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January 21, 2021

VP Osinbajo demands sanctions for fraud in government agencies | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

VP Osinbajo demands sanctions for fraud in govt agencies Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has expressed fears over a survey report highlighting persistent corruption, duplicity of functions, poor service orientation and other anti-business disposition in some of the Federal Government’s regulatory agencies – The Punch reports The Vice President and the Presidential Enabling Business Environment... Read More
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January 20, 2021

Rumble in the Jungle: The Presidency and Ondo Government clash over herdsmen | The #YNaijaCover

“As the Chief Law and Security Officer of the State, it is my constitutional obligation to do everything lawful to protect the lives and property of all residents of the State. In light of the foregoing, the following orders are hereby issued: 1. All Forest Reserves in the State are to be vacated by herdsmen... Read More
Cover Stories, Satire
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Joeboy
January 20, 2021

Joeboy details longing and desire in new video for ‘Lonely’

Joeboy’s debut album Somewhere Between Beauty and Magic is gradually picking up momentum with the visuals of Lonely now out, a single released last year October. The album is slated for a February 4, 2021 release, and as the EmPawa act revealed in a recent interview with AudioMack, the project takes an exciting and different... Read More
Blogs, The Music Blog
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Sanitation Day
January 20, 2021

Crime thriller ‘Sanitation Day’ offers new teaser ahead of cinema release

Earlier in the year, we reported that Seyi Babatope’s crime thriller Sanitation Day has been slated for a January release in cinemas. With the coronavirus pandemic still unrelenting and moviegoers fully embracing streaming especially with the timely arrival of Netflix in Nigeria, films like Sanitation Day run the risk of slipping under the radar. Now... Read More
The Cutting Floor
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January 20, 2021

FG to pay 24.3 million ‘poor Nigerians’ N729bn | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

FG to pay 24.3 million poor Nigerians N729bn The Federal Government on Tuesday, 19 January 2021 said about 24.3 million ‘poor Nigerians’ will be beneficiaries of N5,000 each for a period of six months – The Punch reports Sadiya Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, disclosed this at the inauguration... Read More
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January 19, 2021

Nigerians display ‘I can’t kill myself’ disposition to NIN palaver as ‘deadline’ expires | The #YNaijaCover

The Super Tuesday is here! It’s deadline by midnight today for the linking of National Identification Numbers (NIN) with Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) for all Nigerians who already have the NIN. Nigeria’s Identity Management Commission (NIMC) had initially given a January 19 deadline for those with NIN and February 9 for those without NIN to... Read More
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January 19, 2021

How Nigeria’s ‘special needs’ population continue to live a life of unrealised aspirations

In a recent interview with host of #WithChude and founder of human flourishing company, Joy, Inc. Chude Jideonwo, popular Nigerian singer/songwriter and music producer Cobhams Asuquo, the multi-talented visually impaired artist revealed that ignorance was at the root of his success. “I was growing up and was an ignorant blind person,” he said, “It is... Read More
Non-binary Blog
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Burna Boy
January 19, 2021

Burna Boy’s ‘Destiny’ selected for Biden-Harris inauguration playlist

With the inauguration of presidential-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris on the horizon (tomorrow, January 20, 2021), no other political event promises to hold the world spellbound. The pro-Trump riots that ushered in the New Year have been pushed back in the collective public consciousness for this occasion. Recently the Presidential Inauguration Committee,... Read More
The Media Blog
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END SARS
January 19, 2021

The accounts of #ENDSARS protesters still frozen proves that we are in an oppressive regime

Three months after Nigerians showed nationwide demonstrations against police brutality with the #ENDSARS movement, leading to the government freezing bank accounts of some protesters via the Central Bank, those accounts have remained frozen. In a recent video by Punch, affected protesters for the first time are sharing their experiences since coming to the knowledge that... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
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January 19, 2021

FG releases N10bn targeted for local production of COVID-19 vaccine | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

