Temitope Shittu-Alamu: Guy-to-girl rules of engagement

Nobody just shows up by my front door, let alone a random guy that didn’t succeed at getting my phone number the first day. It’s bad behaviour. I find both funny and insulting that in this day and age, some guys still stand by the corner of a street, behind a (rickety) car, and wearing... Read More

Temitope Shittu-Alamu:

May 25, 2012

Video: Eva – ‘High’

by Seyi Lawal Here’s the first official video from Eva, Nigeria’s hot female rapper. The video was shot in Nigeria and directed by “MEX.” Watch it here:

'High', Eva

May 25, 2012

Photo of the Day: Super-fabulous chick in heels – You must see this

This is the ultimate fashion forward statement. The chick even goes for matching colours – chin and heels are red. Fierce! Loving it! LOL (A reader sent this in.)

May 25, 2012

Opinion: How I failed my UME woefully – Please, don’t repeat my error

by Chinonso Ogbogu If there is one thing that experience thought me, it’s the fact that the fear of failure is a precursor to failure. The fear of failure, as a matter of fact, is the pathway to failure! My Internet subscription recently got expired and I had to use a cyber café a few blocks from my... Read More

failure, fear, JAMB

May 25, 2012

The Weth Chronicles: The Neonate Merchants II

by Anthony Othuke Ominiabors The little girl lying naked on the thin blood-soaked mattress on the floor could not be more than fourteen. She was curled in a fetal crouch, drawing up her knees to her chin. We barely escaped with our lives. But of course that wasn’t good enough for The Boss. “How could you... Read More

The Weth Chronicles, TheNeonate Merchants II

May 25, 2012

BBC profiles Abubakar Shekau: The man behind Boko Haram

by Tolu Orekoya Understanding the brains behind Nigeria’s most successful terrorist group is key to understanding the inner workings of Boko Haram. The BBC paints Abubakar Shekau, the current leader of Boko Haram who took the helms of leadership of the dreaded sect after its founder Muhammad Yusuf was killed, as an intense, intellectual man, who so deeply believes in... Read More

#BokoHaram, Abubakar Shekau, BBC, profile

May 25, 2012

Forget the Opposition: Former Minister of Information, Edwin Clark says Jonathan will run in 2015

by Seyi Lawal Forget opposition and their plan to unite against President Goodluck Jonathan, elder statesman and former Minister of Information, Edwin Clark, has said President Jonathan will contest the 2015 presidential election as was the case with former presidents that ran for second term in office. ThisDay reports that Clark also lashed out... Read More

Clark, Featured, jonathan, nigeria, Politics

May 25, 2012

Shei Yusuf: The worst of my tomorrow (30 Days, 30 Voices)

I’m fighting in Troy. I’m building up, and creating legacies. That’s what I’ve done. I fear old age as I fear death I welcomed it with a toast to myself, and to the friends I made just 15 minutes before midnight. 15 minutes beyond the birth of this new age, I was home over analyzing... Read More

sheifunmi, YNaija 30 Days

May 25, 2012

Governor Peter Obi, Tam David West cry out: “We’ve failed as a people”

by Seyi Lawal Two Nigerian leaders recently pinpointed bad leadership as Nigeria’s problem. An emotional Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, while delivering the keynote address at the NGF Governance Share Fair in Enugu yesterday, he observed that things had gone “completely” wrong in the country saying, “We have failed as a people.” Obi who is also the... Read More

Governor Peter Obi, Leadership, Tam David West

May 25, 2012

United We Stand: ANPP urges opposition to unite against PDP

by Chi Ibe The National Chairman of ANPP, Ogbonnaya Onu, has made a call to all-non PDP political parties in Nigeria urging them to unite in order to stop President Goodluck Jonathan from seeking re-election in 2015. Onu who made this pronouncement yesterday, 24 May, said although they (the opposition) have a plan, the... Read More

oposition, PDP, re-election

May 25, 2012

Aluta Continua: Legal setback for Lagos government in battle with doctors

The Medical Guild has a right to sue the Lagos State government even though it is not a registered trade union. That was the verdict read today by Justice Benedict Kanyip, a judge of the National Industrial Court, who presided over the case between the Lagos State government and the doctors under the auspices of... Read More

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