Why are we rehabilitating Boko Haram terrorists during an ongoing terrorist occupation?

Five days ago, the Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, was ambushed by Boko Haram fighters in the middle of a trip to Monguno and Baga towns to visit with and provide food for the internally displaced persons camping in those towns. Zulum was making this trip as part of a heavily armed convoy, as... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

boko haram, Governor Zulum

August 2, 2020

YNaijaBBNUpdate: Lilo and Ka3na are the first housemates to leave the BBN lock-down house

It’s Sunday Night in the Big Brother Naija house, and unlike the previous Sunday, this one held its customary live eviction. Unfortunately, Ka3na and Lilo were the first housemates to leave the BBN house. The new eviction process took effect today, and boy was it an interesting turn of events. Of the twenty housemates previously... Read More

More, Reality TV, The Media Blog

July 31, 2020

YNaijaBBNGist: Nengi may just be this season’s first controversial housemate

To be beautiful simply means to be the center of attention. And in the case of Nengi, this is exceptionally true. Nengi Ozo, Kiddwaya, and Erica are but a few of the housemates this season, that have gotten massive attention from the fans, initially based off of their looks. Albeit they have been entertaining so... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

‘Ozo, Big Brother season 5, Erica, Kiddwaya, Nengi, Prince

July 31, 2020

YNaijaBBNCoverage: The housemates lose their wager for the second week in a row

Housemates in the Big Brother Naija house yesterday felt optimistic at the thought of the opportunity to double their Betway BB Naira, via the weekly task presentation. The housemates last week failed at the weekly task, so they knew they had to bring the intensity to this week’s presentation. Fortunately, they had put in the... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

‘Ozo, Big Brother House, Biggie, Bright, Erica, Laycon, Lucy, Nengi, praise, Prince, Tochi, Tolanibaj, Vee, Wathoni

July 30, 2020

#YNaijaBBNGist: Erica says she wants to go home

It’s day 11 in the Big Brother Naija House, and so far so good. That is unless you are not counting the trouble in paradise that seems to be transpiring in Ericaville. Since the season began, Erica is the one person that has actually gone out of her way to stay clear of drama. The... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

Big Brother Naija Season 5, Erica, Laycon

July 30, 2020

Governors Okowa, Fayemi & Wike are showing Nigeria how to lead during a pandemic

Governor Nyesom Wike is in the news again. The last time he was mentioned, it was for intervening in the illegal attempts to invade the privacy Prof. Joi Nunieh by the Nigerian police as a consequence of a feud between her and Minister Godswill Akpabio. But that isn’t all Governor Wike has been up to,... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Fayemi, Okowa, wike

July 30, 2020

Tiktok is showing its not just about fun videos, with its first upskilling webinar

Tiktok is having a hard time globally. Threats to ban the app from American app stores due to accusations of corporate espionage have been looming for months and accusations of racism and suppression of social justice also abound. But Tiktok has also enjoyed unprecedented penetration into markets in Africa and Asia and the platform is... Read More

The Media Blog

Skills UP, TikTok

July 30, 2020

#YNaijaBBNCoverage: Dorothy tells Ozo he is childish

Monday and Tuesday in the Big Brother Naija house this week seemed very hectic for the housemates owing to the numerous bouts that had taken place. Thankfully, Wednesday held a different vibe. And these set of housemates proved that they don’t need to be toxic to be entertaining. Yesterday was all about conversing and unlocking... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

‘Ozo, Big Brother season 5, Biggie, Dorothy, Erica, Ka3na, kaisha, Kiddwaya, Laycon, Lucy, Nengi, Neo, Tochi, Vee

July 29, 2020

#BBNaijaLockdown: Kiddwaya may be the latest obstacle in Ozo and Nengi’s relationship

When it comes to relationships in the Big Brother Naija house, this season, none has been more convoluted than the one Ozo has with Nengi. Seriously, what is going on? The first week was all about Nengi dropping hints for the highly desired economist. And that week, Ozo did all he could to let everyone... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

‘Ozo, Big Brother Naija Season 5, Kiddwaya, Nengi, Prince

July 29, 2020

Davido, Ikorodu Bois, Josh2funny make #YNaijaPowerList2020 for Entertainment

Editor’s Note: A young-world revolution is unfolding before our eyes, rupturing the idea that only experience can change the world. Increasingly, young people are participating actively in all aspects of human life, and changing the way we think, look and do what we do. At YNaija, we know these stars from across Nigeria – the decision-makers,... Read More

