Author: Wilfred Okiche

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 31, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Asaba declaration, Northwest bandits, electoral bill…The Biggest News Stories of the Year

We followed some of the biggest headlines obsessively. Banditry in the northwest About 140 students went missing in July after ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 31, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Chronic insecurity, Banditry, Rising Inflation … The 10 Biggest Tragedies of the Year

This year was relentless. Is the country burning? The Alleged Rape of Keren-Happuch Akpagher 14-year-old Keren-Happuch Aondodoo Akpagher, a student ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 31, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Burna Boy’s Grammy, Wizkid’s Essence, fintech unicorns… 10 Moments that Made Us Proud this Year

Being Nigerian is hard enough. But these breakthroughs felt like collective wins and made it a little bit easier to ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 31, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: IPOB ghost Mondays, Tokyo Olympics disgrace…10 Moments that Made Us Worry About Nigeria (seriously)

It is a dog-eat-dog world out here. But does it have to be? Arranged in alphabetical order. Invasion of the ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 29, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Lekki Massacre, Trouble in the NDDC…The Wildest Scandals of the Year

Even we cannot believe all of this mess. 10. Governor’s aide caught doing fraud Abidemi Rufai, erstwhile aide to governor ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 29, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Lai on Twitter ban, Emefiele on Aboki FX, Oyedepo on vaccines…10 Worst Quotes we heard this Year

Just. Stop. Talking. 10. “Are you in PDP? Are you a wolf in sheep’s clothing?”- Senator Oluremi Tinubu This was ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 28, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: FGN vs Twitter, Adichie vs Akwaeke, Teni vs Shizzi…The Top 10 Beefs of the Year

Let there be carnage! 10. Tonto Dikeh vs Bobrisky Sometime actor, Tonto Dikeh and let’s face it, sometime actor too ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 28, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Facebook blackout, Olu of Warri, Obi Cubana’s cows…10 moments that broke the internet

We could not stop talking. Or Tweeting (until they stopped us.) Coronation of Olu of Warri There wasn’t a lot ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 24, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Simi’s Woman, Ladipoe’s Running, Essence … Peep the 10 Best Music Videos of the Year

#YNaija2021Review: Simi’s Woman, Ladipoe’s Running, Essence … Peep the 10 Best Music Videos of the Year 2021 was a year ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 23, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Omah Lay’s Understand, Nathaniel Bassey, Essence…Peep the 10 Biggest Music Videos of the Year

2021 was a year of recovery. Sometimes it seemed like music was all we had to get us through the ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 23, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Essence, Peru, Love Nwantiti… The 10 Biggest Songs of the Year

2021 was a year of recovery. Sometimes it seemed like music was all we had to get us through the ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 22, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Rock, Bling, Egedege…The 10 Best Pop Songs of the Year

2021 was a year of recovery. Sometimes it seemed like music was all we had to get us through the ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 22, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Barnabas, Water & Garri, Pandemic…See Our 10 Best EPs/Mixtapes of the Year

2021 was the year of recovery. Sometimes it seemed like music was all we had to get us through the ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 22, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Ckay, Ayra Starr, Michael Omonua…See the Revelations of the Year

Stars were born- and reborn. TJ Benson Writer and visual artist TJ Benson has been on the grind for a ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 21, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Made in Lagos, Sex Over Love, Legacy+, Wondaland…Our 10 Best Albums of the Year

2021 was the year of recovery. Sometimes it seemed like music was all we had to get us through the ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 20, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: DMX, Virgil Abloh, bell hooks, Kenneth Kaunda…14 Deaths that shook the World

May their giant souls rest in peace. Amen Virgil Abloh Virgil Abloh, the acclaimed menswear designer for Louis Vuitton and founder/CEO ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 20, 2021

#YNaija2021 Review: TB Joshua, Sound Sultan, Rachel Oniga…Notable Deaths of the Year

Here’s to the lives we lost this year. May their souls rest in peace. Chike Akunyili Renowned surgeon, philanthropist and ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 17, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: RMD, Lateef Adedimeji, Ijeoma Grace Agu…See the Best Performances of the Year

10. Lucy Ameh- Amina Kaduna state-born Lucy Ameh tapped into all of her feelings- personal, physical and cultural to play ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 16, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Sankofa, The Madhouse, New Chimamanda…See the Most Notable Books of the Year

The books that mattered this year. All Shades of Iberibe- Kasimma Perhaps the most attention- grabbing debut of the year, ...

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Wilfred OkicheDecember 15, 2021

#YNaija2021Review: Ayinla, Juju Stories, La Femme Anjola…See the Best Nigerian Films of the Year

From loosely imagined biopics to historical epics, these are the films that kept us glued to screens big and small. ...

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Wilfred OkicheNovember 2, 2021

How ‘Comic Relief’ is fighting malaria with film in Ghana and Tanzania

For Amil Shivji, it started with a one-page pitch. Comic Relief, the United Kingdom based charity organisation founded by comedian ...

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Wilfred OkicheAugust 11, 2021

Film Review: The Underestimated Villain is a punchy animated poem

There is very little that is pretty about malaria. The mosquito-borne disease that causes morbidity and mortality with aplomb was ...

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Wilfred OkicheAugust 10, 2021

Film Review: In Mbuland, fighting malaria is a collective responsibility

Mbuland opens with a vivid image. One that is all too real for anyone living in this part of the ...

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Wilfred OkicheAugust 9, 2021

Film Review: The simple power of Mozizi

For decades, the programming around Malaria has been centered around cause and effects, illness and death. Nothing wrong with these ...

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Wilfred OkicheJuly 13, 2021

Obituary: Sound Sultan defined the sound for a new generation, here’s why he lives forever

Afrobeats to the world!It is easy to scream that now that Nigerian pop music is making inroads in even the ...

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Wilfred OkicheJuly 1, 2021

Ailey, The Novice, The Legend of the Underground…The 20 Best Films at the 2021 Tribeca Festival

The just-concluded 20th Tribeca festival which ran from the 9th to 20th June offered signs of the industry, culture and ...

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Wilfred OkicheJuly 1, 2021

#Tribeca2021 Review: Mission: Joy- Finding Happiness in Troubled Times

In 2015, two of the most pious men on the planet, the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet and Archbishop ...

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Wilfred OkicheJune 30, 2021

Film Review: Joy, pain, defiance in HBO’s The Legend of the Underground

The infamous Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act signed into law in 2014 revealed the cowardice of the Goodluck Jonathan Presidency. ...

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Wilfred OkicheMay 31, 2021

Film Review: Is ‘Seven’ RMD’s big Liam Neeson moment?

Hollywood star, Liam Neeson enjoyed a lucrative career resurgence in 2008 when Taken, a pulpy B-list actioner in which he ...

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Wilfred OkicheMay 24, 2021

Profile: The avenging advocacy of Iyabo Ojo

It may be her greatest performance yet. But it had nothing to do with fiction. There was drama though. Plenty ...

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