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April 30, 2020

Jamiu Ijaodola: The PR specialist who wants to ‘revolutionise Africa’s event industry’

Hey guys! Welcome – again – to another tile in the Share of Voice scrabble board. With Share of Voice, we aim to tell stories of and have conversations with CEOs, Directors, C-Suite Execs, Brand Managers, Media Personalities, influencers across industries. We have had conversations with people like Samuel Ajiboye (Alpha and Jam), Adenike Fagbemi (Nixxhash Communications), Bayo Adedeji (Wakanow),... Read More
Share of Voice, Specials
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Tosin Igho
April 30, 2020

Tosin Igho to direct ‘Nneka the Pretty Serpent’ remake – 5 Things that Should Matter Today

Coronavirus may have caused cinema closures and production shutdowns, but it doesn’t mean we can’t have news about upcoming projects trickling in every now and then. After Charles Okpaleke announced that the femme fatale horror classic Nneka the Pretty Serpent will be getting a remake, and had auditions in key states to find a fresh... Read More
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Kunle Afolayan
April 30, 2020

Kunle Afolayan is giving a directing masterclass this weekend on Youtube’s #WithMe series

Youtube has really come through for Nigerians during this pandemic with their #WithMe series that taps influential creators across various disciplines to either share their pre-existing content delivered as offline experiences on to online platforms. First there were concerts with Nasty C, TY Bello, Seyi Shay and food tutorials for Easter. Now they are upping... Read More
The Media Blog
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April 29, 2020

Mubarak Bala is accused of blasphemy but is that enough to want him ‘nailed?’ | The #YNaijaCover

Earlier today, the police arrested Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, for “blasphemy” after he allegedly posted criticism of Islam on his Facebook page. This is the same Bala who was placed in a mental hospital in 2014 for the “crime” of being an atheist. He was later released, but that didn’t stop the threats... Read More
Cover Stories
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April 29, 2020

#FreeMubarakBala: Archaic laws have no place in our books

Blasphemy laws, like many archaic laws in Nigeria’s spazzing justice system, is a relic of our colonial past. That this law, like its myriad useless cousins, no longer serves our reality has not made the justice system move to rectify it. People still get arrested and charged to court for blasphemy. As recently as April... Read More
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Simi, Ladi Poe
April 29, 2020

Simi & Ladi Poe are the latest popstars to hack tiktok virality

Music focused social media platform Tiktok has really exploded in Nigeria, thanks to the quarantine and the thousands of challenges it has spawned. Music artists like Doja Cat and Megan The Stallion have ridden tik-tok virality to help improve the charting of their songs on streaming platforms to much success. Doja Cat (a South African... Read More
The Media Blog
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Queen Sono
April 29, 2020

Netflix is renewing Queen Sono for a second season | 5 Things that Should Matter Today

Good news, Queen Sono hive! Netflix has renewed the show for a second season. Queen Sono became the toast of conversations   heralding Netflix’s original African content revival, an Afro-spy drama with South African actress Pearl Thusi as the lead star and Kagiso Lediga as showrunner. The first season had adrenaline-pumping action scenes and gritty... Read More
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April 29, 2020

YNaija Ministers’ Effectiveness Ranking: Sunday Dare, Nwajiuba, Aregbesola occupy top spots for April

This month is unique in the life of the Muhammadu Buhari cabinet as it clocks six months since the Ministers were inaugurated and with a ravaging pandemic in our hands, this last month, in particular, have proven the mettle of these key Federal Executive Council (FEC) members. A lot of them have been utterly silent... Read More
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April 28, 2020

#COVID19: JIK donates products to Lagos government for disinfection of the state

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and efforts towards the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos State, Nigeria’s foremost hygiene and household disinfectant brand, JIK, has donated hundred cartons of its products to the Lagos State Government through the state Ministry of Environment. The JIK products are to be utilised for the... Read More
Partners
Curfew
April 28, 2020

