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April 3, 2017

The Film Blog: It looks like Isoken is about to kick into high gear

Look at these fantastic new posters for the Jade Osiberu directed film. We also hear a full trailer will be dropping tomorrow, so expect marketing activities for the film to ramp up considerably. The June release date is almost right around the corner, and we’re just going to go ahead and say now that we... Read More
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April 3, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Help! We can’t find Sen Murray-Bruce’s fake news

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has come again o! The Senator has now joined the likes of US President Donald Trump in fake news gang. He took to Twitter on Monday to debunk an article circulating on Whatsapp he is reported to have written. According to his tweet, the article is about oil wells. Beware of fake... Read More
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April 3, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] President Buhari is finally meeting with Senate leaders

It’s been a rocky two weeks between the Presidency and the Senate – from the second rejection of Ibrahim Magu, to the Senate’s refusal to deal with the nomination of INEC RECs and worst of all the rumours flying around about the disintegration of the Buhari administration in the face of the said “face-off”. It... Read More
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April 3, 2017

Reading Material: Here’s what you need to be reading if you work in media content this week

1. Journalism so great it makes a great time out of reading about something like gentrification. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/nyregion/the-state-of-your-block-2017-new-york-city.html 2. But then even great journalism won’t be enough to fix what’s broken about the media. http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/03/from-the-unbanked-to-the-unnewsed-just-doing-good-journalism-wont-be-enough-to-bring-back-reader-trust/?utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=b0e87a6c8a-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-b0e87a6c8a-396044165 3. Resist the internet, on the internet. It does make sense. Really. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/opinion/sunday/resist-the-internet.html 4. But if you can’t, here’s why. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/science/technology-addiction-irresistible-by-adam-alter.html... Read More
The Media Blog
April 2, 2017

SaharaReporters moves up to #1, Zikoko slides into the top 5 | The latest YNaija online media (web) countdown

They say controversy sells and no one proves this more right now than SaharaReporters which takes the #1 spot on our online (web) countdown. The past month has seen the typically controversial site mired in a series of noisy and dramatic events. Most notable might be the Dino Melaye certificate saga, but SR was also at the... Read More
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April 2, 2017

The YNaija Ranking: Instablog9ja retains the #1 position on our latest online media (social) countdown

For a second straight month Instablog9ja is at #1 on our online media (social) countdown. The Instagram handle remains the clear leader in a sea of social media competitors that only manage to do part of what Instablog does. Elsewhere, Funny African Pics slips to the #10 spot for similar reasons, albeit from a different... Read More
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April 2, 2017

The YNaija Ranking: Inspiration FM moves up into the top 10 on our top 25 radio stations countdown

There’s a curious thing that a lot of people experience when a new building springs up somewhere. It’s expressed most succinctly in the question: what was there before? It’s particularly common in Lagos where, if asked what previously stood in the locations of any of the malls around, dwellers would be hard pressed to provide an... Read More
The Media Blog, Thinking Through
April 1, 2017

The Church Blog: Should I celebrate April Fools’ day as a Christian?

Today is April 1, the world-famous April fool’s day, and I’m seated here fighting the urge to play just one tiny prank on my friends. What exactly is my apprehension? Well, the thing is, I’m a christian, and growing up in Sunday School, I was made to believe that April fools — heck, pranking generally... Read More
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March 31, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Sen Dino Melaye just gave another reason (not) to believe he’s an ABU alumnus

Senator Dino Melaye is not done publishing proofs. He has gone from posting a photo of his NYSC discharge certificate to wearing a ridiculous academic gown he could have hired from any shop to showing off a statement of result that says he has a Bachelor of Arts in Geography, then he had the Vice... Read More
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March 31, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Will ‘When We Speak Of Nothing’ be a worthy heir to Jude Dibia’s ‘Walking With Shadows’?

The Nigerian literary industry is clearly bereft of stories about queerness and homosexuality. That absence can be laid firmly at the feet of a religious society that bristles at the mere mention of otherness and an industry only struggling to find its place as Nigeria’s conscience and tasked with the burden of balancing profit with... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
March 31, 2017

The Media Blog: The Spot is ending and we don’t know what to do

It’s been 4 years already? Yeah, we know when EbonyLife TV launched but time really has flown, hasn’t it? Time in which The Spot has grown to be one of the most stable and reliable fixtures on our tv screens. It’s amazing we’re saying this given our initial reactions to the show, which ranged from... Read More
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March 30, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: “Is this the Muhammadu Buhari, the no-nonsense general we know?” | Hon Jibrin questions PMB’s inaction

President Muhammadu Buhari is not the man we used to know. Political pundits across the country have raised concerns surrounding the president’s slothfulness and now, suspended lawmaker Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin has joined the lingering conversation with biting remarks. Although this is not the first time he’s alluded to the president’s inaction, this time he hits... Read More
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March 30, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Vice President Osinbajo is in Paris [WATCH]

The Vice President, Professor Osinbajo is currently in Paris, speaking at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum which holds today and tomorrow. The OECD organises this forum in a bid to bring global government and business leaders as well as civil society representatives together to brainstorm on issues relating... Read More
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March 30, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Cynthia Morgan (and Nigerians) need to learn to shut up and mind their business

Cynthia Morgan, talented reggae rapper with a penchant for borrowed accents (at our last count she had four though she grew up in Benin city), appropriating the cultures of other for financial gain and doing anything, no matter stupid, to draw controversy to herself and remain relevant in the fickle jollof music industry, has suddenly... Read More
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March 29, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] The Presidency has announced the names of the new ministerial nominees

Finally, after months of waiting and a litigation scare, the President has finally found suitable replacements for the positions left vacant by the death of James Ocholi, the former Minister of State for Labour and Productivity as well as that left vacant by the promotion (guess we can call it that) of Mrs Amina Mohammed,... Read More
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March 29, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Photos of the Vice President and his wife in Lagos at the BAT Colloquim

Yesterday, the 28th of March was not only Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s birthday, it was also the 9th edition of the Bola Tinubu Colloquium which held in Lagos this time. Although President Buhari could not make it to the event, he expressed fond memories of his attendance in Abuja, last year. Also, my best wishes... Read More
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March 28, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] We have ratified the Paris Climate Change Agreement

Heavy rains in March. Barely there harmattan. Super hot days and nights even in supposedly cool climes. There’s absolutely no doubt that the effects of climate change are finally catching up to us in Nigeria. Today, President Buhari signed the ratification instrument for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, confirming the level of seriousness with... Read More
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March 28, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Did President Buhari really just call Tinubu “the Jagaban”?

You know how it is with the President and all his birthday and condolence messages on Twitter. From Solomon Dalung to former Head of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon (rtd). We were almost too dismissive of President Buhari’s birthday wish to the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the APC leader turns 65 today. He’d posted this three-part... Read More
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March 28, 2017

The Film Blog: The AMAA move to Lagos reveals a critical flaw in its design

Simply put, the Africa Movie Academy Awards cannot continue to move from state to state (or country) based upon which government is willing to pony up funds for the hosting of the show. This could very well be something that the organizers have considered, but given the trends over the past 12 years, we’re not... Read More
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