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April 4, 2017

The Media Blog: The first episode of King Women with Taiwo Ajayi-Lycett is immense

Immense simply in terms of how much weight is packed behind every single word Taiwo Ajayi-Lycett, the subject of the first episode, utters. Kemi Adetiba’s interview series couldn’t have picked a better person to kick off its run – and we suspect everyone involved knows this too, as Ajayi-Lycett has all but become the unofficial... Read More
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beyond biafra
April 4, 2017

BEYOND BIAFRA: From the heart of Aba, a food revolution is coming

by Victor Akhidenor Agbai Amarachi is on a mission. She is a student of the department of Food Science and Technology at Abia State Polytechnic, Aba and she wants to take the world, Nigerians at least, on a new adventure. “I’m working on the proximate analysis of cassava flour blended with African yam beans flour... Read More
Citizenship, Thinking Through
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April 4, 2017

BEYOND BIAFRA: Stories of innovation, grit and tenacity from the South-East

This month’s citizenship series on YNaija is focused on the South-East part of Nigeria.  Keeping in line with our commitment to focus on the people that matter and their stories, our reporter, Victor Akhidenor has unearthed several narratives, with both breadth of scope and depth of focus. From breakthroughs in food to stories about finding success... Read More
Citizenship, Thinking Through
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April 3, 2017

[The Music Blog] What do you do when you become the kind of artist that calls out Don Jazzy on live TV? | The Glory of Olamide

What do you do when you become the kind of artist that calls out Don Jazzy on live TV?, when you come from being a street myth to becoming the kind of artist rubbing hands with highly ranked politicians. Or perhaps when you’re sending Lagos into a frantic panic for last-minute tickets to your annual... Read More
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April 3, 2017

The Film Blog: It looks like Isoken is about to kick into high gear

Look at these fantastic new posters for the Jade Osiberu directed film. We also hear a full trailer will be dropping tomorrow, so expect marketing activities for the film to ramp up considerably. The June release date is almost right around the corner, and we’re just going to go ahead and say now that we... Read More
The Film Blog
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April 3, 2017

YNaija Editorial: On this trial of students for protesting, UNILAG is playing with fire

In September 2015, students of the University of Lagos brought activities at their school to a halt when they came out to protest an invasion of their halls of residences by bed bugs and mosquitoes. The university responded by fumigating the heavily-infested hostels as well as replacing infested mattresses with new ones. Normalcy was thought... Read More
Citizenship, Thinking Through
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April 3, 2017

YNaija Analysis: It’s official, the powerful are now using the courts to intimidate new media players

The past few weeks have been quite interesting ones with respect to the number of court cases that have emerged as a result of postings on social media that generated controversies. First, it was Sahara Reporters, the controversial citizen-journalism site tweeted allegations that Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West – APC) never graduated from the Ahmadu... Read More
Thinking Through
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April 3, 2017

Reading Material: Here’s what you need to be reading if you work in media content this week

1. Journalism so great it makes a great time out of reading about something like gentrification. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/nyregion/the-state-of-your-block-2017-new-york-city.html 2. But then even great journalism won’t be enough to fix what’s broken about the media. http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/03/from-the-unbanked-to-the-unnewsed-just-doing-good-journalism-wont-be-enough-to-bring-back-reader-trust/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=b0e87a6c8a-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-b0e87a6c8a-396044165 3. Resist the internet, on the internet. It does make sense. Really. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/opinion/sunday/resist-the-internet.html 4. But if you can’t, here’s why. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/science/technology-addiction-irresistible-by-adam-alter.html... Read More
The Media Blog
April 2, 2017

Governor Ambode remains at the bottom on this week’s YNaija Governors Ranking

More than enough time has passed since the Otodo-Gbame disaster. More than enough time for Governor Ambode to, if not make this right, then acknowledge that it was wrong. But no. So at the bottom he remains. [Read also: YNaija Says: We are disappointed, but not surprised at the forced evacuation of Otodo Gbame community by... Read More
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April 2, 2017

Dino Melaye is the worst Senator in Nigeria | The YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Senators

Was it too much to ask for Senator Dino Melaye to conduct himself with some level of grace? Clearly so. Not even the genuinely good work he was doing, which got him to the #1 spot last week, was enough to get him to reason with himself. But just as we commended him for responding... Read More
Citizenship, Thinking Through
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April 2, 2017

SaharaReporters moves up to #1, Zikoko slides into the top 5 | The latest YNaija online media (web) countdown

They say controversy sells and no one proves this more right now than SaharaReporters which takes the #1 spot on our online (web) countdown. The past month has seen the typically controversial site mired in a series of noisy and dramatic events. Most notable might be the Dino Melaye certificate saga, but SR was also at the... Read More
Featured, The Media Blog
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April 2, 2017

