Nigeria, sixth most dangerous African country

by Tolu Orekoya The Global Peace Index ranks countries according to their level of danger, and Nigeria was the 6th most dangerous African country of the 10, the combination of the Boko Haram bombings and related killings in the north, and the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) kidnapping and pipeline sabotaging activities in the south have combined... Read More

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Dead on Arrival: New Nigerian music that should never have seen the light of day

by Ore Fakorede Someone (okay, George Bernard Shaw) once said, “Hell is full of musical amateurs.” I’ll leave you to find out who that barbarous quote is directed at in this week’s definitive list of the most tragic, tragic new things in Nigerian music. 1. Frankie Free’s New Music Video: How Low Can You... Read More

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Stay out of the south-west, OPC warns Boko Haram

by Tolu Orekoya The rumblings of a possible Boko Haram insurgence into the southern half of the country has created widespread fear as many question wbat cities might be possible targets.The Oodua People’s Congress has taken the offensive warning the Islamist sect to stay away from the south-west of the country In a report by the Punch newspaper, Founder and President... Read More

boko haram, bombs, expolsions, insurgents, nigeria, OPC, Yoruba

Show us your money, court orders National Assembly

by Stanley Azuakola How much do members of the National Assembly earn? What the public knows is mere hear-say, and that’s because the legislators themselves have consistently refused to disclose how much of the nation’s revenue is injected into their salaries and allowances. Even when a non-governmental organisation, Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) wrote to... Read More

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Jimmy Henchman implicates himself in Tupac attack that sparked east/west coast war

by Tolu Orekoya When rapper Tupac Shakur was attacked in 1994, it ignited the east c0ast/west coast rivalry that turned into a blood bath and made the record industry millions. Now, after almost two decades of denying his role in the affair drug kingpin James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemund finally implicated himself in the attack that started the... Read More

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Superiority Complex, Sense of Entitlement – 6 Reasons You Didn’t Get the Job

by Dave Fecak Over the course of his career, Dave Fecak has scheduled thousands of interviews at a wide array of companies and organizations. In that time, he has learned that while no two managers look for the exact same set of skills or behaviors, recognizable patterns emerge when a candidate isn’t offered the job. The... Read More

Editorial: “It’s time for Sanusi to moderate his exuberance”

by Hauwa Gambo Today’s editorial by The Punch took Central Bank governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to the cleaners for his dramatic show of traditional office at the bank’s headquarters last week. “The attempt by a CBN spokesman to explain away Sanusi’s regalia episode underscores the fickleness of the act,” the paper insists. “No CBN official... Read More

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Yinka Odumakin: The President Lied!

by Yinka Odumakin I have not set my eyes on Prof.Funso Aiyejina for about 23 years now but every now and then the sheer musicality of his voice resonates in my ears anytime I flash back to his poetry class.Aiyejina was one of the crop of bright intellectuals at the Literature Depatment of the Obafemi... Read More

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Opinion: The menace of Lagos street ‘doctors’

She was asked to be on a scan machine after paying the fees.The test revealed to her that she had long-standing diabetes, a crack in the mid-brain, hypertension, venereal diseases to mention but a few. by Adekoya Abimbola The problems of Lagos doctors who just ended a long-drawn industrial action may not allow the Lagos State... Read More

Loading… The Future Awards/Taruwa Creative Town Hall Meeting

by Stanley Azuakola The Future Awards Season 7 is officially here. This season’s edition of the awards is themed “Tear down these walls.” On Friday June 22, a well received Innovators and Entrepreneurs Town Hall Meeting was organised in conjunction with the Co-creation Hub, Lagos. Next up, is a Creative Town hall meeting to be held on Tuesday... Read More

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#InCaseYouMissedIt: Northern Christians shun Sunday church service

by Stanley Azuakola Christians in northern Nigeria have faced a grueling couple of months, fearful as they have watched a series of bomb attacks hit a succession of states in the region. As a result of the unrelenting Boko Haram onslaught against churches in the North, most Christians chose to stay away from their churches last Sunday June... Read More

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Global Citizen: Obama, the underdog

by Robert Kuttner Co-founder and co-editor, ‘The American Prospect’ Ten of twelve states that most polls consider to be in play this year are states that Obama carried in 2008. Those would be Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado, Virginia, New Mexico, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, and New Hampshire. The two toss-ups that McCain won are Missouri and... Read More

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Opinion: To attract foreign investment, stay at home Mr President

…we need to put our house in order to attract foreign investment. In all factors mentioned, none is related to the number of times our President visits other countries. by Sheriffdeen A. Tella God bless Chief Gani Fawehinmi, the late social crusader extraordinaire and of course, his ‘elder brother’ Tai Solarin, also of the blessed memory. Both of... Read More

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Aderonke Adebanjo: Stop liking the elusive guy

Picture courtesy of igniterockford.wordpress.com …unfortunately for her, while this is going on, her “toasters” move on and when she snaps out of it, like Julia had to, they’re gone and she’s back at square one! Let me just say, I wanted the guy to marry Julia Roberts in the movie ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’.... Read More

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#DanaCrashReport: Tracking the money that was donated to the cause

by Seunfakze THE COMPREHENSIVE (first phase) DANACRASHACTION REPORT 3rd June, 2012 was a black Sunday for Nigeria. On that day, a commercial flight belonging to Dana Airline had crashed in Lagos into a building and its parts into four adjoining ones; killing all on board and other families on the ground. The nation was thrown... Read More

Photo of the Day: 2 Sign posts that will puzzle you

A reader sent this in. It’s either the car belongs to Toyin or… a wild guess is that this is supposed to be a towing van. We will never know. Forget the bad grammar, that’s headache for another day.The obvious question here is why ‘secretly prohibited?’

