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January 10, 2020

Hallelujah! Nigerian universities are finally getting a chance to move with the times

Alongside decaying structures, lack of learning equipment, obsolete teaching materials and excessively theorized curriculums with little to no practical classes for the average course, Nigerian federal universities have had to contend with offering undergraduate students courses found to be old, often non-lucrative and generally impractical for the times we are in. The failure of federal... Read More
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January 10, 2020

‘Amotekun’ initiative is the paradigm shift we’ve been waiting for to combat Nigeria’s growing insecurity challenge

Imagine a group of security personnel made up of people who live in our neighborhood or have a comprehensive understanding of its’ security challenges getting maximally equipped, trained and charged with curbing any form of insecurity plaguing our communities. This is the base of what the newly launched ‘Amotekun’ would revolve around. Coming after months... Read More
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January 10, 2020

5 Things that Should Matter Today: Senator Abbo absent from trial due to ”health challenges”

The absence of Senator Elisha Abbo, who allegedly assaulted a nursing mother and the prosecution counsel, on Thursday, stalled the continuation of his trial in a Zuba Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Abuja The defence counsel, Mr Isaac Adeniyi, apologised for the absence of the defendant, adding that “he had health challenges.” Adeniyi, who did not... Read More
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January 9, 2020

The YNaija Cover – 9th January

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the reversal of the suspension of the immediate past Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency, Damilola Ogunbiyi. Buhari ordered the reversal of the suspension on Tuesday, in clear overrule of an earlier directive given by the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman.
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January 9, 2020

6 reasons to stay connected with GOtv this week

Join in on the excitement this week! Catch your favourite shows, movies as well as sports and also discover new entertaining programmes premiering on your TV screens. Here’s what’s hot on GOtv: Unmissable Football Action! Premier League: Manchester United vs Norwich City match on SuperSport Select 2 (channel 32) Saturday, 11th January at 4pm and... Read More
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January 9, 2020

Does NERC need a prophet to know that electricity tariff hike is disadvantageous to the livelihood of the average Nigerian?

The steep poverty level an immense number of Nigerians live in, and the minimal steps set up to combat that reality means that a hike in the already financially constraining electricity tariff being paid will only lead us into more financial duress. Considering the unstable supply of electricity that continues to underserve the energy needs... Read More
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Hisbah
January 9, 2020

Another day, another arrest of suspected homosexuals by Kano’s hisbah corps

As part of its ‘enforcement’ of Shari’a laws, the Kano state’s para-law enforcement agency, the Hisbah Corps has been instrumental in implementing some of the state’s most confusing directives. It was the jurisdiction of the Hisbah corps to implement the recent ban in the state that forbade people of different sexes from riding in the... Read More
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January 9, 2020

Speed Darlington vs. Tunde Ednut: The place of consent and appropriation in social media entertainment

The line between growing one’s virtual brand off the material other people have produced and affiliating with a known brand to push each other’s material simultaneously is how consent is used in honoring and appropriately crediting the source of one’s material or the willful failure to do so. For Instagram skit platforms, the hierarchy encompasses... Read More
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Year Of Return
January 9, 2020

Branding: the difference between Ghana & Nigeria’s ‘Year of Return’ campaigns

Last week on Twitter random users began to tweet about a poster that had surfaced, announcing a Nigerian ‘Door Of Return’ campaign.   Nigeria ain’t trying to be left behind next December. I’m here for it all. pic.twitter.com/gGKTxzr3Uu — G Money (@GMONEYizME) January 3, 2020 The campaign posters (which curiously used an image of the... Read More
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January 9, 2020

5 Things that Should Matter Today: Goodluck Jonathan speaks on contesting in 2023 Presidential election

Goodluck Jonathan speaks on contesting in 2023 Presidential election Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has dispelled report of being under pressure to contest in the 2023 Presidential election. In a statement released by his spokesperson Ikechukwu Eze, the former President said he is focused on promoting peace and sustainable democracy in Africa. Check out the video for... Read More
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January 8, 2020

The YNaija Cover – 8th January

Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 from Tehran to Kyiv burst into flames and fell to the ground within minutes of taking off early Wednesday morning. All 176 passengers and crew members aboard the Boeing 737-800 were killed. The crash occurred within a few hours of Iran firing missiles at US forces in Iraq, raising questions... Read More
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January 8, 2020

