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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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April 25, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: ‘Stealthing’? Are you people kidding me?

The discussion around sexual health and sexuality is expanding. And as it expands, especially pertaining to sexual assault, rape and consent, it is finally touching areas that have stayed grey for decades and allowed us justify frankly deviant behaviour. There is one action in particular that I have always hated, though every time I brought... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

April 25, 2017

[The Music Blog] Ice Prince vs Davido: When to put ‘veteran’ artists in their place

Recently, Ice Prince and Davido were reportedly involved in a near-brawl at a Delta-Alive concert in Warri. According to reports, the scuffle was initially because a luxury G-Wagon had been used to convey Davido from the airport, while Ice Prince was shuffled to the hotel in a saloon car instead. Eye witness reports further revealed... Read More

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Davido, Ice Prince, Lil Kesh

April 25, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Senate adjourns plenary to mourn late Senator Adeleke

Upon its resumption today, the Senate adjourned plenary session to Wednesday out of respect for its member, Senator Isiaka Adeleke who passed on over the weekend. A short session was however held where the senators stood in one-minute silence for the late lawmaker. Presiding over the session, Senate President Bukola Saraki said there will be... Read More

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April 24, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Teach your sons to learn to deal with rejection, our very lives depend on it

In the last 10 days, two American men have killed a total of 18 people in cold blood. Their reasons/justification for taking the lives of innocent people; their wives/girlfriends decided to leave them. Two eight year olds have been brutally murdered in the last 10 days because an abusive man who treated his significant other... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

April 24, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Aisha Buhari “resurfaces” with a call for investment in out-of-school girls

We have not heard much from or about the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari since President Buhari’s drama-filled medical vacation and return. We thought she was just done publicly appearing before people who dare suggest that she partook in a photoshop stunt engineered to fool the country about the President’s well-being. Anyway, the Wife of... Read More

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April 24, 2017

The Media Blog: Tara Fela-Durotoye tells one hell of a story on King Women

It’s in two parts, which make up a collective hour of viewing, but it’s worth every second for the story Tara Fela-Durotoye tells. The head honcho at House of Tara spins a story at once heartfelt, heartwrenching and heartwarming, and with the ease of someone who’s lived twice her years on earth. By the way, King Women... Read More

The Media Blog

April 24, 2017

The Film Blog: 5 things we know about the sequel to The Wedding Party

So EbonyLife Films is at work prepping a sequel (of course) to The Wedding Party and while the movie is a long way off from getting released, there are a couple of things we know for sure, now. 1. It follows older brother of Dozie, Nonso (played by Enyinna Nwigwe) and Dunni’s caucasian friend, Dierdre.... Read More

The Film Blog

April 24, 2017

[The Music Blog] Review: DaGrin’s “Ghetto Dreams” is a conflicted heart’s longing for heaven

Here is an odd but chuckle-worthy question that should keep you up at night: What if DaGrin’s signature laugh was intentionally made to sound like the bleat of a goat, because he knew he would be the G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time). It sounds corny, but humour me. Afterall, Nothing makes a martyr out of... Read More

The Music Blog

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April 24, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Never too early for shade! Jibrin has these words for Hon Dogara

Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin has recently reclaimed his position as a full-time critic of the National Assembly, the House of Representatives (which he was a member of until his suspension last year), President Buhari’s administration and especially, House Speaker Hon Dogara. But the latter has been a major target since the budget padding scandal that brought... Read More

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April 24, 2017

Reading material: What you should be reading if you work in media content this week

1. How to write about historic political campaigns: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/emmanuel_macron 2. Social discourse in the age of being “cancelled”: http://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/20/15179232/socially-conscious-criticism 3. Is there a problem with gendered language: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/23/allow-me-to-womansplain-the-problem-with-gendered-language 4. More talk about free speech: https://mic.com/articles/174976/bernie-sanders-not-allowing-ann-coulter-to-speak-at-berkeley-is-intellectual-weakness#.ZmALndQMG 5. Fake news lives to fight another day: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/russias-fake-news-machine-is-targeting-the-french-elections

The Media Blog

April 24, 2017

[The Music Blog] Seven years gone: What is the best way to pay respects to the late DaGrin?

Yesterday, April 22nd, marked the seventh year since the death of late Yoruba rapper, Dagrin. As usual, the day was highlighted with another round of annual tribute think pieces and listiscles that attempted to compress his eccentric life into one single medium. One oddly tactless The last five years of DaGrin’s lifetime marked the beginning... Read More

The Music Blog

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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

The Sexuality Blog: ‘Stealthing’? Are you people kidding me?

[The Music Blog] Ice Prince vs Davido: When to put ‘veteran’ artists in their place

[The Legislative Blog]: Senate adjourns plenary to mourn late Senator Adeleke

The Sexuality Blog: Teach your sons to learn to deal with rejection, our very lives depend on it

[The Presidential Blog] Aisha Buhari “resurfaces” with a call for investment in out-of-school girls

The Media Blog: Tara Fela-Durotoye tells one hell of a story on King Women

The Film Blog: 5 things we know about the sequel to The Wedding Party

[The Music Blog] Review: DaGrin’s “Ghetto Dreams” is a conflicted heart’s longing for heaven

[The Legislative Blog]: Never too early for shade! Jibrin has these words for Hon Dogara

Reading material: What you should be reading if you work in media content this week

[The Music Blog] Seven years gone: What is the best way to pay respects to the late DaGrin?

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