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November 23, 2020

UK Parliament to deliberate sanction request against Nigeria, FG to spend N311b on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

UK Parliament to deliberate sanction request against Nigeria The United Kingdom Parliament has said it will deliberate on a petition seeking to sanction the Nigerian government and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), on Monday, over alleged human rights violations during the #EndSARS protests and Lekki shootings. The disclosure was posted by the Parliament on its... Read More
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Editi Effiong
November 22, 2020

Editi Effiong’s citizen journalism is commendable and should be emulated

Filmmaker, Editi Effiong who is mostly known for his movie UpNorth has been doing an amazing reportage of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and restitution for Victims of SARS related Abuses and Lekki Toll Gate Incident. The acclaimed filmmaker has given daily reportage including off the record moments of the panel via his... Read More
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November 22, 2020

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and accusations of transphobia, Life as an Agbero – the best Nigerian articles of the week

Each week here at YNaija, we round up the best Nigerian writing on the internet, highlighting the stories, profiles, interviews and in-depth reporting that rise above the daily churn. Here are the ones that caught our attention: Love Life: I Still Can’t Believe He’s Gone – NerdEfiko Derin, 21, and Oke, 21, had been together... Read More
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November 21, 2020

Security aides to Nigerian politicians are depicting a very terrifying pattern

Over the week, security aides attached to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila killed a newspaper vendor in Abuja. The unarmed vendor, Ifeanyichukwu Elechi, father to a two-week-old child, was part of the vendors selling newspapers at the Eagle Square. Gbajabiamila’s initial explanation of the incident was that the security aide shot... Read More
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November 21, 2020

Radio Now 95.3FM announces Joke Silva as Head of Faculty for its two-week trainee program

The soon-to-launch radio station – Radio Now 95.3FM has announced award-winning veteran actress – Joke Silva as Head of Faculty for its two-week trainee programme conducted by RED|For Africa’s talent hub, REDx on behalf of Radio Now. The two-week boot camp will equip several applicants with the skills needed to begin a career in different aspects of radio presenting, audio production and other broadcasting. Successful... Read More
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November 20, 2020

Know your onion: Basketmouth drops star-studded debut album, ‘Yabasi’ | #TheYNaijaCover

This year, although a trying year, has gifted us with beautiful music in multiple folds. The compulsory seclusion people have had to suffer as a result of the pandemic seems to have forced artistes into a space of creativity like never before. Top Nigerian entertainers; Wizkid, Davido, Tiwa Savage, Burna Boy and Olamide, dropped excellent... Read More
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November 20, 2020

This December, re-imagine fuji music like never before at Fuji: A Opera

3101 Media presents FUJI: A OPERA, a multi-dimensional entertainment platform which deconstructs the fuji music genre from its enigmatic past and re-imagines it for a new generation of music fans and culture lovers. From Monday 14th to Saturday 19th December, FUJI: A Opera will explore the belligerent past of a genre that started as Ajiwere,... Read More
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November 20, 2020

2023: Why Nigerian youths must take Senate President Lawan’s challenge as invitation to sweeping reforms

In addition to fighting for an end to police brutality and extra-judicial killings, another critical issue that was prominently discussed during the #EndSARS protest was the high cost of governance with negative implications on socio-economic development. The outrageous salaries of lawmakers, amongst other things, led young Nigerians to call out the government to overhaul the... Read More
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Nigerian Youth
November 20, 2020

Dialogue with UN Deputy Secretary-General: Nigerian youths demand more opportunities to drive solution to challenges

Listen to us, understand our concerns and aspirations – Nigerian youths In a dialogue with UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, Nigerian youth pressed for opportunities to be part of the solutions that can address the challenges they face. The Ministers of Youth and Sports Development, as well as the Minister of Women Affairs and... Read More
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November 20, 2020

Charly Boy’s open declaration of love for his ‘gay’ daughter may not be all that it seems

How do you describe a Nigerian parent who declares their loving support for their ‘gay’ child on as public a forum as Twitter? If you needed a descriptor it would probably be ‘impossible to come by.’ But you don’t need such descriptor because someone already has. What you need is a name, and that name... Read More
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November 20, 2020

