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Jadesola Osiberu’s Isoken retains its number one spot on the YNaija film ranking for this month. Despite a few new releases since its June 2017 debut, the movie is a beautifully developed masterpiece. Isoken hit the cinemas on June 16th and has since then garnered a lot of viewing and positive reviews from movie buffs.... Read More
By Mercy Abang   Over 134 suicide bombings have occurred since 2009 when Boko Haram unleashed a campaign of terror on Nigeria’s northeast region. According to research by Combating Terrorism Center at West Point and Yale University, at least 244 of the 338 attacks since 2011 where gender is identifiable, have been young girls under the age of... Read More
Catch up on the biggest entertainment stories you missed from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing this Wednesday morning. 2Baba visits Benue flood victims  And he will be organising a music concert to raise floods for them too… 2Baba is not just everybody’s favourite Nigerian artiste, he has... Read More
The Future Project, in partnership with Microsoft Nigeria, has officially announced the launch of Accelerate LABS, an initiative to bolster the country’s economic development through enterprise development and technology incubation. Themed ‘Activating Small and Medium Scale Enterprises’, the goal of the project is to equip 2,500 youths across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria through... Read More
What is a gospel jam playlist without a Mike Abdul on the list? His recently released track, Crossover has confirmed that Mike Abdul sure has the vibe in his blood. Crossover is a song conceptualised with special rhythm to express a profound gratitude to God Almighty for keeping us alive. Onos Ariyo’s Ebenezer, a track... Read More
Hello, Good morning. Here are the top 5 stories you should be monitoring today: The Presidency has announced that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting will not hold this week due to “inadequate time to prepare documents for the meeting.” Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, explained in a statement that “the two-day public... Read More
The biology teacher at Queen’s College, Olaseni Oshifala accused of sexual molestation of students last year, has finally been posted out of the school, TheCable reports. Highlights of the report: Oshifala was posted to King’s College, an all-boys school and the oldest unity school in the country, by the education ministry in August. The posting... Read More
From the papers, a tracklist. Ngige calls the resident doctors’ strike a ‘rascal’ decision – YNaija Court orders substituted service on IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu – YNaija NBC promises commitment to fight unemployment – YNaija Minister says FG has schemes to fight unemployment – YNaija Nigerian singer, Skales speaks on his relationship with Nicki Minaj –... Read More
Something positively different is about to hit Lagos. In 2015, we received supernatural energy to ACCELERATE. In 2016, we displayed our ENIGMATIC identity. This year, we carry too much fire. This year, it’s about His POWER. We are UNSTOPPABLE!!! In case you didn’t know, the EMERGE CONFERENCE 2017 holds this September!!!!! This is one conference... Read More
The Albert Einstein Foundation has selected a former minister of education, Oby Ezekwesili, and literary icon, Chimamanda Adichie, among “the leading visionaries of our time”. The publication, “Genius: 100 Visions for the Future” is, according to the website, ‘a once-in-a-century publishing event with the world’s greatest thinkers in Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Literature, The Arts,... Read More
The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has described the strike of resident doctors as an “act of rascality”. In a statement by the deputy director press in the ministry, Samuel Olowookere, Dr Ngige said the government was ‘surprised’ by the associations’ action after an agreement was reached. The sequence of events: NARD declares “total... Read More
Nigeria Bottling Company Limited (NBC) says the management trainee programme (MTP) was introduced in order to help the government fight unemployment, Vanguard reports. Highlights: The programme is designed to select best of young talents to play key roles in the company’s future growth. Director, Human Resources of NBC, Grace Omo-Lamai, said NBC remains committed to supporting... Read More
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, at the “Accelerate Labs” project in Lagos said the Federal government has put in place, series of projects to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive – in order to serve quit notice on unemployment. Mr Enelamah said that loans and grants, which are being... Read More
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday granted the request seeking to serve court processes on Nnamdi Kanu and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) through substituted service, Punch reports. The court, however, ordered that other respondents in the matter, namely the Inspector-General of Police, the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and... Read More
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 matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
Former President Barack Obama has slammed President Trump’s decision to rescind DACA program. In an issued statement earlier today, Mr Obama calls the latest development “contrary to our spirit, and to common sense.” The policy which protects about 800,000 children brought to the US illegally from deportation was created by Obama in an executive order... Read More
Following Attorney General Jeff Sessions announcement earlier today that the Trump Administration has decided to wind-down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) a program established by the Obama administration that protects some undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children, the White House has also released its official statement. The Oval Office... Read More
Hello, Good evening. Here are the top 5 stories that drove conversation today: Nigeria is officially out of recession, as the nation’s GDP grew by 0.55 percent for Q2 2017, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Nigerian Gross Domestic Product report published by the NBS on Monday showed that the economy recorded... Read More
Human right organisation Amnesty International in a fresh report said about 381 civilians were killed by the dreaded Boko Haram sect in Nigeria and Cameroon in five months.  According to the organisation, its data showed a comparative increase in Boko Haram attacks between April to early September 2017 as against the corresponding period in 2016. This... Read More
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