Today's top stories: Jammeh's loss, MMM's win and more on YNaija today

[View this email in your browser] Dear YNaija Reader, here are the top stories on YNaija today. Africa is having no more of all that drama Gambia’s incumbent is by no means the first African leader to want to die clutching on to power. We have President-for-life, Robert Mugabe and even here, some people tried to make it a do or die affair. With Jammeh, the African community has tried the most dignified route, sending an envoy of four West African leaders to plead with him to bow out come January 19th and let the people’s choice, Adamu Barrow in. Of course, he’s turned deaf ears. Today, [the ECOWAS has decided that it’s had enough of that and Senegalese troops have now been put on standby to throw him] out if he fails to listen to President Buhari’s plea for him to take the “honourable exit”. What can one do to win in this country? It turns out we were all wrong. Development expert, Enobong Udoh just explained why the MMM administrators were right to have paused outgoing payments a couple of weeks back. On the contrary, the Central Bank’s strategy of pumping money into the system, despite the seasonality effect of the festive period, has only caused inflation rates to go up this last quarter. [If only the CBN would have learnt a few monetary policy tricks from the Ponzi masters, MMM]. Meanwhile, the President is [happy Nigerians can celebrate Christmas with cheap Lake rice] but you’ll never guess [how much has been put aside for feeding and presidential travels in the 2017 #BudgetofRecovery]. Elsewhere on YNaija , You should read [what happens when an entitled governor’s assistant thinks he can demand thanks from workers who have just been paid three months’ worth of salary arrears.] Finally, while news filtered around that more Chibok girls have been released, we now know that those reports are false. But [here, Stephanie Busari profiles the girls] for our YNaija Person of the Year polls; giving us more than enough reasons why they cannot be forgotten. Thank you for reading, and don’t forget to share this newsletter if you like it. [share on Twitter] Tweet this Newsletter [Follow @YNaija on Twitter] [Join our Facebook Commmunity] [YNaijaTV] [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]