“Why are you gay?” That is a popular question that informed a meme that originated in Uganda. A curious interviewer – whether genuinely or not, asked a question whose inherently willful ignorance had young people across the country and the world rolling with laughter even years later. That interview ended with LGBT+ rights human rights...
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Desmond Ovbiagele’s insurgency thriller The Milkmaid was easily the best Nollywood film of 2020, having scaled through the Oscars eligibility stage and garnered support from Nigerians and the local film community. Today, The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the body responsible for the Oscars, has unveiled shortlists for nine categories (including Best International...
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Are you tired of getting the same old-fashioned & boring Valentine’s Day gifts? Do you need help picking out the perfect gift for your special person? Are you working on a budget? Well, leaders in tech and smart accessories, oraimo have the best set of gifts this love season. These special gift bundles have been carefully selected...
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A major ‘secret’ to effective radio advertising is selecting an airtime slot with a vast and appropriate audience. To get a slot with the most listeners, one needs to watch out for the station’s primetime and most popular programs. We, at The Masterlist, have carefully curated the top ten radio shows right now; perfect for...
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About three months since the Nigerian Army opened fire on peaceful protesters. More than three months since government thought of ways to disperse peaceful protesters and used angry Nigerians (popularly called thugs, hoodlums) to infiltrate the protests and cause mayhem. Three months since some Nigerians and the government called the protests an insurrection. Three months...
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Tackling rape via the media can never be exhausting. Women – and men – are using the medium to address how endemic it has become. In Adesuwa Omon’s short film Grapes, which debuted on YouTube early February, Linda (Aiwansosa Itohan) makes a drunken call from a house party to her friend Vera (Obuseh Princess), asking...
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No social media platform is currently buzzing right now like Clubhouse, the voice-chatting, invite-only app that has gained huge popularity since launching around April last year. Aside its range of fields, subjects, themes, topics or any other interest marker that might appeal anyone, it has a radio-podcast-type feel. Only difference is that you can get...
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…donation to arrive in three weeks Following MTN’s donation of US$25 million towards the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme, the ICT company has said that Nigeria will receive a significant volume of the seven million doses of the vaccine to be distributed to health workers across the continent. The Africa Centre for Disease Control and...
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Across the thirty-six states of Nigeria, these are the top stories making rounds in Nigerian News Media Ogun communities raise alarm over influx of herders from Oyo Locals across several communities in Ogun have raised alarm over the influx of herdsmen in the state from Oyo, its neighbouring state – The Punch reports Residents of...
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Chude: Cancer is one of the things that people are frightened of. You’ve faced the worst fear of so many people in the world. How do you feel about that? What does that do to you? Uche: First, it is like confusion. I didn’t see it even in the worst-case scenario. I was afraid and...
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“If you make people uniform, you can control them. If you teach people to read, and think, and question things, you lose control. So, the best idea is to separate people if you wish to maintain a monetary system. It’s called divide and conquer. By dividing people, they’re not a threat, you can control them.”...
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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. Hope your neighbours aren’t on Twitter 2. Lol… 3....
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You may recognise popular host and On-Air Personality, Uche Agbai by his energetic and bubbly demeanour, however, behind the laughter and positive vibes is an intensely personal battle fought and won against cancer – a story he shares on this deeply emotional episode of #WithChude. As a 30-year old media personality with his whole life...
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Close to 20 million vehicles ply the Nigerian roads today. Yet in a rather shocking revelation, only about one in five has genuine insurance cover. The remaining 80% go about with fake insurance papers obtained from unauthorised sources. This is not by any means good news for the Nigerian government and insurance sector as about...
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Every other day there are tons of new style influencers emerging out of the Nigerian fashion industry. These people are responsible for setting the trends, displaying the latest designs and teaching people how to wear the trendiest looks. It would be something close to impossible to list all the fashion influencers in Nigeria at the...
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This year’s the Sundance film festival, America’s most important film market for independent film adopted a hybrid model that favored digital and satellite screenings as opposed to the physical gathering in Park City, Utah. Nevertheless, the festival was a resounding success with a record distribution deal recorded for breakout hit CODA as well as multiple...
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When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised
With millions of Nigerians thrown into a state of panic and thronging The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) centres following the Federal Government’s directive to block all unregistered mobile telephone lines, experts have projected a further extension of the National Identity Number (NIN) registration deadline beyond April. Plagued with operational challenges, the registration exercise which...
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One of the bitterly memorable legacies of the Donald Trump presidency was his alignment with the Christian Right – even if only when it served him. Because for the first time, sexual and gender minorities across the globe who looked on the global powerhouse for a crumb of protection lost hope on even that. The...
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FG may replace BVN with NIN Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has stated that the federal government is considering replacing the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) with the National Identity Numbers (NIN) – The Cable reports The minister disclosed this in a press sitting in Abuja, where he also pointed out that the...
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Chude: So, it’s almost as if (you are saying) it is valid wallow or be angry… Uche Sensei: It is valid. It is valid because it is a part of the emotions we feel in life. It is one of the reasons I tell people that if you lose someone, stay in that moment. Think...
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About three months after the infamous Lekki shootings where officers of the Nigerian Army opened fire at #EndSARS protesters on grounds of a supposed insurrection, the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) is seeking to reopen the Lekki tollgate. The argument of the LCC and members of the Lagos Judicial Panel who voted in favour of the...
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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. Wahala for who still dey cut for ₦ 250...
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The apathy of Nigerians for child adoption is a statistically established fact. A study published by the Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice involving 259 respondents in the south-east revealed a whopping 88.4% would only consider adoption on the grounds of infertility. It is a case of research mirroring our lived reality because almost every Nigerian...
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Mildred Okwo’s hotly anticipated crime thriller La Femme Anjola has been in limbo for a long time, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic of last year that interfered with its post-production and eventual release. Teasers had previously been shown, a flash of juicy bits, but not enough to meet up the the huge anticipation it has...
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Albert Einstein rightly quipped that “Politics is more difficult than physics”. The concept and its nuances can be challenging to understand, comprehend and digest. Thankfully, there are individuals and programmes dedicated to breaking down political developments and communicating them in digestible pieces. Here are some of the top political programmes on Nigerian television. Sunrise Daily:...
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In response to the decision to reopen the Lekki Toll Gate by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the state of Lagos to investigate the Lekki shooting, Nigerians are not only shocked by the announcement but also pushing against it with the #OccupyLekkiTollGate hashtag that sprung in the early hours of today. On...
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Cryptocurrencies breed illegal activities – CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria has said cryptocurrencies promote illegal activities and raise risks, among other reasons – The Punch reports The apex bank made this known in a statement on Sunday, 7 February in response to various comments and reactions that trailed its recent ban on financial institutions...
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What I learnt from Uche Sensei’s interview is Nigeria is a very hard country to love. It’s a really, really hard country to love. This was for him a very intensely personal experience, this was cancer – but he couldn’t help talking about Nigerian and its health system and if we can even call it...
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More often than not, the delight of Twitter conversations is in the comebacks original tweets attract. We collated some very interesting tweets from Naija Twitter on conversations that matter in the non-binary space. And of course, some of the fire comebacks they attracted. Enjoy! There is a reason mansplaining remains an enduring problem. The tweet...
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Out since the beginning of February, Kirukaah’s debut EP Sanguine whips out a jazz-funk-soul sound in the midst of other disparate influences. There’s whimsical glee on the tropical Ricochet, the EP’s opener that mocks empty promises around the inception of romantic relationships while the closer Jeopardize goes darkly vindictive, processed through hurt feelings and maintaining...
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