With the Nigeria confirming its first case of the Coronavirus this week, all eyes are on the health minister Osagie Ehanire, who promptly tweeted the news via his account. In other ministries, we have Lai Mohammed yet again the news, wherein he compared government-run NTA to international news platform CNN. Here’s the YNaija Ministers’ Ranking...
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It’s no longer news that Nigeria has confirmed its first case of the Coronavirus, according to the Minister of Health. The Coronavirus case in Nigeria is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, on February 27th, 2020. He was confirmed by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University...
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Asharami Synergy, a Sahara Group company, has raised the bar of quality and top performance with the launch of Asha Engine Oil, its new range of lubricants in the Nigerian market. Speaking at the press launch for the MOVE WITH ASHA Campaign, on Tuesday, 18th of February, at their Ijora Lagos office, Moroti Adedoyin-Adeyinka the...
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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 funny rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. Here are the ones we saw today: naira marley became a motivational speaker ever since he got...
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Imagine having a sitting senator advocate for the rehabilitation of ex-Boko Haram members into society, and a bill seeking to grant immunity on members of both states and federal legislature passing second reading at the House of Representatives. If passed into law, it would be difficult to prosecute indicted lawmakers while in office. Here’s how...
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Story by Ìyínkàyé Òrẹòlúwá He said I’d have to see LIFE, a 2015 film about the iconic American film star James Dean and a TIME photographer Dennis Stock. Moshood was fascinated with the way the movie told the story of the power of a camera lens to not only see a person but also see...
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In the late hours of February 27th, just two days after a previous suspected case of the Coronavirus was cleared as negative, the Federal Ministry of Health announced that it has discovered a single, isolated case of the feared Coronavirus in Lagos state. According to reports from the Federal Ministry of Health, the sufferer...
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by Ponmile Shittu A couple of months back, I probably wouldn’t have given thought to if or why people overreact. However, in recent times it has become quite obvious that a lot of times, we let our strong emotions take over, we over-think situations, we analyze wrongly and then we overreact to them. Often times...
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As part of YNaija’s coverage of the launch of Queen Sono, the first Netflix original scripted series from Africa, our editors joined a roundtable of journalists from across the continent to speak with Enhle Maphumulo who plays Nova and Khathu Ramabulama who plays William to discuss their on-screen chemistry, their hopes for the show and the possibility of...
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The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has insisted that the raging Corona virus is caused by corruption. He alleged that some lab scientists many have also created the Lassa fever and Ebola viruses with an intention to destroy other people’s lives. “It is created by a corrupt mind,” he...
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As Nigerians look back on the movie industry’s highly impressive journey, complete with admiration for some of the legendary actors who ensured that their childhoods were filled with memorable movies and characters, a new generation of filmmakers and performers is brimming with confidence to keep the torch burning. The announcement of the nominees for the...
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As part of YNaija’s coverage of the launch of Queen Sono, the first original scripted series produced by Netflix on the continent. Pearl Thusi plays titular character Queen Sono and Kate Liquorish’s Ekaterina provides much of the conflict in the show, their rivalries increasing even as they swap proxies and move closer to a show down. Listen...
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Siasia hopeful of raising N36.4m CAS fee to appeal FIFA lifetime ban Embattled Nigerian coach, Samson Siasia, has revealed he is hopeful of raising the N36.4m (100,000 Swiss Francs) appeal fee demanded by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) before the March 19 deadline set by the court to hear his case. Siasia was...
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by Fatima Allahnanan This is for her Whose stepfather kept a cutlass by the side Thrusting forcefully into her While his wife is away for her merchandise In the same bed he sex his wife In the same bed he sex her mother This is for her Who cried every-night her mother is away Who...
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Last weekend, there were two high profile suicides. One was of Caroline Flack, the former presenter of viral reality show ‘Love Island’; a show voraciously consumed by young Nigerians at home and in the diaspora. The other was an as yet unnamed young man, who took an Uber to a destination unknown, asked his driver...
