2020 Review

December 31, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Here are the 20 most read stories on YNaija.com this year

2020, for many people was the year which had almost everything about it influenced by the pandemic. For most people, the pandemic which led to a global lockdown, created a sense of emotion as we see with the stories that garnered the most views. The year also created the need to stay informed to events... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

December 31, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: #EndSARS, Don’t Rush Challenge, Don’t Leave Me Challenge… 10 Moments that broke the Internet

2020 really was that year. 20.10.2020 On October 20, between the state and federal governments, armed officers were deployed to the Lekki toll gate center where they opened fire on people who gathered to protest police brutality and demand good governance. According to Amnesty International, at least 12 people died with many more injured. The... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

#EndSARS, #JusticeForUwa, #YNaija2020Review, 10 Moments that Broke the Internet, Barakat Bello, D’Banj vs Seyitan, Hushpuppi, Ifeyinwa Angbo, Josh2funny, NIN registration deadline for SIM cards, Ramon Abbas, Seyitan Babatayo, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa

December 30, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Lekki Shootings, Buhari the unbothered…10 moments that painted Nigeria as a zoo

It is a dog-eat-dog world out here. But does it have to be? Arranged in alphabetical order. A Rapist in Government? Commissioner for Water Resources in Kogi State, Abdulmumuni Danga, brutalized and allegedly raped a lady for calling him out on Facebook. The lady, identified as Elizabeth Oyeniyi, had urged the commissioner on Facebook to... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

#Endsars protests, #YNaija2020Review, Abdulmumuni Danga, Boss Mustapha, Covid-19 palliatives, Deborah Okezie, Deeper Life High School, desmond elliot, Elizabeth Oyeniyi, Kogi State, Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, Mudashiru Obasa, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control

tragedies from 2020

December 30, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Abule-Ado explosion, Zabarmari Massacre, Rape Epidemic…10 Tragedies we won’t forget from 2020

Tragedies are constant. And in 2020, there were moments that broke our hearts immensely. From gruesome attacks to unexpected mishaps and events that claimed lives and properties, some of these tragedies raised questions about security in Nigeria. Here are 10 Tragedies we won’t forget from 2020. 1. Auno attack: On February 9, a group of... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

#BringBackOurBoy, #OyigboMassacre, Abule-Ado explosion, Akure explosion, Auno attack, Ifako-Ijaye gas explosion, Kankara schoolboys abduction, Lekki Shootings, rape epidemic in Nigeria, Southern Kaduna killings, Zabarmari Genocide

December 29, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Chimamanda, Okonjo Iweala, Afrobeats to the world…10 Moments that made us proud this Year

Being Nigerian is hard enough. But these breakthroughs felt like collective wins and made it a little bit easier to believe in project Nigeria. Afrobeats to the World Nigerian music continued its quest for worldwide domination with wins erupting from several corners. Burna Boy scored a second straight Grammy nomination in the global music album... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

#YNaija2020Review, 10 Moments that made us proud this Year, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ezra Olubi, Fisayo Soyombo, Kiki Mordi, Olasunkanmi Opeifa, Olatunji Ololade, Oluwaseye Ogunsanya, Onyema Ogbuagu, Philip Obaji, Shola Akinlade, Taiwo Adebulu

December 29, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Lai on DJ Switch, Pastor Chris on 5G, “Honorable minister it’s ok”…10 Worst Quotes we heard this Year

Just. Stop. Talking. 10. “The man in question, he has not been proven to be a serial woman beater. If he had a case which no competent court of jurisdiction had convicted him on that matter, why should the AGN be roped into it?”- Emeka Rollas President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) defending... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

#Endsars protests, Benedicta Ehanire, desmond elliot, Emeka Rollas, Femi Adesina, Godswill Akpabio, Hadiza El Rufai, Hon. Thomas Ereyitomi, lai mohammed, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Elisha Abbo, Uwaila Omozuwa

December 28, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Lekki Shootings, Trouble in the NDDC…The 10 Wildest Scandals of the Year

Even we cannot believe all of this mess. 10. Channels reporter and the benevolent governor A medical doctor, Ifeyinwa Angbo was forced to cry out publicly via a two minutes and 13 seconds video that promptly went viral in which she accused her husband, a Channels television reporter and Imo state correspondent of serial infidelity... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

#Endsars protests, #YNaija2020Review, Abdulrasheed Maina, Covid-19 palliatives, Deborah Okezie, Lekki Shootings, nddc, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei, The Kankara Boys Abduction

December 27, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: 10 commercials we absolutely loved this year

Editor’s Note: Commercials are a huge part of our lives in Nigeria. They are so ingrained in our national life that it’s near difficult to move from childhood to adulthood without memories of at least, one delightful TV commercial you can hardly take away from our heads. Indomie’s Mama Do Good, Peak’s Papilo You Go... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

Airtel, DSTV, Globacom, Jaiz Bank, Keystone bank, Maltina, MTN, Omolade Oyetundun, Smoov Groov, Twisco

December 26, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Duduke, Nobody, FEM…The 10 Biggest Songs of the Year

2020 was a weird and difficult year. The coronavirus pandemic shuttered the music industry with one fell swoop as governments issued stay at home and no travel orders in a scramble to keep the raging pandemic under control. Still, artistes found a way to create new music and to present them to the world via... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

Bella Shmurda, DJ Neptune, FEM, Joeboy, Ladipoe, Lincoln, Mr Eazi, Ms Banks, Omah lay, Simi, Wande Coal, Zlatan

December 24, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Afrosoul, Get Layd, For Broken Ears… See the 10 Best Mixtapes/EP of the Year

