The day's top stories: Charity begins in Aso Rock

[View this email in your browser] “Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye”. – Matthew 7:5 Charity begins at home Earlier today, the Federal Ministry of Information launched #ChangeBeginsWithMe, a campaign that is supposed to exhort Nigerians to have a ‘paradigm shift in the way we do things’ according to [Lai Mohammed]. We think that this initiative, like many others, is [doomed to fail], because the government is yet to take its own advice. The show is postponed At 3pm, INEC had said that the Edo governorship elections [will go ahead], despite the security concerns by the Police and SSS. Now, it has been [postponed by 2 weeks] because of the withdrawal of the NYSC members who make up a significant part of the election personnel. It seems the security agencies have had their way. Is Toyin Subair back? Yesterday, Toyin Subair, boss of the former cable TV operator HITV, told his [HITV story]. The HITV story, just like the NEXT story, is a very emotional one for many because it was a Nigerian media company that had a lot of promise which never materialised. Subair’s article elicited [little sympathy] on Twitter, and left our media blog wondering if Dele Olojede, former Oga at NEXT, will ever [tell his own story] about what happened to that newspaper. 5 Northern states to get World Bank education money The Information Officer, Universal Basic Education Commission, Helen Okoro on Thursday revealed that the World Bank will be granting [Nigeria $500 million to fund basic education in five states for five years]. The five beneficiary states are Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, Sokoto and Katsina states. We survived Boko Haram Jibrin was left permanently disfigured as a result of a Boko Haram attack in 2014 that killed his father. Here is [his story]. 93 Days Before its premiere next week, [here are seven things] you should know about the movie ’93 days’ Event Golden Heart Foundation is set to train over 15,000 youths at the Pan-African edition of National Youth Summit coming up on the 22nd to the 24th of September, 2016 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Register [here]. Don’t forget to share this newsletter if you like it. Help us spread the word. Have a good evening. [share on Twitter] Tweet this Newsletter [Follow @YNaija on Twitter] [Join our Facebook Commmunity] [Follow @YNaijaonline on Instagram] [YNaija Website] Copyright © 2016 YNaija, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or attended one of our events. Our mailing address is: YNaija 59, Ogunlana Drive Surulere 101283 Nigeria [Add us to your address book] Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences] or [unsubscribe from this list]