On Monday 10, October 2011, Adeleke Adeyemi was announced winner of the year’s NLNG Prize for Literature for his children book ‘The Missing Clock’. Adeyemi who writes under the moniker, Mai Nasara speaks exclusively to YNaija on winning the prize, his plans for the prize money and his next projects. What were you doing when... Read More
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by Glory Enyinnaya At a Change Management seminar recently, I was struck by the similarities between the role of a Change Agent in a secular organization and the role of the Christian evangelist in the world. John Kotter, the world’s foremost authority on Change Management, has outlined the role of a Change Agent in an... Read More
by Glory Enyinnaya At a Change Management seminar recently, I was struck by the similarities between the role of a Change Agent in a secular organization and the role of the Christian evangelist in the world. John Kotter, the world’s foremost authority on Change Management, has outlined the role of a Change Agent in an... Read More
by Seyi lawal The Head of Public Affairs, for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mitchel Ofoyeju, has dispelled rumours that Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe has been released. In a phone interview with YNaija correspondent, Ofoyeju insisted that the investigation into the alleged drug possession case around Omidina isn’t concluded so he... Read More
by Seyi lawal The Head of Public Affairs, for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mitchel Ofoyeju, has dispelled rumours that Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe has been released. In a phone interview with YNaija correspondent, Ofoyeju insisted that the investigation into the alleged drug possession case around Omidina isn’t concluded so he... Read More
by Chinelo Ngene As she ran home clutching the remaining shreds of her clothes and dignity, she wondered for the umpteenth time how God had let this evil befall her. Unconcerned with the queer looks the stall owners gave her as she passed by, she ran faster, to her, salvation lay at home, she only... Read More
by Seyi Lawal 6 ft 4 multimedia specialist, Deji Bakare, has emerged winner at the winner-takes-all male competition, Mr. Nigeria. The final of the weeklong event was held yesterday at the Silverbird Galleria between 18 dudes where Bakare was named winner of the 2011 Mr. Nigeria. He carted away N1,000,000.00 and a brand new SUV.... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang After extensively touring as a member of the award winning contemporary gospel collective GK Real, a British singer/songwriter of Nigerian heritage, simply known as Lánre embarks on her own personal musical journey with her acoustic guitar. Lánre has spent the past eighteen months playing her songs in cafés, bars and various charity... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang After extensively touring as a member of the award winning contemporary gospel collective GK Real, a British singer/songwriter of Nigerian heritage, simply known as Lánre embarks on her own personal musical journey with her acoustic guitar. Lánre has spent the past eighteen months playing her songs in cafés, bars and various charity... Read More
A Message by Bishop Mike Okonkwo “And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, why sit we here until we die.” – II Kings 7:3 In overcoming the siege, the first thing is to recognise that you are in a siege. Having recognised that... Read More
A Message by Bishop Mike Okonkwo “And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, why sit we here until we die.” – II Kings 7:3 In overcoming the siege, the first thing is to recognise that you are in a siege. Having recognised that... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang Sometime in August, the Mo’Hits crew staged their Koko Concert in London and the big news was Kanye West shared the same stage with all members of the record label. That included rapper, D’Prince. The award winning team at Factory78tv caught up with the ‘Give it to Me’ crooner who is also... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang In less than one month, all seems to have gone wrong in the Nigerian sports circle. First, Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2012 African Cup of Nations after a 2-2 draw at home with Guinea. That simply meant the visitors qualified for the continental showpiece instead as Group B winner. A... Read More
You really think you can sing? Become the next Nigerian Idol and win a USD100,000 in cash and recording contract as Nigerian Idol holds final auditions in Enugu today. Final auditions hold today Saturday, 29th October 2011 at the Universal Hotel, Independence layout by 7am. Lagos auditions hold next weekend; 4th, 5th, 6th at... Read More
By Willfred Okiche You have waited long enough, you have seen the pictures from the glittering premieres (in and out of the country), you have heard the tales of the fantastic box-office performance but surprisingly little has been said about the movie itself. High time we corrected that. At this point, a synopsis of the... Read More
