The steep poverty level an immense number of Nigerians live in, and the minimal steps set up to combat that reality means that a hike in the already financially constraining electricity tariff being paid will only lead us into more financial duress. Considering the unstable supply of electricity that continues to underserve the energy needs...
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As part of its ‘enforcement’ of Shari’a laws, the Kano state’s para-law enforcement agency, the Hisbah Corps has been instrumental in implementing some of the state’s most confusing directives. It was the jurisdiction of the Hisbah corps to implement the recent ban in the state that forbade people of different sexes from riding in the...
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The line between growing one’s virtual brand off the material other people have produced and affiliating with a known brand to push each other’s material simultaneously is how consent is used in honoring and appropriately crediting the source of one’s material or the willful failure to do so. For Instagram skit platforms, the hierarchy encompasses...
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Last week on Twitter random users began to tweet about a poster that had surfaced, announcing a Nigerian ‘Door Of Return’ campaign. Nigeria ain’t trying to be left behind next December. I’m here for it all. pic.twitter.com/gGKTxzr3Uu — G Money (@GMONEYizME) January 3, 2020 The campaign posters (which curiously used an image of the...
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Goodluck Jonathan speaks on contesting in 2023 Presidential election Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has dispelled report of being under pressure to contest in the 2023 Presidential election. In a statement released by his spokesperson Ikechukwu Eze, the former President said he is focused on promoting peace and sustainable democracy in Africa. Check out the video for...
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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: Cough syrup is the sweetest thing in this life. Benyln...
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Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 from Tehran to Kyiv burst into flames and fell to the ground within minutes of taking off early Wednesday morning. All 176 passengers and crew members aboard the Boeing 737-800 were killed. The crash occurred within a few hours of Iran firing missiles at US forces in Iraq, raising questions...
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Religion is a powerful catalyst for social change. Its power to unite people around a singular cause and inspire selfless action has led to great change across the world. But religion can also cause significant rigidity in community and prevent people from being open to new ideas or prevent progressive change. Christianity in Africa has...
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Influencer. It has become near impossible to have any reasonable conversation about marketing, advertising or media without referencing the influencer. The term didn’t exist a decade ago, and the people who could have been described as influencers then were already powerful with a circle of influence and the approval of gate keepers. Today’s influencer market...
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Routinely, January is the wilderness for new movie releases and where these movies are bound to flop, a step down from the octane-high activity of the festive box office. For Nollywood, quite the same. Aside December releases still showing, there isn’t much going on. But there are a few upcoming movies that have piqued our...
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Votes from head coaches/technical directors and captains of the senior national teams from CAF’s member associations saw Mane selected as the continent’s best footballer in 2019 ahead of his other two rivals who also play in the premier league. Mane helped guide Senegal to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations before ending the...
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The Confederation of African Football (Caf) will crown its 2019 Player of the year at its awards ceremony in the Egyptian coastal resort of Hurghada on Tuesday. Algeria’s Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez is up against the Liverpool duo of Sadio Mane of Senegal and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah for the prize. Mahrez won the award...
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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: Do you have plan of coming or relocating to lagos...
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The grand finale of Fela‘s Republic and the Kalakuta Queens, a stage play depicting the life and struggle of Afrobeats legend and political activist, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti recently drew a capacity crowd at Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos. The event which wrapped up a three-week showcase of the most entertaining stage performance in Nigeria had in...
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If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Hundreds of Nigerian journalists and writers across the country were reminded of the universality of this statement when they received communication either ending their contractual agreement with news platform Opera News, or communication that demanded they change their editorial style to match the platform’s...
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Over the last 10 years, we have had a handful of queer-focused Nigerian-run media experiments. The longest-running and most successful iteration of this has been the often divisive but generally accepted Kito Diaries, started in 2014, in response to the Same-Sex Prohibition Bill to provide valuable information for queer persons on how to stay safe...
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The Kwara State Police Command has denied participating in the demolition of late Olusola Saraki’s property in llorin, which has generated mixed reactions. In a statement released by the State’s Police Spokesperson DSP Okansani Ajayi, the Kwara State Police Command dispelled reports of policemen shooting life ammunitions and firing teargas canisters at the scene of...
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The electricity distribution companies (DisCos) just announced that they will begin the implementation of a new tariff from April. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had announced a review of the multi-year tariff order (MYTO) 2015 and the minimum remittance order (MRO). The regulator said it does not envisage an immediate increase in end-user tariffs until April...
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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 was in this group named ‘Dope boys nation’, one day...
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OPPO Mobile is giving Nigerian semi-professional and amateur photographers the opportunity to express their creativity and redefine their world-view with the “OPPO Redefinition Photography Contest.” Leading global smartphone brand, OPPO, aims to support, empower and inspire the new generation of photography lovers within Nigeria through the creative use of the 48MP Quad Camera OPPO Reno2...
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Surprising absolutely no one, the media partnership between former manager of Tiwa Savage, Tunji ‘Teebillz’ Balogun and Big Brother Nigeria ‘Pepper Dem’ sensation, Tacha Akide has collapsed. First announced a month plus after Tacha was disqualified from the Big Brother House for violence and provocation; not long after a spectator pronounced a moratorium on her...
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Global news platform, Al-Jazeera recently put out a micro-documentary that caught our interest. At 7 minutes long, the explainer manages to break down in simple terms; the perennial problems that have crippled Nigeria’s petroleum industry and kept it from becoming a truly valuable resource to the nation. Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy – but over...
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The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has placed Police commands and formations nationwide on red alert following the death of Iranian military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a United States airstrike in Iraq on January 3rd. A statement released by Frank Mba, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, says the...
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Few days into 2020 and while some of us would have stuck to our resolutions from last year, the rest of us, may have not. However, with the New Year already here, it is time to wipe that slate clean and have a fresh set of resolutions for 2020. To help out, here is how...
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The most important performer in contemporary Nigerian music needs no excuse to hold a live concert. Matter of fact it is somewhat of a letdown that he does not do them as often as he should and speaks to some structural issues in the industry. 2Baba has the discography, he has the fan base, the...
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Each week here at YNaija, we round up the best Nigerian writing on the internet, highlighting the stories, profiles, interviews and in-depth reporting that rise above the daily churn. Here are the ones that caught our attention: Ghana joins push for West African currency – Oluwatosin Adeshokan The eight West African nations belonging to UEMO plus...
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By Chichi Umeseaka As we count down to the end of 2019 and an end of 2010’s decade let me take you to an alphabetical rundown of events that stood out and had both positive and negative impacts on us. Mind you, there are tons and tons of events and activities that stood out, but...
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After staging four magnificent editions, ace Disk Jockey extraordinarie Ayorinde Okiki Kehinde popularly known as Dj Kaywise has announced plans for the fifth edition of JOOR Concert 2020 scheduled to hold on Saturday, 25th of January 2020 at the Abesan mini Stadium, Ipaja, Lagos. DJ Kaywise has been busy throughout 2019 taking the Joor Party...
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Afrobeat, which is specific to the west African region and Nigerian music with its fecund caliber of creatives have made immense aesthetic, commercial and cultural breakthroughs this past year. Think delectable albums and singles, iconic collaborations, internationally positioned record deals, the rise of undeniably strong talents, huge but unsurprising nominations, performing and making appearances on...
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Another December, another Bolanle Austen-Peters extravaganza. And how we have come to love them. And why shouldn’t we? When it comes to bang for your buck, lavish high-end theatre productions, no one working in contemporary Nigerian theatre today has a bigger reputation for delivering the goods like the woman who reinvented the Lagos scene with...
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