#YNaijaPowerlIst, The Media Blog, Top Stories

#YNaijaPowerList, Adam Zango, Beverly Naya, Burna boy, Davido, DJ Cuppy, Hadiza Ailyu, Ikorodu Bois, Josh2funny, Kemi Adetiba, Laolu Senbanjo, Mr Eazi, nigerian entertainment, Rahama Sadau, Teni, Toyin Abraham, wizkid, YNaija Powerlist 2020

July 29, 2020

David Oyelowo’s directorial debut ‘The Water Man’ has a soundtrack from Ric Hassani

In a tweet posted today, singer Ric Hassani revealed that he made the music for David Oyelowo’s The Water Man, his directorial debut. The project was initially announced last year, according to Hollywood Reporter, and has the Selma star scoring himself a role, directing and producing too, with Oprah Winfrey as executive producer. In The... Read More

The Film Blog, The Media Blog

David Oyelowo's directorial debut 'The Water Man', Ric Hassani, Ric Hassani The Water Man soundtrack

July 29, 2020

Fu’ad Lawal, Fisayo Soyombo, Wana Udobang…Here’s the #YNaijaPowerList2020 for Media

Editors Note: A young-world revolution is unfolding before our eyes, rupturing the idea that only experience can change the world. Increasingly, young people are participating actively in all aspects of human life, and changing the way we think, look and do what we do. At YNaija, we know these stars from across Nigeria – the... Read More

#YNaijaPowerlIst, The Media Blog, Top Stories

#YNaijaPowerList, Didi Akinyelure, Edirin Edewor, Fisayo Soyombo, Fuad Lawal, Idia Aisien, Joey Akan, Laylah Ali Othman, Olutimehin Adegbeye, Shola Lawal, Timilehin Bello, Wana Udobang, YNaija Powerlist 2020

July 29, 2020

#YNaijaBBNCoverage: Housemates cry out their frustration, and search for healing

Looking at the Big Brother Naija reality TV show, it’s safe to assume that the show can be dubbed a social experiment. One that tests the strength of the contestant’s characters against each other. And with so many personalities crammed into one tiny space, for a rather lengthy period of time, it’s only natural that... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

‘Ozo, Big Brother season 5. Prince, Biggie, Eric, Ka3na, kaisha, Laycon, Lilo, Lucy, Nengi, Neo, praise, Tricky Tee, Vee

July 28, 2020

#YNaijaBBNUpdate: Ozo settles beef in the house as Tolani and Ka3na fight over food

If you signed up for drama for this new season of the Big Brother Naija reality show, then you are in luck. Barely two weeks in, and there already seems to be a lot of it. This year’s housemates don’t even need much to get triggered. A simple misunderstanding is all it takes to disrupt... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

‘Ozo, Big Brother Naija Season 5, Ka3na, Tolanibaj

July 28, 2020

Minister Akpabio’s list was yet another distraction in the NDDC case, when will we get justice?

The events of last week on the floor of the Nigerian Senate eclipsed any farce that has occurred prior. The backdrop for this particular sequence of events was a probe of the Nigerian Niger Delta Commission. The commission had been in the news months prior after its acting chairman, Dr. Joi Nunieh was ousted by... Read More

Counter Culture Blog, More

akpabio, Gbajabiamila, Pondei

July 28, 2020

YNaijaBBNUpdate: Nengi curves Ozo, but lets Prince dry hump her in steamy game of Dare or Drink

If you are a fan of the show, and you went to bed earlier than 12am, I hate to tell you this but you missed a whole lot. Since getting into the house, the housemates had done well in bonding with each other, and asides conversations, one way they have taken to getting to know... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

‘Ozo, Big Brother Naija Season 5, Eric, Erica, kaisha, Kiddwaya, Laycon, Lilo, Nengi, Neo, praise, Prince, Tochi, Vee, Wathoni

July 28, 2020

YNaijaBBNCoverage: Tolani calls Kaisha a weird B****

The new week in the Big Brother Naija House began on an interesting note. It was routine as usual with workouts, showers, chores, breakfast and conversations taking a chunk of the housemate’s morning. Breakfast fight However this particular breakfast was peculiar. Breakfast on Monday morning, saw to an unlikely confrontation between Tolanibaj, who is usually... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

