YNaija Daily - Dear Professor Soyinka, please you are just making a fool of yourself

YNaija Daily [View this email in your browser] [Dear Professor Soyinka, please you are just making a fool of yourself] Dec 06, 2016 07:00 am by Nkechi Nwokorie “Let me end with a Red Card to those noisome creatures, the nattering nit-wits of Internet: maybe Trumpland is not as despicable as the Naijaland you impose on our reality from your secure cesspits of anonymity. Go back to school. Your problem is ignorance, ignorance of whatever subject you so readily comment […] This post [Dear Professor Soyinka, please you are just making a fool of yourself] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Dear Professor Soyinka, please you are just making a fool of yourself on Facebook] [The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today] Dec 06, 2016 06:30 am These are the top five stories you should monitor today. Kaduna killings: Christian youth threaten to take up arms in self defence Christian youths in Kaduna State under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Youth Wing have threatened to take up arms in self-defence over incessant attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen. 2. ‘Jibrin […] This post [The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today on Facebook] [The YNaija Tracklist: ‘Jibrin has five foreign accounts’, NYC petitions EFCC | FG rejects Senate’s plan to scrap FERMA | More stories] Dec 06, 2016 06:15 am From the papers this morning – a Tracklist. Kaduna killings: Christian youth threaten to take up arms in self defence – YNaija Rivers rerun: Two top police personnel have threatened to kill me – Wike – YNaija ‘Jibrin has five foreign accounts’, NYC petitions EFCC, CCB – YNaija Rivers rerun: Corps members decline to participate […] This post [The YNaija Tracklist: ‘Jibrin has five foreign accounts’, NYC petitions EFCC | FG rejects Senate’s plan to scrap FERMA | More stories] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like The YNaija Tracklist: ‘Jibrin has five foreign accounts’, NYC petitions EFCC | FG rejects Senate’s plan to scrap FERMA | More stories on Facebook] [FG rejects Senate’s plan to scrap FERMA] Dec 06, 2016 05:44 am The Federal Government has rejected the plan by the Senate to scrap the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and replace it with the Federal Roads Authority. Senator Kabiru Gaya in a bill had said the FRA would be responsible for the management of federal roads, thereby ending the duplication of functions between FERMA and the Highways […] This post [FG rejects Senate’s plan to scrap FERMA] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like FG rejects Senate’s plan to scrap FERMA on Facebook] [Police to withdraw politicians’ security ahead of Rivers rerun] Dec 06, 2016 05:18 am Rives State Police Command on Monday said it would withdraw all police orderlies attached to politicians in the state ahead of the legislative rerun in the state. The command said during a meeting with stakeholders in Port Harcourt. It also said police officers will not be allowed to take arms and ammunition to polling centres. […] This post [Police to withdraw politicians’ security ahead of Rivers rerun] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Police to withdraw politicians’ security ahead of Rivers rerun on Facebook] [Rivers rerun: Two top police personnel have threatened to kill me – Wike] Dec 06, 2016 05:09 am Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of heating up the polity, ahead of the December 10 legislative rerun polls in the state. Wike said this on Monday while speaking at a Channels Television Programme, Sunrise Daily. Wike said the actions of the electoral umpire indicated that it was […] This post [Rivers rerun: Two top police personnel have threatened to kill me – Wike] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Rivers rerun: Two top police personnel have threatened to kill me – Wike on Facebook] [Kaduna killings: Christian youth threaten to take up arms in self defence] Dec 06, 2016 05:03 am Christian youths in Kaduna State under the aegis of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Youth Wing have threatened to take up arms in self-defence over incessant attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The National President of YOWICAN, Daniel Kadzai, in Abuja on Monday said the threat was necessary following perceived complacency by the government and […] This post [Kaduna killings: Christian youth threaten to take up arms in self defence] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Kaduna killings: Christian youth threaten to take up arms in self defence on Facebook] [‘Jibrin has five foreign accounts’, NYC petitions EFCC, CCB] Dec 06, 2016 05:02 am The Anti-corruption Unit of the National Youth Council of Nigeria has submitted a petition against suspended member of the House of Representatives and former Chairman House Committee in Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin. According to the group, the lawmaker from Kano State operates five foreign accounts, violating the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 7 of the […] This post [‘Jibrin has five foreign accounts’, NYC petitions EFCC, CCB] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like ‘Jibrin has five foreign accounts’, NYC petitions EFCC, CCB on Facebook] [Rivers rerun: Corps members decline to participate in exercise] Dec 06, 2016 05:00 am Corps members in Rivers State are refusing to participate in the legislative rerun election scheduled to hold on Saturday, December 10, Punch reports. It was learnt that the corps members have refused to show interest due to fear of possible violence during the election. A source told Punch that the usual enthusiasm of corps members […] This post [Rivers rerun: Corps members decline to participate in exercise] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Rivers rerun: Corps members decline to participate in exercise on Facebook] [The YNaija Cover this evening – the 5th of December] Dec 06, 2016 12:54 am Read the full stories and analyses here now! This post [The YNaija Cover this evening – the 5th of December] appeared first on [YNaija]. 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