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. if a nun dies and goes to heaven,...
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When it comes to relationships in the Big Brother Naija house, this season, none has been more convoluted than the one Ozo has with Nengi. Seriously, what is going on? The first week was all about Nengi dropping hints for the highly desired economist. And that week, Ozo did all he could to let everyone...
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Fireboy DML’s Eli video drops Friday Fireboy’s latest single Eli takes references from the Biblical Delilah, with lyrical dexterity that invokes visions of a femme fatale. This won’t be the first time a song has been done about women’s destructive impulses. The video is out Friday, and the YouTube thumbnail is a snapshot of something...
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Editors Note: A young-world revolution is unfolding before our eyes, rupturing the idea that only experience can change the world. Increasingly, young people are participating actively in all aspects of human life, and changing the way we think, look and do what we do. At YNaija, we know these stars from across Nigeria – the...
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Ayodeji Osowobi,
Hannatu Fibemi Makka,
Hon. Munira Suleiman,
Isaac Success Omoyele,
Kelechukwu Lucky,
Modupe Odele,
Olaseni Cole,
Otto Orondaam,
Priscilla Usiobaifo,
Richard Akuson,
simi fajemirokun,
Sipasi Olalekan Ayodele,
YNaija Powerlist 2020
Digital Transformation Leader, Globacom, has unveiled a new tariff plan that makes it possible for its subscribers to make calls to any network in Nigeria at 11 kobo per second. This is the latest in a series of moves by the telecommunications giant to give its subscribers more value for their money, especially at these...
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Editor’s Note: A young-world revolution is unfolding before our eyes, rupturing the idea that only experience can change the world. Increasingly, young people are participating actively in all aspects of human life, and changing the way we think, look and do what we do. At YNaija, we know these stars from across Nigeria – the decision-makers,...
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Adam Zango,
Beverly Naya,
Burna boy,
Davido,
DJ Cuppy,
Hadiza Ailyu,
Ikorodu Bois,
Josh2funny,
Kemi Adetiba,
Laolu Senbanjo,
Mr Eazi,
nigerian entertainment,
Rahama Sadau,
Teni,
Toyin Abraham,
wizkid,
YNaija Powerlist 2020
In a tweet posted today, singer Ric Hassani revealed that he made the music for David Oyelowo’s The Water Man, his directorial debut. The project was initially announced last year, according to Hollywood Reporter, and has the Selma star scoring himself a role, directing and producing too, with Oprah Winfrey as executive producer. In The...
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The coronavirus pandemic has been a leveller as much as an enabler. Fortunately, many Nigerians – and businesses – have leaned towards the latter; talk about grabbing opportunities amidst difficult situations. In other words, proffering solutions to problems when they matter the most. In the midst of the raucous, online shopping, which has become more...
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Editors Note: A young-world revolution is unfolding before our eyes, rupturing the idea that only experience can change the world. Increasingly, young people are participating actively in all aspects of human life, and changing the way we think, look and do what we do. At YNaija, we know these stars from across Nigeria – the...
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Didi Akinyelure,
Edirin Edewor,
Fisayo Soyombo,
Fuad Lawal,
Idia Aisien,
Joey Akan,
Laylah Ali Othman,
Olutimehin Adegbeye,
Shola Lawal,
Timilehin Bello,
Wana Udobang,
YNaija Powerlist 2020
Nothing can be any more surprising on Nigerian Twitter. This online community has given a platform for users with similar interests to talk about almost anything. While this is remarkable progress, these opportunities to ‘share your ideas and opinions’ have somewhat made levity of some serious issues and events. Just recently, Mbaise, a community in...
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The grand finale of the 3rd Beeta Playwright Competition held on Wednesday, 22nd of July 2020 and was all shades of inspiring, intriguing and enthralling. It was a virtual event due to the continued spread of Covid-19 and restrictions on social gatherings in Nigeria. The hour-long event saw in attendance, sterling actors, and industry stakeholders...
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Mamman Daura, nephew to President Muhammadu Buhari, has called for a jettisoning of zoning and power rotation among the regions of the country, in favour of competence. “Rotation has been done once, twice and three times-it is important that this nation should be united as one, the most qualified/competent (among aspirants) should be elected and...
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Looking at the Big Brother Naija reality TV show, it’s safe to assume that the show can be dubbed a social experiment. One that tests the strength of the contestant’s characters against each other. And with so many personalities crammed into one tiny space, for a rather lengthy period of time, it’s only natural that...
