#YNaijaBBNUpdate: Laycon finally speaks out about Erica, says will make music with Trickytee

It was parte after parte all night long on Sunday as Laycon took home the grand prize of 85 million Naira, and the party stretched on the next day. As expected, the housemates have put their drinks down, and turned down the music, to come give their fans some insight into their Big Brother journey.... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

BBN, Dorothy, Ebuka, Erica, Laycon, Nengi, Neo, Vee

September 29, 2020

FIFA ’21: Fireboy, Burna Boy and Rema feature another milestone for Afrobeat

When Beyoncé released an album in 2019 that featured a lot of African stars, the world bowed to an African music that was already spreading its tentacles in more ways than imagined. Afrobeat has now become a bigger phenomenon and the rest of the world now look towards this fast-growing genre. Unsurprisingly, the marriage of... Read More

Deep Dive, Next Rated

Burna boy, FIFA 21, Fireboy, Rema

September 29, 2020

To dismantle rape culture, we must dismantle misogyny: Closing The YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture

In my work and life as a feminist and woman, one question which I always ask myself is this: “Is equality and the ultimate liberation of women an illusion?”. This is for the simple fact that throughout history women have been fighting against all forms of male dominance and though progress has been made, if... Read More

Counter Culture Blog, Specials

#RapeCulture, Angel Nduka-Nwosu, misogyny, YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture

September 29, 2020

After the entanglement | The Daily Vulnerable

by Geraldine Cunha-Herbert Dear Journal, I recently found myself in the most precarious situation. An entanglement you may call it. Well, it was the month of August, so that was quite understandable… lol…Dear Journal, I’m laughing now, but seriously, I was not proud of myself at all. I had written all these rules for myself,... Read More

The Daily Vulnerable

Entanglement, Geraldine Cunha-Herbert, The Daily Vulnerable

September 29, 2020

Album Countdown: Davido, Olamide, Wizkid, Niniola and artistes leaving it late in the year

If any sign was needed that the music industry had moved on from the pandemic onslaught, the month of August provided it amply. Burna, Tiwa Savage, Adekunle Gold, Patoranking, DJ Cuppy and Fireboy, among other artistes all dropped albums within the space of two weeks as it seemed as if there was a either... Read More

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September 29, 2020

Nomadland, City Hall, Night of the Kings…The 20 best films at #TIFF2020

The 45th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) ploughed ahead this year albeit under socially distanced conditions from the 10th to 21st September. The programming team led by artistic director Cameron Bailey put forward a slimmed down program of 50 films with screenings pivoting mostly online on the newly launched Digital TIFF Bell Lightbox platform. This... Read More

The Cutting Floor, The Media Blog

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2020

September 29, 2020

N2.67bn meant for COVID-19 school feeding money discovered in personal accounts – ICPC | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared that the sum of N2.67 billion paid to some Federal Colleges for school feeding during the COVID-19 lockdown had ended up in private bank accounts. ICPC Chairman, Bolaji Owasanoye, made the disclosure in his keynote address at the second national summit on diminishing... Read More

September 28, 2020

N50m compensation: ‘Slapping Senator’ toyed with the wrong one | The #YNaijaCover

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja, has ordered Adamawa Senator, Elisha Abbo, to pay N50m in damages to the female attendant at a sex-toy shop, Osimibibra Warmate, whom he assaulted. In 2019, the young senator had been caught on camera assaulting a woman barely three months after he was elected... Read More

Cover Stories

Justice Samira Bature, Osimibibra Warmate, Senator Elisha Abbo

September 28, 2020

Kanye West-possessed Rema, Laycon’s $37,000 loss | Funny tweets we saw from Nigerians today

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: if you text her when she’s in school, just know... Read More

Top Stories

funny tweets

September 28, 2020

Rema’s Twitter outburst again shines the spotlight on the ‘good and the ugly’ about the music industry

By Kola Muhammed In what appeared to be a fit of rage, Mavin act, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, had some hard knocks for stakeholders in the music industry on issues ranging from his personal life to career. https://nextrated.ynaija.com/remas-twitter-outburst-again-shines-the-spotlight-on-the-good-and-the-ugly-about-the-music-industry/

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September 28, 2020

Boko Haram or a compromised cabinet; what is Governor Zulum up against?

