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November 5, 2019

5 Things that Should Matter Today: ‘Lionheart’ has been disqualified from the 2020 Oscar race

The Academy has just disqualified Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart from the Oscar race in the Best International Feature Film category, dropping the number of films competing for the award to 92 from what had been a record 93 entries. Lionheart, in which Nnaji also stars, is partially in the Igbo language of Nigeria. But it is mostly... Read More
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November 4, 2019

The YNaija Cover – 4th November

Popular Instagram comic Sydney Talker released yet another comedy skit reinforcing and normalising sexual harassment, featuring Craze Clown and another comedian wherein they took bets on who will touch first a woman’s bum. The skit has polarised Twitter, and generated conversations on sexual harassment and that’s why it makes our Cover today.  
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November 4, 2019

Kate Henshaw investigates the case of a missing child in Ego Boyo’s ”The Ghost and The House of Truth”

In Ego Boyo’s upcoming movie The Ghost and The House of Truth, Officer ‘Stainless’ is a dedicated police officer who takes on the case of Bola Ogun’s missing daughter and is the kind of police officer we can all support. The ideal Nigerian Officer we strive for. Played by Nollywood veteran Kate Henshaw, she comes... Read More
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November 4, 2019

Funmi Iyanda’s ’Walking with Shadows’ is set to premiere at AFRIFF 2019

‘Walking with Shadows’, the debut movie of veteran talk show host, Funmi Iyanda’s production company, OYA Media is set to premiere at the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) on 14 November, 2019. The movie, which is produced in collaboration with The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs), features a stellar cast including Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi, Wale Ojo,... Read More
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November 4, 2019

More fashion industry experts announced for the 2019 GTBank Fashion Weekend Masterclass

An Image Architect from America, a Luxury Fashion designer from London and a Master in retail, marketing and communications from Hong Kong – the recently announced line-up for The GTBank Fashion Weekend Masterclass, doesn’t just cut across the fashion industry, it also cuts across three continents! More facilitators will be announced as the countdown to... Read More
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mental health
November 4, 2019

Religious organizations should not be allowed to administer mental health treatment

If you watched Ruona Meyer’s “Sweet Codeine”, the documentary that won her an Emmy nomination and showed the true impact of contemporary investigative journalism on government policy, then you probably didn’t miss the documentary’s lowest point. Halfway through the film, Meyer visits a mental health facility, where her crew films men and women allegedly suffering... Read More
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November 4, 2019

First Bank rewards top performing agents with over 15million naira at its maiden Firstmonie Agents Awards

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has expressed its commitment to driving financial inclusion across Nigeria. With currently over 37,000 Firstmonie Agents, present in 99% of the 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria, the Bank is the leading financial institution at promoting financial inclusion in the country to all Nigerians, regardless of where they are. Speaking... Read More
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November 4, 2019

Burna Boy, Debo Ogundoyin, Teni, Falz the Bahd Guy, Tega Oghenejobo, Adesola Ade-Unuigbe, Sharon Ooja, Timini Egbuson, others nominated for The Future Awards Africa 2019

Burna Boy, Debo Ogundoyin, Teni, Falz The Bahd Guy, Tega Oghenejobo, Adesola Ade-Unuigbe, Sharon Ooja, Timini Egbuson, others nominated for The Future Awards Africa 2019 Burna Boy, Debo Ogundoyin, Teni, Falz The Bahd Guy, Tega Oghenejobo of Mavin Records, Adesola Ade-Unuigbe of BellaNaija, Sharon Ooja, Timini Egbuson, Tolani Alli, Tubobereni of Tubo Woman, Stephen Tayo... Read More
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November 3, 2019

#NigeriasNewTribe: Here’s the The Future Awards 2019 nominees list

The long-awaited nominees unveiling of The Future Awards 2019 went live today on Channels TV, Soundcity TV, Pop Central, and ONTV. Award-winning creative director and CEO of Anita Brows Beauty, Anita Adetoye and actor, Francis Sule introduced the class of 2019 of Nigeria’s New Tribe, and the nominees represent the continent’s inspiring change agents, breaking... Read More
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November 2, 2019

