The Sexuality Blog: The Handmaid’s tale feels like watching an alternative future of Nigeria

It is quite unlike me to shill for a television series, especially when it is not one that is Nigerian or seems particularly relevant to our daily lives as Nigerians. But in light of our current recession, global events (including but not limited to white Americans overwhelmingly voting in a racist, bigoted megalomaniac as president... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

May 2, 2017

The Music Blog: #AsaEncore and the importance of concert theatres to the industry

This weekend, Bukola ‘Asa’ Elemide, Nigeria’s most celebrated singer returned to Eko Hotel’s convention centre for the second time following last year’s first. Over the past few years, Eko Hotels, Victoria Island has become the only worthy venue for concerts and major music events. The hotel’s auditorium has housed both local and international events hosted... Read More

The Music Blog

Asa, concerts, eko hotels, Live Shows

May 1, 2017

May Day: FG committed to improving workers welfare – APC

by Azeez Adeniyi The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the Federal Government will ensure improvement in the livelihood of Nigerians. The party gave the assurance in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi on Monday. The party congratulated workers on the 2017 Workers’ Day celebration. It acknowledged that without doubts,... Read More

The Presidential Blog

APC, FG, May Day, workers welfare

May 1, 2017

The YNaija Ranking: ROK TV retains the #1 spot on our top 25 TV countdown

More, more, more. That appears to be the motto of Mary Njoku led ROK TV with its onslaught of original content, from movies to tv shows. The last time a TV station came out the gate swinging so confidently, we got EbonyLife TV, whose very existence today flies in the face of all those who... Read More

Featured, The Media Blog

The YNaija Ranking, top10tv

May 1, 2017

The YNaija Ranking: Urban 96.5 FM retains the #1 position on our top 25 radio stations countdown

Urban 96.5 FM remains at number one this month for very simple reasons: The people love it, the quality of programming is top notch. Not only are people listening to it, but people are talking about it. That goes for listeners who find it impressive and industry professionals who find its ability to impress consumers... Read More

Featured, The Media Blog

radioranking, The YNaija Ranking

May 1, 2017

Punch takes the #1 spot on our top 50 online media (web) countdown | The YNaija Ranking

One of Nigeria’s oldest publications, Punch Newspapers hasn’t always exhibited an adept knowledge of the tricky nature of adapting to the digital media space. This is par for the course with many traditional media outlets, really, but every now and then, something happens to underscore the importance of tapping into the potential of new media.... Read More

Featured, The Media Blog

The YNaija Ranking, top50media web

May 1, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Professor Osinbajo’s #WorkersDay message is too sweet so we added a few shady lines #WhereIsBuhari

It’s another one of those global holidays. It’s May Day in England; Worker’s Day in Nigeria but “potato potato”. It’s the first of May and it’s the day set aside to celebrate every working person; many of whom are on holiday. Lest I digress and start to talk about the irony of a day set... Read More

The Presidential Blog

Buhari, the Presidential Blog, Where is Buhari, WorkersDay, Yemi Osinbajo

May 1, 2017

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: Burna Boy’s Afro-Carribean mastery continues on “Rock Your Body”

For a mainstream artist in a relatively conservative society, Burna Boy is quite edgy; too edgy even. References to sex and a well documented roadman (criminal) life in the UK are often made in his music with the airy nonchalance of a man who already figures looking like a badass outweighs the consequences of his... Read More

The Music Blog

Burna boy, Buzz Review

May 1, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Saraki shuts down claims he betrayed the APC with a perfect analogy

“No, you can’t put that blame on me” was essentially the message Senate President Bukola Saraki was trying to pass across when he responded to a tweet this morning. This Twitter user @irene_achamaja tried to make the Senate president take the fall for Ike Ekweremadu’s emergence as Deputy Senate President despite being a member of... Read More

The Legislative Blog

APC, Bukola Saraki, Ike Ekweremadu, legislature, opposition, PDP, senate, twitter.

May 1, 2017

The Music Blog: Get a feel of the much talked about “War” EP by Nonso Amadi and Odunsi

Less than two years ago, Nonso Amadi, an Abuja-based singer and producer released Alone, a debut project that catapulted him into SoundCloud playlists and mixes, especially after the success of “Tonight” and “Radio”, two stand alone single releases. About the same time, singer Odunsi began releasing music off his SoundCloud account, before the eventual drop... Read More

The Music Blog

May 1, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Why do you call women ‘females’?

