In light of the resurging cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, leading African intervention database, BeatingCorona.Africa has announced The Beating Corona Telethon which serves as the Day 1 activity of The Future Festival by The Future Awards Africa (TFAA). The telethon is a 6-hour television program, top of every hour on Pop Central (DStv Ch 189),...
Read More
CACOVID budgets N100bn for Police equipment; renovation of 44 stations The private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19, CACOVID, has budgeted N100 billion to rehabilitate all the police stations that were damaged in the country following the lootings that ensued after the recent #EndSARS protests. The Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, made the announcement during a press...
Read More
With the Coronavirus pandemic upending traditional music industry structures globally, artists, their management and record labels have had to figure out alternative ways of getting their content out to the fans. The internet has been useful, so have streaming platforms and social networks. Wizkid’s long teased fourth studio album, Made in Lagos arrived smack in...
Read MoreA Day In The Live,
Beyoncé,
Boluwatife,
H.E.R,
Jada Pollock,
Julie Adenuga,
Made In Lagos,
Maleek Berry,
Skepta,
team Wizkid,
wizkid
Off his third studio album King of Love released back in June, Kizz Daniel has given us the visuals of Boys Are Bad under his label Flyboy Inc. The video is another offering from AJE FilmWorks, and opens with Kizz Daniel in a car in a underground parking lot where his love interest exits and...
Read More
By Nathan B. My wife and I decided we wanted to have another baby. We’d talked about it for years, going back and forth on whether to stay with two kids or grow our family. At the first appointment, the baby was slightly smaller than expected, but everything else was good. At the next appointment,...
Read More
For all the loud outcries that former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, had made on the internet; raging against the Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, one would never have thought he wouldn’t show up to the court proceeding against the tech giant. Garba had accused Dorsey of endorsing and supporting the recent #EndSARS protest in Nigeria and...
Read More
Argentine football legend, Diego Maradona has just passed on after suffering a heart failure. The fabled Argentina attacking midfielder suffered a heart attack at his Buenos Aires home, with Argentine President, Alberto Fernandez declaring three days of national mourning. Maradona during his glory days enjoyed tremendous success as a footballer at both the national and...
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 issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. Here’s a roundup of the best we saw: 1. The influence! 2. It’s the analysis for us! 3....
Read More
Some of the most beloved Nigerians are individuals who have shown that they can be kind and generous. It has gotten to the point where some go as far as recording their acts of charity so they can post it online just to win some point with the general public. So far, we can say...
Read More
Women have consistently held back from sharing their stories of loss and grief for fear that it will come off inappropriate. The game-changing move by the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, who opened up about her miscarriage in July will change for a long time how women approach grief and loss. In a heartbreaking piece...
Read More
For a while now, the world has not only been listening to what Nigerian music artists have to say, but through prominent genres like Afrobeats, Nigerian music artists have also been able to find firm global footing. With multiple cross collaborations with global stars like Beyonce and Drake, hefty investments in the music industry from...
Read More
Electoral reforms are critical to restoring credibility in Nigeria’s voting system because the electorate has since lost confidence in the electoral system, due to the many irregularities that often mar the electoral process and the outcome of elections. To restore their confidence in the voting system, Nigerians have called for electoral reforms on several occasions, but...
Read More
It’s been over a decade of dominance for both superstar players, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and even in their 30s they are not showing any signs of slowing down. These two have competed at the highest level and have indisputably been the top two footballers in the world for the last decade, with both...
Read More
It is quite unfortunate that the very same war against recklessness of security agents that has been on for months now keeps manifesting itself in different forms. A recent evidence is the death of newspaper vendor, Ifeanyi Okereke at the hands of a security detail to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila. His...
Read More
Often, when women speak about the direct impact of the patriarchal ideal of respectability and how it hurts them daily, men are in the habit of countering that while claiming greater injury by the oppressive antics of the patriarchy. But time and again, instances like the one that recently happened at the National Identity Management...
