Given how events in the past week have played out, with many Nigerians left exasperated, many musicians have continued to use their trade to keep the conversation going on the ongoing fight against police brutality and its aftermath, especially the #LekkiMassacre. Music is not just a way to keep discussions flowing, it is also a...
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Earlier this month, young Nigerians took to the streets to protest police brutality. Unfortunately, this was overshadowed by Nigerians tired of oppressive systems and let out their anger in ways they knew best. Indeed, the #EndSARS protest only seemed to intensify the hostility between Nigerian youth and the government. As a result, there is now a...
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The many cultural units that make up Nigeria have traditional leadership systems that date back centuries. These structures were mostly independent before the geographical contraption now known as Nigeria. In the past, kings were powerful and supreme, had their kingdoms, and communities had checks and balances but were applied only in cases of extremely inhumane...
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by Adewale Alabi During the #EndSARS #EndSWAT protests, women of different ages were a visible force to reckon with. From bold and courageous leadership on the streets to strategic planning and accountability off the streets, the power of femininity was unquestioned and led many to confess their admiration for what women were doing. The Feminist...
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The horrid drama performances as the assumed epilogue of the #EndSARS protests have been nothing short of astounding. From express denials of some authorities to the outright overlook by the central power of the #LekkiMassacre, among other carnage, the ire and frustration of Nigerian youth and older ones in solidarity would be perfectly understandable. Celebrities...
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Future Africa founder, Iyin Aboyeji is on the cover for Forbes Africa’s ‘The New Tycoons’ edition, as part of the magazine’s latest cover story featuring a trio of change-makers creating value in Nigeria’s new digital economy. Aboyeji, alongside Fara Ashiru Jituboh and Obi Ozor, are three young innovators who are turning challenges into opportunities and...
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The #EndSARS protest has attracted media coverage from both local and international press. Following the #LekkiMassacre on the protest ground at the Lekki Toll-Gate, attempts have been made by the media to uncover the mystery behind who ordered security operatives to murder peaceful protesters on that fateful night of 20 October 2020. As the Governor...
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It is 20 days since the #EndSARS protests started and, Nigerian politicians who have relatively stayed quiet more days than a deafening silence, are now speaking up now that the protest ‘has been hijacked’ and lives have been lost across the country. A popular one, the governor of Kogi, Yahaya Adoza Bello, was interviewed today by...
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The United States Consulate General in Lagos on Monday announced a call for applications for the 2020 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), a U.S. Government initiative that supports women entrepreneurs around the world. For the second annual AWE, we will select 120 female entrepreneurs from across southern Nigeria to receive virtual and in-person training and...
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The #EndSARS protest featured key personalities that made themselves available to be used as vessels in propagating the demands of Nigerians- heroes like DJ Switch, Rinu Oduala, Majekodunmi Temitope, Aisha Yesufu, Folarin Falana, and a host of others. While the protest didn’t come with any celebrated leader or patron of the movement, the demands from...
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On this week’s episode of #WithChude, renowned filmmaker, Innocent Chukwuma Udeh popularly known as ‘OneSoul’, shared his experience on the active role he played on that traumatic night at the Lekki toll gate protest ground with host and founder of Joy Inc., Chude Jideonwo. Recounting this horrific experience, Innocent told Chude that they upheld a...
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On this week’s episode of the #EndSARS special edition of #WithChude interviews, prominent #EndSARS activist, Aisha Yesufu, shared with show host and founder of Joy, Inc., Chude Jideonwo, her expectations from the Nigerian government to end police brutality as she encouraged Nigerians about the status of their agitation. When asked about how she navigates bouts...
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A week ago, Nigerians witnessed protesters getting shot by some security operatives at the Lekki tollgate. The incident, the tragic peak of the #EndSARS protest, rocked the nation for days. Video footage and photos showed how the operatives appearing in army uniforms opened fire at protesters who faulted the curfew imposed by the state governor,...
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by Guest Contributor You have the option of being better and being more human if you choose to. It’s a decision to keep learning. Learning is a life-long process. And no lesson is ever complete. If your education was complete, life would no longer be interesting. Start with what’s relevant to your situation. Master the...
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Minister seeks arrest of those who stole COVID-19 palliatives Minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, has asked security operatives to arrest and prosecute those who invaded a warehouse where COVID-19 palliatives were kept. A mob had invaded the warehouse located in Gwagwalada area council around 9 am on Monday, carting away bags...
