Please help us and watch. https://www.instagram.com/p/BV2PGgBlpI_/?taken-by=officialhiptv Meanwhile, is she still in Nollywood?
We’ve talked about this before. The images, the art, everything is on point. The Inkblot guy’s take themselves very seriously (some will say for its chief executive, Chinaza Onuzo, too seriously) so we are not surprised. This trailer was released yesterday. With lead stars Ramsey Nouah and Omoni Oboli, it also features Jemima Osunde, Seyi Law,... Read More
by Olusegun Adeniyi A United Nations (UN) population estimate released last week reaffirmed earlier projection that Nigeria is set to overtake the United States in population by 2050. Titled, “2017 Revision of World Population Prospects”, the UN report added rather ominously that the concentration of population growth in the poorest countries will pose a challenge... Read More
by Femi Fani-Kayode “All of us who do not speak the Hausa language in which Buhari allegedly addressed Nigerians are being told one thing: you do not belong here. Can anyone ever come up with a more powerful rationale for secession?”- Kayode Samuel. Can anyone fault Samuel’s thinking and rationale? Two days ago I wrote... Read More
by Suraj Oyewale In 2001, the business pages of Nigerian newspapers were awash with the face of a young, cute business executive. He had led a group of equally young folks (all in their early- to mid-30s) to buy Federal Government of Nigeria’s share in one of the state-owned downstream oil companies, UNIPETROL. Few months... Read More
by Yushau A. Shuaib The sweet memory of my youth service year in an Igboland of Asaba, Delta State in the 90s, is what I have continued to relish whenever a discourse on tribalism, sectionalism and the likes are on the front burner in my beloved country, Nigeria. As non-indigenes, especially young Northerners, we were... Read More
Since Donald Trump moved into office as POTUS 45, he has been the central focus of foreign media outfits. Each speech he makes, each tweet he posts is put under the microscope and scrutinized harshly. And when Russia was discovered, the pitchforks descended. It’s hard to escape the “media bias” when it comes to Trump... Read More
by dijiaderoGBA Sometimes, I want to talk. Sometimes, I want to cry. Two sides of life. One for the pain. Other for the pain. Who will listen ? Who will I talk to? Depression is a friend. I smile. I cry. I pretend. I wish I could speak. I wish you could listen.... Read More
There is an abundance of people so upset at the mediocrity of the Africa Movie Academy Awards that they just want it shut down. You hear it often in film circles, especially with younger people. We chronicled one such angry bird here. Still, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, for all her many flaws, continues to make it happen,... Read More
by Shehu Audu On the contrary, one of the biggest political sacrileges yet in Nigeria’s democratic set-up, was the imposition of Mr Yahaya Bello as Kogi State governor by the ruling All Progressive Congress [APC] in connivance with power brokers in Abuja. When I saw Mr Isa Eneye Mubarak’s title, I had inferred he has... Read More
by Bayo Oluwasanmi Last week, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo met with governors at the Presidential Banquet in Abuja. Obviously, the recent three-month ultimatum by northern youths to Igbo to vacate the north and IPOB’s Kanu renewed agitation for Biafra were on his mind. Osinbajo advised the governors to protect lives and properties of all citizens... Read More
by Tony Ogunlowo So everybody wants to go their own separate way? Some Igbos want to re-create the nation of Biafra while others want a Niger-Delta country; Northern youths are calling for the expulsion of all Igbos (- and Southerners) from the North and quietly the Yorubas are calling for the creation of an Oduduwa... Read More
by Nduka Odo It is obvious to all that Nnamdi Kanu and his Indigenous People of Biafra disparage a continued existence of one united Federal Republic of Nigeria. Their agitations for the secession or restoration of the sovereign state of Biafra from Nigeria landed him and others into Kuje prison under the hands of President... Read More
by Reuben Abati “Baba just fall my hand! Ha, wetin.” “Which Baba?” “Baba Bubu, the President of all Nigeria.” “In the spirit of this season, may Almighty Allah (SAW) grant him good health and quick recovery. It is part of our duty to pray for our leaders. Only infidels pray for evil.” “My friend, the... Read More
