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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read MoreYou'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…
Read MoreFor 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreWe 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.…
Read MoreIt 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…
Read MoreWe 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…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreAt 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read MoreSome 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read MoreThis 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,…
Read More“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 –…
Read MoreWe 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…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreIf 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…
Read MoreYou 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…
Read MoreBy 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…
Read MoreOur 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read MoreIt 'thundered' so loud the cows died from all that noise making. Leadership newspaper, but why?
Read MoreWe 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,…
Read MoreMuhammadu 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…
Read MoreLet'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…
Read Moreby 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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