“A real man does not ask for nudes” | Our top 10 quotes reflect the mood of the nation

There hasn’t been any one week where almost everything said by our public figures managed to capture the mood of the rot in our nation as this past one. From corruption, to the lack of care for our economic situation by our leaders -or the seeming rigorous care for it by one of them. But... Read More

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November 27, 2016

Meet the real President Mugabe | See our top 10 photos of the week

Magazine covers are all the rage this week. We started the week with Emmanuel Oyeleke’s beautiful photos of Kate Henshaw on the cover of Genevieve Magazine’s #Bodifidence issue: as if we needed another reminder of how amazing Kate Henshaw is. Today, it looks like two major weekend Style digests planned to tease us: Toke Makinwa... Read More

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November 27, 2016

[The Presidential Blog] Guess who’s the happiest about Akeredolu’s win

It’s Birthday man himself, Garba Shehu. The senior special assistant to the President on Media and Publicity took to twitter to congratulate Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor-elect in Ondo State saying his win was the best birthday gift he’s got. Awww! Dear @RotimiAkeredolu, your victory at the polls is the best gift for me on my... Read More

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November 26, 2016

These deliciously enticing photos announce the return of Skinny girl in Transit

Skinny Girl in Transit is the Queen, King and princess of web-based comedy series all at once. Of course, it is one of the Ndani TV series. Along side Officer Titus, Rumour Has It and (because Frank Donga never gets old), The Interview. To be honest, Ndani TV gets it right. Anyway, we were left heart broken on... Read More

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November 25, 2016

Where is Sade Okoya?

Before Toke Makinwa, Mimi Onalaja, Eku Edewor, Rita Dominic or any young female celebrity that is all the rage right now that you can think of, there was Sade Okoya. Folasade Okoya, for the longest time reigned supreme in the world of Nigerian celebrity. Doe eyed, young, slender and pretty, she was not only the woman... Read More

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November 25, 2016

[The Presidential Blog] Let us wish the Vice President a happy wedding anniversary

Today, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of the Vice President shared a post on her Instagram to celebrate 27 years of marriage between herself and Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president. https://instagram.com/p/BNOqA48jzj9/ During times like this when the only appreciation in Naira (and in turn the economy) is in Kobos, we do all we can to... Read More

The Presidential Blog

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November 25, 2016

The 4-year old daughter in Aso Rock and 4 other things we learnt from Aisha Buhari today

This morning, the ladies of TVC’s Your View held an interview with Mrs Aisha Buhari, wife of the President of Nigeria. Interestingly, they didn’t make any reference to #TheOtherRoom, confirming that we have sufficiently moved on from that. The ladies –Morayo Afolabi-Brown, Uwa Salem, Jumoke Alawode, Tope Odigie and new mom, Nimah – had a number... Read More

The Presidential Blog

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November 25, 2016

The Backstory: Between Prof Ayo Soremekun, the returning officer and the PDP

There’s a very scathing statement out there today by Ayo Fadaka, publicity secretary Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo State rejecting the appointment of Professor Soremekun as the Chief Returning Officer for tomorrow’s gubernatorial elections in Ondo State. “He is NOT WELCOME here and INEC will only incur our wrath if it makes any attempt to IMPOSE... Read More

#OndoDecides, APC, Edo state, elections, FUOYE, Godwin Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu, Mimiko, Ondo State, PDP, Professor Soremekun

November 25, 2016

[The Presidential Blog] Mrs Buhari’s sense of reality is 100%

The wife of the President Mrs Aisha Buhari is at the moment having a chat with the ladies of TVC’s Your View – Morayo, Uwa, Tope, Jumoke and Nimah. They had to move the set to Abuja, it appears but all the same it’s a commendable feat, especially for the show. It’s still a little too... Read More

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November 22, 2016

Dear youth corper, here’s ALL you really need to take to NYSC camp

The National Youth Service Corps has announced today that prospective corps members can now print out Call-Up letters via the online portal. Usually, for most people this is troubling news. It’s Tuesday and if you are in the first stream, you’ll need to pack up and go wherever you’ve been posted to by Thursday, the 24th.... Read More

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November 22, 2016

LABAF, AFRIFF and Ake Festival all in one week

Festivals are the most realistic means of showcasing what a nation has to offer in terms of culture. Be it fashion, film, books, arts, or food; there is no better time to lure foreigners into a country to treat them to a feast of what each of its different cultural sectors have to offer. Without... Read More