by Izuchukwu Okafor It’s pretty regular for people to associate the past with being more sane, more organized and essentially better than the present. The Good old days. Closer to home, there is an understanding being perpetuated that marriages in the time past, the unions of the 60’ to 80’s were the periods where there was... Read More
by Moses Ochonu Such is the rot in Nigerian universities that the system needs deep, disruptive reforms to become compatible with the educational trends and needs of the 21st century. I have identified the problems of Nigerian higher education in many forums, problems ranging from poor teaching and research to a lack of accountability on... Read More
by Ayo Sogunro The continuing mystery of President Buhari’s illness and the handling of the saga by his aides is more evidence that Nigeria’s political system works almost independently of the individual nominally in charge. If we had a responsive and functional political system in Nigeria, the independence of the system from political actors would... Read More
by Femi Fani-Kayode “I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves”- Harriet Tubman How can anyone describe Nigeria as a free nation when Sheik Othman Dan Fodio, the hero of the core Muslim north, the father of the Fulani Caliphate and the first Mahdi... Read More
by Gimba Kakanda A few days ago, a friend asked me to explain my aversion to the idea of secession as championed by the neo-Biafra advocates of Southeast Nigeria. He had assumed it was the fear, as simplified in a certain series of propaganda, of the North’s foreseen inability to sustain itself economically post-breakup. Since... Read More
by Stan Ekezie Ksc In order to show my kids who is in charge, I have had to overrule my wife’s decision a few times on almost every aspect of our family life, not in a malicious way though. Just enough to show the kids that I am in charge and my consent or refusal... Read More
by Pastor Ferdy I walked into the classroom and there was only one Dad sitting in the middle of 15 children. My son’s school had reached out to fathers some days before, asking us to come read to the kids on Thursday, as a prelude to Father’s day. But here we were. Just two... Read More
by Tunde Leye I wrote this a while ago, but with recent events like the videos of Pastor Ashimolowo that trended on twitter, Pastor Ibiyeomie and how the Kemi Olunloyo matter was handled and many others, I thought to share again here. One of the most abused verses of scripture is found in 1st Chronicles... Read More
America, the land of the free and the brave- and primarily of capitalism- is a country many, especially Nigerians, are jostling to get into. On any given day, take a stroll past the American embassy in Lagos and see the sea of people waiting impatiently to be told “yes”. According to Tunde Leye, Nigerians are... Read More
by Simon Kolawole Something is wrong with anybody who says there is nothing wrong with Nigeria. We all seem to agree that something is not working. We all seem to concur that this is not the best Nigeria can be. We all seem to believe that something major needs to be done for us to... Read More
by Manasseh Egedegbe Enough of all the political correctness. We need more motherfuckers in Nigeria. We need more people who don’t give a flying fuck about the system. The system in this country has been designed to crush ideas, and any attempt to challenge the status quo. Nigeria is stuck in the agrarian age, and... Read More
by Seye ken Education is a fundamental empowerment which any nation can give to her citizen. Education improves the standard of living of any society. The sober truth is that a nation can’t develop more than the quality of education obtained by the inhabitants. Education shapes people’s perception, ideology and moral values. Formal education is... Read More
by Farooq Kperogi I want to begin this week’s instalment by responding to a challenge thrown at me by a reader. The reader said India’s relative national cohesion is a consequence of its monolingual character. That, of course, implies that Nigeria’s linguistic plurality is the reason for its tendency toward fissiparity. That is completely inaccurate,... Read More
by Nkem Ndem We grew up watching classics like Cinderella, Coming to America, Pretty Woman, Nollywood’s Violated and a couple of other movies where love conquered the social class divide. Fast forward to 2017, the Internet rules; anyone can meet anyone, and nobody kicks up a fuss about cross-class relationships or marriages anymore. It is... Read More
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