July 27, 2020

Broda Shaggi’s ‘Shaggi Palava’ is a career move long overdue

Everyone has a scripted Youtube show now. It has become the status symbol for creators and influencers looking to expand their reach and thousands of such shows now, covering a spectrum of ideas that pertain to human behaviour. Comedy has also found a home on Youtube, with Emmanuella of the Mark Angel comedy being one... Read More

The Media Blog

Broda Shaggi, Shaggi palava

July 26, 2020

YNaijaBBNCoverage: Evictions now rest in the hands of housemates, Dora sent to the friend-zone

If you missed the Big Brother Naija eviction show this Sunday, fear not, we have you covered. Although we can honestly tell you that you didn’t miss much, seeing as no housemate was actually evicted. The eviction show today was a one hour segment dedicated to some of the most interesting events of the first... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

‘Ozo, Big Brother Naija Season 5, Dorothy, Ebuka, kaisha, Lucy, Nengi, Neo, Tochi, Tolanibaj, Vee

July 25, 2020

#YNaijaBBNCoverage: Used tampon causes heated fight, and relationships brewing

Fight or Flight Day 5 in the house and we finally have our first fight. It’s been all smiles and conversations since the season began. But Friday held one heated argument after the other. The tension in the house was so thick it could be cut with a knife. Tempers flared all through the night,... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

‘Ozo, Big Brother season 5, Biggie, Bright, Dora, Eric, Erica, Ka3na, Kaisha Praise, Kiddwaya, Lilo, Lucy, Nengi, Neo, Omah lay, Vee

July 24, 2020

#YNaijaBBNCoverage: Nengi shows some love to Ozo as she sacrifices her point for him

Looking back at Day 5 in the Big Brother Naija house, we can tell that some of the housemates are finally getting more comfortable with each other. We cannot necessarily point out any cliques yet, but we can tell that certain people take pleasure in each other’s company. There seems to be some form of... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

‘Ozo, Dora, Eric, kaisha, Lilo, Nengi, Neo, praise, Vee

July 23, 2020

The Men’s Club; REDTV’s sleeper hit, returns for a much anticipated third season

When Tola Odunsi started working on the Men’s Club, the sleeper hit from production company RED TV, only he could predict how big the show would become. Relying on a rarely seen cocktail of raunch, debauchery and boys behaving badly as the core engine which drives the show, The Men’s Club depicts the men that... Read More

The Media Blog

Ayo Olla, Baaj Adebule, Efa Iwara, Etim Effiong, RED TV, The Men's Corner

July 23, 2020

There is a human toll for the continued existence of Boko Haram

A video has surfaced of 5 people believed to be aid workers being executed by suspected members of the Nigerian pseudo religious terrorist sect, Boko Haram. It has been some time since the terrorist organization made a show of attacking aid workers, considering the neutral players in the ongoing conflict between the Nigerian military and... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

boko haram, Conflict, nigeria, Presidency

July 22, 2020

‘Best Friends in the World’ takes on the petty dramas of secondary school

What would a web show set in a preppy Nigerian school look like? That is what Best Friends in the World tries to answer. The show is set in an unnamed preppy secondary school with a small but uniformly attractive student body, who wear Ankara uniforms and seem to all come from wealth. The show... Read More

The Media Blog

Best Friends in the World

July 22, 2020

Alleged rigging at the Nigerian Bar Association elections is a signifier of how much trouble we are in as a nation

The last recourse for justice for the average Nigerian is the Nigerian legal system. It is where we go when we have been wronged, when we try to force the government to honour its obligations to us, to settle disputes. It is also the place where some of the most egregious crimes against average Nigerians... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

electoral fraud, Fraud, NBA, Nigerian Bar Assocation

July 22, 2020

#YNaijaBBNCoverage: Ka3na admits to being married to a 64-year-old British man

The show today was about the housemates getting comfortable with each other. The conversations they had, both in pairs and in groups, opened the housemates up to one another, and one or two of them made some interesting revelations. Here are the revelations that blew us off: Perhaps, Vee was trying to call first... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

‘Ozo, Big Brother season 5, Biggie, Erica, Ka3na, Laycon, Neo, praise, Vee

July 21, 2020

Contrary to earlier speculations, Beyonce’s ‘Black is King’ does center African narratives

Last year, it was announced that Beyonce was joining the already phenomenal cast for the remake of the Lion King. With original cast members like James Earl Jones reprising their roles, while new actors like Donald Glover and Seth Rogen breathed new life into beloved characters, Beyonce’s sign on felt like the icing on the... Read More

The Media Blog

Beyoncé, Black is King

July 21, 2020

Governor David Umahi just sacked 1000 aides, but why did he need them in the first place?