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November 21, 2016

The conversation about mental health that shook us up at Ake Festival

This year, the 4th Ake Arts and Book Festival, set out to address the issues that affect us beyond the skin. The art exhibitions by Ayobola Kekere-Ekun and Fati Abubakar; the selection of books on focus this year and importantly the conversations were all curated with a view to exploring as many issues that affect us... Read More

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November 18, 2016

Live From Ake: A survivor of the worst Chadian tragedy has a few lessons on upholding human rights

Clement Abaifouta is one of those innocent Chadians who fell victim to Hissein Habre’s terror in neighbouring country, Chad. Habre ruled Chad between 1982 and 1990 and in that time, under some misinformed paranoia about Libyan espionage in his country, did one of the worst damages known to history to his own people. Hussein Habre reportedly... Read More

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November 18, 2016

Live From Ake: Our favourite satirist, Elnathan John makes the longlist for the Etisalat Prize for Literature

At the opening ceremony of the Ake Festival on Thursday morning, Etisalat Prize for Literature as well as the Windham Campell Prize, Nommo Award and a few others got the spotlight. During the ceremony, Etisalat announced the longlist for this year’s Prize for Literature. Elvis Ogiemwanye, the Etisalat brands & experience director in Nigeria assured of Etisalat... Read More

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November 18, 2016

Where is Discardious?

Where is Discardious? A very loaded enquiry with the most banal Nigerian answer in the books – “The government …” But that’s not how this works, no? First, we’ll oblige you with information about the subject before proceeding to map out how it left the public eye. In June 2015, the Technovation team announced the... Read More

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November 17, 2016

Let’s tip you about the future of your favourite online news websites

So we were reading one of our favourite news sites earlier and this is what we found right at the bottom of the article: This has got us asking: What exactly is happening here? What hope remains for internet ads funded sites if the Guardian is complaining about revenues? Now we are crowd funding to keep news... Read More

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November 17, 2016

Live From Ake: Amazing photos and videos from last night’s concert

There’s something very uplifting about knowing beforehand that you are in for the best time. That’s what happened last night. We already explained how much excitement we had built up for the music concert at this year’s Ake Festival. And for a first time organizing a music concert at the annual arts and book festival, it... Read More

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November 16, 2016

Live from Ake: Waiting on Falana and Brymo to light up the stage…

Let nobody tell you lies; the best thing about the end of the year in Nigeria is the sheer number of culture festivals that you can immerse yourself in. You are one of the lucky few if your schedule permits you to truly immerse yourself in these culture fests. Just last week we reported live... Read More

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November 14, 2016

Oh no Hillary! The FBI Director’s letters aren’t the reason you lost…

At least not the sole reason. American news sites – Politico, The Guardian UK, The New York Times are some we have read – report that Secretary Clinton has blamed her Wednesday night’s loss on the two letters written by FBI director, James Comey about her indiscretion with the e-mails. In the New York Times, Clinton... Read More

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November 14, 2016

#ABetterYouABetterNigeria: Enhance your chances of success in the marketplace

Do you want to be the best in your field, dominate your industry and lead in the market place? Do you want to meet new people, learn new skills and stretch your capacity to achieve? The Platform – The Young Professionals Bootcamp (YPB) is created to provide world class training to give you the edge... Read More

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November 14, 2016

The rapid growth of Linda Ikeji Social and everything else on Uncensored this week

While Chude Jideonwo and Isime Esene were away this week, Ifeoma Areh of Wildflower PR & Company hosted Uncensored this week. She is joined by Lekan Olanrewaju, Roqeebah Olaoniye and Dami Adebayo. They talk about the incredible speed with which the Linda Ikeji Social subscriber-base is growing, the cynicism of the Nigerian techies and of-course,... Read More

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November 13, 2016

Mr President Trump #NotMyPresident | See our top 10 photos from this past week

Wednesday in New York, Trump watches intently as Melania cast her vote. All over the world, people watched on #ElectionNight on Wednesday as Americans cast their votes. Pictured here, people watched at an election party held in Central London. Many of the cast and crew of the Elfike Collective movie, The Wedding party at the... Read More

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November 13, 2016

“Obama got what he did to Goodluck Jonathan”| Read our top 10 quotes from a most interesting week

No doubt this past week has been interesting, to say the least. From a very surprising return of the #AmericaDecides2016 to the swearing-in of Godwin Obaseki as the new Edo State governor and finally, the return of the Super Eagles in an uplifting win against Algeria on Saturday – we bring you the most notable... Read More