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Big Brother season 5. Prince,
Biggie,
Eric,
Ka3na,
kaisha,
Laycon,
Lilo,
Lucy,
Nengi,
Neo,
praise,
Tricky Tee,
Vee
Since the beginning of time, humans have been obsessed with labels. It makes it easier to put people in a box and label them in a category. Oftentimes, some group of people don’t fit neatly into one category or they belong to two categories that seem to contrast on first glance. One of such is...
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The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it has not validated the use of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19, an obvious reaction to the viral video of Nigerian-born Dr Stella Immanuel that is still circulating social media. Immanuel, also a Christian preacher, claimed in the video that she has successfully treated more than 350 COVID-19...
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Wizkid and DJ Tunez – Cool Me Down While we wait for Wizkid’s highly anticipated third studio album Made In Lagos, whenever it will be released, he has been building steady momentum as of recent. There are still ripples from the H.E.R-assisted single Smile, and now, he’s teamed up DJ Tunez for the mid-tempo tropical...
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On the latest episode of #WithChude, author of ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’, and founder of the Ake Arts and Book Festival, Lola Shoneyin, sits with Chude Jideonwo in one of the show’s most expansive conversations thus far, to discuss her experience with sexual abuse, depression and more. In a soul-stirring heart-to-heart, the...
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If you signed up for drama for this new season of the Big Brother Naija reality show, then you are in luck. Barely two weeks in, and there already seems to be a lot of it. This year’s housemates don’t even need much to get triggered. A simple misunderstanding is all it takes to disrupt...
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An independent review panel led by an ex-Irish President, Mary Robinson, against the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), has exonerated President of the multilateral lender, Akinwunmi Adesina, of all charges. It was in earlier in May that unidentified whistle-blowers accused the former Nigerian Agriculture minister of handing contracts to acquaintances and appointing relatives to strategic positions...
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Over the past few days, Instagram has been flooded with photos of women in monochrome images gushing over themselves and passing the baton to other women to do same as well. The photographs often have the women looking serious and taken from flattering angles with captions that read “ women supporting women.” The key thing...
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“Not knowing where your next meal will come from; not having enough money to eat a decent meal; eating only one poor meal a day; eating non-nutritious meals, eating a nutritious meal only on rare occasions.” This is how an All Africa 2018 analysis of Nigeria’s journey towards achieving its primal Sustainable Development Goal of...
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The Federal Government has announced August 4, 2020, as the resumption date for students in Secondary School graduating classes across the country. The information was made public by the Director of Press and Public relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong, in a statement on Monday. After over 3 months of being shut down...
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On the 15th of July 2020, Nigeria’s candidate for Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was at the organization’s Geneva headquarters. As part of the election process, Okonjo-Iweala attended the General Council meeting where she participated in a press conference to share the outlines of her candidacy with WTO member countries. For...
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The events of last week on the floor of the Nigerian Senate eclipsed any farce that has occurred prior. The backdrop for this particular sequence of events was a probe of the Nigerian Niger Delta Commission. The commission had been in the news months prior after its acting chairman, Dr. Joi Nunieh was ousted by...
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If you are a fan of the show, and you went to bed earlier than 12am, I hate to tell you this but you missed a whole lot. Since getting into the house, the housemates had done well in bonding with each other, and asides conversations, one way they have taken to getting to know...
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Big Brother Naija Season 5,
Eric,
Erica,
kaisha,
Kiddwaya,
Laycon,
Lilo,
Nengi,
Neo,
praise,
Prince,
Tochi,
Vee,
Wathoni
The Federal Government announced August 4, 2020, as resumption date for graduating students in Secondary Schools across the country. Director of Press and Public relations, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong, who announced this development in a statement on Monday, emphasised that only students in exit classes are expected to resume, so they can...
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The new week in the Big Brother Naija House began on an interesting note. It was routine as usual with workouts, showers, chores, breakfast and conversations taking a chunk of the housemate’s morning. Breakfast fight However this particular breakfast was peculiar. Breakfast on Monday morning, saw to an unlikely confrontation between Tolanibaj, who is usually...
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On Monday, Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, announced that the president had given approval that stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors should be named in honour of some of the nation’s leaders. Obasanjo’s name was conspicuously absent, but it Activist and former lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has suggested that President Buhari to name the...
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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. https://twitter.com/Harryolah/status/1287791404421439489?s=20 6 months ago, at 9:45 pm, under a...
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Anthony Olufunsho Williams was an influential Lagos politician and former Commissioner under Colonel Olagunsoye Oyinlola‘s Military Administration in Lagos. Murdered in his Lagos home on the 27th of July, 2006, it’s fourteen years today since his demise and Nigerians are calling on the government to investigate his death as many have shared the controversies that...
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