Youth In Good Governance Initiative (YIGGI) - MICHAEL IFEMOSU

YIGGI

Youth in Good Governance initiative, is an initiative borne out of passion, that answers the question, when, where and how will Nigerian youth be incorporated into Governance and government, knowing fully well our leaders and fathers of today started at their very youthful Age.

Yeezy Season 4: Kanye West Criticised on Twitter For Casting 'Multiracial Women Only'

Twitter users have been slamming Kanye West over his cast advert that invites 'multiracial models only' for his Yeezy season 4 line. 

The controversial rapper tweeted the call on Friday afternoon ahead of auditions on West 26th Street in New York City on Sunday.

FLORIDA: Jealous Woman Set A Wrong Car On Fire Believing It Was Ex's

The Florida police have arrested a woman that set fire to a car thinking it belonged to her ex boyfriend but got the wrong vehicle

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg return to Nigeria, visits Buhari in the Villa

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg returned to Nigeria on Friday to meet the President and his cabinet. He was in in Lagos few days ago where he met with some young developers and entrepreneurs in Yaba and later to Nairobi until he returned to meet the President for a chat in Abuja today. 

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Osun @25: President Buhari In Osogbo To Commission A New High School Built By Aregbesola

Welcoming the President

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerberg Seen Eating Akpu And Fish In Nairobi

Mark Zuckerberg eating fish and Akpu during his stop over in Nairobi Kenya

After his two-day visit to Lagos, the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is now in Nairobi, Kenya --  his first stopped over at iHub Nairobi to check out some of the stuff the engineers there are building. According to his Facebook status few hours ago, Mark wrote, “Just landed in Nairobi! I’m here to meet with entrepreneurs and developers, and to learn about mobile money — where Kenya is the world leader.”

'4.8m Nigerians Lost Their Jobs In 15 Months' - Nigerian Bureau of Statistics Released Details

Nigeria is now official in recession as Bureau of Statistics released its worst report in years on the  unemployment and underemployment rate in the country - with 4,580,602 out of job -- 2.6m lost their jobs in the second quarter of 2016. Over 2,500 businesses have closed shops since the emergence of this Buhari's  government and this has led to serious unemployment in the country. 

PHOTOS: President Buhari Presides Over The FEC Meeting Today

President Buhari presides over Federal Executive Council (FEC) Meeting in Statehouse on 31st Aug 2016.

Nigerians Are Hungry, Angry, Buhari Should Listen To them - Fayose

Fayose and Buhari

In a statement released by the Governor Fayose's media aide, Lere Olayinka this afternoon, the governor advised President Buhari to listen to other people's opinions in building the country, instead of his one direction system of leading the country. 

PHOTO OF THE DAY: Mark Zuckerberg Walks Lagos Street Without Security

$53Billion Worth Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerberg walks the street of Lagos Without Security

Ondo APC Guber Primary: 'I have no anointed candidate' - President Buhari

President Buhari

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David who represented President Buhari at a parley in Abuja today. The meeting which had the 24 APC governorship aspirants present said, the President has no anointed or preferred candidate for the November 26 governorship election. This was in effort to instil confidence in the aspirants contesting for the party's ticket at primary slated for this Saturday.

President Obama Grants 111 Additional Commutations, the Most Commutations Granted in a Single Month - Neil Eggleston

President Obama greets inmates during a visit to El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Okla., July 16, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

With today’s additional 111 grants, President Obama has commuted the sentences of 325 people in the month of August alone.

Kenya: Two Lady Thieves Almost Lynched By Angry Mob In Embu Town

The suspects

 Two female thieves were mercilessly beaten by angry mob when they were caught trying to scam a shop owner of sh17,000 (about £100 or N52,000) by pretending to sell him sim cards. He raised alarm that attracted the bye-passers who swam on the women. This happened in Embu Town, 120 kilometres northeast of Nairobi towards Mount Kenya. 

PHOTOS: The New Ondo State Trauma And Surgical Centre

The government of Governor Olusegun Mimiko is scoring big first in healthcare delivery to its people in Ondo State with the newly constructed Trauma Centre And Surgical Centre, located within the Medical Village that has some other components that surround it such as Gani Fawehinmi Diagnostics Centre, Kidney Care Centre, Mother and Child Hospital, among others. 

NIGERIA: Ministry of Natural Resources Appeals To The Public For Patience Over The Nickel Discovered In Kaduna

Raw Nickel

The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development has appealed to Nigerians to be patient and allow it to come up with detailed report on the discovery of Nickel in Kaduna State.

Photos: Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Meets Young Developers In Lagos

Mark with the young developers in Lagos on Tuesday

According to CNN, the Facebook founder visited Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time on Tuesday, touching down in Lagos, Nigeria. He met with local businesses and developers in an effort to understand how Facebook (FB, Tech30) could "better support tech development and entrepreneurship across Africa," the company said in a statement.

Ahmed Makarfi-led PDP Sued Chief Judge Auta And Justice Abang Over PDP Leadership Crisis

Ahmed Makarfi, PDP Caretaker Chairman

The Ahmed Makarfi-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has sued the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, FHC, Justice Ibrahim Auta and a judge of the court, Justice Okon Abang, over the leadership crisis rocking the party.

NIGERIA: Again, Police bar #BringBackOurGirls Campaigners from seeing President Buhari

The images currently circulating on the social media are of the #BringBackOurGirls campaigners sitting on the floor while the police formed a barricade as a sign of prevention of passage into the Aso Rock Villa. This is the second time in one week that the Oby Ezekwesili's led #BBOG group would be stopped by the security operatives from seeing the President. 

Lagos State Government Appoints Anibaba As CEO Lotteries Board

Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State Governor 

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday approved the appointment of Mr. Seun Anibaba as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Lagos State Lotteries Board.

Open letter to President Buhari: 'Nigerians are suffering' - Cardinal Anthony Okogie

Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie 

Dear Mr. President,

Last year, when you assumed office, the chant of “Change”, your campaign slogan, ushered you into the Presidential Villa.