cause to arrest Audu Maikori?

by Mark Amaza On Friday evening, entertainment mogul Audu Maikori was arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS) in Lagos and taken to Abuja. Although the reason for the arrest was not officially stated, Maikori has been in the eye of the storm for the past few weeks for using misleading pictures when protesting... Read More
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February 19, 2017

Aisha Buhari’s birthday, Beyonce’s tipping point | See our top 10 photos from the past week

We had the Grammys, we have had the fashion weeks in New York and London a lot in between. Here are our top ten photos from the past week: More that Adele’s moving acceptance speech and host, James Cordon’s fall and improve car pool Karaoke, Beyonce’s performance of Sandcastle os one thing we’ll remember the... Read More
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February 19, 2017

“It is a point of principle that Buhari is not speaking to Nigerians” | See our top 10 quotes from

We started the week off with the 59th Grammy Awards ceremony at the Staples and so we’ll definitely be recapping the most memorable speeches from that. Here in Nigeria though, so much has happened in the past week that we find it hard to believe it’s only been seven days since our last quotes round-up.... Read More
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February 18, 2017

#FreeAudu: Governor El-Rufai needs to bring charges against Audu Maikori, for his own sake

The reactions to the arrest of Chocolate City Entertainment boss, Audu Maikori have spiralled since Nigerians woke up to the news. We reported late Friday night that Maikori had been arrested in Lagos by the Nigerian Police and was flown to Abuja where he is held in the Police Headquarters. According to his lawyer, he... Read More
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February 18, 2017

Opinion: The APC government and its deceptive rhetoric – a wake up call to the electorate

by Rev. Fr. Paul Danbaki Jatau Phd Prior to elections, the atmosphere in Nigeria is usually heralded by high level political activities. Politicians make promises of anything of no real benefit, which nevertheless, makes people feel better. But as soon as they get to power, they forget the promises and instead, cart away the choice... Read More
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#30Days30Voices
February 18, 2017

Eye on Ambode: Governor pays inspection visit to National Theatre, Lagos targets 3000 MW power generation by 2022, more

As we keep an eye on Lagos state’s Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, here are some of the activities that he got on to this week. On Wednesday, the governor received the report of the Embedded Power Technical Committee constituted by the State Government with representatives from the public and private sector, at Lagos House, Ikeja. Governor Ambode... Read More
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February 18, 2017

Dele Momodu: President Buhari and his London visitors

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, let me warn quickly that a new circus has come to town and there is a theatre of the absurd ongoing in the city of London. The patrons are very important personalities from Nigeria who have turned the supposed illness of our dear President Muhammadu Buhari into a stage play.... Read More
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February 18, 2017

Backstory: #SouthernKaduna killings and the arrest of Audu Maikori | #FreeAudu

Audu Maikori is the CEO of Chocolate City Entertainment and one of the most vocal advocates against the spate of killings in Southern Kaduna, Nigeria. At noon on Friday, he was picked up by men of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos and was flown to the Force Headquarters in Abuja. Mr Maikori’s lawyer, Mark... Read More
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February 18, 2017

Opinion: Towards greater private participation in infrastructure-financing in Nigeria

by Ugochukwu Amasike If there is a consensus right now in Nigeria, it is on the urgent need for investment in infrastructure in order to reduce the cost of doing business in Nigeria and make Nigerian businesses competitive, whilst improving the living standards of the people. Infrastructural development is a vehicle for economic growth: good... Read More
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February 17, 2017

YNaija Says: These reports of Audu Maikori’s arrest had better not be true

We have just got hold of very disturbing news of Chocolate City boss, Audu Maikori’s arrest. The National Human rights Commission reports that he was picked up by the Nigeria Police and has been flown to the Force headquarters in Abuja. Audu Maikori has been very vocal about the killings in Southern Kaduna and has often had... Read More
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PDP
February 17, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Will Wike and Fayose travel to see the President?