Well, why? It seems a fairly ordinary question, especially since it’s something a lot of grown men (and some women) do, even though many women have explicitly stated their displeasure with the phrase. What is it that is so appealing about calling a woman a female that makes the people who do it so vehemently... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

May 1, 2017

Yemi Osinbajo, Poju Oyemade, Chioma Jesus and more – See list of 100 Most Influential People in Christian Ministry in Nigeria

In commemoration of this year’s Easter celebrations, Y!/YNaija.com and Church Culture are excited to unveil the inaugural edition of #Church100 – the 100 Most Influential People in Christian Ministry in Nigeria. This is a select group of Nigerians leading the charge for Christian ministry in contemporary society. Several months in the making, the list has... Read More

Church Culture, Featured, YNaija Church 100

adebola williams, Christianity, Church, Church Culture, influential people, lekan olanrewaju, list, nigeria, Religion, ynaija

April 29, 2017

[The Music Blog] Asa Encore: 3 mistakes from last year that should not be repeated

Asa’s first live concert experience happened last May, but despite an electrifying performance from the singer, the event was not unmarred by organisational flaws that could have been better handled. Asa would be taking the stage again this weekend and fans who didn’t get the Asa on stage treatment would get a second chance to... Read More

The Music Blog

Asa, Asa Encore, concert, live show

April 29, 2017

[The Music Blog] Asa Encore: What opening for Asa should mean for Tay Iwar

Asa’s Encore concert is coming up this weekend and all eyes are already on the look out for who the artists on the line up will be. There is no need to re-enforce all we have probably assumed about the importance of an opening set for Asa in a young career. And so, it came... Read More

The Music Blog

Asa, Tay Iwar

April 29, 2017

The Media Blog: Stephanie Busari’s fake news TED talk is a must-watch

What does fake news have to do with the Chibok Girls? What does fake news have to do with Nigeria at all? It’s easy to get swept up in the drama and humour of it all. So easy that it might require a special effort to take a step back and examine the ways in which... Read More

The Media Blog

fake news, Stephanie Busari, TED

April 28, 2017

The Media Blog: You know, maybe CNN is the real enemy

Flashy countdown clocks. Dramatic graphics. Pre and post debate panels. If your mind found its way to coverage of a sports game, congratulations. You don’t exactly win a prize, but you get to say you guessed the answer to our question right. If you found yourself thinking about coverage of politics, well, you get to... Read More

The Media Blog

April 28, 2017

[The Music Blog] #DearArtist: When to dump your first manager

“Have you heard from Chilly”, a text from Chilly D’s unceremoniously dismissed first manager, Bestman read one late night. I was in between jobs last year when an A&R job for a small Lagos based label Chilly D was signed to, swept onto my plate. Immediate fears of an unstructured work environment first underwhelmed the... Read More

The Music Blog

A&R, Dear Artist

April 28, 2017

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: D-O’s “Peter Piper” is how to make an obscure pop song from your childhood

Sex songs always have that thing. It’s unexplainable really, but it’s that thing that happens when you keep wondering if you’re supposed to take the song seriously, or just chuckle at the cliches, knowing even the artist must have thought them ridiculous before breathing the exact words into a microphone. In today’s pop music scape,... Read More

The Music Blog

April 28, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: ‘If’ is just the latest in Davido’s long line of songs that celebrate materialistic relationships

Nigerian jollof is all about sex and/or wealth. Women offering or withholding sex, men describing sexual acts or talking about ‘ikebe’ and ‘backa’ and ‘Ukwu’ and ‘ogede’. But while we’re all about the sex and wealth, we seem to be vehemently against the idea that the sex can be consensually exchanged for the wealth or... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

April 27, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] If only Buhari knew how ridiculous his Presidency has become

Since Minister Lai Mohammed announced yesterday that President Buhari now works from home – he did later say his statement was misconstrued and he only meant the President worked from home yesterday – the internet has been awash with jeers and subliminal messages about the ridiculousness of the situation. Be it for a day or... Read More

The Presidential Blog

Buhari ill, Garba Shehu, lai mohammed, the Presidential Blog

April 27, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] For your viewing pleasure: Hell Or High Water

Early 2016, the short film Hell Or High Water made in association with Nigerian LGBT rights group TIERS Nigeria broke real glass ceilings in Nollywood. Before it there have been LGBT films, but those ones always portrayed sexual minorities as sinful, deviant and evil; something to be purged by prayer and public shaming. The Hell... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

April 26, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Buhari sends his favourite 82-year-old back to the Senate for confirmation

President Muhammadu Buhari has just re-nominated Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor, the 82-year-old ambassadorial nominee from Imo State. Nsofor had already been rejected by the Senate based on a damning report from the Committee on Foreign Affairs. [Read also: Senate Rejects 82-year-old ambassadorial nominee] The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu reported that the nominee was frail and tired... Read More

The Presidential Blog

ambassadorial nominees, Buhari, the Presidential Blog

April 26, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Senate invites Babachir Lawal for the third time but will he show up?

