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. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we...
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Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Tribunal dismisses Adelabu, APC’s application to recount ballot papers The Oyo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed an application filed by Adebayo Adelabu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to recount all the ballot papers used in the March 9 election. The News...
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For her Inaugural Production Live Theatre Lagos presents Wole Soyinka’s Death and The King’s Horseman supported by Stanbic IBTC, MTN, Maggi, Zaron Cosmetics and CMRG Research et al Join us on this Ramadan Holiday for some spectacular theatre showcase on June 5 and 6 at Lagos State Council for Arts and Culture, 133 Obafemi Awolowo...
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After eight long years and a six-episode season, Game of Thrones came to an end on Sunday night. Daenerys dies by Jon’s hand, Arya sails west of Westoros, Sansa becomes Queen of the North and a character arc that blindsided many viewers: Bran Stark becoming the King of the Seven Kingdoms. There have been widespread...
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The Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) is one of the biggest continental film festivals in Africa, and it has made a return this year with a call for entries. This is an opportunity for African filmmakers to submit their movies, short films, documentaries to be screened at the festival, and not to mention the publicity...
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Since the act establishing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was implemented in July 1959, only two Governors have been privileged to return for a second term. Godwin Emefiele only last week became the third. Following a letter sent to the senate by President Muhammadu Buhari, nominating him for a second consecutive term of five...
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Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Atuku, PDP dismisses INEC’s denials, demand access to servers, results The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have filed a fresh application for access to information contained in the smart card readers and “central server”, which...
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Check out our latest stories using the links below: The Big 5: Buhari incapable of stopping Boko Haram and herdsmen killings – Obasanjo; Lai Mohammed accuses PDP of attempts to sabotage Buhari’s govt | Other top stories Entertainment roundup: Santi releases debut album ‘Mandy and The Jungle’; Asa releases new single...
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Here are the biggest stories you may have missed in entertainment during the week and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. Santi releases debut project ‘Mandy and The Jungle’ Santi is clearly one of the mascots of Nigeria’s alté scene, with lush, deeply emotive singles like Sparky, Icy, Freaky...
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Knowing who you are and how you best function doesn’t mean you should close your mind and actions to other possibilities, or even just to the opportunity to stretch yourself every now and again. I do things I don’t enjoy, or that don’t come easily to me every now and then. But, this is the beauty...
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The Future Project, organizers of the continent’s biggest youth awards event, The Future Awards Africa, has launched a series of community and media activities running from March through May, 2019 in preparation for this year’s edition of the event. The tour which is set to cover Lagos, Ogun, and Oyo states provide a platform for...
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The Future Awards Africa,
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The Future Awards Africa Prize in Creativity 2018.,
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The Future Awards Africa Prize in On-Air Personality (TV) 2018,
The Future Awards Africa Prize in Photography 2018,
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The trailer for the upcoming CBS comedy Bob Hearts Abishola was out on Thursday and, judging by the reactions from Nigerians on Twitter, it was polarising. According to CBS, Bob Hearts Abishola is a love story about a middle-aged compression sock businessman from Detroit who unexpectedly falls for his cardiac nurse, a Nigerian immigrant, while...
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What does it take to get Nigerians excited in 2019? The singer formerly known as Kiss Daniel certainly has some ideas. They include sex, infidelity and the bitter dissolution of a romantic relationship. For added effect, he throws in some name calling, slut shaming, plus a hint of colourism mixed with generous doses of the...
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Here are the ten stories that drove conversation this week: FG approves 30,000 as new allowance for NYSC The Federal Government has increased the monthly allowance of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to 30,000. Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during a press conference where she added that...
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Leading Pan-African Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) PLC in partnership with leading global payments and technology company, Mastercard, have announced they are giving away all-expenses paid trips to the Semi-Finals and Finals of the 2019 UEFA Champions League to 12 lucky UBA Mastercard holders and their plus ones. Open to all existing and new...
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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. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we...
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Here the stories that drove conversation today: Court strikes out suit challenging Onnoghen’s suspension According to Channels, the Supreme Court struck out an application by the Cross River Government challenging the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria The court on Friday said it lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter and...
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Let me say one thing: Lupita Nyong’o‘s performance in Jordan Peele‘s horror movie Us was brilliant. And she should get all the awards. Still can’t get over the fact that this is Nyong’o’s first time starring in a horror film, and marvelously playing villain and non-villain roles lends credence to the depth and range of...
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Till now, I’m still disappointed with Umoh Imoren‘s 2018 heist movie Club, with a trailer that had Nancy Isime in a sloppy, cringe-worthy scene wherein she tells Baaj Adebule: ”So you brought a knife to a gunfight???” That I can still remember those words shows how embarrassing and sloppy the scene was. But guess what?...
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Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Fayemi nullifies employments made by Fayose since July, 2018 The Ekiti State government has nullified the employment of over 2,000 workers employed a few weeks to the end of the administration of Ayodele Fayose as governor. Fayose had engaged about 2,000 workers in the state’s...
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Follow the links below to check out our latest stories and more: How can we escape the stupidity of Okon’s videos justifying rape? Don’t watch them Kathryn Fasegha’s ‘2 Weeks in Lagos’ is set to screen at the Cannes Film Festival The Late 5: EFCC files 11 charges against Naira Marley; INEC shifts Kogi,...
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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. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we...
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Here are stories that drove conversation today: EFCC files 11 charges against Naira Marley According to Punch, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has preferred 11 charges bordering on fraud against upcoming musician, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, for alleged credit card fraud. The musician effectively risks seven years in jail if found guilty, as...
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Before now, no one knew Imeh Bishop aka Okon existed until he recently posted an incendiary video on his Instagram: In it, the actor and comedian comically tried to explain why rape isn’t the correct term for what happened to the women involved in the recent Abuja police raid, which spurred protests within and outside...
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The Cannes Film Festival is currently underway in well, Cannes, France. And this year, African film practitioners will get the chance to market their films, interact, find partners and expand their professional network with other film industry professionals at Marché du Film, world’s biggest film market. We already know that we are going to have...
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Here are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Oshiomhole, APC instigating EFCC to arrest me – Okorocha Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, and other leaders of the party of instigating the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other law enforcement agencies...
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Follow the links to read our latest stories and analyses on the trending issues: The Big 5: Tribunal fixes May 22 for hearing of PDP’s motion; Oshiomhole, APC instigating EFCC to arrest me – Okorocha | Other top stories Akeredolu flew all the way to Thailand on taxpayers’ money just to learn how to...
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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. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here are the ones we...
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Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Ben Murray-Bruce calls for population control to reduce poverty “What’s our population control policy? Does anybody care how many children we have? Does anybody care how many we ought to have? How many children make up an economy functional, nobody cares. So, we all talk about issues...
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If you are looking for yet another reason why Nigeria is a joke, look no further: via his Twitter account on Tuesday, the governor of Ondo Rotimi Akeredolu revealed that he was in Thailand to learn how to grow cannabis. He had had an epiphany when he looked around the fields in Ondo bursting with...
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