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
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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
by Seyi Lawal The Federal Government has extended the age limit for qualification to benefit from the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria, popularly known as YouWiN! by 5 years. According to a press statement issued by Coordinating Minister of the Economy & YouWiN! Project Coordinator, the government has decided to up the age limit... Read More
Seyi Lawal Singer Adebola Oluwaseun Ayodeji popularly known as Maxima has released a follow up track to his debut single, ’Loving You’. The New track, ‘Victims of Emotion’ is produced by rave pop music producer, Samklef and it’s music video directed by Tosin Igho. Watch video below.
by Wole Oyedeji The Spirit of Enterprise initiative is targeted at providing avenues for aspiring and early stage entrepreneurs to acquire personal empowerment opportunities to develop and establish their ideas and businesses. And in line with this vision, the body will be organizing an Aspiring Entrepreneurs Seminar and the 3rd edition of their Networking Exposition,... Read More
Seyi Lawal The MTN Power of 10 musical fiesta, organized to celebrate MTN’s tenth anniversary in 10 cities across Nigeria, made a stop in Ibadan at the Habour Point. Aboard the train, which had already made stops in Markurdi, Enugu, Calabar, Abuja, Ilorin, Owerri, Benin and Port Harcourt, were ‘A’ list musicians including all past... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang Factory78tv and one of its presenters, Adesope Olajide picked up two awards from three nominations at the just concluded Black Entertainment, Film, Fashion, Television and Arts Awards, BEFFTA, where Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde also picked up a plaque. With the exposure they have received through syndicating their shows on various platforms including on YNaija,... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang Factory78tv and one of its presenters, Adesope Olajide picked up two awards from three nominations at the just concluded Black Entertainment, Film, Fashion, Television and Arts Awards, BEFFTA, where Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde also picked up a plaque. With the exposure they have received through syndicating their shows on various platforms including on YNaija,... Read More
Ifreke Inyang Just yesterday evening, a six-storey building collapsed in Maryland. Unlike some previous incidents, there were no lives lost. The Don de Dieu Plaza, which the building was called stood at 11, Aderibigbe Street, off Ikorodu Road and housed over ten companies. According to reports, there were rumblings and noises within the structure of... Read More
by Willfred Okiche Fresh off an acclaimed collaboration with 2Face Idibia, rapper Vector has cut the video for another single. He hooks up this time with multiple award winning cross-over sensation, 9ice, on the religion themed “Angeli”. watch below.
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