Since the days of Fela Kuti, music has been a weapon to fight corruption, injustice and infrastructural decay. He was a vocal critic of the government of the day and took music activism to a level that was novel for the era. Generations after have continued to acknowledge the Afrobeats pioneer as an icon and...
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21 persons, including police officers and members of local vigilante groups, were reportedly killed by bandits in Katsina and Zamfara, Thursday, in what is suspected to be...
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Big Brother is a reality television competition that is popular all around the world. Many countries have their own form of this franchise and Nigeria is no different. Recently rebranded as Big Brother Naija, this series continues to grow in popularity after first airing in 2006. 14 years later, younger generations are glued to their...
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2000NProphecy is the new album by rapper and hypeman, Prophecy aka Rap Ojukwu. If you have never heard of him it is because Prophecy has spent the bulk of his career in the rap underground and in the background where he commands sufficient levels of respect. In any case, his eleven-track 2000NProphecy, while unlikely to...
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Nigerian filmmaker, Adekunle “Nodash” Adejuyigbe has cautioned producers to be wary of the kind of content they dish out to the public because human behaviour is always consistent with information consumed over time. The moviemaker bared his thoughts on his Facebook page on the backdrop of the ongoing #EndSARS protests against police brutality and bad...
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Since the #EndSARS protest got hijacked by hoodlums, different communities across Nigeria have had gory tales to tell. First, it was the #LekkiMassacre in Lagos where security operatives reportedly opened fire on peaceful protesters, killing many. Another case in point is the #OyigboMassacre in Rivers State, where...
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The first disruption of activities witnessed this year came with the global outbreak of coronavirus as social and economic activities came to a standstill. Things gradually returned to normal in August as albums flowed with a gush. Burna Boy, Adekunle Gold, Fireboy, DJ Cuppy, Patoranking and Tiwa Savage, among others, all churned out their respective...
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by Alabi Adewale Can we let Nigerian women breathe? Seriously, can we? This question is quite pertinent because Nigerian women are going through a tough time in this patriarchy matrix called Nigeria. Women are taught from a very early age that they are supposed to act, speak and do things in a certain way simply...
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The rivalry between Wizkid and Davido is perhaps the most pronounced in Nigeria’s entertainment space and one thing that has always set them against each other is the battle for superiority. While the two artistes have usually played down tension between each other, their fans have always been eager to stoke the flames of fire....
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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has been the subject of national and international scrutiny in the past weeks as the security agency has, for longer than anyone can remember, being accused of widespread extortion and extra-judicial murders. The consequence of the actions of a unit of the NPF, Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad (FSARS), was the...
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Nigeria is bleeding. The nation is on the precipice of a revolution sparked by outrage and pain. How do we make sense of everything that is happening? Where do we go from here? Public Eye is here to shine a light through the fog of confusion and fear and provide answers to these nagging questions....
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For months on end now, it’s been a seemingly futile standoff between the Nigerian Federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over school resumption. ASUU has been insistent on keeping the strike going unless their demands are met, but the government wants them to resume lectures so that academic sessions can begin,...
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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” -Thomas Merton The passion and intensity that art evokes is something that every human being can relate to. From painters to visual artists, the ability to tell powerful tales is something creators of various forms have in common. At YNaija, we appreciate...
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Members of the Lagos Judicial Panel investigating cases of police brutality have been denied access to the military morgue controlled by the 65 Battalion under the 81 Division according to reports. The panel was said to have embarked on an impromptu visit to the Military hospital at Awolowo road Ikoyi, Friday, after receiving confidential information that...
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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. Nigeria Twitter looking at you right now! 2. Pop...
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It is mind-boggling that the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest has led to finger-pointing at the youths by the political class; who are doing all in their power to brainwash the world into believing that the #EndSARS protesters are responsible for the mayhem government-sponsored hoodlums unleashed across the nation. Worst of it all is that some lawmakers seem to be in support of the extra-judicial killings of...
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by Alabi Adewale Documenting history properly is a key concept young Nigerians are beginning to discover as an important part in securing a better future. Many African nations, including Nigeria, suffer from forgetting their past because they were not documented properly or they were purposely distorted to fit a certain narrative. This is especially true...
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There was a slight feeling of deja vu 11:11 pm, October 29, when there was no development concerning the release of Wizkid‘s new album. It turned out that the 11:11 pm was meant for fans in the UK and that appeared to be a premonition for the fourth studio album of award-winning music superstar born...
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It’s been a tough few weeks for young Nigerians all over the world, and with all the turmoil and heartbreaking events making its rounds all over the media, some good music is in order. Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, released his fourth studio album today Made in Lagos, and believe it or not, the...
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Although nothing has been heard from her stable in a while, only few would imagine that a once burgeoning music talent such as Cynthia Morgan was going through hard times. Such was the magnitude of the sympathy drawn when she went on Instagram Live to relay her predicament. From her forlorn appearance, it was not difficult...
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As is YNaija‘s annual tradition, the anticipated Art 99 list has just been revealed, introducing the most influential figures in the world of contemporary art. Compiled in consultation with a Juror, it ranks individuals and organisations influencing the art sphere. Who made the cut and is counted among the art Nigeria’s most influential players? See below: Visual...
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When you listen to what some of our lawmakers have said in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests, you will wonder if they feel any remorse for failing the youth or if they even care about fixing the rot in the system to make being a Nigerian dignifying for the masses. Lagos lawmaker, Mojisola Alli-Macaulay has joined some of...
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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has decried reports by Amnesty International, that police officer shot at #EndSARS protesters. The Police chief stated that the Amnesty’s report of October 21 2020, which claimed that police opened fire at protesters during the #EndSARS protest was all false. According to him, the report was “untrue, misleading...
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The EndSARS protest has not only exposed a lot of rot in the system, but it has also helped many youths realise that the political class can weaponise anything, including, hunger, just to keep the masses perpetually below the...
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by Damola Morenikeji A few questions worth thinking about. What do I hold to be true but have never questioned the underlying assumptions about it? What will not cease to be true in the next decade or century, and why do I think so? What blind spot am I oblivious to, based on my experiences...
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Soldiers fired blank bullets at Lekki protesters- Ex-army spokesman Former spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Sani Usman, has declared that, despite wide assumptions, soldiers fired blank bullets at the Lekki protest ground, and not live ammunition on the 20th October 2020. Speaking during an Arise Television programme on Thursday, the retired brigadier general said contrary...
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It was a historic moment when the very generation that was thought to be more concerned with social profiles than day-to-day government affairs saw to the organisation of one of the most organised protests in Nigerian history. The looting and vandalism that followed, however, was antithetical to the peaceful demonstrations. Even though the two public actions...
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For Nigerians all over the world, particularly the ones resident in the country, the past three weeks have been nothing but one necessary belated conversation on police brutality. However, the #EndSARS protest designed to end police brutality expanded from a call to end SARS, to a call to end bad governance. Then, protesters began experiencing...
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The #EndSARS protests is definitely not a chapter anyone would have predicted in Nigeria’s history; especially not in 2020. Driven mainly by young people on social media, it quickly became a global phenomenon and has proven capable of redefining the course of the country. While the protests have stopped physically in Nigeria, the impact is...
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If you were ever in doubt, the events of the past few days have shown that Desmond Elliot has earned his cap as a great actor. The member representing Surulere Constituency 1 in the Lagos House of Assembly came out to give a thoroughly melodramatic speech on Thursday; debunking ‘rumours’ that he, with lawmakers, were...
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