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November 12, 2016

Movie review: ‘The Wedding Party’ is all the Nigerian weddings you’ve been to and some

The Wedding Party is the much anticipated Nollywood romcom directed by (up until now) music-video director, Kemi Adetiba. The result of a collaboration between EbonyLife Films, FilmOne Distribution, Koga Studios and Inkblot Productions (Elfikke Collective), The Wedding Party stars Banky W (Dozie Onwuka) and Adesua Etomi (Dunni Coker) as the movie’s love interests; Atunyota Akpobome [Alibaba]... Read More

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November 12, 2016

The MC Company Academy classes kick off with Ali Baba, Bisi Olatilo and others

The Master of Ceremony Company’s Academy has embarked on a mission to mold the next generation of comperes in Nigeria and beyond through knowledge sharing and practical classes “The job of a compere requires professionalism, depth and other technicalities that simply holding a mic is not enough to qualify one as a master of ceremony... Read More

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November 11, 2016

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o to headline the 2016 Ake festival

Abeokuta, Ogun State will stand still once again as it hosts an outstanding roaster of writers, thinkers, artists, filmmakers, musicians, book lovers and art enthusiasts at the fourth edition of the Ake Arts and Book Festival2016. We are pleased to announce that our dates for this year are 15th -19th November and the festival will... Read More

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November 11, 2016

Banky W, Adesua Etomi, Sola Sobowale make appearance as Dubai tourism is announced as headline sponsor The Wedding Party world premier

Arguably the most anticipated social event of the year, The Grand World Premiere of ‘The Wedding Party’ has just been selected by Dubai Tourism as part of its Vision 2020 initiative. The Vision was approved in May 2013 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, as a strategic roadmap to attracting 20... Read More

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November 11, 2016

The 2016 Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) schedule has been released

It’s only 3 more days to the 6th annual Africa International Film Festival holding in Lagos. Please see all details of the festival below: DAY 1: OPENING NIGHT FILM – Premiere Sunday, November 13, 2016 Birth Of a Nation – a film By Nate Parker (only Invites and “All Access” Pass admits) Venue: Filmhouse IMAX Cinema The... Read More

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“A real man does not ask for nudes” | Our top 10 quotes reflect the mood of the nation

Meet the real President Mugabe | See our top 10 photos of the week

[The Presidential Blog] Guess who’s the happiest about Akeredolu’s win

The Media Blog: Just look at these covers, it’s Toke Makinwa vs Maje Ayida today

These deliciously enticing photos announce the return of Skinny girl in Transit

Where is Sade Okoya?

New frontiers: Crime fiction and everything else to expect from African literature

[The Presidential Blog] Let us wish the Vice President a happy wedding anniversary

The 4-year old daughter in Aso Rock and 4 other things we learnt from Aisha Buhari today

The Backstory: Between Prof Ayo Soremekun, the returning officer and the PDP

[The Presidential Blog] Mrs Buhari’s sense of reality is 100%

Dear youth corper, here’s ALL you really need to take to NYSC camp

LABAF, AFRIFF and Ake Festival all in one week

The conversation about mental health that shook us up at Ake Festival

Live From Ake: A survivor of the worst Chadian tragedy has a few lessons on upholding human rights

Live From Ake: Our favourite satirist, Elnathan John makes the longlist for the Etisalat Prize for Literature

Where is Discardious?

Let’s tip you about the future of your favourite online news websites

Live From Ake: Amazing photos and videos from last night’s concert

Live from Ake: Waiting on Falana and Brymo to light up the stage…

Oh no Hillary! The FBI Director’s letters aren’t the reason you lost…

#ABetterYouABetterNigeria: Enhance your chances of success in the marketplace

The rapid growth of Linda Ikeji Social and everything else on Uncensored this week

Mr President Trump #NotMyPresident | See our top 10 photos from this past week

“Obama got what he did to Goodluck Jonathan”| Read our top 10 quotes from a most interesting week

Movie review: ‘The Wedding Party’ is all the Nigerian weddings you’ve been to and some

The MC Company Academy classes kick off with Ali Baba, Bisi Olatilo and others

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o to headline the 2016 Ake festival

Banky W, Adesua Etomi, Sola Sobowale make appearance as Dubai tourism is announced as headline sponsor The Wedding Party world premier

The 2016 Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) schedule has been released

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