Blogs

November 2, 2016

The Film Blog: A Mercy Johnson talk show you say?

Mercy Johnson is launching a talk show. Or has launched a talk show. We’re still not sure but she made the announcement on her Instagram. We won’t talk about the title. “Mercy!!! Marriage, Cooking and Kids.” No. We won’t. We won’t talk about the exclamation marks either. No. All 3 of them. We won’t. We’ll go... Read More

film, Mercy Johnson, Mercy Johnson Okojie, nollywood, talk show, The Film Blog, TV

November 1, 2016

The Media Blog: So DSTV didn’t let us down too much

Let it not be like we are talking about DSTV too much. But. It has to be said. We want to say we are disappointed, but that would imply we were expecting much to begin with. We weren’t. So we will settle for saying we are underwhelmed. Mostly. It’s not like we don’t know that... Read More

africa magic, DSTV, Hush, Tinsel

November 1, 2016

The Media Blog: What is DSTV up to?

DSTV is up to something. That’s the only way to put it because we’re not quite sure just what it is yet. It can’t be for nothing that they are promoting a hashtag in Lagos. Business Unusual? Okay oh. Of course, we checked. We had to. But following the hashtag only leads to this picture:... Read More

basket mouth, DSTV, Mnet, The Media Blog

November 1, 2016

Movie Review: This grudge falls flat | The Grudge

by Okon Ekpo Call it a mini Tinsel reunion. For her debut effort as producer, actress Funmi Holder – best known for her work as Amaka Ade-Williams on the television series, Tinsel – marshals some of her colleagues who have at some point, passed through the MNet soap’s revolving doors. While Richard Mofe-Damijo once had a guest starring arc... Read More

funmi holder, ireti doyle, movie review, rmd, The Film Blog, The Grudge, Tinsel

November 1, 2016

The Media Blog: Techpoint is moving to the North – and we’re loving it

There are so many reasons why Techpoint is our favourite tech blog. As in, literally our favorite. Earthy, real and innovative. They don’t make them like that anymore. And now they are coming to the rescue of the Nigerian tech eco system, which sadly, often pretends there are no signs of life anywhere else. There are now: (“Team Humane,... Read More

innovation tour, Nigerian Techies, Northern Nigeria, sticky, TEchpoint, The Media Blog

November 1, 2016

The Media Blog: Iyanya the Mavin? We have questions

You’ve probably heard by now. Iyanya is now a Mavin. You’ve probably already heard his explanation for joining as well. It makes sense, really. He wants to focus on his music and leave the business to someone else. Why distract yourself with the numbers when you can channel that energy into your creativity. It’s the... Read More

Don Jazzy, Iyanya, mavin, MMMG, The Media Blog, Ubi Franklin

October 31, 2016

The Media Blog: Is Davido coming to slay?

So yeah, our resident haters at Uncensored might have found Davido’s Son Of Mercy EP underwhelming/uninteresting/uninspired/whatever. Don’t mind them. But their bad belle doesn’t matter. Because, guess who likes it? Exactly. That’s Oscar and Emmy nominated Taraji P. Henson shouting our boy out on Instagram And of course, Davido, sharp Naija boy, wasted no time in... Read More

Davido, empire, Taraji P. Henson, The Media Blog, uncensored

October 31, 2016

The Media Blog: Onyeka Nwelue is looking for trouble

Our favourite rebel without a cause (a title he’d likely cop to, himself) is at it again. This time in what is essentially a 990-word sub (yes, we counted,) he’s weighing in on the just concluded Lagos Fashion and Design Week. No, that’s not quite right. He’s coming for the “pretty boys” as he puts... Read More

Bobrisky, Lagos Fahion and Design Week, onyeka nwelue, The Media Blog

October 31, 2016

The Media Blog: Congratulations are in order for Anthony Osae-Brown

Start out handling external financial communications for a bank we’ll always remember for their ads. (Who can forget the melodrama of this one, or this other one about cars running on water?) Join BusinessDay as Contributing Editor. Remain in that position for a year. Move up to lead the publication’s Business Intelligence and Research Unit.... Read More

Anthony Osae-Brown, Bank PHB, BusinessDay, The Media Blog, UBA

October 31, 2016

The Media Blog: The Ibrus are fighting

If you know the inner workings of the Guardian, you know that peace has departed the top floor of that house, along with its patriarch, Olorogun Michael Ibru, who was the oga at the entire top of the Ibru clan and leader of the Ibru Organisation (and burial rights have yet to be announced since... Read More

