Simon Ejembi A LOT has changed in the Nigerian music industry since “Dem be two/later become three.” And it’s not just the Plantashun Boiz. A lot has changed since we struggled to make sense of the Remedies’ break-up, and watched Daddy Showkey in front of a run-down apartment singing about a certain ‘Dina’. Exposed to... Read More
Damilola Amolegbe MANY OF us are not aware of the extent of human trafficking that goes on in Nigeria. It isn’t exactly the kind of news that the popular media outlets here emphasise – it isn’t politicians laundering money, top CEOs embezzling the rest, or even the latest “bigz boys or girls gossip”. When you... Read More
Title: One Day Artiste: eLDee Director: eLDee MUSIC VIDEOS are in a separate genre in the motion picture industry. A video is allowed the flexibility to express a different point of view from that expressed in the music it is supposed to be promoting. This in turn gives a lot of room for creativity in... Read More
Nosa Oyegun | 22:08 ‘Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria WHAT IS your favourite travel destination? Nottingham, United Kingdom (until December 2010). Why do you like to travel? For work, leisure and to get more exposure. How many countries of the world have you been to? Twenty seven (27). When did you first leave... Read More
Omotola has been a celebrity for 15 years now and a lot of us think we know her – her marriage, her kids, and her career. However, for what might be the first time, she speaks passionately about the things that define her. She speaks frankly to Chude Jideonwo about her anger, her frustrations, her... Read More
–Adebola Williams “If I say I totally understand how I keep my body and soul together, it will be the award-winning lie!” the 28 year old Tolu Sangosanya says, a small smile playing on her lips. “I do whatever my hands find to do and I do it well but I have learnt that what... Read More
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Easily Nigeria’s most influential contemporary writer, the author of Half of A Yellow Sun and The Thing Around Your Neck reveals an impatience with modesty What is your favourite virtue? Honesty What are your favourite qualities in a man? Kindness What are your favourite qualities in a woman? Strength What would you... Read More
Sarah and Shola, two identical twin sisters, each got a chocolate cake for their birthday on the 23rd of July. Sarah, being a spontaneous, self-confessed chocolate junkie, dug in with gusto, cramming chunks of chocolate cake into her mouth with both hands. Halfway through, she remembered that she would have loved to share the cake... Read More
Kicker: Singer Waje, radio presenters Tosyn Bucknor and Phoenix, actor Lala Akindoju and marketing professional Lola Talabi have a no-holds-barred conversation on humble beginnings, marriage and staying the long haul with a man. Pullquote: I mean (chuckling) I’m not going to live in the dark without being able to afford… even if it’s an I-better-pass-my-neighbour... Read More
Fi’ ammari Machar Zoaka, a graduate of Covenant University, has taken the next general elections as his life’s work. But for this engineering graduate, it goes beyond 2011: he and his friends are determined to use social culture to cause social–change. He speaks about BLING, Cool2Vote and others. By Kenneth Oliko What is BLING? Is made... Read More
“So how will you make sure this survives?” She asked as we laid out our plans to change the world. We were three wide-eyed-but-relentless teenagers intent on doing the impossible: Organise Nigeria’s biggest pan-sector youth awards, when we didn’t have a kobo (almost literally) in the bank. We had taken our proposal to sponsors endlessly... Read More
‘Damilola Oyedele Welcome to the world of this new generation of God-lovers PERMIT ME to (mis)quote a famous pig: “All churches are cool, but some are cooler than others.” It’s strange when you think of it. A little over a decade ago, the words ‘church’ and ‘cool’ might never have been used in the same... Read More