The YNaija Ranking: Instablog9ja retains the #1 position on our latest online media (social) countdown

For a second straight month Instablog9ja is at #1 on our online media (social) countdown. The Instagram handle remains the clear leader in a sea of social media competitors that only manage to do part of what Instablog does. Elsewhere, Funny African Pics slips to the #10 spot for similar reasons, albeit from a different... Read More
Featured, The Media Blog
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April 2, 2017

The YNaija Ranking: Inspiration FM moves up into the top 10 on our top 25 radio stations countdown

There’s a curious thing that a lot of people experience when a new building springs up somewhere. It’s expressed most succinctly in the question: what was there before? It’s particularly common in Lagos where, if asked what previously stood in the locations of any of the malls around, dwellers would be hard pressed to provide an... Read More
The Media Blog, Thinking Through
April 1, 2017

The Church Blog: Should I celebrate April Fools’ day as a Christian?

Today is April 1, the world-famous April fool’s day, and I’m seated here fighting the urge to play just one tiny prank on my friends. What exactly is my apprehension? Well, the thing is, I’m a christian, and growing up in Sunday School, I was made to believe that April fools — heck, pranking generally... Read More
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April 1, 2017

Woman Rising returns April 8th and 9th 2017

Woman Rising, the annual celebration of women through Music, Arts and Networking returns on April 8 and 9, 2017 in a two-day extravaganza in its usual extension of the annual celebration of International Women’s Day. Now in its seventh year, WOMAN RISING has evolved from a small 50-person gathering which debuted in 2011 to a... Read More
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March 31, 2017

YNaija Says: The military needs to apologize to Nigerians for the dishonesty about Shekau

For the past eight years, the name Abubakar Shekau has struck fear into the hearts of Nigerians, especially those who have seen and experienced the destruction and bloodletting that Boko Haram, the terrorist group he leads has wrought on tens of thousands of people. Ever since he assumed leadership of the organization after the killing... Read More
Citizenship, Cover Stories, Thinking Through
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March 31, 2017

Is the Nigerian Army joking? 5 takeaways from the ridiculous confession that Shekau is alive

7 months after claiming that Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau had been killed, the Nigerian army has come out to say that this was, as many people already either suspected or firmly believed, not the case. This is, quite simply, a tragedy of epic proportions, and here’s why in particular. 1. Nigerians cannot trust their... Read More
Cover Stories, Thinking Through
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March 31, 2017

Brave Women: “People told me not to show her to the world” | N’kiru Njoku on raising a special needs child and more

by Nk’iru Njoku On the meaning of bravery Bravery is to me, simply doing what you have to do, when you have to do it, regardless of how afraid you are. On having a special needs child and how it has changed her life   Before having Didi, I thought I understood the meaning of... Read More
Citizenship, Cover Stories, Thinking Through
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Omoni Oboli YNaija
March 31, 2017

From Figurine to Fifty: How Omoni Oboli became Nollywood’s Box Office queen

by Wilfred Okiche Between 2014 and 2015, thanks to one of those occasional twists of fate that occur in the film business once in a while, Nollywood crowned a new box-office champ. She isn’t named AY Makun, hasn’t been on TIME magazine’s Influential 100 and isn’t quite the effortless hit on red carpets. Her social... Read More
Cover Stories, Thinking Through
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March 31, 2017

The Media Blog: The Spot is ending and we don’t know what to do

It’s been 4 years already? Yeah, we know when EbonyLife TV launched but time really has flown, hasn’t it? Time in which The Spot has grown to be one of the most stable and reliable fixtures on our tv screens. It’s amazing we’re saying this given our initial reactions to the show, which ranged from... Read More
The Media Blog
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Kemi Olunloyo
March 31, 2017

EXPLAINER: Why Kemi Olunloyo’s arrest makes perfect sense

by Mark Amaza For the past couple of days, social media has been abuzz over the arrest of controversial blogger, Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo over a post she published on her blog in which she accused popular Port-Harcourt pastor and the General Overseer of Salvation Ministries, David Ibiyomie of adultery. Her arraignment before a Magistrate Court together... Read More
Thinking Through
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March 31, 2017

Red Media Africa wins at the Communication for the Future Awards in Switzerland

Red Media Africa, a leading African PR and communication agency, has been announced winner of the ‘Evangelist of the Future’ category at the Communication for the Future Awards. This award was announced during a gala event in Geneva, Switzerland on 14 March, 2017. The prize was given in the name of its Chief Executive Officer,... Read More
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