Cecilia Ibru, guardian, Michael Olorogun, The Media Blog

October 31, 2016

Reading material: For those who work in media content (6)

Because sometimes, you’re here today and gone tomorrow. (RIP Vine) Read. It’s 2016, nobody is going to let you get away with blatant lies. (Especially you, Mr. Trump.) Read. You’d never think it, but a horror TV show has a lot to say about the media today. Read. They keep saying video is the future.... Read More

amazon, American Horror Story, Buzzfeed, donald trump, sticky, The Media Blog, twitter., vine

October 29, 2016

Eye on Ambode: Lagos is Africa’s fifth largest economy, Deep seaport project underway in Badagry and more

It’s another edition of Eye on Ambode. Here, we bring to you a recap of some of the week’s activities of Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. So here are some of the things you should know from this past week: Governor Ambode received a delegation from the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) this week. The... Read More

Featured, The Alausa Blog

Badagry, Governor Ambode, lagos state, sea port, Toyota Hilux

October 29, 2016

Movie review: Oloibiri is not the definitive Niger Delta narrative

by Okon Ekpo As we were taught in school, oil was first discovered in Nigeria in commercial quantities in a sleepy little village in Rivers state named Oloibiri. As events have proven, that discovery has been both gift and curse as it has enriched the nation’s coffers immeasurably, but plunged the host community and others... Read More

Ivie Okujaye, movie review, movies, nollywood, Oloibiri, Olu Jacobs, review, richard mofe damijo, sticky, Taiwo Ajayi Lycett

October 28, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: Let’s explain why what happened this week was bigotry

by Chi Ibe First, let’s take you through dictionary definitions: According to Merriam-Webster, simple and full definitions: 1. Full Definition of bigot: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Alder Consulting, bigotry, Bobrisky, enough is enough nigeria

October 28, 2016

The Media Blog: Our new fav show? The Real Househelps of Kawangware!

How many minutes until we say something like: why don’t we see such ingenuity when we choose to ‘copy’ foreign formats in this market? The Real Househelps of Kawangware takes an American reality TV trope and gives it an authentic Kenyan narrative. Where Americans have The Real Housewives of Somewhere or the Other. The producers... Read More

DSTV, Kenyan tv, Maisha Magic, The Media Blog, The Real Househelps of Kawangare

October 28, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: This week, Nigeria’s civil society took a bold stand – and it should impress you

We assume, if you’re the kind of person who reads YNaija.com, you know that this week, Idrs Okuneye, who you would know as Bobrisky, served up a storm, without necessarily doing anything. He was invited to speak about Unusual Engagement on New Media – a subject on which he, with his 150,000 daily views on... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Bobrisky, Chidi Odinkalu, gbenga sesan, Governance, idris okuneye, Latter Rain Assembly, New Media, rccg, Seun Onigbinde, Snapchat, yemi adamolekun

October 28, 2016

[The Presidential Blog] Heeding the first lady’s advice?

I have just read that the President met with APC governors in Abuja earlier this week. Looks to me like the President has taken the first steps towards reconciliation with his wife. Recall that she had complained during her BBC Hausa interview that the President was not being responsive to the pulse of those APC... Read More

The Presidential Blog

president meets with APC governors, the Presidential Blog

October 27, 2016

The Media Blog: That’s how they captured the ‘co-founder’ of NaijaGistLive.com

In today’s episode of What A Major Wawu, they say they have caught the founder of the notorious NaijaGistLive.com – and they caught him for, predictably, blackmail. They say his social media identity is Baudex, he is 23, and that he tried to do remote control with Femi Otedola and his wife. Which is apparently... Read More

Baudex, Bellanaija, NaijaGistLive, oyebode, The Media Blog

October 27, 2016

[The Legislative Blog]: Let’s talk a bit about street begging now that the Senate is interested

“Sister, i’m going to Mushin and i lost my wallet. Can you please help me with 100 naira?” This is the same line that we’ve had to listen to from the lot of beggars on the streets of Lagos but these ones are on an entirely different level. They are the professionals. With street begging... Read More

More, The Legislative Blog

legislature, menace, nigeria, senate, society, street begging, upper chamber

October 26, 2016

The Media Blog: Naij.com just launched an interesting network – except for one small problem

