Deep Dive

February 7, 2022

Blaqbonez is cooking, are you eating?

Blaqbonez probably got tired of the conventional messaging style and thought ‘difference’. Why not? Normal is boring, and creativity comes from the unusual. How would the world have changed if we still followed medieval ways? Emeka Akumefule, 26, known as Blaqbonez, is a Nigerian rapper signed to 100 Crowns, an imprint of Chocolate City. Blaqbonez is known for blending... Read More

February 5, 2022

Have young men moved from ‘cooking girls’ to ‘rich girls’?

Dating trends have changed. It used to be only men reaching out to girls when interested. These days, girls also ‘toast’ guys. You know they say, ‘a woman can do it better‘. And, some women indeed do the most. The DM trend has also changed. As much as men enter girls’ DMs to show interest,... Read More

21st century relationships

February 5, 2022

This is why #LekkiMassacre is trending

October 20 may not be enough to remember the deaths of peaceful protesters at the hands of the country’s security agents. The depth of the wound may even widen when public officials begin to speak about it, denying, pretending, struggling to make coherent sentences when talking about the shooting that happened at the Lekki toll... Read More

February 4, 2022

Rinu: On Influencing and taking a stand on nation-building

We are experiencing a hybrid media system, so digital discussions may have an impact on mainstream media and political life offline. With this in mind, determining how social influence is exercised is pertinent. It is also for this reason that political-oriented interactions on social media are analysed, articulated and the actors scrutinised. Twitter Influencer, Rinu... Read More

Bukola Saraki, Rinu Oduala

February 4, 2022

#SaveAAUA is the story of Nigeria right now

The spate of security and safety infractions makes it look like Nigeria is in the state of war. We, therefore, challenge those at the helms of affairs to be more sincere in finding effective solutions to the problem. Afenifere On February 3, vehicular activities on the Abeokuta-Sango-Lagos expressway were disrupted, as some unknown gunmen attacked... Read More

February 3, 2022

A timeline of promises to ‘name’ Boko Haram sponsors and the usual endpoint

The Northern Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN) in August 2021 gave President Muhammadu Buhari‘s government a 14-day ultimatum to publish the names of those in his administration said to be sponsoring the insurgent group Boko Haram and other acts of terrorism in the country. The request came after allegations by a retired Military Intelligence expert,... Read More

boko haram, Boko Haram sponsors

February 3, 2022

#2023: The ‘dislike’ button has been activated, and a united front may be fading

It is no longer news that Nigeria’s diversity makes it harder to unite for a single course. It happened with the fuel subsidy protest in 2012 when the Goodluck Jonathan administration wanted to remove the subsidy. It also happened in 2020, when Nigerian youth across most of Southern Nigeria and parts of Northern Nigeria united... Read More

February 2, 2022

#CanMenSayNoToS3x is both banter and sanction, and we think it’s serious

If the above tweet is the general response to #CanMenSayNoToSex, then there’s a fundamental problem we have been avoiding to discuss. Before we talk about that… Some time ago, the conversation ran about on social media on what consent really means. It was a discussion that went through banter, Twitter threads, and feature stories and... Read More

#CanMenSayNoToSex

February 2, 2022

This is how conversations on Lagos should look like

“Lagos will kill you”, blah blah blah. That’s the national anthem. The one, even people in Togo, sing because they have heard stories. Yet, the country’s economic capital receives about 123,840 visitors daily, according to former governor Akinwunmi Ambode in 2016. That may be below the point, negating the conversation that life in Lagos is... Read More

February 1, 2022

We may be misplacing the concept of a successful marriage

One Twitter user, Diary of a 9ja Girl, did a Twitter thread, and a conversation has started on what defines a successful marriage. She argues that women are the drivers of most marriages in Africa and that a successful marriage is defined by duration. She says happiness should be the yardstick to define a successful... Read More

A successful marriage

February 1, 2022

Over 44% of Nigerians live in poverty, projections for the coming years will surprise you

The Chairman, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Asue Ighodalo says 91 million Nigerians now live below the poverty line. The World Bank estimates that an additional one million people were pushed into poverty in Nigeria between June and November 2021, resulting in a total of about 8 million people being relinquished to poverty in 2021... Read More

poverty, poverty in nigeria

January 31, 2022

Why is there a need for comparison between Tunde Onakoya and MC Oluomo?

Nigerian socialite and chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos chapter, Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya, known as MC Oluomo, published and launched a book in 2021. The book chronicled his life, highlighting his life till he became the NURTW Chairman. Titled My Service to Humanity, the book swept everyone off their feet, and... Read More

MC Oluomo, Tunde Onakoya

January 31, 2022

That ‘Only in Nigeria’ trend and what we think is the real deal

There are many instances when Nigerians assume negativity is a Nigerian phenomenon. The tweet above encapsulates all we may be trying to say, but there’s more. Nigeria is a prosperous country, and Nigeria gets to the end as far as difference goes. There are vast differences in languages and cultures with many ethnic groups, ideas,... Read More

Only in Nigeria

January 29, 2022

Reasons ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ will not stop anytime soon | What to do next?

The history of internet fraud goes back to the 80s or earlier. It used to be called the ‘Nigerian Prince’ scam and eventually became a stereotype. “You are a Nigerian? You must be a scam.” This affects Nigeria such that a Nigerian company looking to expand out of Nigeria may have to establish a branch... Read More

internet fraud, yahoo yahoo

January 29, 2022

Ritual killings are on the rise because family values may be dying

Admit it or deny it, using wokeness and changes in human society as the yardstick. Still, we must agree that the family is the fundamental building block of human society, especially one that wants to look like a utopia. Many Nigerians do not understand all about the effects of family life on misdemeanour and crime.... Read More

ritual, ritual killings

Bola Tinubu

January 28, 2022

#2023: Tinubu’s London trip is the timely reminder about healthcare being top priority

All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has travelled out of Nigeria weeks after declaring his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election, ThisDay reports. This is coming less than four months after Tinubu returned to Nigeria from a three-month medical trip to the UK. He was said to have undergone knee surgery and “rigorous post-surgery physiotherapy”.... Read More

Bola Ahmed Tinubu

January 28, 2022

Are we really going to miss Sanwo-Olu?