2020 was a weird and difficult year. The coronavirus pandemic shuttered the music industry with one fell swoop as governments issued stay at home and no travel orders in a scramble to keep the raging pandemic under control. Still, artistes found a way to create new music and to present them to the world via... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

afrosoul, Everything You Heard is True, Five Stages, For Broken Ears, Get Layd, Oxygene, Restless II, The Live Report, Vibes and Insha Allah, What Have We Done

December 23, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Twice as Tall, Celia, Made in Lagos… See our 10 Best Albums of the Year

2020 was a weird and difficult year. The coronavirus pandemic shuttered the music industry with one fell swoop as governments issued stay at home and no travel orders in a scramble to keep the raging pandemic under control. Still, artistes found a way to create new music and to present them to the world via... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

#YNaija2020Review, 10 Best Albums of the Year, Alagbe, Boo of the booless, Carpe Diem, Celia, Empress, Flavour of Africa, Made In Lagos, roots, Twice as Tall, yellow

December 23, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Wizkid, Tems, Davido…Look who else made the 10 Best Music Videos of 2020

2020 was a weird and difficult year. The coronavirus pandemic shuttered the music industry with one fell swoop as governments issued stay at home and no travel orders in a scramble to keep the raging pandemic under control. Still, artistes found a way to create new music and to present them to the world via... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

#YNaija2020Review, 1 Milli, Ada, corner, damages, Damn, Geng, Lady Donli, My Fantasy, Shekere, smile, Strippers + White Lines, The 10 Best Music Videos of 2020

December 22, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: OC Ukeje, Maryam Booth, Anthonieta Kalunta…the 10 Best Performances of the Year

There is something about actors interpreting roles that makes us feel seen and stirs the deepest passions. These are the performances that had us believing this year. 10. Seun Ajayi- The Lost Okoroshi Seun Ajayi clearly isn’t a native speaker of Igbo and his portrayal of Raymond Obinwa in Abba Makama’s mischievous romp suggests as... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

#YNaija2020Review, Anthonieta Kalunta, Gambo Usman Kona, Jimmy Jean Louis, Jude Akuwudike, Maryam Booth, OC Ukeje, Omowunmi Dada, seun ajayi, Stan Nze, Temi Ani-Williams

December 22, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: The Milkmaid, Òlòtūré, Eyimofe…The Best Films of the Year

2020 was a weird and difficult year. The coronavirus pandemic shuttered the film industry for months at a time with one swoop as governments issued stay at home and no travel orders in a scramble to keep the raging pandemic under control. Still, artistes found a way to present new work to the world. Two... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

citation, Eyimofe, Finding Hubby, Oloture, Shine Your Eyes, skin, The Lost Okoroshi, The Milkmaid, This Lady Called Life, Trouble Sleep

December 21, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Laycon, Omah Lay, Anthonieta Kalunta…The Revelations of the Year

2020 was traumatic enough it is easier to forget. Don’t forget the 10 people on this list. Oluwatobiloba Ajayi Oluwatobiloba Ajayi is the inaugural winner of The Nigeria Prize for Difference and Diversity. She claimed this honor and N1million Prize for her work with the Let Cerebral Palsy Kids Learn Foundation. A lawyer and disability... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

Anthonieta Kalunta, Arie and Chuko Esiri, Chimezie Imo, Fisayo Longe, Laycon, Logan February, Oluwatobiloba Ajayi, Omah lay, Tomi Owó, Yanmo Omorogbe

December 21, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Duduke, Abule, Damages…The 10 Best Pop Songs of 2020

2020 was a weird and difficult year. The coronavirus pandemic shuttered the music industry with one fell swoop as governments issued stay at home and no travel orders in a scramble to keep the raging pandemic under control. Still, artistes found a way to create new music and to present them to the world via... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

Abule, Bad influence, damages, Duduke, fantasy, Heartbreak Songs are Better in English, Monsters You made, nobody, Roju, smile

December 18, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Chadwick Boseman, Kobe Bryant, Diego Maradona… 15 deaths that shook the world

2020 was that year that claimed the lives of public figures across the globe with huge footprints on the sands of time. While this 15 deaths that shook the world is in no way exhaustive, the shock the world received from the demise of these stars (some of whom were quite young) still reverberates up... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

#YNaija2020Review, Chadwick Boseman, diego maradona, Ennio Morricone, Hosni Mubarak, Irrfan Khan, John le Carré, John Lewis, Katherine Johnson, Kenny Rogers, Manu Dibango, Qassem Soleimani, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sean Connery, Tony Allen

December 18, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Ogadinma, Black Sunday, new Wole Soyinka…The Notable books of the year

The titles that kept us reading through a pandemic. A Broken People’s Playlist- Chimeka Garricks Almost ten years after publishing his debut novel, Chimeka Garricks returns with his first collection of short stories. Garricks’ playlist may be made up of cheesy pop songs, but the stories that he pens are made of sterner stuff. One... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

A Broken People’s Playlist, Black Sunday, Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth, Dreams and Assorted Nightmares, Everything Will be All Right, Love in Colour-, Ogadinma, Sacrament of bodies, The Death of Vivek Oji, The Girl with the Louding Voice, The Mechanics of Yenagoa

covid-19 misconceptions

December 17, 2020

#YNaija2020Review: Here are the Top Ten #COVID19 Misconceptions from 2020

2020 was that year! Although starting with a lot of promises to be a good year from the spiritual and cosmic conscious, the year took a turn with the COVID-19 which placed the world to a standstill for months. As cases of the novel virus spread globally, people came up with one thing or the... Read More

2020 Review, Lists, Rankings

#YNaijaEndOfYearLists, COVID-19

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