Budget defence revelations, Buhari's right not to speak with Nigerians and all the juicy stories this week on YNaija

[View this email in your browser]( Dear Reader, here are the top stories from YNaija this week, But let us start from today, The Court of Appeal holden in Port Harcourt has just [declared Ali Modu Sheriff the legitimate Chairman of the People's Democratic Party.]( The Official PDP *cough* the Makarfi faction *cough* has taken to lament how the ruling shows that the APC is trying to turn Nigeria into a one -party State. [It's left to you to see if you see how too.]( President Buhari's right not speak with Nigerians Femi Adesina, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity in Aso Rock has hit us with a final blow. He says[the President has a right to his vacation and we have no right to "intrude"](. Although, one person that certainly has a right to intrude is [the President of the United States who got through to President Buhari in London on Tuesday](. Leaders of the National Assembly, [Dr Saraki, Speaker Yakubu Dogara and Ahmed Lawan were also admitted to the Abuja House on Wednesday night to see the President]( begging the question: [why not the PDP members at least?]( Elsewhere on YNaija this week, Here's how the drama went down at the 59th Grammy Awards on Sunday night: [Beyonce retains her position as Queen]( since the night's big winner, [Adele decided to play super humble about it](. But if you'd have been more interested in [the fashion]( and[performances]( we didn't leave those out. Or maybe you'd rather the [online]( came after](. Nokia has announced that the phone manufacturer's classic,[the 3310, will be relaunched this year!]( On Tuesday, a lawmaker, Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, [alleged that a top official of the NNPC attempted to forge the signature of President Buhari to sell $19 million worth of crude oil in China in his absence.]( A group in Kaduna is [angry about the detention of the former NNPC Managing Director, Andrew Yakubu]( in whose custody $9.8 million was recovered by the EFCC last week. The Reggae singer Majek Fashek, accused [Timi Dakolo again of having stolen his song, Send Down the Rain]( without respecting copyright laws but [we found actual receipts showing some payment was made and agreement]( reached. [Timi Dakolo confirmed as much in this interview](. The National Assembly is currently considering the 2017 budget and while [Senator]( its passage to be delayed to find all loopholes]( some Committees have made wild findings already. [Babatunde Fashola cannot account for some NGN 2 billion]( and [the Ministry of Information and Culture can only account for NGN 620,000 from 2016](. Meanwhile, you'll be shocked at the[non-humans that are about to get NGN 40 million of the new budget.]( Thank you for reading. Don't forget to share this newsletter. Till next week! [share on Twitter]( Tweet this Newsletter [Follow @YNaija on Twitter]( [Join our Facebook Commmunity]( [YNaijaTV]( [YNaija Website]( Copyright © 2017 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](