FG, states, LGs share N637.7bn in September
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, at the end of the monthly Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja, said that the Federal Government, state and...
View Article[The Injustice Blog] Urgent reforms for Nigerian prisons or continuous...
On Monday, September 11, 2017, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Alliance for Good Governance and Democracy called the attention of the Federal Government to an imminent starvation of inmates in...
View ArticleHurricane: Trump to visit Puerto Rico on Tuesday
Following the severe damage suffered by Puerto Rico after the island was battered by category 4 Hurricane Maria, President Trump has expressed his sadness at the ugly incident and ensured military...
View ArticleOpinion: When climate change came to Makoko
by Caleb Adebayo It is a small neighborhood, a crowded community that sits on a fetid lagoon, colored in sepia and greyscale, located on the coast of mainland Lagos. Wooden stilts are tucked deep...
View ArticleBolton Wanderers fans vote Jay Jay Okocka as the club’s best player in the...
Seven-time Nigerian footballer of the year, Ronaldinho‘s mentor at Paris Saint Germain, a member of Pele’s FIFA 100 list and arguably one of the greatest free agents Bolton Wanderers ever signed – Jay...
View ArticleProduce Dasuki in court for Metuh’s trial | Appeal court orders DSS
The Court of Appeal in Abuja Friday, ordered the Department of State Service (DSS) to produce the detained former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), before a Federal High Court in...
View ArticleAbducted ACP will surely be rescued – Police
The Nigerian Police, Kaduna Command Friday, said it had deployed its anti-kidnapping squad and other personnel to rescue the Assistant Commissioner of Police kidnapped in the state on Wednesday. ACP...
View ArticleKemi Olunloyo is back and this time, she’s with Tonto Dikeh
Nigerian journalist, Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo has, in an Instagram post, ‘schooled’ Mediaroomhub owner and ThisDay journalist, Azuka Ogujiuba on the legal implications of her actions. Reference: Ogujiuba...
View ArticleFormer presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama appear together at Presidents cup...
Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were all smiles as they attended the Presidents Cup in New Jersey. The trio posed for photos with players and wives on each team during...
View ArticleWhy they are desperate to end my 2019 Presidential ambition – Fayose
The Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, has said the imminent defeat of President Muhammadu Buhari in a free and fair election in 2019 is the major reason the All Progressives Congress-led Federal...
View ArticleGovernors did not declare IPOB a terrorist organisation – Ikpeazu
The governor of Abia, Okezie Ikeazu says it is the responsibility of the Federal Government to defend the decision to name the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a “militant terrorist organisation”....
View Article[The Injustice Blog] Nigerian prisons: Shortcut to heaven; headway for...
On Wednesday, September 27, 2017, the media was awash with the news of the death of Smart Ohuzu, an inmate at Ogwashi-Uku prison in Delta. He was remanded in prison custody five months ago while...
View ArticleFG deploys 700 graduates as tax liason officers
The Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) has deployed over 700 graduates to nine states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) – who will serve as community tax liaison officers...
View ArticleThe Thread: The incredible pep talk you didn’t know you needed
You’d think this thread is more suitable for a Monday because that’s when everybody gets the blues right? Not to mention it’s Friday night and most of us have plans to dance and drink away our...
View Article[The Legislative Blog]: Look who Bukola Saraki spent Friday evening with
It’s TGIF! Literally… Senate President, Bukola Saraki was at the Presidential evening earlier this evening where he attended a special Juma’at service with President Muhammadu Buhari; Chief of Army...
View ArticleFarooq Kperogi: Femi Adesina and the Godification of Buhari
by Farooq Kperogi Dissent and criticism are not only core structural components of democracy, they, in fact, mark the difference between autocracy and democracy. But it’s precisely these elements of...
View Article[The Activism Blog] Medicaid trains health workers on early detection of cancer
A health-focused charity, founded by the wife of the Governor of Kebbi, Zainab Shinkafi – Medicaid Cancer Foundation (MCF), has announced its plans to train health workers from three North West states...
View ArticleThe YNaija Cover this morning – the 30th of September
Follow these links to read our cover stories and analyses on YNaija: Has Evans the kidnap kingpin truly repented? “Nnamdi Kanu is not in the custody of the military” – Defence Spokesperson ‘Lectures...
View Article“A night I’ll never forget”“He is officially an African LEGEND”| Twitter goes...
There’s no other way to say it, Starboy shut down London last night. What’s the definition of shut down? Being the first African to sell out the Royal Albert Hall, that’s what. Since Wizkid’s...
View ArticleWhy Buhari should not re-contest in 2019 – Cardinal Okogie
The Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos Archdiocese and former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie Friday, said President Muhammadu Buhari should not...
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