Category: Blogs

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Op-ed EditorJuly 9, 2017

The Media Blog: The EatDrinkLagos blog has a new dress

We don’t know how long it has worn this new look – which is its own form of commentary on ...

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ToluJuly 8, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: A rare photo of Hon Dogara kneeling before the “grandfather of corruption”

Let’s take you on a quick trip down memory lane. In November 2016, members of the House of Representatives were ...

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EditorJuly 8, 2017

[The Church Blog] A conversation on “Unmerited Favour” between Frank Edwards, Daddy Freeze and an Instagram follower

If you are very conversant with Nigerian churches – the Pentecostal ones especially, you would have noticed that they don’t ...

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EditorJuly 8, 2017

[The Church Blog] Faith makes you God’s Partner | Gleanings from COZA’s 7 Days of Glory

Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) as they are fondly called is an international church with a mission to reach out ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 8, 2017

The Media Blog: We really, really, really, really, really, really like The Republic

We’ve been aware of The Republic since last year. It aims to be some sort of Slate/Salon/Atlantic for Nigeria (yes, ...

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EditorJuly 8, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Ekemini Uwan of the ‘Truth’s Table’ podcast is asking the hard questions about gender in the Pentecostal Church

It shouldn’t be news to anyone at this point that while the Church has been at the forefront of social ...

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EditorJuly 8, 2017

Isoken debuts at Number 1 in our Top 10 Film countdown

Jade Osiberu’s Isoken has waltzed its way into the number one position of the YNaija Ranking for film this month. The movie ...

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EditorJuly 8, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] German authorities just shut down an 87,000 member child pornography site and arrested its owner

BREAKING: German authorities shut down child pornography site with 87,000 members and arrest its administrator — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 8, 2017

The Media Blog: This is how you know that Akah Nnani has it

The fact that we spent more than 15 minutes watching him just living life and hanging out with his (incredibly ...

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EditorJuly 8, 2017

The Activism Blog: Here you go, Paradigm Initiative’s very useful report on Broadband in Nigeria 

Why broadband is important? Broadband Internet refers to an Internet experience at speeds higher than obtainable in dial-up services. All ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 8, 2017

The Media Blog: At its worst, Konbini is confusing, at its best, it’s the place to go for good news

You’re probably not paying much attention to Konbini.com.ng, the Nigerian blog that harvested much of the brightest talent from Zikoko, ...

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EditorJuly 7, 2017

The PR & Advertising Blog: ThisDay did up a list of the top ad agencies still thriving in Nigeria today

Why it’s important: Of course, the list also includes some young agencies that have displayed an uncommon understanding of global ...

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EditorJuly 7, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Glitter bombs are the new craze for your vagina, but should you indulge?

When your self-made online store gets 1 million hits, you know you’ve made it. This is what happened to Australian ...

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EditorJuly 7, 2017

The Activism Blog: We really like what EiE is doing tomorrow with young candidates

The blogger and explainer of everything complex about Nigeria, ‘Feyi Fawehinmi is in town, to moderate an important conversation – ...

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EditorJuly 7, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] As another gay orgy scandal erupts in the Vatican, is it time we addressed homosexuality in the Catholic church?

If you’ve been following the news then you’ll know that recently, the Vatican police, after being alerted by several complaints ...

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EditorJuly 7, 2017

The Activism Blog: CC Hub has finally vexed – on top of this Yaba matter 

So ever since you all started wailing about how Yaba is no longer Nigeria’s leading technology cluster – with the ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 7, 2017

The Media Blog: We are actually excited about the new Fifty series

We know ‘Fifty’ the movie had a lot of ‘haters’, mostly converging upon the alleged lack of a story. That’s ...

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EditorJuly 7, 2017

The PR & Advertising Blog: That’s how everyone un-looked the report that 13bn Nigerian ad spend can’t be traced

Just last month, Marketing Edge did an impressive investigation on Nigeria’s ad spend. Pretty revealing, but it appears people just ...

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EditorJuly 7, 2017

The Activism Blog: After 10 years, Paradigm Initiative expands its board with two women 

We know ‘Gbenga Sesan has signalled he will be leaving the leadership of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria after 10 years, and this ...

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RoqeebahJuly 7, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Professor Osinbajo’s statement condemning the violence in Cross River

There have been reports of wanton destruction of lives and property in Cross River. This is as a result of ...

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ToluJuly 7, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: If Jibrin were Osinbajo, he would have arrested Saraki and Abaribe

There’s tension in Nigeria’s political space. The Executive is at loggerheads with the Legislature over issues that range from the ...

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RoqeebahJuly 7, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Does the Acting President need to take some time off to mourn?

Until Professor Yemi Osinbajo’s condolence message to Alhaji Maitama Sule’s family, we didn’t think there was any vacuum for genuineness ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 7, 2017

The Media Blog: Everything about this piece on the Twitter Outrage Machine resonates with us

This is us nodding our heads in vigorous ‘A-Daniel-Has-Come-To-Judgement agreement: “Celebrity Misspeaks and the Internet Piles On” is the kind ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 7, 2017

The Film Blog Thread: So this is what people are saying about ’10 days in Sun City’

AY Makun’s third instalment of the Akpos franchise opened in Cinemas across Nigeria from the 23rd of June. It’s been ...

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EditorJuly 7, 2017

[The Church Blog] This month, here’s what Nathaniel Bassey is up to

The Hallelujah Challenge which took the month of June by surprise ended about 7 days ago and somehow we have ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 7, 2017

The Media Blog: Have you noticed there are no new platforms that have emerged this year?

This just occurred to us the other day. Think about it: What new media platform has emerged this year? It’s ...

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EzinneJuly 7, 2017

[The Church Blog] Morning Devotion: The anointing on Victoria Orenze’s life is electric

How does she do it? EzinneReformed social media monitoring spirit

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ToluJuly 6, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Someone just told Saraki’s story in one succinct tweet

We cannot believe we missed this. If you watch Netflix series, House of Cards and have been paying attention to ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 6, 2017

The Media Blog: Oh God. But did anybody beg them to bring back ‘On the real’?

The official press release starts correctly enough with this ominous warning: “Prepare for more ‘realness’ with a second season of ...

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ItunuoluwaJuly 6, 2017

[The Alausa Blog]: Ambode honours 75 Public Servants for outstanding performance

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode honored 75 Public Servants Thursday, who have demonstrated outstanding commitment in the discharge of their ...

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