by Ifreke Inyang [@ifreke] They are very few individuals who have trended on twitter, and Tayo Alayo is a member of this group. Nonetheless, she doesn’t carry a chip on her shoulders and is completely down to earth. Tayo describes herself as “A virtuous young woman who is fun to be with. I am very... Read More
by Taiwo Damilola A few weeks ago, Morachi promised his fans something new, and for the past few months the young artiste has been hard at work in the studio. Finally he hits us with ‘Bend Down Touch Your Toes’, a definite club banger. The smash single which features Lynxxx, was produced by the talented... Read More
by K. Giwa I’ve been meaning to put this down for a while, but I thought that my case might be termed ‘lucky’ since some people died and some have been rendered handicapped because of the elections… My name is Lola and am a serving corps member in Lagos, where fortunately there was little or no... Read More
by Sola Fasasi The first ever Nigerian Event Awards (TNEA) organized by Go2gurl Ltd, held on Sunday 8 May, 2011 at The Grandeur, Oregun, Lagos. The event was a unique opportunity to celebrate the burgeoning Nigerian events industry, as well as strengthen partnerships and strategic alliances within it. The event kicked off with a mini... Read More
by Sola Fasasi The Future-Entrepreneurs Development Programme is the pioneer program under The Future Project’s Enterprise Support Scheme. It teaches topics on Sourcing Capital, New Opportunities, Understanding Your Environment, Your Business Model and The Power of a Network. Every member of its faculty is at the helm of at least one major business and so... Read More
by Sola Fasasi The Future Project presents an incredible opportunity to learn from the very best with the resumption of it’s The Future-Writers Workshop. The workshop unarguably has the widest range in terms of curriculum content, active participation and a visible improvement in participant’s writing abilities. The Writers Workshop’s faculty boasts of the very best... Read More
by Ore Fakorede ‘Run The Word (Girls)’, the lead single from R&B queen Beyoncé’s upcoming album may be underperforming on mainstream charts, but that has not curbed the fourteen-time Grammy winner’s passion in anyway. The artiste, who is currently mentoring the finalists on music reality show American Idol, premiered the intense music video of the... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang As the race for the title of April’s Twitter Personality gets more interesting, YNaija pumps up the fun and games. We start off a new series this week called the Twitter Personality Campaign. What is this about? We will be conducting a second set of short interviews which we have tagged ‘Twampaigns’.... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang It’s almost impossible not to have come across Wale Gafar on your timeline! The Urban and Regional Planning undergraduate of the University of Lagos is one of those tweeters that get regularly retweeted and tweeted at. Wale is blunt, witty and can be very irreverent especially when he gets into those infamous... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang Liverpool’s record has been broken. Manchester United won the 2010-11 Premier League last Saturday after securing the draw they needed against Blackburn Rovers to win their 19th top flight title. It wasn’t pretty, but Manchester United managed to grab the goal they needed to tie 1-1 in somewhat controversial circumstances. The controversy... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang I cringed the first time I saw a tweet that announced the rapture. I’m not quite sure now if it was a pointer, a Google link or a bold proclamation that on May 21st, 2011, Jesus will arrive to take all true Christians to heaven. The bizarre buzz this has generated in... Read More
by Ore Fakorede R&B artiste Ego Ogbaro gained popularity as a prominent member of masked Afro-jazz artiste Lagaja’s band. Referred to as ‘The Lagbaja Girl’, Ego was the lead female vocalist on such hits as ‘Konko Below’, ‘Anything For Me’, ‘Skentele’ and the chart-topping classic, ‘Never Far Away’. In 2007, Ego broke away from the... Read More
by Ore Fakorede You must have heard the news, the world as we know it is ending on Saturday the 21st. It’s really sad, I know. Some of us are still virgins and all. Tragic stuff. Moving on now, I have made a personal decision to go out in grand style and I’m hoping to... Read More
by Ore Fakorede Today’s list features downloadable music and all you need to know about the upcoming mutant action movie, X-Men: First Class. Download: For awhile, it seemed that former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland was moving away from R&B towards the dance/techno genre. Her most recent single, the sexy, laidback ‘Motivation’ which features rapper... Read More
by Taiwo Damilola Foxtrot Records has finally released the video for Lace’s debut track “Se Bi Wo”. The single was produced by LayLow and the video directed by Patrick Elis. Make no mistake; Lace, a Konga affiliated artiste is different from festac MC, L.A.C.E. Click the links to check out the Audio and Video here!
