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January 13, 2021

A socially distanced festive season with DStv

The Christmas and New Year holidays certainly looked remarkably different this past year. The disruption caused by the global pandemic put a pause on the usual holiday traditions like partying, attending concerts, gathering with friends and family to eat and drink, traveling on vacation, among many others. Right before the beginning of the holidays, the... Read More
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Uganda
January 13, 2021

There’s a social media shutdown in Uganda ahead of its presidential election

Ahead of Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday that pits the enduring incumbent Yoweri Museveni against opposition frontrunner and popular singer Bobi Wine, the country has restricted access to social media and other messaging apps. Users started to complain about the blackout on Tuesday. Uganda’s communications regulator (UCC) ordered the country’s internet service providers... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
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January 12, 2021

Eyes of the Gods: What can Mr. President see that mortal Nigerians can’t? | The #YNaijaCover

“It is because he is seeing things that critics are not seeing. He is seeing things most people don’t see.” “It is not a tenured appointment. There is no part of the law that says chief of army staff must serve for two years. Then, after two years, he must go. It is no news... Read More
Cover Stories, Satire
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January 12, 2021

You can hate LGBT without inciting violence on the community

Few human groups are as talked about, dissected, vilified and dismissed nowadays as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and other gender and sexual minorities (LGBTQ+) community.  “But they are everywhere, talking, resisting, and ‘being loud,’” you object. And that is exactly the point. For centuries before colonialism, the LGBT+ community thrived side by side with... Read More
Non-binary Blog
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Access Bank
January 12, 2021

Access Bank renews commitment to customer education and satisfaction, announces revised customer complaint channels

Driven by its promise to deliver unrivalled customer service to all its customers, Access Bank Plc has announced an extension of its customer education and complaint management activities. Over the years, Access Bank has strived to reach all audience tiers and communities, communicating and simplifying information on how customer-related bottlenecks can be resolved. According to... Read More
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Shina Rambo
January 12, 2021

Charles Okpaleke is making a biopic about notorious 90’s criminal Shina Rambo

In an Instagram post published today, Charles Okpaleke (Living in Bondage: Breaking Free, Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story) revealed that he has obtained the rights to portray the roughneck life of Shina Rambo and his criminal footprint. Rambo ruled the 90’s as a robbery kingpin and serial killer, terrorising Southwest Nigeria and his notorious exploits is... Read More
The Cutting Floor
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Creepy Lives here
January 12, 2021

Toka McBaror taps into claustrophobic dread in trailer for horror film ‘Creepy Lives Here’

Strange enough, we are getting a Nollywood horror film in 2021. Even more surprising is that it is coming from an unlikely director: Toka McBaror, whose oeuvre has maintained the sparkly drip of extravaganza movies in Nollywood such as The Millions and Merry Men. His latest directorial effort Creepy Lives Here pivots towards horror, and... Read More
The Cutting Floor
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Victor Banjo
January 12, 2021

Lagos Business School announces new Director of Executive Education

The graduate school of Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos Business School, has announced the appointment of Victor Banjo as its new Director of Executive Education. Effective January 1, 2021, Banjo became responsible for the department that manages Lagos Business School’s executive education. He will lead the strategic direction and marketing of executive programmes, open seminars and custom... Read More
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January 12, 2021

Lagos: The city of dreams is spilling over

Nigeria is facing a crippling population boom and at the centre of it is its famed mega-city, Lagos state. Nobody knows exactly how many people live in Lagos, but they all agree on one thing – Nigeria’s biggest city is growing at a terrifying rate. Cities grow mainly through rural-urban migration. That is true of... Read More
CifromRED
January 12, 2021

60 Lagos-Ibadan railway project workers infected with COVID-19 | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

60 Lagos-Ibadan railway project workers infected with COVID-19 Over 60 workers on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project site have been infected with COVID-19. The report was shared Monday, 11 January by Federal Government. Rotimi Amaechi, The Minister of Transportation, disclosed more details in Abuja while stating that the inauguration of the rail project would be put... Read More
Rankings
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January 11, 2021

Labour Prefect, Apologies; Deputy Labour Minister launches Special Public Works Programme | The #YNaijaCover

The term ‘tone-deaf’ might very well have been forged in the same cauldron that produced Nigeria’s perennially dysfunctional leading class. It is the only way one can begin to explain the never-ending cycle of Nigerian leaders coming up with one often archaic – certainly always laughable, ‘poverty alleviation’ scheme after another. The Minister of State... Read More
Cover Stories, Satire
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January 11, 2021

#YNaijaNewEstablishment: Anne Adams, Joseph Obanubi, Adeoluwa Enioluwa | Meet the 2021 Class of The New School

Over this past year, we have encountered a host of individuals making power moves to the next level and advancing to the driver’s seat. These individuals have refined pop culture and created subcultures. At YNaija, we call them The New School. The YNaija Editorial Board has for years, put forward The New School classes; providing... Read More
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Speak to Me
January 11, 2021

Wathoni and Brighto are lovebirds in the video of Reekado Banks’ ‘Speak to Me’ ft Tiwa Savage

Directed by Adasa Cookey, Reekado Banks has released the video of Speak To Me featuring Tiwa Savage, off his 2020 EP Off the Record. The song itself is your cookie-cutter Afrobeats churn, but elevated with visuals playing like a movie sequence. In it, Big Brother Naija stars Wathoni and Brighto cultivate a heady, spontaneous romance.... Read More
Blogs, The Music Blog
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January 11, 2021

“Allow sportspeople to run sports and see what we can do to change sports” – Chief Falilat Ogunkoya on Public Eye

On Sunday, January 10th, 2021, Funmi discussed sports with a 12-time Paralympic Gold Medalist, Ahmed Koleosho, and Olympians and members of the Nigerian Olympic Committee, Chief Falilat Ogunkoya, and Enefiok Obong. With a mostly young population and a youth bulge that is spoken about across the globe, Nigeria might be one of the leading countries... Read More
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January 11, 2021

Pope Francis updates Cannon to allow women to be formally installed as Lectors and Acolytes

An edict issued and personally signed by Pope Francis will finally see women, ‘recognized for the service already carried out by them for decades.’ Catholic women can now be formally installed as Lectors and Acolytes after being excluded for centuries by Canon Law that only recognised men. Canon 230 paragraph 1 used to read, “Lay... Read More
Non-binary Blog
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To Live Again
January 11, 2021

Tunde Kelani’s new short film ‘To Live Again’ addresses the trauma of a teenage rape survivor

Trigger warning: drug-assisted rape In Tunde Kelani’s new short film To Live Again, a teenage girl reckons with her rape experience. Suicidal thoughts and becoming mute, she is admitted into a mental clinic where she receives visits from her school’s counsellor. On a runtime of 16 minutes, the film largely pivots to a video played... Read More
Counter Culture Blog, The Media Blog
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January 11, 2021

Varsities unsafe to reopen now – ASUU | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Varsities unsafe to reopen now – ASUU Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU on Sunday, 10 January 2021, assessed COVID-19 protocols for universities and other institutions and said the institutions were not ready for safe reopening. A few of the chapters of the union, in separate interviews with newsmen, commented on the... Read More
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January 8, 2021

‘Kini Big Deal?’ – Buhari, Osinbajo likely to take up COVID-19 vaccine challenge | The #YNaijaCover

Ever since news of a vaccine for COVID-19 hit the airwaves late 2020, divergent reactions have greeted the development. From excitement to hope, anxiety to fear and of course, warnings as well as criticisms – the list of emotions expressed at the development so far is inexhaustive. For a country like ours where influential personalities... Read More
Cover Stories
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