#COVID19: A curfew is not the end of the world

Anyone who actively follows the conversation around the government’s response on the Coronavirus pandemic must have been very confused by the events of yesterday. After weeks of arm chair analysis about the limitations and ineffectiveness of the government pronounced lock down on Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states, the original states to record Coronavirus cases, the... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
Bayelsa
April 28, 2020

Balyesa on total lockdown after index coronavirus case confirmed | 5 Things that Should Matter Today

Balyesa is now on total lockdown after the state recorded a case of the coronavirus. This was ordered by Governor Diri. The index case who is a 47-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and diabetes, presented herself at the Bayelsa Specialist hospital in Yenagoa with a history of poor appetite, fever, headache, cough, chest... Read More
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April 27, 2020

Coronavirus immune system on May 4, Clueless Nigerian governors | 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 are the ones we saw today: 1. NEWS: Buhari to address Nigerians in a “Live” broadcast at... Read More
Top Stories
April 27, 2020

#WithChude | Oluwaseun Osowobi details experience with sexual abuse: “He pulled and dragged me on the floor…”

On last night’s episode of the TV show, #WithChude, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, Executive Director of Stand to End Rape Initiative (STER), a youth-led organisation advocating against gender-based violence, opened up on her painful experience with sexual abuse during her national youth service. In a sit down with show host, Chude Jideonwo, the Commonwealth 2019 Young... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
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April 27, 2020

COVID-19 : If you’re in search of a recipe for disaster, Kano’s reliance on ‘verbal autopsies’ is one

First question: why the fuss? We get surprised easily and forget that we are still in a country where there is basically no database for anything, where ‘let’s do it anyhow‘ is the principle by which we run our government. The Future Africa Team Lead, Bukonla Adebakin said in a Rubbin’ Minds episode: “We are... Read More
Deep Dive, Thinking Through
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April 27, 2020

“The only thing I held dearly to myself was taken away from me”- Oluwaseun Osowobi talks experience with sexual abuse on second episode of #WithChude

On last night’s episode of the TV show, #WithChude, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, Executive Director of Stand to End Rape Initiative (STER), a youth-led organisation advocating against gender-based violence, opened up on her painful experience with sexual abuse during her national youth service. In a sit down with the show’s host, Chude Jideonwo, she talked in... Read More
Counter Culture Blog, Extra
April 27, 2020

Marketing guru, Olajumoke Bolu-Kujero makes interesting post-pandemic predictions

Hey guys! Welcome – again – to another tile in the Share of Voice scrabble board. With Share of Voice, we aim to tell stories of and have conversations with CEOs, Directors, C-Suite Execs, Brand Managers, Media Personalities, influencers across industries. We have had conversations with people like Samuel Ajiboye (Alpha and Jam), Adenike Fagbemi (Nixxhash... Read More
Share of Voice, Specials
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The NCDC
April 27, 2020

The NCDC is soliciting for testing kits. Has it seen Senegal? | 5 Things that Should Matter Today

On Sunday, the Director General of the Nigeria for Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Chikwe Ihekweazu announced on Twitter that Nigeria is in desperate need of testing kits, to the chagrin of Nigerians who have told the NCDC to look at the testing model adopted in other African countries that have significantly higher cases of... Read More
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Akwa Ibom
April 27, 2020

Did Akwa Ibom state really sack its epidemiologist for refusing to doctor figures?

Nigeria is struggling in its attempts to contain the COVID19 pandemic. It is important we acknowledge this truth before we continue with this article. We have been struggling since we first closed our borders, months after we should have and have struggled since to test enough people, contain enough people and provide palliative measures for... Read More
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Bolanle Austen Peters
April 27, 2020

Bolanle Austen Peters is bringing her best plays to YouTube

Yesterday, several thousand Nigerians gathered on the Bolanle Austen Peters Youtube channel to relive, Moremi the Musical, shown for the first time outside of the Terra Kulture theatre. Excellently edited to cut out all the stage changes, Moremi the Musical suprisingly held up to scrutiny with stand out performances from Femi Branch, Lala Akindoju and... Read More
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