Read More
It is the most anticipated time of the year when consumers get massive price slashes on their purchases. As this year’s Black Friday edition is fast approaching, Vivo plans to list some of its previously launched flagship devices for discount sales. This variety of discount levels will take place across various e-commerce platforms including Jumia...
Read More
The call to restructure the country is an ongoing one that is yet to yield the desired outcome. On Tuesday, leaders of the South-South held a consultative meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt to that effect, with a team of Federal Government delegates including Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, and the Deputy Senate President,...
Read More
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in an address during a virtual monetary policy meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, dismissed the parallel market as supplying a paltry 5% of the foreign exchange demand in Nigeria. The claim follows complaints by the governor on how economic analysts use the parallel market exchange...
Read More
The concept of respect in Nigeria is something that has ironically constituted a lot of disrespect for the atypical marginalised demographic, like the less affluent in society, women, children and sometimes the youths. Almost everyone that grew up in Nigeria can narrate a story of how they had to face the wrath of an ‘elder’...
Read More
TweakCentric Solutions Limited has announced the publication of Stanford GSB alumnus and Africa MBA Fellow, Michael Adesanya’s debut memoir, Adewale: My Mother’s Son. Set to be released on Thursday, 10th December 2020, Adewale: My Mother’s Son is an inspiring account of the life of the author. “Adéwálé: My Mother’s Son” chronicles Michael’s life from pre-inception...
Read More
“Contrary to Buharists and the government itself, Nigeria has not experienced any significant changes in the national economy. Inflation rates have spiked, poverty is now the new normal, unemployment has reached devastating stages…” Corruption has always been General Muhammadu Buhari’s anthem. ‘They are corrupt’ is the refrain and he has been singing this, months after...
Read More
It was the livestream that traumatised an entire country. Streamed, shared and viewed countless of times since the fateful night of 20, October, the video which went live on the Instagram account belonging to DJ Switch- born Catherine Obianuju Udeh– sent collective shockwaves across a citizenry that seemed to consider itself impervious to disappointment. After...
Read More
Family of slain vendor demands N500m compensation from Gbajabiamila, threatens legal action The family of Ifeanyichukwu Okereke, a newspaper vendor who was gruesomely murdered by a security aide of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has demanded the sum of N500m as compensation. The Okereke family said, in a letter dated November 23,...
Read More
One of the most powerful lessons I ever learnt was 15 years ago from the book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Seek first to understand, then be understood. If I remembered that lesson every day, half of my problems, half of my drama, half of the emotional energy I spend will not be required to...
Read More
It has been more than a long time coming for Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy who gets a second chance at winning the elusive Grammy and this may just be his time. Missing out on arguably the most prestigious award Burna had been nominated for made him sick to the marrow and for...
Read More
When injustice occurs, it is only right that people seek some form of compensation. Which is why it’s no surprise that after the reported Lekki shootings of peaceful protesters on the 20th of October 2020, Nigerians were enraged and thirsty for some justice. Unfortunately, the Nigerian government has time and again, in front of glaring...
Read More
You would have to go as far back as 2017 for the last time popular music awards MOBO held. But after a long hiatus, the awards has returned with a bang as it seeks to reach “new heights”. There was visible excitement when MOBO founder, Kanya King, said: “Very proud to be back. We are...
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 issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. Here’s a roundup of the best we saw: 1. Amen sis! 2. Wahala for who nor be Ejike...
Read More
A viral video now featured on Aljazeera English of a frontline nurse in El Paso, Texas brings the conversation on COVID-19 to the top of the trend list on Twitter. The pandemic, which was declared by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in March 2020 is still on-going even as countries continue to relax restrictions that help...
Read More
When you talk about a meteoric rise to fame, you may need to look no further than the winner of the 2020 Big Brother Naija Lockdown season; Lekan Agbeleshe popularly known as Laycon, Laycon, right from his days in the BBN house, has enjoyed a growing fame that supersedes anything we’ve seen from any other...
Read More
15
49.0138
8.38624
arrow
0
arrow
0
4000
1
0
horizontal
https://ynaija.com
300
0
1
