Author: Mallam Yero

cofoundHER Interviews Lorna Okeng: Digitally Preserving African Heritage

Lorna Okeng is an adventure seeking, nature loving tech enthusiast who is passionate about using technology to address real world challenges. A former Google student ambassador and a girl child…

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Entertainment, music, movies & sports go digital at #DECAfrica2015

Wildflower PR & Company in partnership with BusinessDay is organizing an Entertainment Business Conference with the theme: ‘Breaking Digital: Expanding the Frontiers of Digital Platforms to Maximize Opportunities in the…

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Blogger tries to marriage-shame our Chuka Umunna

by Clifford Orji The other day, our very own Chuka Umunna declared his intention to become the leader of the British Labour Party. Yes, he’s “ours”. The same Chiwetel Ejiofor…

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5 Nigerian songs Complex should know about

Yesterday, Complex put out a list of “5 Nigerian Rappers Jay-Z Should Know”, which didn’t go down too well with #NigerianTwitter because…well, there weren’t any rappers on the list. Culture…

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The next legislative agenda

In two months’ time, the 8th session of the National Assembly shall commence, with 360 members of the House of Representatives and 109 senators taking their oaths of office. Of…

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cofoundHER Interviews Precious Odimegwu: Inspiring the best in children

A legal practitioner, hobbyist blogger, and mother who is passionate about early developmental education of children, Precious Odimegwu nursed the dream of catering to the educational needs of preschoolers. For…

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Morgan Freeman doesn’t really care what you think of his marijuana use

by Clifford Orji Here’s two things we know for a  fact about Morgan Freeman He crossed the red sea with Moses He loves his marijuana Well, only one of those…

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Meet the N4 million cognac, the world’s most expensive

At $20,000, the Louis XIII Rare Cask is the world’s most expensive bottle of cognac. Yes, TWENTY THOUSAND dollars. Going by the weekend’s black market exchange rate, that’s N4,300,000. You…

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Theoo and promoting art in West Africa

Art plays a crucial role in society and can have a huge impact on community cohesion and development. However the art scene remains dominated by white, male artists while black,…

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YNaija Editorial: Dear General Buhari, the honeymoon is already over

Dear General Buhari, About six weeks ago, Nigerians stood in line and cast their ballots in what is one of Nigeria’s most historic elections and elected you as president albeit…

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Opinion: Ojo to ro s’ewuro lo ro s’ireke

by Pius Adesanmi I’ve been thinking. Madam Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the one Nigerian who should never have left Washington to happen to Nigeria with her lethal IMF cocktails, has told…

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Desperate Housewives Africa episode 2 recap

by Clifford Orji Never watched the American version of this thing so this is my first introduction to the Desperate Housewives world. I’ll be honest, I wiki’d the entire first…

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Amber Rose reveals Kanye West’s ghostwriter

In a rare moment of drunken honesty, Amber Rose let out a little industry secret. Kanye is no Maya Angelou, but this is pretty big. Another thing, given who it…

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The Cabal Gene: The real reason humans are bigots

By @woleolabanji Leading up to the recent governorship elections in Lagos, the Oba of Lagos threatened to herd I(with a ‘g’)bos into the lagoon if his preferred candidate lost on…

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Opinion: This goat must earn that yam

by Pius Adesanmi It was not really President Jonathan’s fault in the beginning. He inherited a structure, a mental attitude of congenital national laziness which reduced the essence of the…

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YNaija reacts to “White People Try African Food for the First Time”

You've probably seen the video making the rounds on #NigerianTwitter. @QueenKoroye @EatDrinkLagos @YouTube is it me or is this very offensive, derogatory and even racist? — ... (@BohemianSugar) May 6,…

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Soyinka wants to draw blood with the nastiest book he's ever written | YNaija.com

#EmpiricalEvidence: Twitter Reacts to Soyinka’s Outburst

by Clifford Orji   Excerpts from Wole Soyinka's recent lecture, “Predicting Nigeria? Electoral Ironies", at Harvard have finally trickled down to the Nigerian media and given its polarizing content, #NigerianTwitter…

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