by Wilfred Okiche Nigeria’s premier movie star and The Future Awards Young Person of the Year nominee Genevieve Nnaji added another feather to her cap on the night of Thursday 12th May, 2011 when she was awarded ‘Best Breakthrough Perfomance’ for her role in Obi Emelonye’s upcoming Pan-African adventure ‘Mirror Boy’ at the 6th Monaco... Read More
by Sola Fasasi YMC (1.1) is a youth-market focused initiative of FB Initiatives & Innovations Ltd, organisers of the recently-concluded 1st Youth- Marketer Converge Annual Conference. The quarterly breakfast meeting of professionals from various sectors, is the second event in the Youth-Marketer Converge Series, and is being held in keeping with the mission of FB... Read More
by Bunmi Ajilore The Lord loves a cheerful giver Even if it comes from the house of Mammon His appointed thrives while His people emaciate Yet everyday they bring all treasure to His house; Lord, how many have been swindled in Your name? The image of the seven virgins looms large in his heart, Virgins... Read More
by Sola Fasasi You’ve heard of the post-election violence that erupted in many parts of the North that caused the murder of a lot of our youths who were involved in the NYSC. Well, the #ProtectTheCorpers project s doing something about it and we need your help! We are calling for volunteers. We are asking... Read More
by Taiwo Damilola Ever since Omawumi Megbele chucked a career in law for music years ago, the singer has moved from one level of success to another. Emerging as 1st runner-up at the first edition of premier singing competition Idols West Africa, she dropped her debut album ‘Wonder Woman’ in 2009 and has won plaudits... Read More
by Sola Fasasi The Future-Enterprise Support Scheme (TF-ESS), the hugely successful training series run by The Future Project will begin a fresh session this month. First presented in 2009, TF-ESS has made much impact on with hundreds of young Nigerians benefiting greatly from the innovative approach of The Future Project. Trainings in Creativity & Entrepreneurship:... Read More
by Sola Fasasi In November 2010, the first ever edition of Night of Worship held. This twice-a-year worship experience is a programme that seeks to ‘leave everyone present with a unique personal encounter with the Almighty God’. On Friday 20th May 2011, Joshua Ville will be holding the 2nd Edition of the Night of Worship,... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang Francis Oluwatobi is more popular among friends and on twitter as KapHone. He admires his own crazy sense of humor and says ‘he should be expected on the comedy scene anytime soon’. Whilst he nurses that dream, he is already a comedian under the group – ‘African Comedians’ based in Baltimore, while he works... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang As the race for the title of April’s Twitter Personality gets more interesting, YNaija pumps up the fun and games. We start off a new series this week called the Twitter Personality Campaign. What is this about? We will be conducting a second set of short interviews which we have tagged ‘Twampaigns’.... Read More
by Taiwo Damilola While the buzz of MI’s sophomore effort is in no hurry to go down, the rapper just released an animated video for the hilarious opening of ‘MI2: The Movie’. The Chocolate Movie presentation was animated by MI, Terver Malu and Edward Lampang. The video featured cameo appearances by Waje and ‘Am I... Read More
by Yemi Olowu We get some style tips and secrets from the face behind the voice of the energetic and humorous Wazobia FM on-air personality! What is style to you? Style is been simple, beautiful and anything that suits your body type. It doesn’t have to be something extremely expensive, it should be something made... Read More
by Cheta Nwanze On Wednesday, May 11, the News Agency of Nigeria ran a story about the numbers of students registered for this year’s National Common Entrance Examination. The NCEE, for those who may not know, is the examination into Federal Government Colleges (Unity Schools) across Nigeria. According to the news agency, a total of... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang [@ifreke] [9th – 14th May, 2011] MONDAY: “Oh no! 2day can’t be Monday! 🙁 ,” @SlimMariam tweeted. “What happened 2 d weekend? Dat was d fastest weekend I’ve had in a long time!” While she was still wondering, @jordan302utd was thankful for the new week. “I’m just waking up and I’m thinking... Read More
by Taiwo Damilola Soto (Soto Nwobbi) is a Nigerian rapper/songwriter and music entrepreneur who started with music at university, where he teamed up with a couple of friends to start up the group ‘GSC’. In 2007, Soto, along with Ottih Chikezie (Real Talk) and Uche Enyi (Jablo), founded EON Entertainment, an independent record label and... Read More