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June 24, 2017

Falz vs 9ice: It’s a fact that subliminal messaging is the selling point of music

by Alexander O. Onukwue If you don’t talk money, don’t show up. I’m a Hitler, I’m Abacha. We’ve been fed constantly by the flows and rhymes of often not-so-tasty lyrics of music for as long as we can all remember. It did not begin with “Living Things” and it sure won’t end with it. For... Read More
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June 24, 2017

Falz-a Furious: Why 9ice’s lyrics had to push Falz to speak

by Alexander O. Onukwue The opinion of Folarin Falana, alias Falz the Bahd Guy, on the issue of glorifying fraudulent behaviour through music has sparked views on social media. Falz criticised entertainers who, as role models to young persons, misused their platforms of influence to send wrong messages that encourage illegal activities. It was a thinly-veiled... Read More
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June 24, 2017

YNaija Says: We are stunned at the request to shut down Al Jazeera

Since the beginning of June, there has been a brewing diplomatic crisis in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates cut off diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing the latter of sponsoring terrorism. Many other reasons have been posited as being responsible for this crisis, such as Qatar’s increasingly growing friendliness... Read More
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June 24, 2017

[The Church Blog] Night of worship at Daystar Christian Centre and the things that could have been done better

So, one of the most anticipated worship events in Lagos and environs happened on Wednesday at Daystar Christian Centre. The annual event holds at the middle of the year and like everything related to Daystar, it was first class. The sound, the light, the uniformed dressing, the views, everything was on point as expected. The... Read More
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June 24, 2017

Chude Jideonwo: Here is what the #HallelujahChallenge is really saying to Nigeria and Nigerians

by Chude Jideonwo Who would have thought: that one of the things the Twitter Outrage Machine – a small minority of vocal people who are easy to quote, and quick to offer judgement – would eventually turn on something as innocuous as a group of young people coming together to worship? Of itself, it sounds... Read More
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June 23, 2017

Melaye Recall: Bad Belle Bello? Nobody cares really

by Alexander O. Onukwue INEC received the petition for the recall of Dino Melaye, together with six bags containing the over 180,000 signatures of Kogi West electorates. The bags were, of course, mostly Ghana-must-Go bags, and in Nigerian political parlance, those only ever contain one thing. We know bottles are used to sell kerosene in... Read More
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June 23, 2017

Dino Melaye: We gonna miss him when he’s gone?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Dino Melaye, a self-acclaimed democratic evangelist and anti-corruption crusader, has had the rare privilege of being both in the House of Representatives and in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. There was some substance to his allegations against then Speaker of the House, Dimeji Bankole, on the matter of... Read More
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June 23, 2017

The Media Blog: The New York Times just told a bad-ass Nigerian story – about Boko Haram

The kind of journalism that inspires. The New York Times, working with the Pulitzer Centre delivers a long, long, long read that delves into the forgotten boys of Boko Haram. “The eight-year conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian state has killed more than 20,000 and displaced millions. The people have slipped out of Boko... Read More
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June 22, 2017

[The Church Blog] Mensa Otabil, Sam Adeyemi, Poju Oyemade, and others to speak at Accelerate Conference 2017

We are gradually approaching the middle of the year and for many, this has been characterised by burnout, tiredness and exhaust and for this reason, The Elevation Church put together the Accelerate Conference. The Accelerate Conference is the mid-year Conference hosted by Pastor Godman and Bola Akinlabi put together to arm participants with the necessary... Read More
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June 22, 2017

Nigeria’s mega-cities need their little unpleasant slums

by Alexander O. Onukwue German media organisation, DW, describes it this way “Lagos is growing at breakneck speed. Nigeria’s government is keen to attract the investment needed to modernize the city. But to accomplish this, they’re pushing out the city’s poor” The decision by a Lagos court on Wednesday declaring the sack of the members... Read More
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June 22, 2017

The similarities between Otodo Gbame and the Grenfell Tower

by Alexander O. Onukwue There are not many instances where you can say something similar happens between Nigeria and the United Kingdom, and even when there is, it is usually not positive. Like the terrible fire outbreak at the Grenfell Towers in London, which have killed at least 75 persons, the story of the displaced... Read More
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June 22, 2017

Governor Ambode owes the people of Otodo Gbame an apology

by Alexander O. Onukwue The radical drive by the Lagos State Government led by Akinwunmi Ambode to rid Lagos State its slums has been declared unconstitutional by a Lagos High Court. The Ambode led administration of Lagos State has been on a spree of evictions of residents of Otodo Gbame and waterfront communities. A January... Read More
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June 22, 2017

Why the Otodo Gbame victory at the courts is important

by Alexander O. Onukwue There has been some jubilation for the common man as a Lagos High Court sitting in the Igbosere area of Lagos Island ruled that the Lagos State Government should not proceed with any further evictions at Otodo Gbame. The restraint was issued in a pronouncement by Justice Surajudeen Onigbangbo on Wednesday,... Read More
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June 21, 2017

Those in favour of Sango and Amadioha studies say aye?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Amidst the wave of comments about the revision of religious curriculum for secondary schools, interesting options are coming to play. Apparently, some are rooting for the replacement or adaptation of the ‘western’ religious instructions to introduce the study of African traditional deities. The Ministry of Education has carried out something of... Read More
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June 21, 2017

Should the ministry of education bring back the L2 option?

by Alexander O. Onukwue It was not enjoyed by all, but there was the time when the opportunity to learn a second language in secondary school was a special point of note in the Nigeria education curriculum. There are officially about 521 languages spoken in Nigeria. However, the curriculum for languages can only accommodate a... Read More
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June 21, 2017

Should Nigeria follow “International best practices” on religious curricula?

by Alexander O. Onukwue For the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Nigeria ranks as one of the most backward in the world. In these fields, there is the urgent need for revision in how these subjects are taught, in terms of the expertise employed and the teaching methods involved. In the field... Read More
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