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Say what you will about the show, but 2000 episodes of a television show, shot in Nigeria, is not beans. Especially in the face of setbacks like studio fires and flooding, none of which were enough to take the show off air for even one day. Who would have thought when it started in 2008... Read More
by Wilfred Okiche “In the light of the foregoing, Magu has failed the integrity test and will eventually constitute a liability to the anti-corruption stand of the current government.” Thus ended the official security report from the Department of State Services on the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Mustafa... Read More
by Mark Amaza When the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) made former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff its Interim National Chairman in February 2016 until its National Convention later that year, many Nigerians were shocked. It was not only the fact that Sheriff was a relatively new member of the party, having just joined in... Read More
Nigeria is blessed with social entrepreneurs who have been making a difference despite the fact that they encounter series of challenges ranging from finances to earning people’s trust. One of them is Grace Ihejiamaizu, the founder of ikapture Network and Opportunity Desk. Festus Iyorah writes. Calabar, Nigeria—When James Okina, 17, graduated from secondary school in... Read More
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If you can make it through the entirety of this interview without smashing something, congratulations to you. Your willpower is the stuff of legend. But. Goodness. How does he not realize how stupid the things he says are? It will be a shame if Nigerians make this guy even more famous than he already, unfortunately... Read More
by Chude Jideonwo I got a lot of panicked responses after my last piece; the panic focused on one small nugget of information buried within it: the fact that, as things stand today, former president Goodluck Jonathan is the strongest candidate that the People’s Democratic Party can present in 2019. So I decided to run... Read More
Seriously, just look at this ‘teaser’. Will we find a bigger disaster this year? Doubtful. Except for maybe this other teaser. The show starts airing on EbonyLife TV on the 4th of April, but if you’re just too eager to see it, there’s apparently a premiere at the FilmHouse IMAX cinema on the 28th of March.... Read More
by Festus Iyorah After the death of her husband 17 years ago, her in-law took everything that belongs to her husband and left her with nothing. Mrs Ernestina Okwuchukwu popularly known as madam burgess in this series narrates her experiences and how she became a millionaire from building a business from nothing. Lagos, Nigeria— on... Read More
We were bewildered before. To be honest, we still are. We don’t have answers about what happened over the past couple of years. But we’ll forget about it. Or we’ll try to. Because it looks like the movie might finally be seeing the light of day. There’s a nice soundtrack that’s been released for it,... Read More
by Wilfred Okiche For those whose tastes run towards the scandalous spectrum, with regards to the news that they consume, the crisis presently rocking the two year old marriage of Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh and hubby, Oladunni Churchill has been a slice of heaven. Playing out across countries, plus live on Instagram posts and Youtube... Read More
When President Muhammadu Buhari finally won the presidential election in 2015 on his fourth attempt, Nigerians were excited that he will finally put his anti-corruption crusade into action by bringing the political will to fight corruption and also aligning government agencies with that purpose. The initial days of his administration came with an excellent start... Read More
by Chude Jideonwo Nigerians talk a good game about third party candidacies, especially Nigerians on social media. They speak often about this utopia where Nigerians have had more than two options for president of Nigeria, and we could have chosen any of these options instead of what they consider less-than-ideal alternatives in our last... Read More
by Wilfred Okiche In the 1997 Hollywood film, Devil’s Advocate, Al Pacino, playing a human incarnation of Satan, mischievously named vanity as his favourite sin. For Dare Olaitan, writer and director of the offbeat black comedy/thriller, Ojukokoro, there is nothing quite as grand as greed. It isn’t just the title of his debut film,- Ojukokoro... Read More
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Majority of our Ministers do well to maintain the status quo this week, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama edging Minister of Justice & Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami out for the top spot. Onyeama’s rise, interestingly enough, is due to something that might be seen as the purview or Malami, as he declared... Read More
The Kogi State Governor received several knocks this week for appointing 54 Senior Special Assistants in the state. Yahaya Bello, who has been, for some time, locked in a bizarre feud with Dino Melaye, has been the subject of much criticism which, while harsh, is perfectly reasonable. Perhaps there could genuinely be some use for... Read More
We found our Senators, but we’re not sure we should have | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Senators
Last week was a confusing one. It looked like we couldn’t find our Senators. Good news – we located them. But in even more confusing developments, we realized they were in Morocco, of all places. Some of them, anyway (including Bukola Saraki and Dino Melaye.) It’s tempting to say it would have been better for all... Read More
by Mark Amaza Yesterday, a mild drama ensued at the Senate chambers when the upper legislative chamber walked out the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Hameed Ali for refusing to appear before it in his uniform as they had requested. The drama was no surprise to many as a week ago, the Senate had... Read More
There has been a cocktail of views on the Senate’s rejection of Magu, the acting EFCC chairman for the second time. This rejection, which came swiftly after a surreal confirmation hearing, has sparked up controversy in different quarters, particularly regarding the rationale behind the actions of the Senate. Many have argued that the fact that some... Read More
by Arese Ugwu The first time I met Toke was at my leaving do in London, I was moving back to Nigeria and it turned out we were in the same NYSC batch. We were fast friends, we went through the rigors of NYSC camp together, did driving school together and she was one of... Read More
by Mark Amaza For the second time in four months, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu was rejected by the Senate as the nominee to be the substantive head of the anti-graft agency. After Magu was rejected by the Senate in December based on a report from the... Read More
And it looks like a hit in the making. Sure, The CEO left us with reservations about Afolayan, and we have no idea what Omugwo will end up like (quality-wise, at least) but it looks like a recipe for commercial success. A broad comedy, trading on Nigerian cultural stereotypes, plus the combined machines of Kunle Afolayan and... Read More
That’s really the only way to put it. These past few weeks and the various scandals on the show have confirmed to us that it really doesn’t matter what anyone thinks about it, the cultural power the show wields is insane. Think about it. People spend tons of money making and trying to get people... Read More
by Chude Jideonwo In the world these days, it is impossible to have a nuanced discussion about too many things. The lure of 140 characters disincentives the complexity that ideas sometimes demand, and until we evolve to that point where we can condense complicated thoughts into this inevitable format, we have to struggle a bit.... Read More
The spat between Tboss and Bisola earlier today aggravated into a heated quarrel that sent the F-word flying around the house. The more both housemates exchanged words, the more enraged Bisola got. Even the intervention of Head of House, Bassey did nothing to calm the storm. Watch how it went down: [#InCaseYouMissedIt: The Thread: #BBNaija... Read More
In Nigeria there is an increase in sexual assault against girls and women. Despite this increase coupled with an extremely low conviction rate for rape and sexual abuse, very few are doing anything to combat this problem. Enter Mrs Itoro Eze Anaba, the founder of Mirabel Centre, the first Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) in... Read More
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After weeks of speculation, intrigues and suspense, President Muhammadu Buhari finally returned on Friday from his long, ‘indefinite’ vacation to the United Kingdom. His return elicited wild jubilation in many parts of the country and made the nation heave a collective sigh of relief over the growing political impasse caused by his long absence. President... Read More
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