Edwin Okolo

Tekno

Tekno has some very interesting ideas on how to make a comeback

Many people have been wondering what is going on with former Made Men Group singer Tekno. He fell off the radar in mid-2018, rarely performing or releasing music. Following the scandal that erupted around Iyanya’s own attempt at a comeback, which included a tell-all media tour shedding light on his tumultuous business and personal relationship,... Read More

comeback, daddy freeze, Tekno

Tinder

Hallelujah, Tinder is finally looking out for the gays

Dating app Tinder has really caught on in Nigeria. It has gone from this dodgy app expatriates use to solicit for sex workers into a proper avenue for people who do not have the energy or patience for guess work to meet and match with other people who share their sexual or romantic proclivities. While... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Joey Akan

Joey Akan is giving the international reviewer thing a second try at The Fader

Since Joey Akan left his very controversial position as the head music reviewer at Pulse.NG, everyone’s been speculating where he would pop up next. Using the power and position of Ringer, Pulse’s parent company, and the access that the popular music analysis podcast Loose talk provided, Joey built a network of industry relationships that saw... Read More

Joey Akan, The Media Blog

CAN

In a move that surprises no one; CAN publicly disowns solidarity visit to COZA

On Sunday, the 14th of July 2019, the Abuja branch of the Commonwealth Of Zion Assembly received a purported solidarity visit from Reverend Dr. Israel Akanji, the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) North Central Zone, and Reverend Dr. Jonah Samson, chairman of CAN, FCT chapter. Both reverends insisted they were at the... Read More

Editor's Pick, Featured, Specials, The News Blog

CAN, COZA, Fatoyinbo, PFN

njoku

Mary Remmy Njoku, the undisputed queen of Nollywood sells ROK to Canal+

In what is arguably the biggest boss move in Nollywood history, Mary Remmy Njoku, the CEO of the ROK group, which includes three ROK cable channels has just sold her production company and all its properties to French media giant, the CANAL+ group. The buyout deal will see Mrs. Njoku relinquish control of its production... Read More

canal, iROKO, Mary Remmy Njoku, ROK

CAN

CAN in Abuja says: We stand with you, Biodun Fatoyinbo

The Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) had two special guests at yesterday’s Sunday service. The first was Reverend Dr. Jonah Samson, the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) FCT chapter. The second was Reverend Dr. Israel Akanji, the chairman, CAN North Central. The presence of both pastors comes just two weeks after Biodun... Read More

Editor's Pick, Featured

Biodun Fatoyinbo, CAN North Central, Israel Akanji, Jonah Samson

DaddyFreeze

EXCLUSIVE: Biodun Fatoyinbo decides to launch attack on Busola, others … invites DaddyFreeze to interview him

We have received news that Pastors Biodun and Modele Fatoyinbo are preparing to wrest control of the narrative around the COZA scandal and are currently shopping for journalists to interview them for an exclusive. One of the names currently being shopped is Ifedayo ‘DaddyFreeze’ Olarinde; a Nigerian OAP who rose to infamy in Nigerian christian... Read More

Specials, The News Blog

Biodun Fatoyinbo, COZA, Daddyfreeze, Modele Fatoyinbo, Protests

Fatoyinbo

‘I don’t think she is unaware’: A second survivor comes forward with her experience with Biodun Fatoyinbo and the tacit guilt of a pastor’s wife

To understand how much fear Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo inspires in the subject of our next interview; we will tell you how much censoring we had to concede to get the interview we share today. It took significant motivation to even get our interviewee in the right frame of mind to tell her story, sitting quietly... Read More

Editor's Pick, Featured, Specials

@YNaijaTV, Biodun Fatoyinbo, Chude Jideonwo, COZA, Modele Fatoyinbo, rape, Sexual assault

Biodun Fatoyinbo WAFBEC 2018

This is bigger than Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo and COZA

This morning, YNaija TV released a four part series of an interview between Chude Jideonwo and Busola Dakolo about her time at the Biodun Fatoyinbo led Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) and how he allegedly singled her out, groomed her and raped her twice. This is not the first time that Fatoyinbo, who is known... Read More

Editor's Pick, Featured

Busola Dakolo, Creflo dollar, Fatoyinbo, TD Jakes

Busola Dakolo

‘Nobody ignores me’; we break down the Y!TV exclusive with Busola Dakolo on being sexually assaulted by Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo

After six years of chasing rumours about the cases of sexual assault and rape and the public humiliation of Ese Walter-Ark, another high profile victim of Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, the Commonwealth Zion Assembly has come forward. Busola Dakolo, a celebrity photographer and the wife of singer Timi Dakolo was a teenager in the Divine Delight... Read More