Naij.com made an announcement: a new platform that will enable it aggregate content from all over the blogosphere to be published on their website and app. It’s called the Naij.com Blogger Network. Content from any blog owner -from writers to photographers and everyone in between. To be sure, Pulse and Naij are doing the Nigerian... Read More

blogger network, gossip, Linda Ikeji, Naij, online, PulseNG, The Media Blog, TMB

October 26, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: 2 tweets give the proper answer on Bobrisky

Alder Consulting is a strategy and consulting firm in Nigeria, whose well-respected chief executive tweets about sex, and relationships regularly. A member of the team was invited to a new media and governance conference. Because cross-dresser Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky) was invited, they pulled out, via a press release this morning: The inclusion of Bobrisky unfortunately... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Alder Consulting, Bobrisky, EiE, New Media, nigeria, twitter.

October 26, 2016

The Media Blog: 11 questions to help you understand the TV digital switch over

We realize many people, including very many media professionals, are deeply confused about what exactly Nigeria’s television digital switch over means. So, as we promised last week, we got a professional, who was deeply involved in the process under the former director general of the National Broadcasting Commission, but sadly refuses to be named, to... Read More

analogue, Digital, MCR, NBC, nigeria, PayTV vod, Set Top Boxes, switchover, The Media Blog

October 26, 2016

The Media Blog: Agatha Amata is one of only two women who own TV channels – and Rave TV is back on air

It went off StarTimes for a bit, but no one ever got rich counting out Agatha Amata. The presenter and producer of the almost 15-years-running Inside Out with Agatha has bounced back with the station now on GoTV channel 112. RAVE TV NOW ON GOTV, CHANNEL 112 – Rave TV https://t.co/wLM3XzoDUk — Insideout wit Agatha... Read More

Agatha Amata, GOtv, inside out, nigeria, rave tv, The Media Blog, TMB

October 26, 2016

Reading material: For those who work in media content (5)

Let’s go! 1. The death of print media has been greatly, and deathly exaggerated. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/newspapers-digital-first-214363#ixzz4NP0T8Ny8 2. Newspapers are paying a price for speaking their minds in America. http://www.poynter.org/2016/this-newspaper-is-paying-a-price-for-endorsing-donald-trump/434972/ 3. Sometimes, journalism takes your dignity. https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/12681 http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/301553-sorry-not-sorry-politicos-thrush-doubles-down-on-podesta-emails 4. The media and the political establishment are in cahoots – unavoidably. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/john-podesta-emails-wikileaks-press-214367 5. Someone got veeeeeery excited about... Read More

Emails, facebook, Hillary Clinton, John Podesta, journalism, print media, reading material, The Media Blog

October 26, 2016

The Media Blog: People of God, please which one is Bing TV?

So we we minding our business when we saw this in the press release for Innoson Group’s latest investment – in Cable TV infrastructure, in collaboration with some Chinese people: “Also, an investment of $100 million to establish technology-based Direct-To-Home Digital Bing Television Stations in Nigeria, among others.” Digital Bing? Digital Bing? We have never... Read More

cable tv, China, Google, ING, Innoson Group, Mae in Nigeria, Media, microsoft, search, The Media Blog, TMB

October 26, 2016

[The Presidential blog]: Please whose budget is this?

FG will present N6trn as 2017 budget – Adeosun This was in the news yesterday. And I am just confused. Why are we presenting a NGN 6.86 trillion budget when we are still trying to finance a NGN6.06 trillion budget? Why will half this budget (let us assume it sees the light of day) still... Read More

The Presidential Blog

2017 budget, borrowing, budget, kemi Adeosun

October 26, 2016

The Media Blog: See what Bobrisky has caused o

So the Special Assistant to the President on New Media says he will not attend a New Media conference.. Because Bobrisky is on the same panel. We like Bashir Ahmad. He’s a fine young man – who appears to do his work with a charming single mindedness. But, sorry, dude, that don’t make sense. The... Read More

Abuja, Bashir Ahmad, Bobrisky, New Media, nigeria, NMCGC, The Media Blog

October 25, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: Nigerian menswear designers and the so-called ‘gay agenda’

A journalist walked up to me recently and asked if I had noticed how Nigerian male designers were boldly throwing taboo to the wind. Taboo? Hmm… I mean they are definitely reaching places never threaded before and are thinking outside the box but I’m not sure I will describe that as “throwing taboos to the... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

adebayo oke lawal, Gay Agenda, Nigerian Menswear Designers, orange culture, Tokyo James

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