#YNaijaSportsExtra: Nigeria’s ‘global dominance’ in sports continues, as athletes of Nigerian origin make the NBA draft

It is becoming increasingly glaring that Nigerians are a very dominant people when it comes to the world of sports. One need not look too deep to see our footprint all over the biggest sporting leagues in the world. And the most impressive part of it, is that we don’t just participate, we dominate. To... Read More
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November 20, 2020

Film review: ‘This Lady Called Life’ is a modest charmer

In Kayode Kasum’s perfectly acceptable This Lady Called Life, Bisola Aiyeola is Aiye; a young single mother struggling to get by in the big city. Like many residents of Lagos, Aiye works hard running a modest business that barely supports a decent standard of living. Talented and plucky, Aiye dreams of becoming a chef and... Read More
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November 20, 2020

Kunle Afolayan’s anger is somewhat justified, and it invites us to rethink how we approach works of art

A quoted reply by ace Director, Kunle Afolayan has caused a spirited conversation about what constitutes an appropriate response from creatives to claims of piracy of their creative work. Twitter user, @iam_muideen, had taken to the microblogging site to lament that while he believes the director did a good job with his latest movie Citation,... Read More
Deep Dive, The Media Blog
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November 20, 2020

Dear 2023 Governorship/Presidential Aspirants, Joe Biden has a message for you

The past couple of weeks has seen the world’s attention fix on the presidential election in the United States of America with democracies across the world learning one or two lessons. The latest move by the Democrats’ candidate and President-elect, Joe Biden is something countries like Nigeria can learn from. Biden who was a two-term... Read More
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November 20, 2020

Eromz yesterday, Moyin Victor today; the callous persecution of #EndSARS protesters continues | #FreeMoyin

It probably needs no emphasis that Nigerian youths are currently facing a lot of persecution from the government and subordinate agencies. Lives were lost at #LekkiShooting – which is already a month without any form of justice, accounts were frozen by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), travel restrictions imposed on popular #EndSARS protesters and... Read More
Counter Culture Blog, Deep Dive
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November 20, 2020

Smoov unveils its new TV Commercial; ‘Smoov Groove’ and you don’t want to miss it!

In consonance with celebrating the can-do attitude that drives the Nigerian youth, Smoov Chapman, one of the leading products by The La Casera Company launched a new campaign tagged: “The Flavour of Youth” …’. The campaign encourages consumers to show and express what they are made of through youthfulness and lifestyle. Flagging off the campaign,... Read More
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November 20, 2020

‘Nigeria signs MoU to import fuel from Niger Republic’ | Is the FG failing to take its own advice?

The Federal government of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for petroleum products transportation and storage with Niger Republic. This deal was brokered between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Niger Republic’s Societe Nigerienne De Petrole on petroleum products transportation and storage (SONIDEP). Apparently being in the making for months, what it entails... Read More
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November 20, 2020

What really is the problem with security details of ‘Nigerian VIPs?’ | Trigger-happiness or incompetence?

According to reports early Friday, a security aide to Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, allegedly shot a newspaper vendor, identified as Ifeanyi Okereke, in the head. The horrific incident happened at about 3 pm, on Thursday, at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja. The victim was reportedly rushed to the National Hospital by his brother... Read More
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November 20, 2020

SP Bala Elkana on Public Eye: “There’s no point having a Family Support Unit but asking survivors to fund investigations” | WATCH

On Sunday, November 15, 2020, Funmi Iyanda sat with the CEO of the Stand to End Rape Initiative (S.T.E.R), Ms. Oluwaseun Ayodeji-Osowobi, SP. Bala Elkana, The Coordinator of the Domestic & Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT), Lagos, Ms. Titilola Vivour Adeniyi, and a rape survivor, Yinka Alaba to discuss the sensitive but crucial issue of... Read More
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Lai Mohammed
November 20, 2020

‘We’ll regulate, not shut down, social media’- Lai Mohammed | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

‘We’ll regulate, not shut down, social media’- Lai Mohammed Minister of information, Lai Mohammed, has declared that the federal government has no plan to shut down social media in the country. Mohammed said this in a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, adding that the spread of fake news through social media brought about the... Read More
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