One of Nigeria’s fast-growing agritech companies, Farm4Me has added another feather to its cap. This is as the firm founded by young agroprenuer, Adama J Adama, was named West Africa’s Best World Class Digital Agricultural Investment Platform Brand of the Year 2021 at the 10th West Africa Brand Excellence Award held at the Sheraton Hotels,...
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Africa has the colours of influence because it has the youth that drive conversations and cause progressive changes within and outside the continent. These youth are the ones whose innovative nature draws the awe of the world. These youth we have listed, because we call them the most inspiring African youth of the present time...
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Compared to her Western counterparts, Nigeria still has a long way to go in producing impressive infrastructure. Whilst our shopping malls can’t boast of skating rinks and indoor amusement rides, we’ve managed to establish reliable trading centres that provide a retail getaway for most Nigerians. Here are the top malls in Northern Nigeria; Ado Bayero...
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Despite the paucity of reliable data, the tons of cases of domestic violence that make the news are enough confirmation that there is a deeply rooted problem in Nigeria that should be a cause for concern. There is a reason why. When medical doctor, Dr. Ifeyinwa Angbo, sent out a public cry for help last...
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Living in Bondage: Breaking Free star Jidekene Achufusi was the latest celebrity guest on YNaija’s flagship show, Rubbin’ Minds, talking to host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu about his Nollywood journey, especially after finding fame with Ramsey Nouah’s 2019 sequel of occult horror Living in Bondage. But Jidekene’s acting career didn’t begin with that film. The Enugu-born actor...
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Across the thirty-six states of Nigeria, these are the five biggest stories you shouldn’t miss out on: 279 Kidnapped Jangebe Schoolgirls Freed 279 girls of the 317 female students abducted from a school in Zamfara have been freed – Premium Times reports The schoolgirls were kidnapped by bandits from the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe,...
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Chude: Watching the video (you and your wife shared on YouTube) makes me want to ask this. Do you sometimes get scared of being that vulnerable? Akah: You know, vulnerability is not even my style. But being vulnerable with my wife is one of the hardest things I had to do and learn because I...
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It’s the first day of the International Women’s Month and women in Nigeria and the continent had great reasons to raise their heads high. Global headlines as well as blogs across the country were screaming early Monday, with photos of newly elected Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as she resumed at its Geneva...
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Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. Here’s a roundup of the best we saw: 1. Where’s the lie??? 2. Lol… Incomplete 3. Lol… 4....
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Funmi Iyanda rounded off the month of February by discussing Boko Haram with the Executive Director of the Initiative For Community Health And Crisis Response, Hauwa Magaji, journalist, Jack Vincent Fidelis, and a man who went from being an Almajiri to a political science professor, Prof. Umara Ibrahim Gudumbali. This episode was a somber one....
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Africa has the colours of influence because it has the youth that drive conversations and cause progressive changes within and outside the continent. These youth are the ones whose innovative nature draws the awe of the world. These youth we have listed, because we call them the most inspiring African youth of the present time....
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Africa has the colours of influence because it has the youth that drive conversations and cause progressive changes within and outside the continent. These youth are the ones whose innovative nature draws the awe of the world. These youth we have listed, because we call them the most inspiring African youth of the present time....
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Multiple treasure hunt items going live by 12noon and 6PM on Monday, March 1st, and Friday, March 5th.Are you ready to hunt and win? PlayStation 5 going for only N4,800 iPhone 12 going for N6,100 50K shopping voucher for N500 (x2) Flash sale: Up to 70% OFFYou don’t want to miss these deals. Click here...
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Where do you go to find the cheapest, most affordable second-hand clothes in the high-brow city of Abuja? There are only a handful of markets in the state focused on selling thrift clothing. We’ve drawn up the best and most prominent thrift markets in Abuja after deliberate and thorough research. 1. Wuse Market: The largest...
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There are only three things constant in life – rain, tax, and Netflix expanding its Nollywood content library. This March, the streamer is bringing some new additions and while we wait for new original projects to arrive this year (King of Boys etc), it’s time yet again to stream our way through a prevailing pandemic....
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22-year-old Bryann describes his sound as percussion music, he tells Breakroom Africa in a recent interview. Simply put, the Festac-born artiste gravitates to upbeat basslines or one with a lively edge, which has shaped his previously released songs like U Busted with DJ Maphorisa and Aranbanko with Boston-based DJ duo SuperSmashBroz. Off his debut forthcoming...
