₦16 million for 16 customers, ₦10 million grand prize for 1 customer, 768 smartphones and 100% data bonus for 12 months still up for grabs as the ongoing 9mobile Mega Millions promo ends this month. So far, 74 9mobile customers have become instant millionaires and 3,552 brand new smartphones have been won since the customer-friendly...
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by Adewale Alabi When queer related topics are discussed in Nigeria, many are quick to confirm that they are proud homophobes and that they are ready to ‘protect’ their land from the pollution of the western world. These same people, however, suddenly develop amnesia when they apply for visas to move themselves and their family...
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The Big Brother Naija show for some reason has become a haven for churning out heroes, and when we say heroes, we mean heroes. Throughout the show’s young history, we’ve seen ordinary people go into the Big Brother Naija house as mere contestants, simply aspiring to make a name for themselves, but come out as...
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As part of the Federal Government’s revenue generation plan, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, announced the intention to increase the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT). One of the claims of the Federal Government is that Nigeria still has one of the lowest VAT rates in the world. A...
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The #EndSARS campaign – a protest like non-other in the history of Nigeria; has reawakened Nigerian politicians’ attempts to censor social media, and the proposed social media bill is already becoming a reality. No doubt arguing that social media played a big role in the success of the protest, serving as the launch-pad and the...
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A lot has transpired in the course of getting justice for victims of the #EndSARS movement. From what started as denial became reluctance, the Lagos and federal governments has been anything but straightforward in its ‘confessions’ and ‘promises’. For instance, Lagos’ Babajide Sanwo-Olu promised that investigation would commence on the shootings while the Federal government...
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Sanwo-Olu signs executive order for N1trn to rebuild Lagos Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed an executive order to rebuild the state following the destruction of properties by thugs; asking for N1trn to rebuild the state. The state governor signed the order on Wednesday and he also constituted the Lagos State Rebuilding Trust Fund...
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The Muhammadu Buhari administration has been characterised with it’s need to acquire more and more debt for the nation. Nigeria currently has a debt profile standing at over N31.009 trillion, and it seems it’s only moving towards an upward trajectory. The Federal Government announced, on Tuesday, that it was seeking a $1.2bn external borrowing from...
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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. Can we leave Arewa Twitter alone? 2. Everyday meeting…...
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If you have been paying attention to current events all over the world since this past week, you no doubt by now are aware of one of the biggest events currently unfolding, the presidential election of the United States of America. With an election so big, and a lot of international interests at stake, it’s...
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As a world power, America’s influence in the world cuts across borders. Virtually every continent has been affected – negatively or positively – by America’s policies, and Africa is not left out. Nigeria has particularly received more blows than ever from Donald Trump‘s administration policies. But that development has not deterred Nigerians from showing unreserved...
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by Alabi Adewale Domestic abuse in relationships often happens when there is a perceived unbalance between the people involved. Domestic abuse includes; physical violence, emotional abuse, verbal abuse as well as sexual abuse. Most times, spousal abuse reported in the media it is often between heterosexual couples which leave out information on a very dark...
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The Grammy Awards have changed the name of their best world music album category to the best global music album, an attempt to find “a more relevant, modern and inclusive term.” The Recording Academy said in a statement that the new name “symbolizes a departure from the connotations of colonialism, folk and ‘non-American’ that the...
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It’s another Wednesday being a Nigerian in Nigeria, and the daily reminder for today of this distressing fact is the news that the Federal Government of Nigeria is looking to expand the nation’s debt by $1.2 billion. The Federal government is looking to take a loan from Brazil – whose economy contracted by a historic...
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Following the #EndSARS Protest that rocked Nigeria for weeks, the government have claimed that they will consciously begin working towards a change. And while some judicial panels have been set up to investigate police brutality, corruption and the extra-judicial killings by the police, the government’s actions outside of that seems to be opposing democracy and...
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If you were to list commendable efforts by Nigerian leaders to ensure progressive development, you may be thinking of how students are sent to foreign countries on scholarships; as part of some bilateral education agreements. You may also want to consider how the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) sends students from the Niger Delta region...
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All is set for the inaugural edition of Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival (ENIFF). November 4 – 7, 2020.
Registration is completely FREE, register at www.eniff.org/register
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Radio Now 95.3FM, a new radio station owned by KOIDI RADIO Limited, is set to launch on Saturday, December 5, 2020. As part of the launch activities, an intensive two-week boot camp, conducted by RED| for Africa’s talent hub, REDx, will equip several applicants with the skills needed to begin a career in different aspects...
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Nigeria’s debt may jump by N6trn in 2021 to hit N38trn – Zainab Ahmed Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, has projected that Nigeria’s debt profile would hit N38.68 trillion by December 2021. She made this projection during her appearance before the senate committee on local and foreign debts on Tuesday. Ahmed...
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From: Managing Director, LCCTo: NigeriansCC: TV I am sure you must be eagerly expecting the release of the CCTV footage at the Lekki tollgate on the day of the Lekki Massacre. But the thing is our company did not capture the shooting of the peaceful #EndSARS protesters by the Nigerian Army. In fact, it conveniently...
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It’s been two weeks since the Lekki shootings and the events of that day, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 is still fresh in the minds of many Nigerians. The incident which many Nigerians reported to have claimed the lives of protesters garnered a fervent negative reaction from Nigerians in diaspora and the international community. However, the...
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Nigeria is 60 years old this year and of those years, soldiers from the Nigerian Army have ruled for a sizeable part. We will recall how barely six years after independence, some officers of the Nigerian Army tried to forcibly take over power but failed. Their action set the tone for a series of military...
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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. Misogyny and patriarchy in one tweet. 2. Borrow Borrow...
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Recently, network subscribers across the country took to social media to share their grievances about service challenges that made it difficult to access the internet and make phone calls. Although the complaints were initially perceived to be around Lagos, customers from other states also reported outages shortly afterwards. Quelling speculations as to the cause of the outage, the...
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As proceedings of the Lagos judicial panel continue in the wake of the #LekkiShootings, the latest development involving the long-awaited CCTV recording has only provided more questions. The Lekki shooting happened. Then, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made an outright denial that there were casualties. Later, he admitted that there was one. Then came the reluctant admittance....
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With the way the Federal Government is handling the ASUU strike, one would think that it is a problem that defies solution. Meanwhile, possible resolutions to the long-standing impasse between the FG and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is as simple as finding a middle ground or simply meeting the demands of the...
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by Alabi Adewale Watching the film ‘Defiance’ by Harry Itie created a sense of realization that queer Nigerians are beginning a purposeful path to owning their space. Whilst this may seem like a small move in that direction, it is a very significant one. One of the problems young queers have had to face is...
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For the umpteenth time now, Nigerian youths are crying out to the authorities to get justice for yet another fallen comrade who got arrested and was reportedly murdered by the police while he was being held in police custody. 20-year-old Pelumi Onifade, an undergraduate of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), was reported missing after hoodlums...
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If we were to begin by asking why the Nigerian government have been so threatened by the brewing revolution from the #EndSARS protest, we might never conclude. For the longest part, Nigerians have considered the state a democracy; a democracy which gives them rights to express themselves freely. But recently, these rights, as well as...
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For years since the clamour to #EndSARS began, before it eventually became a full-blown movement, the central idea has always been the dignity of the citizenry. Being a Nigerian citizen should mean that one’s rights should be respected by the Nigerian system, and there’d be no need to be afraid of having a deadly encounter...
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