[The Legislative Blog]: This bribery allegation is fun and games for Dino Melaye until jail calls

[The Church Blog] Before you attend that new Church

I am a committed member to my local church; her name I won’t mention for reasons best known to me. But you see, once in a while, I go out of my comfort zone to attend services of other churches just so I can feel the pulse of Christianity and spirituality in a different environment... Read More

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[The Presidential Blog] Aisha Buhari off to spend sometime with her husband in the UK

23 days after President Buhari took off for his medical follow-up to the United Kingdom, Aisha Buhari has gone to meet her husband, The Cable reports. According to a report from Mrs Buhari’s media aide, Adebisi Olumide-Ajayi, Aisha “will spend some time with her Husband, the President Muhammadu Buhari who is presently on medical vacation.”... Read More

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The Media Blog: We have a question for Thisday Style…

… What took you so long? Biola Alabi had been due for a Style cover since the times she turned Africa Magic around, split those channels into money spinners and gave us the gift of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. Anyway, here we are. This is her year. Her gig on Arise TV, the... Read More

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[The Church Blog] What new Pastors can learn from Global Harvest Church, Grace Cathedral

Global Harvest Church is a fully Pentecostal church led by Pastor Victor Adeyemi and has branches in Lagos and Ibadan. Since I wasn’t too familiar with the venue of the 2 other branches also located in Ibadan, I decided to join the new branch – Grace Cathedral located at Liberty Road Ibadan just by Jogor... Read More

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[The Church Blog] Pastor Sam finally speaks on the Nigerian Dream

Pastor Sam Adeyemi, Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Center, Lagos practically needs no introduction. His immense contribution to the body of Christ, the relevance of church and the media space, Excellence in Leadership, his intense passion for nation building and Nigeria has earned him loyalty in the hearts of millions of people both within and... Read More

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[The Church Blog] Morning Devotion: This awesome God that just deserves our groove

Testimony time! Victory time! This evergreen song by Lara George constantly reminds us of how awesome God is, how He has brought us from where we used to be to where we are now and more importantly the need to give him all the praise. So, what are you waiting for? Get your groove on!

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[The Church Blog] Thread: When it seems God does not answer prayers

As usual, I found myself scrolling through my timeline some days ago when I stumbled on this beautiful thread on the reasons why it seems God doesn’t answer prayers. So, enjoy! https://twitter.com/unbotheredbliss/status/865020045424041984 https://twitter.com/unbotheredbliss/status/865020272147083264 James 4:3 And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong- you want only what will... Read More

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[The Church Blog] The Children’s Day Service that stunned us all

Sunday, 28th May was set aside in many churches both in and outside the country as the special Children’s Day service and it recorded a whole lot of vibe on the online community as the churches thought it wise to celebrate children in grand style. The spotlight was on Daystar Christian Centre, led by Pastor... Read More

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[Church Crawler] Global Harvest Church Ibadan and the anointing for accent

by Bolu Akindele Church crawler duties landed me in Global Harvest Church, Grace Chapel, Liberty road, Ibadan. This is an arm of the Global Harvest Church headed by Pastor Victor and Jumoke Adeyemi with several branches both within and outside Nigeria. Global Harvest Church is an absolute 21st-century Pentecostal church and there’s no argument about... Read More

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[The Church Blog]: RCCG’s Jesus House, London stays winning

You remember David Cameron was here before his re-election, not because he loves the Pentecostal tradition so much, we have to assume. But Jesus House is an African immigrant powerhouse. Still, you have to be impressed by such influence. Because, now comes the new Prime Minister, Theresa May. Welcome, Theresa. May your homage pay dividend.... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: There is a new update on the Pia Mia vs Phyno stolen song saga

While the Nigerian internet continues to go wild over the similarities between Phyno’s “I’m A Fan” track off his Playmaker album and American singer, Pia Mia’s recently released, similarly titled song featuring Jeremih, we have dug further for some facts. Phyno’s version of “I’m A Fan” features Mr Eazi and Brazilian-born American singer and songwriter... Read More

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[The Presidential Blog] How the Osinbajos attended Democracy Day Church service [PHOTOS]

“Today marks the 2nd anniversary of our assumption of office” tweeted a presumably excited Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo early this morning, before he released his bombshell of a Democracy Day Speech via his Medium account. But before all of today’s activities, the Acting President donned a markedly different blue and grey striped Agbada to attend... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Trying to figure Don Jazzy’s grand plan for the DNA twins

Earlier this year, Nigeria’s longest serving record label boss, Don Jazzy, unveiled new signees, Poe, Johnny Drille and DNA Twins as new additions to his Superme Mavins Dynasty (SMD). Expansion has always been the greatest mark of success for Nigerian record labels, post-signing discussions however often range around potential and first industry impressions. For Poe... Read More

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May 28, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog]: Older Nigerian women are finally speaking up on sexual abuse

Nigeria has a code of silence. Heavily influenced by Nigeria’s strong familial society, we are encouraged from a very young age to put the dignity of the family above self-preservation, to keep quiet about injustices and slights if it will paint the entire family in a bad light. This culture of silence has only helped... Read More

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[The Sexuality Blog]: Here’s something we never thought we’d see in our lifetimes

At the ongoing 2017 NATO summit, spouses of the coalition’s leaders assembled for events organised in their honour. But this year, among the first wives and official partners was a first husband. That is groundbreaking on its own, considering only a handful of women have been legally elected to lead their countries in the last... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Wait a minute, did American singer Pia Mia jack Phyno’s song?