Willfred Okiche Rapper, A-Q is out with the first single off his tentatively titled ‘Groove Theory’ sophomore album. The track, ‘Groovement’ features music upstart, Sammy and was first performed at a press briefing the rapper held back on October 1, 2011 at Swe Bar, City Mall, Lagos. Listen to ‘Groovement’ here: [audio:http://static.ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/A-Q-Groovement.mp3|titles=A-Q – Groovement]
Willfred Okiche Rapper, A-Q is out with the first single off his tentatively titled ‘Groove Theory’ sophomore album. The track, ‘Groovement’ features music upstart, Sammy and was first performed at a press briefing the rapper held back on October 1, 2011 at Swe Bar, City Mall, Lagos. Listen to ‘Groovement’ here: [audio:http://static.ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/A-Q-Groovement.mp3|titles=A-Q – Groovement]
by Ifreke Inyang Samson Siasia has been relieved of his job as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles. The decision was finally taken today after much deliberations between the members of the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation. The meeting which was held in Abuja recommended that Samson Siasia be fired. After the... Read More
Willfred Okiche Challenge:Future is inviting students and young people aged 18-30 year old to participate in three new challenges, each one bringing many opportunities such as scholarships worth 2,500 Euros per person to attend the Challenge:Future Academy and Summit 2012. Other prizes include financial support for project realization, internships, speaking opportunities at global events and... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang Yesterday, Microsoft Nigeria started its 2-day high profile Open Door events in Abuja. The event is a key initiative of Microsoft’s continued investment in the region and it aims at fostering local IT development and drive innovation. On the first day, the event had more than 300 participants and they included customers,... Read More
A lot of people know Japheth J Omojuwa to be a vocal person both on Twitter and in the blogosphere. But recently, he proved that he is not afraid to speak his mind no matter the medium. He was invited to speak at the the public launch of Public Integrity Networks (PINS) at the FCT... Read More
by Onyeka Nwelue So many people are ‘graduating’ this year. Many of them haven’t actually graduated. What they do is this: they finish their final year exams and come on Facebook and then scream, ‘I’m a graduate!’ Confirmed, you are a graduate! Congratulations. At least, they get a lot of comments, from people who can’t... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang Against most expectations, Samson Siasia has stayed in his position till today. As soon as it dawned on Nigerian football fans and analysts – both renowned and arm chair – that we will not be competing in the coming African Cup of Nations, there were increased calls for Siasia to be sacked.... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang Against most expectations, Samson Siasia has stayed in his position till today. As soon as it dawned on Nigerian football fans and analysts – both renowned and arm chair – that we will not be competing in the coming African Cup of Nations, there were increased calls for Siasia to be sacked.... Read More
Seyi Lawal TRACE Urban is making good it’s promise of promoting African music as it premieres two new exclusive videos from two leading mainstream music acts. The urban music channel which launched its TRACE Urban Anglophone Africa portal in Nigeria only few weeks ago, has gotten exclusive rights to new videos by multiple award winning... Read More
Seyi Lawal TRACE Urban is making good it’s promise of promoting African music as it premieres two new exclusive videos from two leading mainstream music acts. The urban music channel which launched its TRACE Urban Anglophone Africa portal in Nigeria only few weeks ago, has gotten exclusive rights to new videos by multiple award winning... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang The Nigerian Music Video Awards (NMVA) will hold its fifth edition in November, and as a part of the build up to the event, the organisers have released the nominees’ list. Jodie, who blew most people away with her mid-tempo single, ‘Kuchi kuchi’ and Darey, who released his Double Dare album this... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang The Nigerian Music Video Awards (NMVA) will hold its fifth edition in November, and as a part of the build up to the event, the organisers have released the nominees’ list. Jodie, who blew most people away with her mid-tempo single, ‘Kuchi kuchi’ and Darey, who released his Double Dare album this... Read More
Seyi Lawal The Heinrich Boell Foundation’s book of essays, ‘Unity in Diversity: Diversity is positive for Nigeria’, will be launched next Monday, October 31, 2011 at Terra Kulture by 1pm. The book, a coalition of six essays written by young Nigerians, evolved from an essay competition amongst young writers which the foundation launched in 2010.... Read More
Seyi Lawal The Heinrich Boell Foundation’s book of essays, ‘Unity in Diversity: Diversity is positive for Nigeria’, will be launched next Monday, October 31, 2011 at Terra Kulture by 1pm. The book, a coalition of six essays written by young Nigerians, evolved from an essay competition amongst young writers which the foundation launched in 2010.... Read More
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