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Barely ten days to the end of the popular reality show, Big Brother Naija 4, 23-year-old Housemate, Tacha has been disqualified from further participation following an altercation between her fellow housemate, Mercy earlier in the day. The disagreement between both parties started when Seyi, who is Head Of House, called everyone to the lounge to... Read More
Tech4dev, with its solution Women Techsters has been selected for the 5th UN Solutions Summit in New York. The UN Solution Summit is a catalytic gathering at the United Nations Headquarters during UN General Assembly Week. The Women Techsters is a solution aimed at bridging the digital and technology knowledge divide between men and women,... Read More
Co-founders of RED|For Africa, Chude Jideonwo and Adebola Williams became the pioneer recipients of the YouWIN! Connect Award of Excellence yesterday Thursday, 26 September, 2019, at its Enterprise Education Book and Awards event held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. YouWIN! Connect is a multimedia programme of the Federal Government, implemented by its Ministry of Finance,... Read More
Back in June, and in a tell-all interview with Chude Jideonwo on Y! TV, celebrity photographer Busola Dakolo became another high-profile victim of a string of rape cases against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth Zion Assembly (COZA), which submerged social media in a sea of protests and headlined the barbed activism behind #ChurchMeToo –... Read More
The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) has unveiled former Big Brother Naija 2019 contestant, Khafi Kareem and media personality, Temisan Emmanuel as season hosts for the 14th edition of the event which is scheduled to hold in Lagos. Maintaining the theme, Nigeria’s New Tribe, the Awards which recently received a groundbreaking endorsement from the United Nations, seeks... Read More
Inkblot productions and Dioni Visions Entertainment  latest collaboration, Love is War has now hit cinemas nationwide. Written by Chinaza Onuzo and directed by Omoni Oboli, Love is War is a story about making a choice between ambition, family and the need to serve as both husband and wife (RMD) and wife (Omoni Oboli ) both... Read More
Back in July, Budweiser announced that it has signed multi-year deals with both the English Premier League and LaLiga. Budweiser has continued to be one of the most visible brands in sports sponsorship and with an estimated 4 billion fans of football around, it’s no wonder that Budweiser sees football as the gateway sport to... Read More
It’s always a good thing when Nollywood films are recognised at international film festivals, and the latest movie to bag an award through this medium is Ego Boyo’s crime thriller The Ghost andTthe House of Truth, which premiered at the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York. Boyo has been involved in a number of projects... Read More
Follow the links below to check out our latest stories: 5 Things that Should Matter Today: Official statement from Bolt says the ride-hailing service wasn’t hacked The YNaija top 10 Influencers for September The YNaija Ministers’ Ranking for September: The early risers and sleeping beauties
Nigeria led the nominations at the 2019 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), but it was totally different this time, as one film, ‘The Delivery Boy’, scooped 12 nominations in all the big acting and production categories. The film, which is a fine take on the backstory of terrorists and weaves in societal questions in its... Read More
The YNaija August Ministers’ ranking projected what we expected from them, given that they needed some considerable time to settle into their offices. September is grinding to a halt and the evaluation is in – while some ministries under their new leaderships have shown an encouraging picture, others are still revolving around inertia. Here’s the... Read More
The influencer economy in Nigeria is expanding – more people are realising that they can leverage on their internet following and fill in the space between brands and consumers. Twitter and Instagram are arguably hold a promising talent pool of influencers rejigging the rules internet marketing and the ones cultivating influencer-worthy platforms. This month, here’s... Read More
Yesterday, Bolt had Nigerians severely complaining about multiple debit alerts received for trips they took in the past, which spun a theory that the ride-hailing company had been hacked. Apparently, only customers whose bank cards were linked to the app were affected, instigating an uproar online. The statement from the Bolt Twitter account, though, dispelled... Read More
Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State will be a bee-hive of activities from October 29 to November 2, 2019 as #StartupSouth Conference births in the city for the 5th edition. Over 5000 participants and over 100 speakers are expected at the conference that’s fast becoming the largest tech/entrepreneurship event in the South-South/South-East. Nigeria. Social... Read More
The Lights, Camera, Africa!!! Film Festival is set to return this Friday, 27 September, 2019, as the three-day event aims to share exciting and visionary content from within the African continent and the Diaspora with film enthusiasts at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos. Themed ‘Tales by Moonlight,’ the event invokes the childhood tableau of the... Read More
Lagos Cocktail Week 2019 (LCW) is set to take place from October 16th – October 17th, 2019. LCW stakeholders and partners including, Freya Doessel, Brand Manager, Fayrouz Nigerian Breweries Plc; Tiyan Alonge, Brand Ambassador, Diageo Reserve Brands; Funke Babs Kufeji, Editor-in-Chief, Thisday Style and Kola Oshalusi, founder, Business of Photography among others attended the stakeholders... Read More
The Nigerian Police will arraign journalist and rights activist, Agba Jalingo, on Wednesday, September 25th at the Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River state after 34 days in detention. If you recall, Jalingo is being charged with conspiracy to overthrow the Cross River State Government, treasonable felony and terrorism; charges which pressure groups have... Read More
Follow the links below to check out our latest stories: 5 Things that Should Matter Today: Omoyele Sowore to be arraigned at the Federal High Court today YNaija Governors’ Ranking for September: The good, the bad and terrible Rema found his doppleganger and it’s freaky, but here’s why it’s a good thing  
Social Lender, a Nigerian startup aimed at granting loans to low-income earners who can’t afford a collateral became 5 million naira richer on Friday the 20th at the IE Digital Solutions Venture Day in Lagos. Social Lender also won a trip to Spain to participate in a week long IE startup bootcamp and  the South... Read More
Welcome to the X-Files [cues dreadful piano music]. Is it Halloween yet? No, but charmingly freaky is Mavin artiste Rema encountering his doppleganger in Abidjan, Cote d’lvoire. The Spiderman singer was in the Francophone country for a show, only for fate to unite him with his lookalike after his performance. Rema went on Instagram to... Read More
The Co-Founders of RED | For Africa, Chude Jideonwo and Adebola Williams, are set to receive the YouWIN! Connect Award of Excellence at the first edition of the YouWIN! Connect Enterprise Education Book and Awards, which will hold at the International Conference Centre, Abuja on Thursday, 26 September, 2019. The young entrepreneurs are being celebrated... Read More
If anything, the month of September has been a political compass in showing where respective state governance might possibly be headed. The governors have since settled into offices, and learning anything from last month’s ranking, it is that some elected governors are eager to fulfill their campaign promises and bring desired progress to their constituents.... Read More
According to activist Deji Adeyanju, Omoyele Sowore, the detained publisher of Sahara Reporters, will reportedly be arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja today Tuesday September 24th. Adeyanju made this known on Twitter yesterday evening. If you remember, the Federal government last Friday filed treasonable charges against Sowore and  also accused him of cyberbullying President... Read More
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