One of the unfortunate consequences of running a democracy like the one in Nigeria is that each elected official at every level can run their elected office to their discretion and no one else is allowed to regulate their actions. This is why a sitting governor can have a literal battalion of aides who have... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

1000 aides, David Umahi, Governor Umahi, sack

July 20, 2020

#YNaijaBBNCoverage: Laycon, Ozo, Nnegi and Dorothy already showing some star power

Where are stars born? You ask any red blooded Nigerian this question, and they will probably tell you that the Big Brother House is a good place to start. Over the years we have seen some of the most entertaining people emerge from this show, and go on to have illustrious careers. Building off of... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

Big Brother season 5, Dorothy, Eric, Leric, Leycan, Lilo, Nnegi

July 20, 2020

#JusticeForIzu: To truly eradicate rape culture, we need structural solutions, not individual justice

A few days ago, news broke that a young man named Izu Madubueze had committed suicide. According to reports from his friends, he was pushed to suicide after he was allegedly named as rapist, for engaging in casual sex with a woman who he had previously rejected but then solicited sex from. From her perspective,... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Izu Madubueze, rape, Rape culture

Why are we rehabilitating Boko Haram terrorists during an ongoing terrorist occupation?

YNaijaBBNUpdate: Lilo and Ka3na are the first housemates to leave the BBN lock-down house

YNaijaBBNGist: Nengi may just be this season’s first controversial housemate

YNaijaBBNCoverage: The housemates lose their wager for the second week in a row

#YNaijaBBNGist: Erica says she wants to go home

Governors Okowa, Fayemi & Wike are showing Nigeria how to lead during a pandemic

Tiktok is showing its not just about fun videos, with its first upskilling webinar

#YNaijaBBNCoverage: Dorothy tells Ozo he is childish

#BBNaijaLockdown: Kiddwaya may be the latest obstacle in Ozo and Nengi’s relationship

Davido, Ikorodu Bois, Josh2funny make #YNaijaPowerList2020 for Entertainment

David Oyelowo’s directorial debut ‘The Water Man’ has a soundtrack from Ric Hassani

Fu’ad Lawal, Fisayo Soyombo, Wana Udobang…Here’s the #YNaijaPowerList2020 for Media

#YNaijaBBNCoverage: Housemates cry out their frustration, and search for healing

#YNaijaBBNUpdate: Ozo settles beef in the house as Tolani and Ka3na fight over food

Minister Akpabio’s list was yet another distraction in the NDDC case, when will we get justice?

YNaijaBBNUpdate: Nengi curves Ozo, but lets Prince dry hump her in steamy game of Dare or Drink

YNaijaBBNCoverage: Tolani calls Kaisha a weird B****

Broda Shaggi’s ‘Shaggi Palava’ is a career move long overdue

YNaijaBBNCoverage: Evictions now rest in the hands of housemates, Dora sent to the friend-zone

#YNaijaBBNCoverage: Used tampon causes heated fight, and relationships brewing

#YNaijaBBNCoverage: Nengi shows some love to Ozo as she sacrifices her point for him

The Men’s Club; REDTV’s sleeper hit, returns for a much anticipated third season

There is a human toll for the continued existence of Boko Haram

‘Best Friends in the World’ takes on the petty dramas of secondary school

Alleged rigging at the Nigerian Bar Association elections is a signifier of how much trouble we are in as a nation

#YNaijaBBNCoverage: Ka3na admits to being married to a 64-year-old British man

Contrary to earlier speculations, Beyonce’s ‘Black is King’ does center African narratives

Governor David Umahi just sacked 1000 aides, but why did he need them in the first place?

#YNaijaBBNCoverage: Laycon, Ozo, Nnegi and Dorothy already showing some star power

#JusticeForIzu: To truly eradicate rape culture, we need structural solutions, not individual justice

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