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Ever since Ali Modu Sheriff was confirmed by the Court of Appeal as the Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on social media has been tweeting and retweeting congratulatory messages to Ali Modu Sherriff. Congrats to Alh. Modu Sheriff, d authentic Chairman of PDP.Hoping your leadership... Read More
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LoL. No, he is not. But what if? You know every day these Fake News outlets just cook up lies against him because he won and Hillar y lost. All we hear about in the News is how he’s tried to discriminate against all Muslims when all he wants to do is secure Americans. And how... Read More
by Mark Amaza On Friday evening, entertainment mogul Audu Maikori was arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS) in Lagos and taken to Abuja. Although the reason for the arrest was not officially stated, Maikori has been in the eye of the storm for the past few weeks for using misleading pictures when protesting... Read More
by Will Fred Another year, another Olamide album. And how we’ve come to love them. It is a testament to the YBNL boss’ considerable influence and unimpeachable street credibility that for the last five years, end of year celebrations cannot be considered complete until the Bariga boy sings. Or raps. Or does whatever it is... Read More
We had the Grammys, we have had the fashion weeks in New York and London a lot in between. Here are our top ten photos from the past week: More that Adele’s moving acceptance speech and host, James Cordon’s fall and improve car pool Karaoke, Beyonce’s performance of Sandcastle os one thing we’ll remember the... Read More
We started the week off with the 59th Grammy Awards ceremony at the Staples and so we’ll definitely be recapping the most memorable speeches from that. Here in Nigeria though, so much has happened in the past week that we find it hard to believe it’s only been seven days since our last quotes round-up.... Read More
Adebayo Oke-Lawal is the menswear designer who ‘s responsible for the gender-blurring, and boundary-pushing aesthetic bombshell that we call Orange Culture. When he’s not designing quirky men’s clothing, he’s styling and directing other fashion houses’ visual campaigns. Today at the just ongoing London Fashion Scout which kicks off the London Fashion week, Adebayo Oke-Lawal showcased his A/W... Read More
We have just got hold of very disturbing news of Chocolate City boss, Audu Maikori’s arrest. The National Human rights Commission reports that he was picked up by the Nigeria Police and has been flown to the Force headquarters in Abuja. Audu Maikori has been very vocal about the killings in Southern Kaduna and has often had... Read More
We already talked about this dilemma elsewhere on YNaija today but looks like the issue is gearing up to become a lot ,ore serious as the People’s Democratic Party Youth leadership has now started making calls for the presidency to send a PDP delegation made up of the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and his... Read More
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Following last week’s 9th circuit loss experienced by the Trump administration, the President of the United States, Donald J Trump has announced that he has plans to set aside his own order of the 27th of January which placed a ban on citizens of 7 countries as well as refugees from Syria from entering the... Read More
Earlier today, the people at Vanguard and Punch Newspapers, two of the many Newspaper outlets in Nigeria that operate a well-visited web platform, decided that it was completely reasonable to run the following story with these headlines respectively: Buhari undergoes penis surgeryhttps://t.co/gWCYKOdIBW — Vanguard Newspapers (@vanguardngrnews) February 17, 2017 https://twitter.com/MobilePunch/status/832614723384442880 The two publishers are no millennials... Read More
Scratch that, the more interesting question is “How come no opposition member has been to London to The Bu? If the whole point of all the travelling to see the President is to assure Nigerians that he’s truly hale and hearty, in good spirits or just to see him in order to keep mum about his health,... Read More
[The Presidential Blog] Ever wondered what the first lady looks like with the Snapchat flower crown?
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari is apparently a year older today. One of her daughters, the photographer, Hanan, took to Instagram to wish her a Happy Birthday a few minutes ago, https://instagram.com/p/BQmlEeWga5S/ After watching this, all we want to see are Snaps of Aisha Buhari… move over Bob!
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Cameroon was formed as a result of the decision of parts of two separately colonised entities to form one country. Areas colonised by Britain and others colonised by the French decided to form a country after the colonialists left in 1960. That means the country is essentially divided into two at least – the Anglophone Cameroon... Read More
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Arguably the most successful series to ever air on Nigerian television, Tinsel, a Yinka Ogun creation has been around since 2008. We say arguably only because we have faint memories of the greatness that shows like Dominos, Village Headmaster, and Everyday People brought to the game. Which is probably the reason that Tinsel, the MNet... Read More
One of the many manifestations of the blurred lines of divide between poor and rich that characterised the 1990s in Nigeria, many will recall, is Okin biscuit. It was delicious as it was affordable and sadly, it is now one of those things we consider to be part of the past. We doubt anyone has... Read More
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Apparently, President Muhammadu Buhari and the late former president Umaru Musa Yar’Adua have more in common other than taking off in the middle of heated affairs for a vacation that somehow led to health complications. While the case of Yar’Adua has been resolved, with his death in 2010, confirming that he tried to keep the... Read More
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Dear Garba Shehu, You had been silent for almost a week only to come back yesterday with the news and details of Donald Trump’s call to your boss, President Muhammadu Buhari as if Trump’s call to the President of Nigeria comes with a badge of honour. Still, it came as no surprise because we flashed... Read More
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As part of his ongoing tour of the oil producing communities in the Niger Delta, the Vice President has just arrived in Imo State and is currently meeting with the Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha and the Elders Council, led by the traditional ruler of … HRH Eze Ohiri in the Eze imo Palace.... Read More
A week ago, Nigerians trooped out (en masse?) to protest a number of inadequacies that have become associated with living Nigerian. They used the tagline #OneVoiceOneNigeria. Some of you may have talked about it using the hashtag #IStandWithNigeria. You probably tweeted about the lack of electricity or the fact that prices have doubled while incomes... Read More
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