YNaija Daily - Rachael Uzor: Making lemonade

YNaija Daily [View this email in your browser] [Rachael Uzor: Making lemonade] Nov 27, 2016 06:59 am by Rachael Uzor Some emotions make you feel downright horrible, and depression is one of the worst of them, if not the worst. Right now, I’m depressed. I heard news today that Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (Funaab) had already conducted their post utme exams and my brother was not invited for the exercise. Why […] This post [Rachael Uzor: Making lemonade] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Rachael Uzor: Making lemonade on Facebook] [Chineye Ikweme: Where the earth was brown and mango trees many] Nov 27, 2016 06:51 am by Chineye Ikwueme The first time I felt connected to literature, it was like feeling blood run through my veins. I was six, and Uncle Matthew worked at Enugu State Library. During his weekend visits, which were mostly on Saturdays, he drove his white Volkswagen beetle from the roads of Enugu down to Abakaliki where […] This post [Chineye Ikweme: Where the earth was brown and mango trees many] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Chineye Ikweme: Where the earth was brown and mango trees many on Facebook] [Kidnappers collect ransom, kill 72-year-old retiree] Nov 27, 2016 06:46 am A 75-year-old retired school Principal, Chief Sunday Festus has been killed in Bayelsa State by suspected kidnappers. It was gathered that Festus was killed by his captors on Thursday, November 24, after his family paid an unspecified ransom for his release. It was learnt that the kidnappers already killed the victim before reducing the N500m […] This post [Kidnappers collect ransom, kill 72-year-old retiree] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Kidnappers collect ransom, kill 72-year-old retiree on Facebook] [Prisca Akpos: I aced my exams without cheating] Nov 27, 2016 06:35 am by Prisca Akpos Dennis, please pass me the salt, at least you’re the only one in this house that can pass something. This was my father’s way of punishing me for failing my JAMB examination. For the second time in two years JAMB (Joint administration and matriculation board) exam had jammed me again and my dad […] This post [Prisca Akpos: I aced my exams without cheating] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Prisca Akpos: I aced my exams without cheating on Facebook] [Femi Aribisala: The good Samaritan] Nov 27, 2016 06:21 am by Femi Aribisala A man suffering from tuberculosis went to see a doctor. The doctor decided to catch the disease first, the better to understand the ailment.  On the cross, Jesus cried out, saying: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). What kind of a statement is this? It is easily […] This post [Femi Aribisala: The good Samaritan] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Femi Aribisala: The good Samaritan on Facebook] [Insecurity: El-Rufai to purchase drones to tackle herdsmen attack] Nov 27, 2016 06:19 am Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai has said the state will purchase drones to tackle insecurity. The governor said provisions for the purchase of the gadgets was already provided in the 2016 budget. El-Rufai stated this through his deputy, Mr. Barnabas Yusuf-Bala, who represented him at the presentation of ‘A Child of Destiny, ‘a biography […] This post [Insecurity: El-Rufai to purchase drones to tackle herdsmen attack] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Insecurity: El-Rufai to purchase drones to tackle herdsmen attack on Facebook] [Olusegun Adeniyi: Ondo, PDP and judicial shame] Nov 27, 2016 06:11 am by Olusegun Adeniyi One and a half years after he left office as Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sullivan Chime is still in court over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket with which he won the 2011 gubernatorial election. The case is currently before the Supreme Court where his opponent, Chief Alexander Chukwuemeka Obiechina is challenging […] This post [Olusegun Adeniyi: Ondo, PDP and judicial shame] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Olusegun Adeniyi: Ondo, PDP and judicial shame on Facebook] [Simon Kolawole: Nigeria | A community of contradictions] Nov 27, 2016 06:03 am by Simon Kolawole This must be a joke. An armed robber, on realising that his gang’s victim was a born-again Christian, decided to pray for him. “Father,” he said, “everything we are about to take from your dear son, we ask that you replenish a hundredfold in the name of Jesus. We ask you, O […] This post [Simon Kolawole: Nigeria | A community of contradictions] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Simon Kolawole: Nigeria | A community of contradictions on Facebook] [Opinion: Nigerian churches have become family business empires] Nov 27, 2016 06:00 am by Isaac Aluko Ademoroti In our land these days, can we truthfully say that it is solely the love of God that motivates those who start or run churches and ministries or could there be other motivating factors that we do not know of? Is God Himself benefitting in any way from the increase in the […] This post [Opinion: Nigerian churches have become family business empires] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Opinion: Nigerian churches have become family business empires on Facebook] [#OndoDecides: INEC, APC planned to rig with malfunctioning card readers – Mimiko] Nov 27, 2016 05:57 am Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) connived with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the Ondo governorship polls with malfunctioning card readers. Mimko also said the APC and other opposition parties were inducing voters. The governor was allowed to vote at Unit 20 Ward 07 in […] This post [#OndoDecides: INEC, APC planned to rig with malfunctioning card readers – Mimiko] appeared first on [YNaija]. 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