We already talked about this dilemma elsewhere on YNaija today but looks like the issue is gearing up to become a lot ,ore serious as the People’s Democratic Party Youth leadership has now started making calls for the presidency to send a PDP delegation made up of the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and his... Read More
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February 17, 2017

Travel Ban 2.0: What you need to know about Trump’s revised executive order

Following last week’s 9th circuit loss experienced by the Trump administration, the President of the United States, Donald J Trump has announced that he has plans to set aside his own order of the 27th of January which placed a ban on citizens of 7 countries as well as refugees from Syria from entering the... Read More
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February 17, 2017

Are Vanguard and Punch Newspapers trying to be funny?

Earlier today, the people at Vanguard and Punch Newspapers, two of the many Newspaper outlets in Nigeria that operate a well-visited web platform, decided that it was completely reasonable to run the following story with these headlines respectively: Buhari undergoes penis surgeryhttps://t.co/gWCYKOdIBW — Vanguard Newspapers (@vanguardngrnews) February 17, 2017 https://twitter.com/MobilePunch/status/832614723384442880 The two publishers are no millennials... Read More
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February 17, 2017

Hold on, how come no member of the opposition has been to London to see the President?

Scratch that, the more interesting question is “How come no opposition member has been to London to The Bu? If the whole point of all the travelling to see the President is to assure Nigerians that he’s truly hale and hearty, in good spirits or just to see him in order to keep mum about his health,... Read More
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February 17, 2017

There’s a storm brewing for the Trump administration, and this TIME Magazine cover displays that perfectly

The TIME Magazine cover for this week tells its own story. Trump is seated at his Oval office desk with what looks like a rainstorm around him, paper documents, his tie and even his signature hair flurry across the space but the man himself appears to be unmoved by the situation around him. The caption... Read More
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February 17, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Someone messes with Tonto Dikeh’s Wikipedia page, Illbliss drops three new singles in one day | More stories

Here are the top stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing on today’s Entertainment Roundup Tonto Dikeh’s personal info on Wikipedia edited to include details of her marital crisis Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has been all over the news lately following the controversies that have trailed her... Read More
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February 16, 2017

The Dummies Guide to Cameroon’s #BringBackOurInternet protests

Cameroon was formed as a result of the decision of parts of two separately colonised entities to form one country. Areas colonised by Britain and others colonised by the French decided to form a country after the colonialists left in 1960. That means the country is essentially divided into two at least – the Anglophone Cameroon... Read More
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February 16, 2017

Opinion: Marriage and the one sided domestic violence narrative

by Simon Utsu   As much as I try my utmost best not to write about the private family lives of people, I just read an about-to-be viral narrative that interested me. It’s no longer news that the marriage of actress Tonto Dikeh has crumbled, what is news now is she has commissioned bloggers to... Read More
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February 16, 2017

Analysis: What is the real significance of Osinbajo’s Niger Delta tour?

by Mark Amaza For the past few weeks, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has been on a fact-finding tour of the Niger Delta region with the objective of obtaining first-hand information from the people on why the region is in constant conflict with the government. He started with Oporoza, the hometown of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo... Read More
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February 16, 2017

Bisi Alimi: Profile of an unapologetic gay man

by Mazi Emeka Picture this: A young man is filled with a burning love for God, but still, there is emptiness in him – an emptiness that even he, at the time, cannot explain. Lost to himself, he doesn’t fit in. His desires do not jive completely with his reality or religion. It is Lagos, in... Read More
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February 16, 2017

#Impact365: Tunde Ekpekurede Foundation provides academic and financial support to indigent children

Tunde Ekpekurede Foundation is a non-profit organization that is committed to implementing economic empowerment programs for disadvantaged and unemployed persons. In this interview with YNaija’s Impact365, we learn about the mission, projects and challenges of the NGO. Please tell us more about Tunde Ekpekurede Foundation The Tunde Ekpekurede Foundation was incorporated in 2014 to alleviate... Read More
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February 16, 2017

Opinion: Why is the Ministry of Health spending my money on condoms?

by Dani Ajonu As the National Assembly (NASS) considers the 2017 budget, an item  under the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) submission proposes to spend ₦915 million for the provision and distribution contraceptive commodities as part of counterpart fund. This unethical waste of scarce resources is worrying and symptomatic of lack of strategic thinking that this administration... Read More
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