[The Injustice Blog] Why the FG must take a second look at Amnesty International’s accusation against Shell

At the moment, the table of the Federal Government is filled with lots of unanswered questions being asked by its citizens which has received little or no answer. It hasn’t made a detailed release on the death of 26 Nigerian women on the Mediterranean early November other than condemning the “hurried” burial given to those... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Amnesty International, The Injustice Blog

November 30, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Ogoni killings, Shell and the unburied corpse

The current experience of international oil giant Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) can be likened to the Yoruba proverbial words which says ” oku te sin, ese e yo sita” meaning the corpse you buried, the legs have been exposed. Since the 90’s, Shell has been at the receiving end of accusations and counter accusations... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Tim Godfrey and Extreme Crew the Experience

November 30, 2017

[The Church Blog] Morning Devotion: That time Tim Godfrey made a robust debut at The Experience

For Tim Godfrey, it was his first time at The Experience last year, but with such an excellent ministration it wasn’t going to be his last. Although the ministration is just about 19 minutes long, it will give you chills and get you dancing in minutes. Don’t we all just love Tim Godfrey?

Church Culture

Church Culture, the experience, The Experience 2017

November 29, 2017

[The Church Blog] Here’s how to win a VIP Pass to The Experience Lagos #TE12

Haven’t we all fantasised about getting a VIP Pass to The Experience Lagos? Well, as an update to our previous post on the VIP Pass giveaway from The Experience Lagos team, it’s now out. ICYMI: Awwuuuuf! The Experience team might be giving out VIP Passes #TE12 The Experience Lagos team has finally come out with the... Read More

Church Culture

Church Culture, house on the rock church, Paul Adefarasin, The Experience 12, The Experience Lagos

November 29, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] DCP Danjuma has been reinstated, lock your doors, hide your daughters

New York based online newspaper Sahara Reporters last week broke the news of a secret reinstatement of one Ibrahim Danjuma, a deputy commissioner of police suspended from the Nigerian Police Force in the year 2005. His suspension was an aftermath of his alleged involvement in the killing of six traders between the night of June... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

November 29, 2017

Concert Review: #SeeMeLive shows Simi has much work to do

by Wilfred Okiche December is upon us and so are the glut of music concerts usually reserved until the last month of the year, when the mood is merry and everyone is willing to spend something extra. Music lovers in the East kicked off the end of year music season on November 19, with... Read More

The Music Blog

Hard Rock Cafe, SeeMeLive, Simi, The Music Blog

November 29, 2017

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: “Motives” by King Zamir feat Omagz229

It may be quite an overstatement to call King Zamir’s latest album, XXII boring, but only a few other words turn up when describing a project that seems deliberate and headed for something, but neither finds that thing, nor does it reveal anything tangible within. Still, subsuming the album’s entire production in modern hip-hop’s overused... Read More

The Music Blog

KING zAMIR, motives, omagz229

November 29, 2017

[The Church Blog] Nathaniel Bassey is back at The Experience 2017 #TE12

His simplicity, His elegance, His skill and his heart for God. What don’t we love about Nathaniel Bassey? No one else does it like him. Last year, he wasn’t at The Experience and although we had a fabulous time, we still missed him. The good part is that he promised in a recent Instagram post... Read More

Church Culture

nathaniel bassey, the experience, The Experience 2017

November 29, 2017

[The Music Blog] Burna Boy opens up about mental health and going into therapy

In a recent interview with Beat FM, Burna Boy discussed a range of topics, including his relationships, an upcoming live concert in December and his controversy-prone public image. Hosts Olisa Adibua and Maria Okanrende also used their time with the singer to ask about how he manages his mental health. According to Burna Boy, he... Read More

The Music Blog

Burna boy, mental health

November 29, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] It is not Toke Makinwa’s job to make anybody’s daddy service his debts

If you’ve been following the entertainment and gossip blogs, then you’ll know Toke Makinwa is back in the news. This time around she is being accused of sleeping with a Nigerian billionaire, Festus Fadeyi and apparently ‘squandering’ money he borrowed for his company Pan Ocean Corporation from Skye Bank Nigeria. The gossip attributes her new... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Festus Fadeyi, Love, rape, The Sexuality Blog, toke makinwa

November 29, 2017

[The Church Blog] Awwuuuuf! The Experience team might be giving out VIP Passes #TE12

This would definitely be one of the most exciting things we have heard so far about The Experience, this year. All thanks to the generosity of Pastor Paul Adefarasin and the entire team that puts this together. Remember that time we talked about some scammers selling fake VIP Passes for The Experience? Catch up: [The... Read More

Church Culture

Church Culture, Paul Adefarasin, the experience, The Experience Lagos

November 28, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] When will the mill of Justice stop grinding slowly?

