Author: YWriter

Red Card Movement: When You Hear Democracy, what do you think of?

When you hear democracy, it is another word for your right to life and the dignity of life. Often defined in the words of Abraham Lincoln, as the government of…

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The Church Blog: Nigerian Pastors need to stop being slow adopters

by Charles Odii When I sent the topic of this article to my friend who lives in the US, he called me immediately to air his contrary opinion. In his…

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2 British Prime Ministers have visited Jesus House and both of them have been disgraced

You'd think that politicians patronising religious institutions when seeking office is a concept limited to Nigeria right? **side eye Goodluck Jonathan a la 2015 elections** Yet, more and more, it's…

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YNaija Says: Shame on you, Governor Ajimobi. Shame on you.

For the past eight months, the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in Oyo State has been shut down, the reason being that the staff were not being paid…

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The Church Blog: This is why the RCCG will last forever

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) was founded in 1952. It didn't really grow as fast as we understand church growth today, but it's founder, Rev. Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi…

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#CelebAtChurch: Yemi Osinbajo, Don Jazzy, Toke Makinwa and others were at The Experience yesterday

We don’t go to church or worship concerts to see celebrities, of course. But when The Church Blog sees them, what are we supposed to do now? Everyone likes celebs.…

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The Experience just ended! We’ll be reviewing it throughout the day

It just ended. With the closing performance by the incredible Tope Alabi, and closing prayers by Reverend Victor Adeyemi. And what a glorious 12 hours! The Tafawa Balewa Square was…

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The Sexuality Blog: This week, Nigeria’s civil society took a bold stand – and it should impress you

We assume, if you're the kind of person who reads YNaija.com, you know that this week, Idrs Okuneye, who you would know as Bobrisky, served up a storm, without necessarily…

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The Media Blog: That’s how they captured the ‘co-founder’ of NaijaGistLive.com

In today's episode of What A Major Wawu, they say they have caught the founder of the notorious NaijaGistLive.com - and they caught him for, predictably, blackmail. They say his…

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YNaija Says: Leave Bobrisky alone

At the center of everything, what Idris Okuneye, popularly called Bobrisky, is, is a cross-dresser. But that’s not the real center. That’s what you see when all you do is…

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This is why Bobrisky is ‘the most qualified speaker’ for a New Media conference

by Sola Fasasi We want to assume that you already know, in detail, the kerfuffle over Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky) speaking at a New Media Conference - organized by Enough is…

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Wizkid is back on top! | Here are 5 takeaways from the 2016 MAMAs

by Sola Fasasi Another MAMAs has come and gone. It is, easily, the continent’s biggest music festival – and as always, it captured the attention of young Africans (or at…

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The Film Blog: What Nate Parker said about the Nigerian film market

Some of us on TFB believe that the best thing Nate Parker could have done for his image for his new film, Birth of a Nation. Instead of talking about…

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Girl on fire! Aisha Buhari just put everyone on notice – in 3 photos

by Nkechi Nwokorie If you thought this was a shrinking violet - who wouldn't stand firm, because she doesn't speak much, Aisha Buhari just put you on notice today. Chimamanda…

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Aisha Buhari JUST declared war | These are 5 ways you know

by Nkechi Nwokorie Girl!How do you know that the First Lady of Nigeria is fully deliberate about the storm she caused, and she isn’t backing down, no matter how juvenile…

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Dear Molara Wood, your disdain for #BringBackOurGirls is a failure of judgement

by Sola Fasasi On Monday, photos began to circulate about an event for the inauguration and signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for the Chibok Girls Endowment Project. Expectedly, the…

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The Film Blog: Abeg, calm down Oreka

This morning, we woke up on The Film Blog (TFB) to find out that Oreka Godis, one of our favorite radio presenters (even though she of course won't believe it,…

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The Media Blog: ‘Linda Ikeji S’ is launching on November 1 – “That’s the something big,” she says

“When I said something big is coming, I didn’t mean this office, or all of this,” Linda Ikeji told one of us two weeks ago. “That’s just office space –…

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The Film Blog: 3 comments provide an important minority view on Room 315

We came across these two comments, and as far as minority views go on this debate about plagiarism, they are useful. There's this one: Commodore October 17, 2016 at 2:33…

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The Film Blog: From #TheOtherRoom to #Room315 (and what we think)

In case you were looking for a room controversy that actually worth your time, rather than the teenage-boy fantasies of an over-indulged President, well yesterday the good guys at YNaija's…

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The Media Blog: Ha, these people just totally destroyed ‘DJ Cuppy Takes Africa’

If you don't know 'DJ Cuppy Takes Africa', which launched on the brand new Fox Life last week, we can't help you really. And if you don't know who DJ…

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The Media Blog: We’re becoming mad fans of Africa Magic’s ‘Hustle’

You will remember the anticipation with which we welcomed Hustle (Weekdays, 9.30pm, Africa Magic Urban). And then the disappointment with its first cliché-ridden episode. But remember, also, what we told…

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The Film Blog: That’s how IK Ogbonna was just going on his way o, and trailer came to jam him

  By now you know we kinda like our good friends at TrueNollywoodStories, at least based on how many times we look at the stuff that Segun Odejimi and Andrew…

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Thought Experiment: What if Reuben Abati is actually right – about the demons in Aso Rock?

Our friend, Reuben Abati, is a brave man. Surely he must have known, when he wrote his latest opinion, that he would become the recipient of vehement ridicule for daring…

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The thing is, Buhari doesn’t know that his misogyny has actual consequences for Nigeria’s economy

by Sola Fasasi Anyone who actually knows Muhammadu Buhari, the president of Nigeria, knows that he is a very stubborn man, irritatingly stubborn, who will insist on his way even…

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The Media Blog: This is an actual headline, from an actual Nigerian newspaper

It 'thundered' so loud the cows died from all that noise making. Leadership newspaper, but why?  

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AY and Funke Akindele in A Trip to Jamaica

The Film Blog: We can’t find one good review for ‘A Trip to Jamaica’. No, not one.

  We went across the length and breadth of the Nigerian internet to see the reviews - and what we found for AY's blockbuster comedy, A Trip to Jamaica is, uhm,…

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Thought Experiment: What if Buhari is right, and Aisha just doesn’t know what she is talking about?

Muhammadu Buhari, president of Nigeria, said something last Friday that was, to put the finest face on it when you parse public opinion, impolitic. Asked about his wife who had…

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Reading material: For those who work in media content (4)

Let's go! We were just talking about Twitter as a media company the other day. Read 2. Amazon has a new TV drama - that goes forward into the past. Read…

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Dear Reuben Abati, Nigeria’s problems are caused by men, not spirits

by Joachim Mac-Ebong Since the end of the Jonathan administration, Reuben Abati has returned to his prolific commentary on Nigerian politics and society, sometimes writing three or four times a…

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