Editor's Pick, Featured

Biodun Fatoyinbo, Busola Dakolo, Cozagate, Eromo Egbejule, japheth omojuwa, Wole Soetan

Sanwoolu

Sanwo-Olu is saying all the right things, but we’ve been through this before

Dear Lagosians, we have identified short, medium and long term projects across the state that require swift attention. Today, @drobafemihamzat and I inspected the roads on the Badagry expressway corridor and work will begin this month to ease the pain of your everyday commute. pic.twitter.com/quNRt8lCh3 — Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) June 2, 2019 After the initial... Read More

Editor's Pick, Featured, Thinking Through

ambode, Sanwo-Olu

Daydream Esoterica

Daydream Esoterica is Victor Ehikhamenor’s homecoming and an homage to Lagos

If there is one principle that has consistently defined Victor Ehikhamenor’s art practice, it is the idea that the art he creates (and all art) is autonomous. Art is sentient and chooses its vessel,; the medium in which it is expressed, the time and place where it decides to exist. True art cannot be rushed... Read More

Culture, Editor's Pick

Daydream Esoterica, Johnny Walker, Johnny Walker 18, Victor Ehikhamenor

stylist

The age of the ‘active muse’ is over; its time for Nigerian stylists to get serious

At the 2017 and 2018 Lagos Fashion Week (LFWNG) showcases, commissioned stylists were conspicuously absent. Their absence was obvious because LFWNG is arguably the biggest platform for fashion creatives to make a statement about their work, and the official start of the Nigerian fashion calendar. At fittings, most designers brought their own personal or professional... Read More

Culture, Editor's Pick

Active muse, Ezinne Chinkata, Stylists

Native

Native Media is revisiting the origins of Nigerian popular music with ‘Roots’ their new exhibition

Native Media has been on the cutting edge of documenting contemporary Nigerian music and the culture that has grown around it. With print and online platforms and ‘NativeLand’, their annual offline concert that brings many of the rising stars in Nigeria and the UK to rave with thousands of young fans, the folks at Native... Read More

exhibition, Native Mag, roots, The Native Media

Latter Day Saints

Is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints about to become Nigeria’s first gay friendly church?

If there is anything the body of Christ in Nigeria is well known for, it is their vehement rejection of persons on the LGBT spectrum. This manifests in many ways, from spectacular ‘deliverance’ sessions where LGBT persons are publicly humiliated or even physically assaulted to enthusiastic public support for government legislation that targets LGBT persons... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

gender, gospel, LGBT, nigeria, sexuality

Igbo

It is time women in Igbo land to have their #MeToo moment

If you have been following the news from Nigeria, then you have most certainly heard about the #ArewaMetoo movement. Inspired the sexual assault and rape of underaged girls in Kaduna, Kano and Abuja, women across Arewa (the traditionally Muslim North) began to share their stories about how prominent Northern families have hidden the indiscretions of... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

#MeToo, Ndi Igbo, Olamma Ekwebelem, women

Banky

February 25, 2019

2019 was the election year Nigerian celebrities really stood up to be counted

Everyone by now has heard the almost fantastical story of Banky W’s run for the Eti-Osa House Of Representatives seat. For those who haven’t, Olubankole Wellington, a musician and actor decided in October 2018 that he was going to run for political office. It shouldn’t have surprised that many people, considering Bankole has always been... Read More

Editor's Pick, Featured

Bankole Wellington, Banky W, Omoni Oboli

New Establishment 2019

February 20, 2019

Quddus King, Benita Nnachortam, Jekein Lato-Unah, Mary Edoro: Here is the Y!/YNaija 2019 New Establishment List

With each year, it becomes clearer to the editorial board at YNaija, the premium our annual New Establishment list places on the work of young emerging players in diverse field within Nigeria. Providing that first wave of recognition for the work that the men and women of our annual lists do in the communities is... Read More

CifromRED, Lists, Rankings, The New Establishment

Be The Difference

February 19, 2019

Revolutionizing volunteering in Nigeria is tough, but Be The Difference has it covered

On the 13th of February 2019, volunteer non-profit Be The Difference announced via Instagram that it was partnering with the global accountability platform Accountability Labs. It is a huge step for any non-profit, especially in countries with poor government infrastructure and monitoring of private organizations to submit themselves to an internationally recognized watchdog to ensure... Read More

Be The Difference, Maryam Amusan, mofe binitie

Segalink

January 1, 2019

Segun ‘@Segalink’ Awosanya is the editor’s pick for Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2018

The editorial board of Y!/YNaija.com has chosen Segun ‘Segalink’ Awosanya as the editor’s pick for the YNaija 2018 Person of the year. Awosanya was chosen from a shortlist that included Herbert Wigwe, CEO and director of Access Bank and Samson Itodo, chair of YIAGA and proponent of the Not Too Young to Run Bill, passed... Read More