A once peaceful Nigeria has since 2009 been grappling with heightened insecurity issues from the Boko Haram insurgency that has left devastating consequences the nation is yet to recover from – including the bombing of schools, churches, mosques, market places, to the kidnap of the Chibok school-girls, and the massacre of unsuspecting citizens in various... Read More

Deep Dive, Thinking Through

boko haram, Compromised cabinet, Governor Zulum

September 28, 2020

Governor Sanwo-Olu’s proposal of monthly rents is a fair response to housing problem in Lagos

Lagos has a housing problem. We all know this, we bear witness to it, read about it, see it in several ways as we drive over or under Lagos bridges and abandoned bus shades, and at times, we live this devastating reality. There has been a long, historical awareness around Lagos’ insufficient housing, bereft of... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, Housing in Lagos, Lagos State Government, Lagos' Housing problem

September 28, 2020

The title of Odunsi the Engine’s next album is inspired by anime

After releasing the Everything You Heard Is True EP back in May, Odunsi the Engine has teased on Twitter the title of his next project which takes the name of the Netflix hit anime series Kakegurui. While some fans have found joy in the news, the title has left others confused, with no follow-up explainer... Read More

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Kakegurui, Odunsi Kakegurui, Odunsi the Engine

September 28, 2020

#YNaijaSportsExtra: All the upsets this weekend and our prediction for the Liverpool vs Arsenal match

Football surely comes with its surprises. Who would have known that football clubs will, in this century, get three penalties for a single match? The football world only imagined how one single club got ‘too many penalties’ in one single season but the Penalty FC tag can be shifted yeah? Pep Guardiola would not have... Read More

Deep Dive, The Sports Blog

arsenal, English premier league, liverpool

September 28, 2020

Pride Magazine Nigeria interrogates the digital in COVID times

The latest edition of Pride Magazine Nigeria – Digital Speaks – recently presented at the 4th Pride Women Conference this past August, takes a look at how technology is changing the world as we know it, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this change. “The Digital Speaks edition brings to the... Read More

Extra

Adewale Yusuf, Chude Jideonwo, Chukwuemeka Anyiam-Osigwe, Dr Urenna Onyewuchi, Femi Bakre, Goke Olaegbe, Ized Uanikhehi, Jermaine Okpe, Kagure Wamunyu, Kayode Abass, Kobo360, LegIT.NG, Oluseye Soyode-Johnson, Omokehinde Thomas, Onyeka Akumah, Stella Kivilia, Temitope Ooye, Tosin Faniro-Dada

September 28, 2020

#YNaijaSportsExtra: See the Underdogs vs the Top dogs for the NBA finals

It’s time for the NBA finals and two big-name teams, the Miami Heats and the Los Angeles Lakers are set to face each other. The Miami Heats Sunday, clinched a finals spot defeating the Boston Celtics. The turn of events leading to the Heats finals appearance is inspirational, to say the least. During the regular season,... Read More

Deep Dive, The Sports Blog

Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers, Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers, LeBron James, Miami Heats, Milwaukee bucks

September 28, 2020

All the reasons why Nigerians should be part of the #RevolutionNow protest

October 1, 1960, highlights more than just independence from colonial demonisation to a majority of Nigerians. It has now evolved into hypocritic celebrations of Nigeria’s ‘oneness’; not forgetting how it has become a time when Nigerians have discussions around failed leaderships and the need for Nigeria to live up to its nomenclature: Giant of Africa.... Read More

Deep Dive

Buhari, Revolution Now, Yele Sowore

September 28, 2020

The menace of street harassment and reclaiming women’s bodies in public spaces | The YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture

Street harassment can be defined as all forms of unwanted comments, contact and actions forced on strangers in public. It can range from being assaulted, verbally abused, being followed, having your path blocked, being whistled at, being sexually touched or grabbed, being a target of public masturbation etc. Street harassment happens all around the world... Read More

Counter Culture Blog, Specials

#DomesticViolenceIsANoNo, #RapeCulture, #YNaijaSpecialSeries, Rape culture, YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture

September 28, 2020

Organised Labour calls off planned strike but here’s how strike actions can become history

Constant strike actions are a disturbing phenomenon Nigerians are all too familiar with and are counter-productive to a nation’s economic growth because it paralyzes economic activities that result in the loss of productive man-hours that could have generated revenue for the nation during the strike period. Virtually every sector of our economy experiences at least... Read More

Deep Dive

FG, nlc, Organized labour suspends strike, TUC

September 28, 2020

Post-BBNaija: Can Nigeria’s small content space explain our obsessive fandom?

Nigeria’s darling reality Television show, Big Brother Naija, came to its fifth season end on Sunday. For 71 days, a sizable portion of Nigeria’s population watched, tweeted, formed camps, built alliances, voted, set up voting centers. Some of us provided Amala to canvass votes for our favorite contestants, others spent weeks knitting theories and mapping... Read More

The Media Blog

Big Brother Naija, Big brother Naija Finale

September 28, 2020

#LayCONQUEROR: With BBNaija over, can Laycon conquer the music industry?