The current governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, seems to be more vested in the presidential ambition of former governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as he drums support for him. At the same time, uncertainty surrounds his second term ambition. “I believe we are doing a very good job. I will let the people decide. The citizens... Read More

Babajide Sanwo-Olu

January 27, 2022

6 things we learnt from Tariq’s Twitter Spaces conversation about immigration

Immigration is an age-long conversation. Humanity has been on the move and will continue to be. Some people move in search of work or economic opportunities, for academic tourism, to join family members or simply to experience another geographical location other than theirs. Others move to escape conflict, persecution, terrorism, or human rights violations. Still... Read More

Africans, Afro-Americans, Immigration, Tariq Nasheed

January 27, 2022

#SecureTheTribe: With Liberia in view, Africans and Afro-Americans stand up to each other

For a while now, a silent raging wrangle has existed between Africans and African-Americans – or Afro-Americans (AAs). But, the relationship between those two groups can never be forgotten, or erased; even with a high level of historical mis-knowledge, and a lack of in-depth understanding especially among millennials and Gen Z. Slavery is the connecting... Read More

#SecureTheTribe, liberia

January 26, 2022

IELTS vs English competence of Nigerians | A conversation we’re now ready for

Over 37,000 people – as at this time – have signed a petition on change.org to stop foreign institutions from demanding an English proficiency test, the International English Language Testing System, from Nigerians. The petition, which was initiated by a youth-led open-source platform for policy ideas that address the world’s most pressing challenges called Policy Shapers, was... Read More

January 25, 2022

Polygamy is good, but not the solution to cheating

Religious people will never agree that the Polygamy is not the Devil’s creation. The argument hinges on “A man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife.” Not wives. Others argue that no man can love two women equally like he should, so marrying two is anti-Heavenly race. Polygamy is most... Read More

January 25, 2022

This is the story of a mother using her body and her daughters to ‘please’ bandits

Nothing new under the sun? Maybe, but a mother who thinks money solves all life’s problems, and would do, possibly anything, to get it? This is also money ritual, because there are similarities – sell your ‘soul’ (or whatever they sell) to acquire wealth. Maryam Abubakar, 39, has been selling her body and her soul... Read More

Banditry in Nigeria

January 25, 2022

The NAFDAC ban and the conversation we usually avoid

A high powered committee of the Federal Ministry of Health, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and Industry, and the Association of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Employers and Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria, had made several recommendations in December 2018. Now, NAFDAC has... Read More

alcohol, nafdac, young nigerians

January 24, 2022

School razed, Aisha Buhari’s comment | Everything we know about Hanifa Abubakar’s murder

Hanifa Abubakar’s death is one that will be talked about for a while, not just because she is a small kid, also because kidnapping – and incessant killing – has become a big business in Nigeria. At the Kano Police Command, Hanifa Abubakar’s father, Abubakar Abdulsalam, while in tears, called for the immediate prosecution of... Read More

Hanifa Abubakar

January 24, 2022

Mozambique, Seychelles reminds us why ‘One Africa’ may be unattainable

Filmmaker, Pamela Adie, intended to visit Mozambique and return with an amazing travel experience with stories to tell. She told stories, but they are the kind almost everyone frowns at. Pamela’s story is not news to Nigerians and is quite elaborate and you can almost assume you were there with her, wondering why you are... Read More

Igbo Tribe

January 23, 2022

Nwanyi Ocha’s qualification as commissioner is not what we should be worried about

Three books, Folktales from Igboland Vol One, Ilu Na Gwa m Gwa m Gwa m Ka Ha Di Nfe, Nke Mbu; and Akuko Ifo Si Nala Igbo, Nke Mbu, authored by Dame May Ikokwu were launched to protect the Igbo language, culture and tradition from extinction. The books were reviewed by a former federal permanent... Read More

igbo culture, Nwanyi Ocha, Sugabelly

January 21, 2022

Dear Ruger, this is what we think you should do

The ‘stubborn head’ generation will not agree that oversharing on social media invites the hungry American Pit Bull Terrier to your doorstep. They will not agree because social media has redefined human communication and our humanity. We will actually go straight to the point and argue that Ruger should be apologising for calling out the... Read More

January 21, 2022

Should Leo DaSilva be allowed to walk on same street with Bola Tinubu?

Yes, we know 2023 is here already, so everyone – especially young Nigerians – is going to pretend like they are passionate about the general election and, literally, call out any popular face who wines and dines with “political demons”. The social media rumblings have started, and Leo Dasilva has just walked into the mouth... Read More

2023 elections, bola tinubu, Leo Dasilva

January 20, 2022

IPOB: What Nnamdi Kanu said about being a member of the proscribed group

The Nnamdi Kanu case is one that will not end anytime soon. Nigeria is a country where cases like this drag for years and are soon forgotten before another dramatic judgment is made. A High Court in Umuahia, Abia Wednesday, January 19, 2021, ordered Nigeria’s Federal Government to pay the sum of ₦1 billion to... Read More

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu

January 20, 2022

Dear LASG, isn’t LASTMA a threat to the Lagos ‘mega city’ vision?

If you live in Lagos and do not have any story to tell about the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), you probably arrived last week and have been indoors since. The stories are usually most likely negative and will make you question what exactly they are on the roads for; especially when you remember... Read More

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