FG releases N10bn targeted for local production of COVID-19 vaccine Minister of health, Osagie Ehanire, has stated that the federal government has approved the release of N10 billion to support local production of the COVID-19 vaccine – The Cable reports Speaking on Monday, 18 January 2021 at the press briefing of the presidential task force... Read More
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January 18, 2021

David Ntekim-Rex: Mother Nigeria, story of the ‘foolish ostrich’ | The #YNaijaCover

When the #EndSARS protests took off in October, the lives of young Nigerians and the brutish treatment they suffer in the hands of now disbanded rogue police unit; Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was at the centre of the conversation. Until the Soro S’oke generation took to the streets summarily demanding their right to life in... Read More
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Namaste wahala
January 18, 2021

When will Nollywood-Bollywood film ‘Namaste Wahala’ be released?

Of all the Nollywood films pushed back because of the coronavirus pandemic last year, Namaste Wahala, a romantic comedy by Indian director Hamisha Daryani Ahuja, is yet to be released. A highly anticipated film ever since its official movie poster hit social media released last February, Namaste Wahala finds both Nollywood and Bollywood, two huge... Read More
The Cutting Floor
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MTV Base celebrity bumps
January 18, 2021

MTV Base premieres “Celebrity Bumps”, a new reality TV show starring BBNaija’s Mike Edwards and wife, Perri

MTV Base has announced the African premiere of its UK hit reality show, Celebrity Bumps. The debut season dubbed “Mike + Perri Celebrity Bumps” will be featuring the first runner up and former Big Brother Naija ‘Pepper Dem’ housemate, Mike Edwards and his wife, Perri (Shakes-Daylon).  The reality TV show, set to air for the... Read More
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January 18, 2021

The Hijab-wearing woman’s experience that could help us better understand one another

Nigeria’s cultural landscape is still taking shape, we are caught in the thick of this process daily in the conversations we have about things we hitherto only have among inner circles. It is why Twitter user @beehatu, took to the microblogging site to share her enduring struggle being a Hijab-wearing Muslim woman living in a... Read More
Non-binary Blog
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January 18, 2021

Public evangelism may be doing more harm to religion than good

If you have used public transport for any sizeable amount of time in Lagos then ‘the tale of the evangelising Christian’ is certainly not new to you. You have experienced it, most of us have. The self-assigned task has the lone goal of what polite Christian society term, “winning a soul for Christ.” It is... Read More
Non-binary Blog
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Yvonne Orji
January 18, 2021

Can Yvonne Orji’s upcoming comedy series ‘First Gen’ break out of Nigerian stereotypes?

Yvonne Orji isn’t slowing down in pursuing personal projects. According to reports, the Insecure star is developing a comedy series titled First Gen, a show about her experience as a Nigerian-born, first-generation American. First Gen is heading straight to Disney Plus, where it will premiere, with David Oyelowo and Oprah Winfrey serving as executive producers.... Read More
The Media Blog
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January 18, 2021

NIN: FG insist on Wednesday deadline, registration of foreign diplomats | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

NIN: FG insist on Wednesday deadline, registration of foreign diplomats The federal government has stated that the national identity number (NIN) is compulsory for diplomats who will be in the country for more than two years – The Cable reports Femi Adeluyi, the technical assistant to Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, in... Read More
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Le Juiice
January 16, 2021

BET International taps French artist Le Juiice as January 2021 ‘Amplified’ artist

BET International today announced French rapper, Le Juiice, as the January 2021 “BET Amplified International” artist. Kicking off a month-long effort to build awareness around Le Juiice to their core audiences globally, BET International is set to highlight her work in a multitude of ways including programming across linear and digital platforms in regions around... Read More
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January 15, 2021

The #YNaijaCover: The ‘Pigeons have come home to roost’ | #ArmedForcesRemembranceDay2021

For thousand of years, white doves or pigeons release is known to be a popular custom in many cultures and world religions. From Egypt where the first known white dove releases occurred nearly five thousand years ago to China, Greece, Rome and parts of Europe, such releases all have positive connotations; though they differ slightly in... Read More
Cover Stories, Satire
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