Here are the top 5 movies coming to cinemas in January 2020

Routinely, January is the wilderness for new movie releases and where these movies are bound to flop, a step down from the octane-high activity of the festive box office. For Nollywood, quite the same. Aside December releases still showing, there isn’t much going on. But there are a few upcoming movies that have piqued our... Read More
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January 7, 2020

The YNaija Cover – 7th January

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) will crown its 2019 Player of the year at its awards ceremony in the Egyptian coastal resort of Hurghada on Tuesday. Algeria’s Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez is up against the Liverpool duo of Sadio Mane of Senegal and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah for the prize. Mahrez won the award... Read More
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January 7, 2020

Fela’s Republic and the Kalakuta Queens holds audiences spellbound with captivating finale

The grand finale of Fela‘s Republic and the Kalakuta Queens, a stage play depicting the life and struggle of Afrobeats legend and political activist, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti recently drew a capacity crowd at Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos. The event which wrapped up a three-week showcase of the most entertaining stage performance in Nigeria had in... Read More
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Opera News
January 7, 2020

The Opera News bubble has burst, but is anyone really surprised?

If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Hundreds of Nigerian journalists and writers across the country were reminded of the universality of this statement when they received communication either ending their contractual agreement with news platform Opera News, or communication that demanded they change their editorial style to match the platform’s... Read More
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Queercity
January 7, 2020

Will Queercity be the podcast to finally break through for queer representation in Nigerian media?

Over the last 10 years, we have had a handful of queer-focused Nigerian-run media experiments. The longest-running and most successful iteration of this has been the often divisive but generally accepted Kito Diaries, started in 2014, in response to the Same-Sex Prohibition Bill to provide valuable information for queer persons on how to stay safe... Read More
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January 7, 2020

5 Things that Should Matter Today: Police deny participating in demolition of Saraki’s property

The Kwara State Police Command has denied participating in the demolition of late Olusola Saraki’s property in llorin, which has generated mixed reactions. In a statement released by the State’s Police Spokesperson DSP Okansani Ajayi, the Kwara State Police Command dispelled reports of policemen shooting life ammunitions and firing teargas canisters at the scene of... Read More
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January 6, 2020

The YNaija Cover – 6th January

The electricity distribution companies (DisCos) just announced that they will begin the implementation of a new tariff  from April. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had announced a review of the multi-year tariff order (MYTO) 2015 and the minimum remittance order (MRO). The regulator said it does not envisage an immediate increase in end-user tariffs until April... Read More
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January 6, 2020

Call for Entries: OPPO Redefinition Photography Contest

OPPO Mobile is giving Nigerian semi-professional and amateur photographers the opportunity to express their creativity and redefine their world-view with the “OPPO Redefinition Photography Contest.” Leading global smartphone brand, OPPO, aims to support, empower and inspire the new generation of photography lovers within Nigeria through the creative use of the 48MP Quad Camera OPPO Reno2... Read More
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Tacha
January 6, 2020

Tacha has left Teebillz, but did she really ever need a manager?

Surprising absolutely no one, the media partnership between former manager of Tiwa Savage, Tunji ‘Teebillz’ Balogun and Big Brother Nigeria ‘Pepper Dem’ sensation, Tacha Akide has collapsed. First announced a month plus after Tacha was disqualified from the Big Brother House for violence and provocation; not long after a spectator pronounced a moratorium on her... Read More
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Petroleum
January 6, 2020

The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is supposed to clean up Nigerian oil, but will it?

Global news platform, Al-Jazeera recently put out a micro-documentary that caught our interest. At 7 minutes long, the explainer manages to break down in simple terms; the perennial problems that have crippled Nigeria’s petroleum industry and kept it from becoming a truly valuable resource to the nation. Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy – but over... Read More
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Door oF
January 6, 2020

5 Things that Should Matter Today: IGP Adamu Mohammed places officers on red alert nationwide following killing of Qasem Soleimani

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has placed Police commands and formations nationwide on red alert following the death of Iranian military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a United States airstrike in Iraq on January 3rd. A statement released by Frank Mba, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, says the... Read More
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