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By Ogundana Michael Rotimi Last Saturday, we woke up to the news that Audu Maikori, the CEO of Chocolate City Entertainment, was arrested in Lagos; by a team of policemen attached to the Inspector-General Monitoring And Intelligence Team and was immediately transferred to the Force Headquarters in Abuja. His arrest, however, was not disconnected from... Read More
Whilst some persons are petitioning National Broadcasting Commission to stop airing #BBNaija because the show is corrupting the morals of Nigerian youth, @Tuvie has curated some of his best moments from the show since it came to our shores. It’s proof that whilst some frown at it, others thoroughly enjoy its entertainment factor. Enjoy: That... Read More
For two days on Twitter world wide, #hurtbae held us spell bound. It was the story of Courtney who had been cheated on countless times by her boyfriend, Leonard. See below: He cheated on her. Now she wants to know why. pic.twitter.com/5hdlpKisjZ — mixed feelings (@mxdfeelings) February 15, 2017 Since the release of the video,... Read More
Hope is a powerful thing, and much needed in our country today because of how tough things have gotten. Wherever you are, whatever you might be going through, we hope Mr Ibu’s story pulls you through one day at a time. Do see below: Wow.
Everyday 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 even just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More
by Peregrino Brimah If God says I can, who can say I can’t? Well, it seems Nigerian leaders wish to do so. Ultimately as a believer, I shall obey the laws of the land. The Lord shall task those in authority who “have two heads” that took it upon themselves to restrict me from my God-earned inalienable... Read More
by Cheta Nwanze This report notes that: Africa’s post colonial history is fraught with stories similar to the Cameroon Anglophone struggle for self determination against a majority — in this case the Francophone Cameroons. In Nigeria’s civil unrest history, the culmination was the Biafran war whose agitations for an independence are still ongoing, decades after. Further... Read More
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has been on vacation for over a month now, a day longer than Donald Trump has been President of the United States of America – let that sink. In that time, the Presidency has continually pushed out statements and photographs that – if they truly were effective... Read More
Afrobeat icon, Femi Kuti has continued his humanitarian work with a visit to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Adamawa. Kuti had earlier visited Maiduguri IDPs camp in January in collaboration with the International Red Cross. He tweeted, “Off to Adamawa to continue my humanitarian work with the IRC in the IDP camps.’’ Off to... Read More
Senators under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party have asked Senate President, Bukola Saraki to declare Senator Andy Uba’s seat vacant. Uba on Tuesday had defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The demand was made by Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio on behalf of the caucus at the plenary. They also called... Read More
Nigeria’s leading transparency advocate and co-founder of BudgIT, Oluseun Onigbinde, will speak at renowned United Kingdom based think tank, Chatham House, on “Accountability through Innovation: How Transparency can strengthen governance”. The event, scheduled to hold at Chatham House London on February 22, 2017, is a convening of governments, the private sector, civil society and Chatham... Read More
We had the Grammys, we have had the fashion weeks in New York and London a lot in between. Here are our top ten photos from the past week: More that Adele’s moving acceptance speech and host, James Cordon’s fall and improve car pool Karaoke, Beyonce’s performance of Sandcastle os one thing we’ll remember the... Read More
Great picture, eh? Beautiful couple. As long as you don’t look too closely. Turns out, even when you are as big as Genevieve Magazine, mistakes will still happen.
by Olalekan Adigun My father, Memudu Adigun, died of stroke when I was barely two years into my secondary education. Before then, like many others at my age, I have heard stories of angels, ghosts and spirits having conversations with people. Some even claim they “see” one of their grandparents days after they were dead.... Read More
by Bayo Oluwasanmi Like many Nigerians, I am emerging from the shock of the recent outbreak of ancient evils in the form of harassment and arrests of journalists, reminiscent of President Muhammed Buhari’s days as military dictator and head of state. The latest attack on free press was carried out by both the Chief... Read More
This thread perfectly captures President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration so far. But what makes it especially captivating is both its choice of language and fantastic memes. Gosh, stories told in pidgin English sound so much better, don’t they? Enjoy: https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832010836193472512 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832014271282368513 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832014556075552768 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832014830475341824 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832015066039984128 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832015522048962560 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832016316882100224 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832016746001346560 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832017240363036674 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832017703045038085 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832017987897028608 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832018802061824002 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832020388469157888 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832019296259817474 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832021476140314628 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832021924880461824 https://twitter.com/NwokeAnam/status/832021924880461824... Read More
by Mubarak Aminu The other day I was listening to an FM station program and they were discussing ways we can restructure Nigeria out of this present state. All the points brought out by the discussants were valid, such as going back to the regional system, stop dependence on the central government for the share of... Read More
by Ololade Ajekigbe The Nigerian story is one that never ceases to fascinate. We are different in so many ways. Our lifestyle, our outlook to life, our resilience, our sorry socio-economic state, our lying and thieving politicians. You name it! We are a different breed of people. Even among our neighbours, we stick out like a... 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 even just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from... Read More
Singles in Love Summit is a love ministry birthed for the purpose of helping these generation of youths to make the right decisions towards career and marital life. We want to nurture single youths who understands that they are here on purpose and they have the right to experience love and be loved in return... Read More
Ventures Platform (VP) hosted their very first Demo Day on Friday, 27th of February, 2017. The six companies who presented in front of investors,were incubated over a period of sixteen weeks as part of Ventures Platform’s early stage Accelerator Program. This accelerator program was fully residential at Ventures Platform’s Abuja campus, Ventures Park. Tech start-ups... Read More
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Facebook is challenging developers across the Middle East and Africa to create innovative bots in the Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge. This aligns with Facebook’s commitment to promote innovation in the Middle East and Africa by providing developers and start-ups with the tools they need to build, grow, monetize, and measure products and services. Facebook... Read More
by Tunde Leye I was quietly going through my twitter timeline all bright and sparky when I stumbled on this chart comparing the GDP of Nigeria to that of China from 1981 to 2015 courtesy Dolapo Oni. All these “errconomists” en, they know how to just remove the sparky with these kinds of things. Around... Read More
by Farooq Kperogi Doublespeak is intentional manipulation of language to conceal uncomfortable truths or to cleverly tell outright lies. The term came to us from George Orwell, although he didn’t use it himself. The term he used in his famous book titled 1984 is “newspeak,” which he said consists in limiting the range of words... Read More
Dear Son of Man, I know you are quite perturbed by my aloofness in the past few years. This is not unconnected with the turmoil pervading the world in recent times. I must apologise for not keeping you up to date with world tidings. As the world turns, we oscillate between our local predicaments and... Read More
by Mark Amaza Last week, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) made quite a huge heist when it acted on a tip-off and uncovered $7.2million and £72,000 belonging to former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu, hidden in safes in an underground bunker. This latest arrest by... Read More
by Ebenezar Wikina I’m sure you’ve seen the posts on social media. In fact, last week #StoptheSoot trended for days. I was out of town for work, and it was very interesting to meet people and introduce myself as someone from Port Harcourt and get comments like, “Hey! Port Harcourt! How are you people surviving?”... Read More
Are you a budding entrepreneur? Do you have a great business idea? Would you like to learn from experienced Nigerian entrepreneurs? Meet Sophia & Keturah, the first place winners of the 2016 Enterprise Challenge at the #StudyUKEnterprise sessions. Keturah Ovio-Onoweya, a trained Software Engineer birthed two (2) companies within one year, both dedicated to Sustaining... Read More
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