Here’s the letter inviting suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal to appear before the ad hoc committee on the mounting humanitarian crisis in the North East, for the third time. We question the possibilities of him showing up before the senate because the SGF as we already know, has mastered... Read More

The Legislative Blog

Babachir Lawal, north-east, senate, SGF, Suspension, the legislative blog

April 26, 2017

The Music Blog: On the rise of streaming and death of the album format

With the release of More Life, Drake became the first major label mainstream artist to release a playlist, effectively marking the beginning of previously speculated eventual death of the album format. This is another win for digital streaming barely months after Billboard began accepting stream equivalents for sales certifications. Over the last few years, media... Read More

The Music Blog

albums, Drake, More Life, Streaming

April 26, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Yvonne Orji makes a strong case for abstinence

You should know Yvonne Orji by now, Nigerian born American actress who came into fame for her role as Molly, a promiscuous and unlucky in love professional on HBO’s Insecure. But in reality Orji has become equally famous for her status as a virgin in her 30’s as she is an actress. In fact her... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

April 26, 2017

The Music Blog: What will happen after Afropop goes global?

2016 marked the year of landmark leaps for African music. Particularly, the globally mapped success of Afropop following a spillover of attention the sub-genre gained in the previous year. First came Davido’s global distribution deal with Sony, then Wizkid’s feature on Drake’s first Billboard-topping, “One Dance”, and by the end of year several artists with... Read More

The Music Blog

April 26, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] President Buhari is absent at FEC meeting for the third week in a row

President Buhari is conspicuously absent from today’s Federal Executive Council. Three weeks ago, the Minister of Information and Culture tried to explain away President Buhari’s absence at the weekly Federal Executive Meeting. He said the President was not at the meeting because the agenda of the meeting was light. Last week, the meeting did not... Read More

The Presidential Blog

fec, Osinbajo, the Presidential Blog

The Sexuality Blog: The Handmaid’s tale feels like watching an alternative future of Nigeria

The Music Blog: #AsaEncore and the importance of concert theatres to the industry

[The Church Blog] Morning Devotion: Lara George does what she does best

May Day: FG committed to improving workers welfare – APC

The YNaija Ranking: ROK TV retains the #1 spot on our top 25 TV countdown

The YNaija Ranking: Urban 96.5 FM retains the #1 position on our top 25 radio stations countdown

Punch takes the #1 spot on our top 50 online media (web) countdown | The YNaija Ranking

Instablog9ja remains at #1 on the latest YNaija online media (social) countdown

[The Presidential Blog] Professor Osinbajo’s #WorkersDay message is too sweet so we added a few shady lines #WhereIsBuhari

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: Burna Boy’s Afro-Carribean mastery continues on “Rock Your Body”

[The Legislative Blog]: Saraki shuts down claims he betrayed the APC with a perfect analogy

The Music Blog: Get a feel of the much talked about “War” EP by Nonso Amadi and Odunsi

The Sexuality Blog: Why do you call women ‘females’?

Yemi Osinbajo, Poju Oyemade, Chioma Jesus and more – See list of 100 Most Influential People in Christian Ministry in Nigeria

[The Music Blog] Asa Encore: 3 mistakes from last year that should not be repeated

[The Music Blog] Asa Encore: What opening for Asa should mean for Tay Iwar

The Media Blog: Stephanie Busari’s fake news TED talk is a must-watch

The Media Blog: You know, maybe CNN is the real enemy

[The Music Blog] #DearArtist: When to dump your first manager

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: D-O’s “Peter Piper” is how to make an obscure pop song from your childhood

The Sexuality Blog: ‘If’ is just the latest in Davido’s long line of songs that celebrate materialistic relationships

[The Church Blog] Morning Devotion: Glorious God comes from a deep well of gratitude

[The Presidential Blog] If only Buhari knew how ridiculous his Presidency has become

[The Sexuality Blog] For your viewing pleasure: Hell Or High Water

[The Presidential Blog] Buhari sends his favourite 82-year-old back to the Senate for confirmation

[The Legislative Blog]: Senate invites Babachir Lawal for the third time but will he show up?

The Music Blog: On the rise of streaming and death of the album format

The Sexuality Blog: Yvonne Orji makes a strong case for abstinence

The Music Blog: What will happen after Afropop goes global?

[The Presidential Blog] President Buhari is absent at FEC meeting for the third week in a row

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