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The America Music Awards 2020 is in full swing as the nominees are unveiled. Among them are some of the most thrilling artists that took to the studio during the year in review, releasing infectious club bangers or soul penetrating songs during a period (the global pandemic) where good music could not have been more...
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Nigerian literary icon, Chimamanda Adichie is set to release a new book after a 7-year hiatus. Chimamanda, whose last released work was Americanah in the year 2013, will be releasing her latest work titled Zikora on the 267h of October 2020 as part of Amazon Original Stories. Zikora is a centred on the character of...
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Nigerians are at a position where emotions are at an all-time high. Following the Lekki shootings and the attempt by politicians to gaslight Nigerians, people are at a place where they are not tolerant or in-tune with politicians and government officials. In Nigeria today, politicians are met with heavy criticisms over anything they do, even...
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Whether it is Detective Fashola, Nigerian Sherlock Holmes, Fashola Holmes or Agent Fash, the new reality is that one person now commands all the aforementioned appellations, and it is no other person than the current minister of works and housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola. Fashola, who was a two-time governor of Lagos, burst into the national...
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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: OMO SUNLIGHT one kill KLIN,GOOD MAMA use MAGIK save am,ARIEL...
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Nigerian politics can only be likened to a drama series. There are several times, as a Nigerian, where you halt in your steps, look around waiting for someone to scream “Cut!”. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, finding a ‘secret camera’ at the Lekki tollgate five days after the massacre at that...
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Going by the press release put out by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Tuesday, October 20, 2020, basically cautioning Nigerian broadcasting outlets not to publish news that might potentially embarrass the country, the recent sanctions placed on African Independent Television (AIT), Channels Television and Arise TV requiring a fee up to three million Naira for...
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Indeed, the latest reports of former Lagos governor and the current Federal minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola “discovering” a camcorder planted supposedly by dubious characters is at once ridiculous and an insult to the intelligence of Nigerians. #EndSARS: Fashola discovers mystery camera at Lekki Toll Gate https://t.co/aRQ9ViKy6Z #vanguardnews pic.twitter.com/ClwzRPj7Oz — Vanguard Newspapers (@vanguardngrnews)...
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If we were to describe the relationship between the military and civilians in Nigeria, we might reach a dead-end from the start. The average Nigerian lives in fear of military men, and the average military personnel is ready to use his power and authority to embarrass, humiliate and even inflict harm on civilians. We have...
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In keeping with the non-competitive nature of the New York Film Festival (NYFF) which ran from September 17 to October 11, 2020, we assemble an alphabetic ranking of some of the finest films that screened at the fest. Beginning Dea Kulumbegashvili’s audacious debut, Beginning, shot in 1:33 aspect ratio is a meditative visual poem about...
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beginning,
City Hall,
days,
French Exit,
I Carry You With Me,
Lovers Rock,
Mangrove,
MLK/FBI,
Night of the Kings,
Nomadland,
Notturno,
Ouvertures,
RED,
The Calming,
The Disciple,
The Human Voice,
The Inheritance,
The Truffle Hunters,
The Woman who Ran,
Tragic Jungle,
White and Blue
Ever since the #LekkiMassacre took place, several attempts have been made by the political class to cover up and disregard clear evidence of the murder of many innocent young Nigerians. Not only have they tried to silence those at the forefront of the protest who documented the gruesome murder of fellow peaceful protesters, but they...
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The record for most first-place victories in auto racing league Formula 1, now belongs to Lewis Hamilton, with a record 92 career win, as he clinched himself another victory at the Portuguese Grand Prix, on October 25, 2020. His win saw him surpassing racing legend Michael Schumacher’s, who was sitting at 91 career wins. Some...
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After two weeks of sustained protests led by young people demanding the end of police brutality, President Muhammadu Buhari finally deigned it fit to address the nation. He was forced to this eventuality after officers of the Nigerian Army shot at unarmed, peaceful protesters at the Lekki tollgate site. The demands of the protesters were...
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At the climax of the #EndSARS protest, came the #LekkiMassacre which the political class has denied happened time and again, despite glaring video evidence that proves otherwise. Not only has the Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, denied the murder of several young Nigerians by security operatives at the Lekki Toll-Gate, but the entire political class seems to be pushing...
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by Ayodele Ibiyemi “Now that people confirmed that Buhari distributed enough palliatives nationwide, it is clear Buhari is not our problem” – Zahra Buhari Daughter of Nigerian President Muhamadu Buhari, Zahra Buhari, posted the above statement on her Instagram page, trying to absolve her father of the responsibility of being the President of a dying...
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