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by Ifeanyi Dike Jr. Arise Magazine Lagos Fashion Week, 2012 redefined fashionably late, period!  Being 48 hours behind schedule, in an environment brimming with fashionistas, tensions were bound to flare. Evidently, this year’s show was destined to be an interesting one – whether it turned out good or bad. Forgivably, the first day of the... Read More
67% of Nigerians live one tragedy away from a single disaster… Mama Bola is the mother of 3 girls, aged 14, 10, and 4. She sells tomato at Bodija Bus Stop in Ibadan. Her husband is the vulcanizer in Akobo Street. They live in a one-bedroom face-me- I-face-you apartment not far from Bodija Bustop. Mama Bisi did not finish secondary... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams announced on Friday that he will step down at the end of the year. The spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, who has long struggled to prevent a schism over women and gay bishops and same-sex unions, and recently made headlines for admitting to a belief in... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju What do George Clooney and Jason Russell have in common? They were both arrested yesterday. The difference? Clooney was arrested for protesting for human rights in Sudan while the founder of the Kony 2012 campaign, Russell got picked up for, er…masturbating in public. As you can imagine that got people talking. And there was... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju It seems no one is interested in NITEL (Nigerian Telecommunications Limited), as several failed attempts to sell the company have led the Nigerian Federal Government to decide to liquidate the company. The decision was approved last week by the National Council on Privatisation, headed by Nigerian Vice President Namadi Sambo. “The committee recommended that ‘guided liquidation’... Read More
Seyi Lawal Phizzle has a new-found love and it’s with London city. His lastest track titled: ‘London’ features Saeon and is produced David ‘2D’ Evans. This is the second official mixtape titled ‘City to city: The adventures of Waterboi P’ and Phizzle mixes sounds together with the help of Nigerian Hip Hop producers like Kid Konnect, JRS, David Evans, Puppet Master and... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju Al-Qaeda has been named responsible for the increase in bombings in Nigeria, as well as Kenya and Somalia. According to the United States Pentagon’s anti-IED unit, Nigeria saw a nearly fourfold jump in the number of improvised explosive device incidents last year, while Kenya saw an 86 percent increase. John Myrick, a... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Fusing history, memoirs, poetry and prose, Professor Chinua Achebe’s soon to be released book, ‘There Was a Country’ is the book the literary world can’t stop talking about. The book which is a semi-autobiographical  recollection of the Biafran War in Nigeria finally relieves Achebe of the burden that came with carrying for decades... Read More
But before the ladies file down their fingernails and the boys start flexing a bicep through a marathon of self-sexing, maybe we should cool our jets long enough to look at the furore around the Pastor’s comments.  When I was about 14, I remember seeing a girl flaunting a T-shirt that said: “God is watching... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju From LASTMA to the DG of the SEC, the government, as usual, had everyone talking. Oh! and let’s not forget Manchester United’s loss, check out what had everyone talking yesterday. @SoarNaija: Lastma ‘official’ (government representative) fighting like an area boy! Only for Naija! @ogundamisi: Arunma Oteh did u wak N825K per day... Read More
by Lekan Olanrewaju In an article published by the Financial Times, Ibadan is listed as one of the “next 5” cities in Africa. According to the article, the city possesses a “rapidly growing economy but serious business climate deficiencies – that offer some of the biggest potential rewards – provided multinationals can stomach the risks.”... Read More
by Chi Ibe “…the causes are inexcusable, as they depict a failure of the Nigerian system.” On 11 March, 2012, YNaija published an article from one of our Frontpage columnists, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. His article talked about the catatonic state of our health system and the reaction generated from the article was immense.  Following this article, Idris Bells published another... Read More
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