The popular maxim “the mill of justice grinds slowly” seems to be made for Nigeria as the rate at which the rights of the citizenry are disregarded in the country is not in the interest of the downtrodden or those experiencing injustice in the society. The rate at which it takes to dispense justice in... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

November 28, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] More Nigerian celebrities need to follow D’Banj’s example

We have been hard on Nigerian celebrities here on the Sexuality Blog and rightly so. While they have not chosen to become public images, being the public eye and courting fame through a career in entertainment puts certain pressures on you, especially the pressure to use the influence that your fame gives you to promote... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Sexual assault, The sexuality blog D'Banj

November 28, 2017

[The Church Blog] Abuja, Enugu and Port Harcourt, The Experience has got you covered #TE12

We cant hide our excitement! The Experience Lagos is just a couple of days away. For the benefit of those in Abuja, Enugu and Port Harcourt who cant make it to Lagos for the Live event in Lagos, we have got great news. The Experience team has announced Live viewing centres in those three cities;... Read More

Church Culture

Church Culture, the experience

November 28, 2017

[The Church Blog] We have just one question for The Experience team #TE12

We waited for this moment all through the year. As soon as the official countdown began, we could hardly hide our excitement. The Experience has become a legacy as the worship event that other worship events aspire to be. When it debuted in December 2006, it was mostly thought of as an overexcited gathering of... Read More

Church Culture

Paul Adefarasin, the experience, The Experience 2017

November 27, 2017

[The Church Blog] The Church of Sweden will start using gender neutral pronouns in reference to God | Twitter reacts

The Church of Sweden; an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden has taken a move to refer to God as gender neutral and stop using ‘the Lord’ or ‘Him’ when making reference to God. According to Peter Imanuelsen, Swedish freelance journalist, Instead of saying “our Father” they said on BBC that they will say “our Father... Read More

Church Culture

November 27, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Chude Jideonwo is headlining this year’s Human Rights, Sexuality and The Law Summit

The Human Rights, Sexuality and The Law Summit organized by The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERS) and the Equality Hub is slated to be the most important event this year for people committed to the fight for the recognition of the rights of LGBTIQ persons in Nigeria and by extension the rest of Africa. Since... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

human rights, sexuality, the Law, The Sexuality Blog, TIERs

November 26, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Dear President Buhari, you’ve had enough of Magu and Daura

For anyone who choose to take a closer look at President Muhammadu Buhari and the criticism trailing his administration, it won’t take much time for such researcher to see the likely cause of such criticism. Since the President has chosen not to look inward like the proverbial crippled man that people complained of the wrong... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

November 26, 2017

[The Music Blog] It turns out Don Jazzy did produce music for Kanye West

Hey Don Jazzy, you’re still famous in Hollywood. On the latest episode of Storyville, a short animated webseries by TBS, where guests narrate hanging out with famous celebrities, Diplo tells the story of how Kanye West invited him to a recording session at the Mercer Hotel. The cast of his story are exactly the odd... Read More

The Music Blog

Diplo, Don Jazzy, Kanye West, The Music Blog

November 25, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] Is corruption fighting back again?

One of the maxims that emerged from the Buhari Presidency at the earliest stage of his administration was the term ‘corruption is fighting back” this was coined as a response to accusations of lopsidedness of the “Buhari anti-corruption war” which is yet to change since then. The Minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who has... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

November 25, 2017

[The Activism Blog] BBOG: No sign that government is genuinely committed to the release of remaining Chibok girls

The Bring Back Our Girls Group (BBOG), the movement agitating for the return of the abducted Chibok girls has replied the statement credited to the President at the launch of a book written in his honour by its media team. The President while addressing the event was reported to have listed as his achievement the... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

#BBOG, Chibok girls, Federal Government

November 25, 2017

[The Church Blog] Selfie with Bible Girls is an applaudable attempt at making the bible so relatable

“It’s very easy to think the women in the bible were a perfect Bunch” is how Laju Iren opens us up to the masterpiece in Selfie with Bible Girls. Have you ever wondered that sometimes Bible stories were just Bible Stories? Hence, it’s hard to bring it into your situation and apply Biblical principles. Laju... Read More

Church Culture

Church Culture, Laju Iren, Selfie With bible Girls

November 25, 2017

[The Music Blog] Runtown’s new single says more about Nigerian Afropop than you think

In a post decrying the old industry’s skewered perspective of this generation’s crop of uber-successful mumble rappers with drug-addled lyrics, 21 Savage described Hip-Hop as the biggest genre in the world at the moment. His statement could have used a lot less absoluteness for sure, but he’s not very far off. As of today Billboard... Read More

The Music Blog

21 Savage, Afropop, Hip Hop, Runtown

November 25, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Grace Mugabe is the new Imelda Marcos, we’ve done this song and dance before

Two days ago, after a unofficial coup, intense pressure by members of his party and the international community and a former political ally turned enemy, Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe resigned after 37 years in office. His ousting was sudden but not unexpected. He was already in his 90’s, many suspected him senile... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Ernest Mnangagwa, Grace Mugabe, Joice Mujuru

November 24, 2017

[The Activism Blog] SERAP To Buhari: End obstruction of justice by SSS, NIA officials

Condemnations have continued to trail the November 21, 2017 confrontation between the DSS, NIA and the EFCC as the two security agencies prevented the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting the erstwhile Director General of the DSS Mr Ita Ekpenyong and the former NIA Director General Ambassador Ayo Oke. This action which has... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

DG, DSS, EFCC, NIA, SERAP

November 24, 2017

[The Church Blog] Travis Greene just confirmed that No one worships like Nigeria [Watch]

Well, don’t we know already? With all of the worship events lined up week in, week out at various centres all over. Travis Greene, who was one of the headlining artistes at the recently held, Night of worship, shared highlights of his trip to Nigeria. The highlights featured an interview where he talked about the worship culture in... Read More

Church Culture

Church Culture, nigeria, Night of worship, Travis Greene

November 24, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: These are the LGBT themed films from Africa you should be looking to see.