By Kola Muhammed Even the most pious monks in the country who have not seen a single scene of popular reality TV show, Big Brother Naija, have an idea that there is a new entertainment star. Such was the frenzy that descended not only on social media but also on streets and homes all over... Read More

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BBNaija, BBNaija lockdown, Big Brother Naija, Big Brother Naija Lockdown, DMW, Efe Ejeba, fierce, Fireboy, iCONS, Johnny Drille, Ladipoe, mavin, Olamilekan ‘Laycon’ Agbeleshe, Rema, YBNL

September 28, 2020

#YNaijaBBNDatapoints: 10 mind blowing Big Brother Naija stats you may have missed

As we say goodbye to the Big Brother Naija Lockdown season, and celebrate the winner of N85 million grand prize; Laycon, we thought it fun to throw some interesting BBN facts your way, including numbers that highlight the major incentives some of the housemates managed to escape with. The data provided will depict the fortunes... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

‘Ozo, Betway, Brighto, DJ Big N, DJ Consequence, DJ Crowd controller, DJ Exclusive, Dj Kaywise, DJ Lambo, DJ Neptune, DJ Obi, DJ Switch, Dorothy, Eric, Erica, Guinness Nigeria, Innoson Vehicles, Ka3na, kaisha, Kiddwaya, Kuda, Laycon, Lilo, Lipton, Lucy, Nengi, Neo, pepsi, praise, Prince, Sarz, Tochi, Tolanibaj, TrickyTee, Vee, Wathoni

September 28, 2020

Treating your fears | The Daily Vulnerable

by Daniel Adeyemi How would you treat someone that lied to you as often as your fears did? How would you treat a friend that lied to you as often as your fears did? Disregard or make their counsel a priority? Using this analogy to respond to my fears has been helpful.

The Daily Vulnerable

Daniel Adeyemi, fear, The Daily Vulnerable

September 28, 2020

NLC, TUC suspend nationwide strike; NNPC, PPPRA may be scrapped in new PIB | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have suspended the strike that was scheduled to commence on Monday. After an exhaustive meeting with the Federal Government which started at 8.30pm on Sunday and ended at 2:50am Monday morning, an agreement was reached to suspend the application of the cost-reflective electricity tariff adjustments for two... Read More

September 27, 2020

#YNaijaBBNUpdate: Laycon emerges as winner of the Big Brother Naija show

The highly anticipated finale of the Big Brother Naija lock-down season sent shock waves through out the entire country as rapper/singer/songwriter Laycon was pronounced the winner. For an hour and a half, Nigeria held it’s breath in suspense, contemplating which of the five finalist would eventually be announced the winner. Fortunately for Laycon he managed... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

BBN, Dorothy, Ebuka, Laycon, Nengi, Neo, Vee

September 27, 2020

Meet the finalists; the dark-horse Laycon | #YNaijaBBNFinale Special

The most awe-inspiring grass to grace story of the Big Brother Naija’s show can be found in the journey of none other than rapper/singer/songwriter Laycon. Laycon’s time in the house has been arguably the most interesting considering how it all began. And his rise to superstar status has been nothing short of fascinating. Donning a... Read More

Reality TV, The Media Blog

#YNaijaBBNOp-ed, BBN, Erica, Laycon

September 27, 2020

Myth or fact: Queen Amina’s story has inspiring leadership lessons for women

From generation to generation, women have proven themselves an integral and indispensable part of leadership both locally and globally. Nigeria has produced notable women leaders in virtually all spheres of society; in politics, education, commerce, etc. From the great Queen Amina of Zazzau (modern-day Zaria) to Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Margaret Ekpo, Ladi Dosei Kwali, Dora Akunyili,... Read More

Deep Dive, Editor's Pick

Queen Amina, Women In Politics, Women leadership

September 27, 2020

At the Frontlines: Dein Tamuno speaks on working in a Rape Crisis Centre | YNaija #RapeCulture Special Series

“…for those of us who are Human Rights Defenders. We however, not just know our rights, we realise more than anything that there exists people who count on us to amplify their voices in the quest for justice.” My name is Dein Tamuno. I work for Dorothy Njemanze Foundation. It is an Abuja based non-profit... Read More

Counter Culture Blog, Specials

Child Rights Act 2003, Dein Tamuno, Dorothy Njemanze Foundation, Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV).

September 27, 2020

Reinventing drill music the African way, Interview with Keri Hilson – the best Nigerian articles of the week

Each week here at YNaija, we round up the best Nigerian writing on the internet, highlighting the stories, profiles, interviews and in-depth reporting that rise above the daily churn. Here are the ones that caught our attention: Speaking to ourselves but paying attention to the world: Nostalgia and the productive potential of disagreement –... Read More

September 26, 2020

Burna is trending for the right reasons and we examine his Grammy chances this time

By Kola Muhammed According to streaming platform, Spotify, Burna Boy’s latest album, Twice as tall is the most streamed album this year with over 40 million streams as of 26th September, 2020. The nearest challenger to it is Tiwa Savage’s fourth discography, Celia with over 10 million streams. And that is some distance, with Adekunle... Read More

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Burna boy, Twice as Tall

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