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YNaijaEditorial: Women are speaking up, leave your privilege at the door and listen

All across the world, women are finally speaking up, but will you privilege allow you listen to what they have to say?

Kolapo Olapoju 9 years

Nigerian troops in Sambisa forest to flush out Boko Haram (PHOTOS)

Troops of the Nigerian Army , who are in an operation to flush out Boko Haram insurgents from Sambisa forest, are reportedly making headway. The troops are said to have…

Kolapo Olapoju 9 years

Sunday Dare: ‘Buhari, Tinubu, beware of hatchet men’

A rejoinder to Sun Newspaper of September 2,2015 The piece “Buhari beware of Tinubu” in the 2nd September Sun newspaper comes from the depleting arsenal of the forlorn amalgamation known…

Twerks of life: Miley Cyrus has a lot to learn from these ‘twerkers’ (Viewer Discretion)

by Kevwe Pedro In case you don't know what a twerk is, it is a dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low,…

Disgusting: This pregnant woman loves eating urine-soaked nappies (PICTURED, WATCH)

by Adeola Balogun It is common knowledge that pregnant women develop the strangest cravings due to their condition. Some women have been reported to eat lots of bizarre things that…

Fresh out! Davido steps out like you’ve NEVER seen him before (LOOK)

by Oge Okonkwo Yeah, we told you. Have you ever seen the 'Skelewu' king looking so dapper in suit? Davido wore a well-tailored suit for a song he's featured in titled…

Believe it or not! Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon will host rapper, Ice Prince’s Fire of Zamani concert

by Oke Efagene Talented rapper, Ice Prince has announced that former lawmaker and current Chief of Staff to the Edo State Governor, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon will be hosting his…

Visa application: More Nigerians are claiming citizenship of other W/African countries

by Rachel Ogbu Foreign Ministry (Photo: Punch} More Nigerians would rather be from Ghana, Senegal or Guinea when travelling around the world, new reports say. THISDAY investigated these claims and…

Olusegun Adeniyi: What Chinua Achebe is telling us from the grave

The Verdict By Olusegun Adeniyi I need to state at this point that the essence of this piece is not about the late 19th century Igbo society as captured in…

Opinion: Why the Ijaws still love Alamieyeseigha

by Steve Azaki As Governor of Bayelsa, Alamieyeseigha interceded on numerous occasions to secure the release of expatriate oil workers who had been kidnapped. He braved rough seas on occasion…

Finally: Works begins on the Lagos Fourth Mainland Bridge

by Rachel Ogbu Works on the Fourth Mainland Bridge has started in Lagos. The Lagos State Government is building a 26-kilometre infrastructure to link Ikorodu to the state’s economic hub…

Goodluck Jonathan must hear this: Bayelsa has the worst exam malpractice record in Nigeria – Report

by Rachel Ogbu The 2012 Exam Ethics Report, by the Exam Ethics Marshals International, has identified Bayelsa, Sokoto, Ekiti and Imo, as the first, second, third and fourth worst states…

SAD PHOTOS: Body of driver of van that plunged into Lagos river found, search continues for 3 others

by Rachel Ogbu Rescue-workers-at-the-site (Photo: Punch) The bodies of four passengers in an Ikoyi Golf Club van which plunged into Majidun River in Ikorodu, Lagos State on Saturday were recovered yesterday. In…

Sad: 4 still missing as Ikoyi Golf Club Van plunges into Lagos river (PHOTOS)

by Rachel Ogbu Four people who were in an Ikoyi Golf Club van that skidded of the…

Heartless? FG committee withdraws compensation for victims of Boko Haram attacks

by Rachel Ogbu Victims of Boko Haram attacks hoping to receive payment as compensation from the government might have their hopes shattered as The White Paper on the report of the…

APC merger: Coalition parties disagree on new logo (LOO

Ahead of tomorrow’s deadline for the receipt of reports on the constitution and manifesto of the newly formed All Progressives Congress (APC), there are indications that no concrete decision…

Outrageous? Guard gets 2 years in prison for failing to protect country from teddy bears

Studio Total via EPA A Swedish advertising agency parachuted the 879 teddy bears over a residential area in Minsk, Belarus, on July 4, 2012. A Belarusian border guard was sentenced…

Get a grip, people! Governors Okorocha, Obi’s aides in chair conflict again at church dedication

by Rachel Ogbu The aides of Governors Peter Obi of Anambra State and Chief Rochas Okorocha of Imo State clashed for the second time over sitting arrangements; thankfully this time the Archbishop…

Tragedy: Family lose their 3 children (aged 10, 12, 14) in house fire in Sokoto

by Rachel Ogbu A father , Saidu Galadima was left devastated after his three children died in a fire disaster at Nakasarin Hardo in Sokoto South Local Government Area of…

I cannot kill the truth, Amnesty to end in 2015 – Special Advisor to Jonathan

by Rachel Ogbu Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has warned that the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), special intervention by the Federal Government will terminate…

Enugu governor, Sullivan Chime, discharged from London hospital

Indication emerged Wednesday that Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State may have been discharged from Wellington Hospital at St. John’s Wood, North West London, where he had an endoscopy operation.…

Mali conflict: Nigerian troops lead West African contingent

France has increased its troop strength in Mali to 1,400 to help fight militant Islamists in the north, the French defence minister has said. Close to 200 Nigerian troops are…

Eko for show: Lagos is Nigeria’s richest state, while Sokoto is the poorest – NBS

by Rachel Ogbu Information obtained on the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) website reveals that Sokoto is the poorest state in Nigeia. According to reports, the northern state has 81.2 per cent poverty…

No plan for any increase in fuel price- Presidency

by Rachel Ogbu Nigerians can drop their pitch forks and torches set for January 2013 fuel hike as the president has assured Nigerians that there were no plans to increase…

Yakowa’s widow, 6 others in the running to become Kaduna’s deputy governor

by Rachel Ogbu No fewer than seven people are in the running to succeed Yakowa’s deputy, Alhaji Ramalan Yero, who was sworn in on Sunday as the 19th governor of Kaduna state…

Simon Kolawole Live!: Such a hard road to travel

But despite all the work being done over the years by FRSC, we are still battling the scourge of road crashes. What if there was no…

African City Monopoly Games comes to Lagos this December

by Rachel Ogbu Bestman Games prepares to launch the first African city edition of the game Monopoly. Bestman Games said come December 11, 2012, the City of Lagos Edition of Monopoly will portray…

“No amount is too much”: Police to spend N2 billion to fight terrorism next year

by Rachel Ogbu Caleb Olubolade, minister of police affairs announced new year plans to fight terrorism in Nigeria, recently he said the Nigeria Police Force has reserved N2 billion for…

#CynthiaOsokogu: House of Reps endorses anti-cybercrime bill

by Rachel Ogbu Following the death of Cynthia Osokogu, lured to Lagos, raped, robbed and killed by some “friends” she made on the Internet, the House of Representatives on Tuesday…

Boko Haram: NYSC redeploys 800 corps members from Kano due to insecurity

by Rachel Ogbu The Kano State co-ordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Alhaji Bashir Yakassai, announced that 800 out of the 2,129 posted to the state for this…