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by Kolapo Olapoju 19-year-old First Officer, Daniel Adeyelika is the youngest certified pilot in Nigeria and he flies the Boeing 737, 600 series to 900 series. Adeyelika, who was born in England, had his pilot training at Delta flight school, Dallas, Texas where he was the youngest in his class but still managed to come... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju In spite of Nigeria’s economic growth, only 4% of Nigerians are covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), but that is about to change pretty soon and hopefully, in record time. A new initiative which is a partnership between mobile financial service aggregator, ‘Salt & Einstein MTS’ and NHIS will now... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju The wife of the Nigerian president, Dame Patience Jonathan, voiced her concern over the delay in the release of the abducted Chibok girls by members of the Islamic terrorist organization, Boko Haram. During a meeting with the Nigerian community in Windhoek, Namibia, she said that the girls would be soon be released while... Read More
by S’ola Filani It’s the season of ‘box braids’ and our celebrities are not letting it slide. Beyonce rocked hers a few weeks back. And, after a slew of Naija’s celebrities, media personality Toke Makinwa, switched up hers today. Over to you: who rocked the braids better?
by S’ola Filani It appears Jim Iyke has found a new love – what’s that word – interest. The Nollywood actor, may have moved on from his tempestuous off-today-on-tomorrow relationship with Ghanaian actress Nadia Buari if his recent posts on Instagram are anything to go by. He has been showering flirty compliments on a Us... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Out of the thousands of essays that we received in response to the DWYC® (Don’t waste your CASH) 2014 essay competition announcement, titled “Nigerian Graduates and Unemployability: Which Way Forward?”, we are delighted to announce that we have our top 10 essays, but there’s a just a little twist. We want you to... Read More
by Grace Efezokhae   And so to every one of us that has been the fapper all along, like you and I, It’s high time we stopped the fapping of biros. I don’t think there is anyone on earth that has not fapped a biro or had his/her biro fapped. It’s like a norm. Back then in primary and secondary school,... Read More
… As superstar artistes and comedians gear up for performance   Yawnaija Entertainment, led by multi talented OAP, actor and producer Steve Onu popularly known as Yaw, have announced a new stage play performance known as PO! for the month of August. The two-man satirical stage play starring popular Wazobia FM OAPs Nedu and Ogbolor... Read More
by Ayokunle Odekunle   By virtue of Section 30(1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act, no proceeding for the dissolution of a marriage may be instituted within two years of the marriage. Adimeru, a go-happy, hippy young man based in Lagos met Anire, a Ghana-trained Human Resources practitioner. They saw one or two times and many... Read More
by Japheth Omojuwa Had we lost the General, the reaction from his supporters and fanatics could easily have plunged Nigeria into its worst chaos in a long time. Nigeria is a land of the absurd, the strange and the illogical. So last Wednesday, General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) organized to kill himself? Well, that is what... Read More
by Reno Omokri So this man, Jonathan, has in a space of a few years brought about a solution to two of the most pressing and recurring municipal issues facing the most populated areas of Nigeria. New Media, dominated predominantly by Social Media, may not determine who wins elections but it will determine who influences... Read More
by Emmanuel Chidiogo “Only the less privileged go to prison in Nigeria” were the words of Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, in Enugu last week as he expressed dismay at the level of dilapidation of Nigerian prisons. According to Ekweremadu, only the poor and the weak mostly go to prison in Nigeria. Well, to a... Read More
by Michael Orodare If Nigeria were to truly be a sane nation, the likes of the General should be behind bars and not making cheap comments he never allowed such during his rule as the Head of State. Talk is cheap and in Nigeria today, I believe politics should rank second after football, as one... Read More
by Mayowa Aboah The Comptroller of Nigeria Prisons Service, Lagos Command, Catherine Ononye, said on Thursday that infrastructure at the nation’s prisons had been upgraded to international standards. At the decoration of some newly- promoted officers and men of prisons service at Alagbon, Ononye said a total of 174 officers from Ogun and Lagos commands... Read More
by Eky Shirley That heart slumping, instant sadness that catches you for an instant. you feel a certain pang/sense of loss if you will. Or don’t you? Here’s hoping you’ll let me know….. Bad boys ain`t no good…… Good boys ain`t no fun……..” Mary J.Blige’s voice is belting those words in my ear and in... Read More
by Abimbola Adelakun What is objectionable about the idea is ethnic profiling. For a country like Nigeria, where our ethnic divisions make for a precarious balancing, registering and identifying people based on their ethnic background is simply looking for trouble. The public bill sent to the Kano State House of Assembly mandating the lawmakers to... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Davido’s hype-man wants to be more than just an artiste’s noisemaker. King Special a.k.a Special Spesh a.k.a Special Ed has released a brand new video for his debut single,’Money’. The big man makes a statement by featuring some of the biggest and hottest stars like Davido, Ice Prince, Burna Boy, Tonto Dikeh,... Read More
by Olorunwa Lawal   Golden Eaglets star, Kelechi Iheanacho, scored in an impressive appearance for Manchester City against Sporting Kansas City. The young midfielder, who won FIFA’s Golden ball at last year’s U-17 World Cup in UAE, scored the last goal in City’s 4-1 win at Sporting Park, USA. Manuel Pellegrini was not short of praise... Read More
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