Editor's Pick, Featured

Person of the Year, Segalink

God Calling

December 17, 2018

BB Sasore and Momo Spaine talk ‘God calling’ and the art of film making

Film making is no easy feat in Nigeria, and while the Nigerian Film industry aka Nollywood churns out a number of movies, kudos should be extended to the writers, producers, directors and actors that are working diligently to change the narrative of how we view the film industry. In this piece, Writer/Director BB Sasore and... Read More

BB Sasore, God Calling, Momo Spaine

Tolu Akinyemi

December 8, 2018

With “Dead Lions Don’t Roar”, Tolu Akinyemi opts for relatable simplicity

Poetry can be likened to spades, whose ability to dig deep and unearth largely depends on who is handling it. It’s fairly obvious, but the fate of a line or a paragraph, in terms of its resonating effect, has a lot to do with the thumb and index (and all other accompanying) fingers wielding the... Read More

Dead Lions dont roar, Poetolu, Poetry, Tolu Akinyemi

Chief Daddy

October 19, 2018

Meet Famzy: Falz steals the show in this captivating final teaser for ‘Chief Daddy’

In true EbonyLife fashion, the final teaser for Chief Daddy is nothing short of exceptional. The long-awaited teaser reveals the eccentric character, ‘Famzy’. Played by award-winning rapper, entertainer and actor, Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana, ‘Famzy’ is the spoiled, privileged son and heir apparent of Chief Beecroft, who turned down a role in his father’s company to... Read More

Chief Daddy, falz

Chief Daddy

October 11, 2018

The wait is killing us for Chief Daddy, but at least there’s a new teaser

This is the great and terrible thing about an extensive press rollout, you get to really get a feel for the film in question and it kind of gets you hyped to actually see the film, but the wait for the actual thing is unbearable. So I’m pretty happy that Ebony Life Films hasn’t left... Read More

Chief Daddy, Ini Edo, Linda Ejiofor, Shaffy Bello

Ezekwesili

October 7, 2018

The rumours are true, Mama Chibok, Obiageli Ezekwesili is running for president next year

According a news report posted by the international news platform Reuters, Mama Chibok and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Oby Ezekwesili has just announced that she is indeed running for President of the Republic of Nigeria. This comes after months of speculation after Ezekwesili publicly took on the presidency earlier this year for its shoddy treatment... Read More

2019, Obiageli Ezekwesili, Presidency

Chief Daddy

September 25, 2018

Need yourself a dose of Chigurl? Check out the new ‘Chief Daddy’ teaser

It literally feels like everyone who is anyone in comedy is in the new film from Ebony Life Films, ‘Chief Daddy’. The Holiday blockbuster already boasts of veterans Nkem Owoh and Patience Ozokwor, whom we’ve wanted to see come back to the big screen in the era of the cinema blockbuster. But they’re also bringing... Read More

chief, daddy, Ebony life

Chief Daddy

September 21, 2018

Mark your calendars people, Ebony Life just announced the premiere date for ‘Chief Daddy’

Following the recent release of the first teaser of the movie, Chief Daddy, EbonyLife Films has announced the date of the movie’s premiere, set for 2nd December 2018. The highly anticipated launch will take place at the Oriental Hotel in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. In usual EbonyLife fashion, the premiere is set to be a grand... Read More

I BE Man

September 19, 2018

‘I Be Man’ is challenging stereotypes around masculinity in our own schools

From our social media timeline as the alter Ego Cleopatra to our very daring madam Gold, Actor , Online comedian and Content Creator Steven Chuks takes to stage with the play “I Be MAN” that focuses on the society’s definition of a man /bounds on toxic masculinity. The play aims to challenge societal norms that... Read More

I Be Man, Steven Chuks

Chief Daddy

September 14, 2018

Nkem Owoh & Patience Ozokwor continue their comeback in Ebony Life’s ‘Chief Daddy’

Contrary to popular convention, their Golden age of Nollywood (circa 1999 – 2012) never really faded into obscurity. Long before the new Gen-Z obsession with that era of Nollywood began thanks to the tireless curation of the people behind Twitter profile YungNollywood and Instagram profile ‘Nolly.Babes‘, we’ve always turned to the actors who personified that... Read More

Chief Daddy, Ebony Life Films

Tanzania

September 11, 2018

Tanzania is waging war on ‘slay queens’ by banning artificial nails and eyelashes in its parliament

Africa really is a country, especially when matters of female autonomy and the policing of women’s bodies is involved. Across the continent, there are overt and covert efforts to censor the freedoms of women and vilify the words and activities women have claimed for themselves. It is often insidious, like the widespread vilification of the... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

ban, Sexuality Blog, Tanzania

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