With years of covers by Olu Maintain and uncredited sampling by P-Square in Nigeria music history, who knew the day would come when Nigerian artists could potentially lay a copyrights suit on an American artist. It may be too early to count our chickens, but if anything the eggs are already indicating something fishy. For... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Between porting to Glo and why 2face really quit The Voice

Earlier last week, it was news that 2face was leaving Airtel’s The Voice after only one season. The news would further go on to be that 2Baba (as he likes to be called these days) has decamped to Glo, giving a logical explanation to why he left The Voice. Glo is known for casting wide... Read More

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[The Alausa Blog]: #LagosAt50 Grand Finale celebrations| throwback to the beginning

The Golden Jubilee celebrations of Lagos State birthed the #LagosAt50. The planning committee fora Lagos @ 50 unveiled range of activities for the final celebration of the State’s Golden Jubilee anniversary on March 27,2017. Habeeb Fasinro, co-chair of the committee said the celebrations would kick off on Saturday, April 8 and end on Saturday, May... Read More

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[The Presidential Blog] ‘Buhari’ not happy with Osinbajo’s recent activities

Great country people! What’s happening today? This is just for bants. We are sure President Muhammadu Buhari is happy with his deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo who he handed over the “coordination” of the nation’s affairs to before flying to the UK for his “medical follow-up”. Who won’t be? Since the departure of the President, Professor... Read More

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[The Alausa Blog]: Evander Holyfield, Ambode and Soyinka at Rhumbles in Lagos (Photos)

Governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode, former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfeld and Professor Wole Soyinka amongst others were special guests at the “Rhumbles in Lagos” novelty match. The match which was held at Eko Atlantic City was a huge hit with a massive turnout, the event is one of the last marking the Golden Anniversary Celebration of... Read More

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[The Sexuality Blog]: It’s time we started telling young women to demand orgasms when they have sex

We don’t talk enough about sex as Nigerians. Sure we sneak in a couple of pages of erotica every other hour while we’re supposed to be hard at work, download some more adult pornography for the evening after, and spend all the time we devote to office and post-office socialising discussing the pros and cons... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: “Wavy Level” is an all familiar Olamide on a new wave

Of out of touch celebrities and superstar level artists who have outgrown the need for local support, Olamide falls into a class in-between. A prideful street music firebrand and flagbearer for indigenous Yoruba rap, by bringing his local style of hip-hop to the mainstream, Olamide has done what a lot of his fore-bearers could not.... Read More

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#Biafra50: This is the Osinbajo speech that everyone is talking about

Professor Osinbajo earlier today delivered the keynote address at the one-day conference organised to commemorate the 50th year of the Nigerian Civil War. The event was themed: Memory and Nation Building: 50 Years After The Acting President’s speech was titled “Greater together than apart”. He urged that while we should remain open to conversations that... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Song Of The Summer: “Iskaba” Wande Coal

Before Nigerian weather analysts come to quickly remind me we don’t have summers in this part of the world, I want to mention that I am well aware of this fact myself. However, globally summers go beyond mere state of the skies. All over the world, the summer culture is tied to blockbuster movie releases,... Read More

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[The Church Blog] Let’s talk about these fake Pastors

One day hardly passes on social media without one gist of a fake pastor, an “overdo church” or a church fraud. As much as these church gossip can sound funny most of the time, it’s overly depressing too. Depressing because the goal of these guys is to bring indignity to the body of Christ and... Read More

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[The Sexuality Blog]: Asoebi Bella proves marriage articles will always work when everything else fails

You probably haven’t heard, but a few days ago, BellaNaija, Nigeria’s most respected entertainment media house announced they were diversifying. They didn’t exactly phrase it like that, but anyone who knows, knows. They announced this diversification without ceremony or fanfare on their own website, perhaps to downplay just how big what they just did could... Read More

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[The Presidential Blog] Photos of Professor Osinbajo and Obasanjo at the #Biafra50

It’s been 50 years since the Nigerian Civil War was fought and a one day conference was organised today in Abuja for Nigerian leaders to discuss the importance of the Biafran war in Nigerian history. The even was themed “Memory and Nation Building – Biafra: 50 Years After”. The organisers of the event described it as... Read More