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Due to economic reasons, owning a house in a country like Nigeria can cost sweat and blood. There’s the cost of acquiring the land for use, the cost of labour to settle, an ‘almost normal’ need for an average Nigerian to run helter-skelter to accumulate the capital for building materials; all these to get a...
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Across the thirty-six states of Nigeria, these are the five biggest stories you shouldn’t miss out on: Matawale: ‘We’re working with repentant bandits’ Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has said that the students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, will be released soon – The Cable reports In an earlier report, about 317 schoolgirls...
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What I learnt from my conversation with Akah Nnani – a conversation that was filled with so much depth, is that love is a decision to serve another human being willingly, bounteously, and joyfully. The past 5 years of my life, when I started a company called Joy, Inc. was when I began to learn,...
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The King of Boys sequel is out this year as a Netflix original, and Kemi Adetiba just recently released a documentary teaser to offer a glimpse of how the film was made. The footage doesn’t say anything about the film’s plot, only just behind the scenes atmosphere and introducing new faces like Richard Mofe-Damijo, Charly...
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Conversations along the themes of the non-binary blog, while sometimes few and far between, continue. We compiled some of the more interesting tweets we saw in the past week. Enjoy, and maybe join the conversation. 1. There is a deeper context to this widely contested tweet that many who violently oppose it either refuse to...
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Inspired by loss, love and balance, Fasina’s Love and Grief EP out since early February takes sonic cues from his previously released materials, including his 2016 debut EP LifT, which is particularly set against notes of techno, RnB, and Afrobeats. But it’s a more evolved and complex cut. Recorded during the turbulent #ENDSARS nationwide protests...
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Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. Here’s a roundup of the best we saw: 1. Please, where’s the lie? 2. Wonder why it’s called...
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Two years ago, self-acclaimed grand master’s of data, Globacom, widely announced British-Nigerian boxer Anthony Joshua as its new ambassador. Following the news, the brand also unveiled its new advertising, including investments in cutting-edge industry solutions and the release of a new range of products: The Glo Drive, Glo Health Care, The Glo Entertainment Portal, The...
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All is far being well in a country where three mass kidnap of children can take place unchecked in three months. The manner in which the activities of so-called bandits who have continued to terrorise Nigerians across the North West and parts of the North Central geo-political zones in the country take place, should worry...
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Leading conversations and finding ways to tell stories in more unique ways has been the central point of the YNaija’s Share of Voice as it returns with a third edition. On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, the first edition for the year; Share of Voice 3.0 kicked off with an insightful session that saw some of the brightest minds in the Marketing and Communication Industry. The session hosted Ladi...
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The Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has officially launched the Lagos State Creative Industries Initiative (LACI) at a brand unveiling ceremony on Friday, 26th February. The aim of the initiative is to make Lagos a destination for a skilled, well-trained workforce for the creative industries, thereby boosting the state’s economy as the sector...
Read MoreCreative Lagos programme,
Del-York,
Del-York Creative Academy,
Dr. Linus Idahosa,
EbonyLife,
EbonyLife Creative Academy,
EbonyLife Media,
Lagos State Creative Industries Initiative (LACI),
Lagos State Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture,
Mo Abudu,
Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf
Toronto-based Nigerian singer Nova has just released Can’t Complain, his second single of the year and collaboration with Nigerian-British artiste Fasina. Anchored by the emotive RnB Nova has been cultivating since his 2012 debut project W.I.N (Who Is Nova) with little off-kilter rhythms that puts him in the firmament of the alternative, Can’t Complain is...
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Anyone who understands the width and breadth of the conversation about access to sanitary products is unlikely to meet it with derision or disdain. New Zealand President, Jacinda Ardern is one such person. New Zealand has joined a presently tiny, albeit growing, number of countries working to ensure free access to sanitary products for women...
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A new youth-focused creative campaign powered by African stars launches today to ‘draw the line’ against malaria, one of humanity’s oldest and deadliest diseases. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the campaign is championed by a global coalition of change-makers and culture influencers inspiring Africa’s youths to demand political action from their leaders to...
Read MoreAbdourahmane Diallo,
African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA),
African Union (AU),
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM),
Dentsu International,
Eliud Kipchoge,
Impact Santé Afrique,
Kigali Summit,
Laolu Sebanjo,
Malaria No More UK,
Meji Alabi,
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde,
RBM Partnership to End Malaria,
Saray Khumalo,
Speak Up Africa,
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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