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: Making Great Rap Music and Making Money Are Not Mutually Exclusive – Dennis Ade Peter In Nigeria’s needlessly segregated...
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FirstBank mourns as we confirm the loss of our staff, Abdullahi Lawal who until his passing worked at our Kano Main Branch. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time as we do all that is necessary to support them. We ask that all necessary courtesies be extended to the family so...
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by Faith Life can be hard. Life can hurt. Life is messy. Things happen. Things are happening. Things will continue to happen. How will you choose to navigate through life’s uncertain, undulating ups and downs? Will you react to every twist and turn or proactively choose joy? Sometimes, it’s really not as complex as we...
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by Ore Fakorede We think too much when we’re alone. We drown in our thoughts when we’re alone and we don’t know when we’ll have company again. I’m underwater now and damn, clarity is a scary thing. I’m seeing parts of myself for the first time and wondering who the hell this person is. More...
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We are still in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic. We are also living in the world of Tiktok videos and ceaseless internet challenges. The crisis hasn’t exactly spelled doom for influencers as we have seen them adapting to the lockdown. An increase in social media usage, and the deliberate seeking out of content that...
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Since the Abuja 2000 Political Declaration on Roll Back Malaria, global efforts have dramatically reduced the global malaria burden. Unprecedented partnerships and high-level political alliances such as African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) demonstrated shared responsibility and regional as well as global solidarity, enabling the scale-up of effective interventions and better data for evidence-informed policies and...
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Lately, the leading Covid-19 interventions database, BeatingCorona.ng has seen an uptick in intervention activities from the government, individuals, and non-governmental organizations. The database has just recently recorded interventions that have been made in Niger state. This is news because the North Central state has been the only state in Nigeria without any recorded interventions until now. You...
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Following the burial ceremony of Late Abba Kyari, which broke the internet and unfortunately, the rules of social distancing, the former Chief of staff to the President who died from Coronavirus complications has again been remembered by Nigerians as a result of Mamman Daura’s tribute to him. “Few people knew that over 10 years ago,...
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Barely one week after the death of Abba Kyari, the late chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, nephew to the president, Mamman Daura, penned down an eulogy about the former politician, describing him as a dependable companion. Kyari died from COVID-19 complications and was buried right away. There has been a plethora of personal...
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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 are the ones we saw today: 1. Finally, after so many letters, the government has dug 3...
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Daily updates on newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the country have become as much a part of our lives as the certainty of day and night. The National Centre for Disease Control has remained consistent in that regard. As at 23:30 WAT, April 23rd, 2020, the centre reported an additional 108 new cases of...
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Omoni Oboli has just announced that her 2019 film Love Is War is coming to Netflix. Omoni Oboli, whose birthday was days ago, has made this a birthday gift to her fans and lovers of Nollywood cinema. Written by Chinaza Onuzo and directed by Omoni Oboli, Love Is War is about a married couple competing...
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Fellow traveller, We love reading your emails, thoughts, and feedback about the TDV pieces you read. We are blessed to be part of your life, every day, in the most honourable way. We look forward to holding one another as we do life together. We’ll share one of the feedback from this community. In response to: Love and...
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We must have done something terrible as Nigerians to deserve the kind of leadership we have been subjected to over the last 21 years. There is no other logical explanation why we have leaders who are caught stealing millions of dollars from their own states and are still voted back into office for a second...
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Thursday as many other days ended with another Lockdown Special on the Nigerian social media space, as the timelines from Twitter to Facebook and even Instagram were buzzing with reactions to a viral video where a Zambian was recorded by his wife furiously slapping his son for failing his exam and been absent for his...
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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 funny rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. Here are the ones we saw today: 1. After all these he'll round up with something...
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It’s easy to get caught up in the uniformity of conventional activities that make up our daily lives, so much so that when something as unimaginable and bizarre as a pandemic threatens to disrupt that normality, we dismiss it as nonsense. Such is the unfortunate case of Kano. Kano, like every other state in the...
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When we look back, we laugh at some memories. Sometimes, we cry. The memories that get to us most times are our successes across board. We tell these stories to our friends, our wards, our families. Bayo Adedeji is only two years old (relatively) in the travel industry and he already has memories to look...
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Is this beating ? 21k USD is a lot and the mum is saying he should not beat them ? She’s giving them confidence or indirectly saying they get away with things easily. Because the dad shouldn’t be the only one scolding them https://t.co/7bcrL7qoVS — ELITE (@Adebukola_OQ) April 22, 2020 Let’s start with the...
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A few weeks ago, we predicted that unless Nigerians started taking the Coronavirus seriously, especially privileged Nigerians with social mobility, the cases of the virus in the country would continue to rise, necessitating extended lock downs. Our predictions were confirmed when the presidency extended an original lock down on the FCT and Lagos and Ogun...
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Is there any Nigerian pop star as on the money as Davido? Even during a global pandemic that actually personally affected him and his family, Davido is still making moves, keeping his name on the global radar and churning out hits. His roster of collaborations were stellar and his song with Chris Brown broke barriers...
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Ebonylife Film’s The Royal Hibiscus Hotel is coming to Netflix. Anyone surprised? The 2017 romantic comedy directed by Ishayo Bako is one of the studio’s tentpoles which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, and tells the story of aspiring restaurateur (Zainab Balogun) returns to her home in Lagos to try and refine the...
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By David-salt Ayodele Recently, I have found myself unconsciously evaluating my past romantic relationships and why they ended. I found peace when I stopped blaming myself for being me, just picking up lessons, reaching out as friends and moving on without hurt. Then I came across a tweet that reminded me of these words attributed to...
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#EndSARS has been a trend for close to a decade. Police brutality has been a ‘normal’ event in Nigeria but was brought to the fore with the advent of social media, and users finding out what good can be done with the various social media platforms. Every other week, we read stories of one or...
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Ten years ago, we lost then-rising rapper Da Grin in a ghastly car accident. Born Olayitan Olanipekun Oladapo, Da Grin is hugely referenced to have laid the blueprint for other rappers in the industry today. On social media, fans have been eulogizing the late star, posting clips of his music videos and keeping his legacy...
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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 are the ones we saw today: 1. I want to have sex in Nekede. I’ll let my...
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We are all familiar with the saying, ‘the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’; What this means is that great things commence when we take action! Recall that three weeks ago, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN), the makers of Golden Penny products, began its journey to feed the nation during...
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First seasons of I’m Sorry and The Outsider; new seasons of Insecure and Westworld; Emmy-nominated true crime and more. There’s plenty to keep you entertained on Showmax this April, with some of the most anticipated series of the year making their debut. Westworld season 3 Currently the most popular show on IMDb, sci-fi drama Westworld...
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PalmPay, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing mobile payments companies, today announced the creation of a N100,000,000 fund to support Nigerians in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The money will be used to support relief organizations working to address the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, as well as to fund the provision...
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