Nigeria’s 1st rollers skating marathon, tagged ”National Speed Marathon,” holds press conference

The President, Rollers Sport Federation of Nigeria, Comrade Joseph Evah; The Secretary General Rollers Sport Federation of Nigeria, Mrs. Helen Awele Ilo; the Patron, National Speed Marathon, Dr. Kweku Tandoh, Chairman National Speed Marathon, Mr. Abi Iderawumi; other distinguished guests, our gentlemen of the Press, Ladies and Gentlemen. It gives me a great honour to... Read More
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November 1, 2019

The YNaija Cover – 1st November

The Kano State High Court on Friday discharged and acquitted Deji Adeyanju of murder charges. The political activist was arrested on December 13, 2018, over allegations he was involved in a murder in Kano in 2005. Follow the links to check out our latest stories: YNaija presents: The 100 most influential Nigerians In Film in... Read More
Cover Stories
November 1, 2019

Here are the funny tweets we saw from Nigerians on the internet today

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, on red flags in dating “I don’t like long distance relationship”... Read More
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November 1, 2019

YNaija presents: The 100 most influential Nigerians In Film in 2019

EDITOR’S NOTE:  The YNaija team is pleased to present our definitive list of the most influential Nigerians in film. To gain this list, we worked with film critic and writer Fareeda Abdulkareem who has contributed extensively to the film industry while remaining apart from it to guide us through the process of choosing the people... Read More
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November 1, 2019

5 Things that Should Matter Today: Ganduje has ordered the death penalty for kidnappers in Kano

Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje on Thursday ordered the Ministry of Justice to amend the panel code to death penalty for kidnappers in the state. Ganduje revealed this during the inauguration of a 16-man commission of inquiry on the kidnap of eight children in Kano and sold in Onitsha. He said the commission had 30... Read More
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October 31, 2019

The YNaija Senators’ Ranking for October

Surprisingly this month, quite a number of senators sponsored motions during plenary, and it’s easy for individual performances to be buried under heavy political conversations that don’t center senators. For October, here’s our definitive ranking: 10. Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia North) Abia North senator Orji Uzor Kalu is still embroiled in a 12-year-old case of... Read More
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October 31, 2019

Union Bank has announced winners of the edTech Challenge

Winners have emerged in the 2019 Union Bank edTech Challenge, following a pitch event held at the just concluded Edu360. The edTech Challenge provided a platform for innovators in the education ecosystem to present ground-breaking, technology-driven ideas that address educational challenges, for a chance to attract financial and mentorship support from Union Bank of Nigeria... Read More
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System Specs
October 31, 2019

SystemSpecs Appoints Igbalajobi, Obikile Executive Directors

To maximise its potentials as Africa’s leading financial technology and human capital management firm, SystemSpecs has appointed Demola Igbalajobi and Ezinne Obikile as Executive Directors. Their appointment is to support SystemSpecs’ vision of delivering maximum value to its diverse customers that include individuals, SMEs, corporations and governments in Nigeria and across Africa at large. Demola... Read More
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Future Awards
October 31, 2019

#TFAA2019: Be our guest for the nominees unveiling with Francis and Anita

After weeks of scouring the entire country for the freshest, most inspiring young men and women in business, beauty, enterprise, politics, entertainment and advocacy, we have finally chosen our top nominees for the 2019 Future Awards. We are so excited that we’re introducing our nominees with a television extravaganza and we have found the two... Read More
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October 31, 2019

5 Things that Should Matter Today: APC reacts as Supreme Court upholds Buhari’s victory

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to Supreme Court’s affirmation of President Buhari’s victory in the 2019 Presidential election. In a statement released by the spokesman of the party Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC hailed the Judiciary for standing firm in the face of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Yellow Fever... Read More
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