For LGBT film makers, the film festival circuit has become an alternative sanctuary of sorts. The film festival circuit in Africa and beyond provides a safe space for creators of LGBT film and art to promote their art and gain grants and much needed critical acclaim before they push it out into the much wider... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

festival, film, films, Nakhane Toure, The Sexuality Blog, The Would, Under the Shadows

November 24, 2017

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: Ajebutter22 calls out Lagos’ super rich kids on “Rich Friends”

Ajebutter22 has been around the block. But given the timing of his blow-up on the cusp of the digital media revolution for distribution and promotion of Nigerian music, a lot of people know the singer at the peaks of viral celebrity with caption-worthy singles like “Omo Pastor”, “Senrenre” and “Bad Gang”. However, save, for “Senrenre”,... Read More

The Music Blog

Ajebutter, Ajebutter22, Rich Friends, What happens in Lagos

November 23, 2017

[The Church Blog] #ChurchToo is a sad reflection of how much work we have to do

Remember that time Jesus said The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few? Okay, so that might not be the most appropriate response to the issue but its definitely a revelation that there’s so much to do. And we might not have the most capable hands around. If you follow conversations on Twitter, then... Read More

Church Culture

Church Culture, Church Too, Sexism, sexual abuse

November 23, 2017

Lights, Camera No Dialogue: a Hotel Called Memory Premieres In Lagos

Tons of movie lovers gathered at C, Lagos on Sunday 19th November 2017 where Temple productions treated our curious and expectant minds to a new African cinema experience. Produced by veteran actress Ego Boyo and directed by seasoned director Akin Omotosho, A HOTEL CALLED MEMORY is a different kind of film. No two person leave... Read More

The Film Blog

#EttimEffionhg, #GabrielOkeke, #HOTELCALLEDMEMORY, #JokeSilva, #MichelleDede, #NseIkpeEtim, #RitaDomnic, #Zanzibar #EgoBoyo, Akin Omotosho, Cape Town, lagos, rmd

[The Injustice Blog] Why the FG must take a second look at Amnesty International’s accusation against Shell

[The Injustice Blog] Ogoni killings, Shell and the unburied corpse

[The Church Blog] Morning Devotion: That time Tim Godfrey made a robust debut at The Experience

[The Church Blog] Here’s how to win a VIP Pass to The Experience Lagos #TE12

[The Injustice Blog] DCP Danjuma has been reinstated, lock your doors, hide your daughters

Concert Review: #SeeMeLive shows Simi has much work to do

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: “Motives” by King Zamir feat Omagz229

[The Church Blog] Nathaniel Bassey is back at The Experience 2017 #TE12

[The Music Blog] Burna Boy opens up about mental health and going into therapy

[The Sexuality Blog] It is not Toke Makinwa’s job to make anybody’s daddy service his debts

[The Church Blog] Awwuuuuf! The Experience team might be giving out VIP Passes #TE12

[The Injustice Blog] When will the mill of Justice stop grinding slowly?

[The Sexuality Blog] More Nigerian celebrities need to follow D’Banj’s example

[The Church Blog] Abuja, Enugu and Port Harcourt, The Experience has got you covered #TE12

[The Church Blog] We have just one question for The Experience team #TE12

[The Church Blog] The Church of Sweden will start using gender neutral pronouns in reference to God | Twitter reacts

The Sexuality Blog: Chude Jideonwo is headlining this year’s Human Rights, Sexuality and The Law Summit

[The Injustice Blog] Dear President Buhari, you’ve had enough of Magu and Daura

[The Music Blog] It turns out Don Jazzy did produce music for Kanye West

[The Injustice Blog] Is corruption fighting back again?

[The Activism Blog] BBOG: No sign that government is genuinely committed to the release of remaining Chibok girls

[The Church Blog] Selfie with Bible Girls is an applaudable attempt at making the bible so relatable

[The Music Blog] Runtown’s new single says more about Nigerian Afropop than you think

The Sexuality Blog: Grace Mugabe is the new Imelda Marcos, we’ve done this song and dance before

[The Activism Blog] SERAP To Buhari: End obstruction of justice by SSS, NIA officials

[The Church Blog] Travis Greene just confirmed that No one worships like Nigeria [Watch]

The Sexuality Blog: These are the LGBT themed films from Africa you should be looking to see.

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: Ajebutter22 calls out Lagos’ super rich kids on “Rich Friends”

[The Church Blog] #ChurchToo is a sad reflection of how much work we have to do

Lights, Camera No Dialogue: a Hotel Called Memory Premieres In Lagos

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