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As part of YNaija’s coverage of the launch of Queen Sono, the first Netflix original scripted series from Africa, our editors joined a roundtable of journalists from across the continent to speak with Enhle Maphumulo who plays Nova and Khathu Ramabulama who plays William to discuss their on-screen chemistry, their hopes for the show and the possibility of...
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Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, has placed a ban on street begging in the state. Ganduje announced the decision during the launch of Basic Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) and distribution of offer of appointment to 7,500 volunteer teachers, which held at Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano yesterday. The governor lamented over the “ugly situation”,...
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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 are the ones we saw today: There is no type of weed you will take in this...
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On the 6th of January 2020, OPPO Mobile Nigeria launched one of its biggest online contests tagged OPPO Redefinition Photography Contest; aimed at empowering young photographers with rewards to take their craft to the next level. Over 1,000 entries were reviewed and twenty shortlisted finalists were selected to proceed to the second phase of the...
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The music, art and culture tour that seeks to celebrate DJs is taking things a notch higher for its third edition with a list of top DJs including DJ Nana, DJ Kaywise, DJ Moonlait, DJ Bella, commissioner DJ Wyse, DJ Cassper and many more with special appearances from Big Brother Naija housemates. The monthly concert...
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Olisah Metuh’s lawyer vows to appeal court judgement sentencing his client to 7 years imprisonment Counsel to Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abel Ozoko, has vowed to appeal the judgement of a Federal High Court in Abuja which sentenced his client to seven years in prison on Tuesday...
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The next big battle for the future of media is the streaming wars. Its a war already 30 years in the making starting in the US in the early 90’s with then video giant Blockbuster and relatively new upstart, Netflix. 30 years later, almost every major media network playing in both traditional and digital spaces...
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by Ado Aminu Silence is golden, they say, until it staunch the tide of welling emotions that will otherwise have trickled manageably, drip by small drips, bringing delicate release and no more. I have been silent for most of my growing up and then grown years. My nanny (rest her soul) will tell it if...
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Over the last year, religious Nigerians had to contend with the outsize influence religious organizations within the country have had in perpetuating rape culture and violence against women. #SexForGrades, #ArewaMeToo and #ChurchToo are feminist movements that arose from women challenging abuse within families where the perpetrators were supported and protected by the Nigerian church. But...
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A Bill for an Act to alter section 308 of the 1999 Constitution to extend immunity to cover presiding officers of legislative institutions has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. They did it to Saraki and Ekwremadu and now they are trying to fortify any prosecution of Buhari’s guys who now head...
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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 are the ones we saw today: I’ve been telling this man, Mr. Temitope, that my surname “Oriaifo”...
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Perhaps the most radical policy by a governor this month is the Okada and tricycle ban in Lagos, enforced by the Sanw0-Olu administration, which has unleashed hardship on Lagosians. No going back on the policy, according to him. In other places like insurgency-ravaged Borno, governor Babagana Zulum is dedicated to stamping out terrorist attacks in...
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Babagana Zulum,
Babajide Sanwo-Olu.,
Ben Ayade,
Darius Ishaku,
Godwin Obaseki,
Kayode Fayemi,
Nasir el-Rufai,
Rotimi Akeredolu,
Seyi Makinde,
The YNaija Governors' Ranking for February
The journey (probably untold) Untold, because there’s something you didn’t know about the founder of Lagos Brands Festival and a Brand Strategist with years of invaluable experience. It means you won’t have known that Ayo Moses Ogedengbe has had “hell and heaven” as unavoidable words in his professional journey. But, he says he is “appreciative...
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The Executive Director of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and champion for zero-oil export in Nigeria, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo expounded on Nigeria’s Zero-oil export policy on Monday, 22 February, 2020 alongside other stakeholders at an event hosted in Lagos by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s flagship platform, EMPRETEC. The event...
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