YNaija Daily - Today’s Noisemakers: Fake news, #NoMeansNo, Headies awards and others

YNaija Daily [View this email in your browser] [Today’s Noisemakers: Fake news, #NoMeansNo, Headies awards and others] Dec 23, 2016 06:40 am Fake news BREAKING: Freed schoolgirls to celebrate Christmas in Chibok pic.twitter.com/xkmCjcoBcJ — The Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) December 22, 2016 Breaking news everywhere — tolu ogunlesi (@toluogunlesi) December 22, 2016 Some newspapers carried the report of the release of an additional 21 Chibok girls, which if true, would have been a great way to […] This post [Today’s Noisemakers: Fake news, #NoMeansNo, Headies awards and others] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Today’s Noisemakers: Fake news, #NoMeansNo, Headies awards and others on Facebook] [#TheHeadies2016: Top 7 moments you missed at the event] Dec 23, 2016 06:38 am The Headies 2016 has ended and it was a good show, no doubt. For those who came hoping for controversy and drama similar to last year’s Olamide/Don Jazzy face off, last night’s show was a massive disappointment. Although it had a terribly late start, the 11th edition of The Headies was mostly seamless. With Kiss […] This post [#TheHeadies2016: Top 7 moments you missed at the event] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like #TheHeadies2016: Top 7 moments you missed at the event on Facebook] [FG orders IGP to stop Taraba, Kaduna, Zamfara killings] Dec 23, 2016 05:58 am The Federal Government has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to ensure that the violent killings in Taraba, Kaduna and Zamfara states stop. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) in a statement on Thursday for directed the police to increase its effort to ensure peace in the states. Dambazau also directed […] This post [FG orders IGP to stop Taraba, Kaduna, Zamfara killings] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like FG orders IGP to stop Taraba, Kaduna, Zamfara killings on Facebook] [2017 budget: N1.05bn allocated for Buhari, Osinbajo’s foreign trips] Dec 23, 2016 05:39 am The 2017 appropriation bill before the National Assembly has revealed that N1.05bn has been budgeted for foreign trips of President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the State House headquarters A breakdown reveals that Buhari’s international travels and transport will gulp N739.487m; Osinbajo’s will cost N218.296m; while the State House Headquarters will spend N97.208m […] This post [2017 budget: N1.05bn allocated for Buhari, Osinbajo’s foreign trips] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like 2017 budget: N1.05bn allocated for Buhari, Osinbajo’s foreign trips on Facebook] [#YNaija2016Review: #TheOtherRoom, Olajumoke, Mark Zuckerberg’s visit… See the top 10 moments/hashtags that shook the Internet] Dec 23, 2016 05:30 am by Okon Ekpo We love our trending topics with the same voracity with which we consume breaking news. These 10 moments/hashtags sent the entire country wagging, and we took to the Internet to express ourselves. Presented in no particular order. #BuyNaijaToGrowNaira In the wake of an economic recession, all hands were put on deck to […] This post [#YNaija2016Review: #TheOtherRoom, Olajumoke, Mark Zuckerberg’s visit… See the top 10 moments/hashtags that shook the Internet] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like #YNaija2016Review: #TheOtherRoom, Olajumoke, Mark Zuckerberg’s visit… See the top 10 moments/hashtags that shook the Internet on Facebook] [Why our govt is slow but progressing – Osinbajo] Dec 23, 2016 05:10 am Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said even though the current was slow, it was progressing. Osinbajo said this when he paid an unscheduled visit to the Mpape artisans’ village, near Maitama district Abuja, according to a statement by his media office. The Vice President said the slow nature was as a result of ‘damages of […] This post [Why our govt is slow but progressing – Osinbajo] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Why our govt is slow but progressing – Osinbajo on Facebook] [Four female suicide bombers shot dead in Borno] Dec 23, 2016 05:06 am Four suicide bombers in Borno State on Thursday were killed after troops of Operation rescue finale why trying to detonate their Improvised Explosive Devices. It was learnt that two of the bombers were shot by soldiers while they were trying to break into the troops at their base in Limankara, after which their IEDs exploded. […] This post [Four female suicide bombers shot dead in Borno] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Four female suicide bombers shot dead in Borno on Facebook] [“Hades,” “e fun mi lowo mi, “: Here are our top 10 tweets from the Headies 2016] Dec 23, 2016 04:58 am Folks were not impressed with this year’s Headies award show. At least last year, there was a fight, which gave Nigerians exotic tea to settle down with. This year, they did not even try to have a fight. Instead, most members of the industry members boycotted the award ceremony. Here’s what Nigerian Twitter had to say: […] This post [“Hades,” “e fun mi lowo mi, “: Here are our top 10 tweets from the Headies 2016] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like “Hades,” “e fun mi lowo mi, “: Here are our top 10 tweets from the Headies 2016 on Facebook] [Opinion: What CBN can learn from MMM] Dec 23, 2016 02:09 am by Enobong Udoh Paper money or fiat currency is still the greatest innovation conceived by man. Imagine Nigeria being some type of human zoo of sorts that still trades by barter. If we import loads of Apple’s iPhone 7, how many truckloads of cattle will northern Nigeria exchange or barrels of oil will southern Nigeria […] This post [Opinion: What CBN can learn from MMM] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Opinion: What CBN can learn from MMM on Facebook] [Here is the full list of winners at #TheHeadies2016] Dec 23, 2016 01:41 am The 2016 Headies held on Thursday at the Eko Convention Centre, Lagos. The award dubbed the Nigerian version of the Grammy Awards had performances from the likes of Daddy Showkey, Remedies, Humblesmith, and so on. Kiss Daniel won three awards while Olamide, Ill Bliss and Darey Art Alade all went home with two awards each, […] This post [Here is the full list of winners at #TheHeadies2016] appeared first on [YNaija]. [Read in browser »] [share on Twitter] [Like Here is the full list of winners at #TheHeadies2016 on Facebook] [View Recent Articles] [share on Twitter] Tweet this Newsletter [Twitter] [Facebook] [YNaija] [Instagram] [YouTube] Copyright © 2016 YNaija, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or attended one of our events. 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