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Unilag to remain for now, as court grants injunction over name

by Tolu Orekoya The Federal High court has granted an injunction halting the renaming of University of Lagos (Unilag) after Moshood Abiola, announced on Democracy day earlier this year. The name change, which caused a student revolt on campus, also spurred several parties to challenge the name change in court. A case brought to the court... Read More

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The Un-Divorced by Pamela Paul

photo; majic 102.1 The term “trial separation” conjures a swift purgatory, something ducked into regretfully and escaped from with due speed, even if into that most conclusive of relationships, divorce. John Frost and his wife had been unhappily married for much of their 25 years together when his company relocated him in 2000. So... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo: For the man who changed my life; Levi Ajuonuma

by Chude Jideonwo “Are you Levi Ajuonuma?” the question escaped, my voice lowered to its depths; my mind overpowered by awe. It was 2000. I was, with my mother, at a prayer session in a Lagos church when I nudged her, pointing out the man who was one of the most famous TV presenters of... Read More

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Divas, Wowed: Monalisa Chinda, Emem Isong & Others honoured in Lagos – See Photos

by Chi Ibe Nollywood actress Monalisa Chinda and prominent producer, Emem Isong have both been specially honoured for their “outstanding contribution to raising awareness, understanding and hope to those affected by autism spectrum disorder and advocating for them.” The two major Nollywood players, who recently took part in the production of the first film on... Read More

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“Now waiting for the ACN and CPC press release” – See the top 10 tweets about GEJ’s media chat

The fact that President Jonathan took shots at “social media” last night during his media chat was not enough to stop people from using Twitter to air their views on the chat in question; and yup – you guessed it – they weren’t all pretty. Take a look at the top 10 tweets about... Read More

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Story of My Life: ‘I slept with my driver just to have children for my husband’

When the twins were born, the girl took ill for some time. Philip and I insisted that blood test be carried out on them to determine their blood group… I am not a loose woman. I am just a woman who loves her husband very much and didn’t want to lose him. I just did... Read More

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“Most of the (Unilag) students don’t even know who MKO was” – Top 7 quotes from GEJ’s media chat

Adeniyi Abdul While many of you had your attention devoted to the match between England and Italy (or was it Spain?) last night, husband of Dame Patience and ruler of the land, President Goodluck Jonathan took time out of his ever busy schedule of … to engage select members of the Nigerian media in a... Read More

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Photos & Video: “Put your Oliver Twist hands in the air now”: Dbanj gets Britons gyrating at the BBC Hackney Weekend Show

by Rachel Ogbu The BBC’S Radio 1 Hackney Weekend where major music stars play the Big Weekend festival sees about 100,000 people attend every summer and this year which took place last weekend was no exception. Yes Jay Z was there, Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Nicki Minaj and even Kasabian – probably the biggest British rock... Read More

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Opinion: Spinlet & Iroko—Are they dangerous to Nigerian music?

by Uduak Oduok I recently worked on a draft article dealing with COSON’s billion-naira lawsuits against Wazobia and Cool FM. Radio stations are also important stakeholders in the music industry and certainly any steps taken to protect copyrights of artists, cannot do so in a way that is highly detrimental to radio stations. The COSON lawsuits against the aforementioned radio... Read More

Tolu Ogunlesi: Nigeria, rocket science, and other life’s mysteries (YNaija FrontPage)

At that time I remember thinking to myself: with bomb disposal expertise like this, who needs bombers? Last week I got into an extensive back-and-forth on Twitter (oh yes, Twitter again!) with someone – a stranger – who eloquently defended President Jonathan and his achievements. It’s impossible to tell if this person works for the... Read More

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#FortheRecords: “Lake Chad will disappear within 20 years…” – Full text of President Jonathan’s speech at UN Climate Conference in Brazil

by Stanley Azuakola President Jonathan spoke at the United Nations Climate Conference which recently held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. At that event, the president warned that without urgent support from the international community, Lake Chad might disappear completely in 20 years. To prove his point, he cited the fact that the lake “has shrunk from about... Read More

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Charly Boy vs the papers: Now with added spice as he releases a damning statement

There is no currency more important to a celebrity than their name. Rumours circulating about Charly Boy’s alleged illuminati role and his being gay has recently put him in the spotlight once again. He has decided to force the publications involved to declare their error and rescind their stories. Still he has decided to fight the papers to the bitter... Read More

Photo: Rooftop MC’s Soul Snatchya presents baby, Seven

Adeyoola Adekunle, aka Soul Snatchya recently uploaded a picture of his baby, praising God on the new arrival. The RoofTop Mc band mate got married in December 2011 and we will like to re-christian baby Seven, Soo Pretty. Congratulations Adekunle, now there will be another band mate screaming from the roof top.... Read More

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Monday Morning Inspiration: I am patient

by Patricia Omoqui When your dream doesn’t materialize as fast as you’d like, don’t worry! Trust the process. Remain diligent and focused. Be patient. Each dream seed flowers at the perfect time. “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for... Read More

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