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December 21, 2017

#YNaija2017Review: Ajimobi, Dino Melaye, Apostle Suleman… Look who else starred in the 10 worst videos of the year

Watch and cringe.   Apostle Suleman and wife make a love song General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman was embroiled in a scandal that uncovered allegations of extra marital dalliances with different women. Suleman’s wife, Lizzy made the decision to stand by her man. But she didn’t just do it... Read More
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December 21, 2017

#YNaija2017Review: Isoken, Potato Potahto, Hakkunde… See the 10 best films of 2017

In terms of quality of films, 2017 was a bit of a downer as there was a bit of struggle picking out the films that comprise this list. We sift through the Nollywood films that had major cinema releases or were premiered during the calendar year and bring you the definitive top 10 list. Ranked... Read More
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December 18, 2017

#YNaija2017Review: Evans, Rochas, Maina… See the 10 worst people of the year?

Is there anything redeeming about this lot? Abiola Ajimobi While addressing protesting students of the Oyo state co-owned Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Governor Abiola Ajimobi was caught on video, giving the worst performance of his public service career. In turns, shocking, infuriating and chill-inducing, Ajimobi’s response to an educational emergency situation was a... Read More
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December 18, 2017

#YNaija2017Review: Rats’ invasion of Buhari’s office, Dino Melaye’s certificate scandal, Okorocha’s erections | See the top 10 cringeworthy moments

Labeling 2017 ‘Year of the Awkward’ will not be out-of-place as the year never ran short of a supply of embarrassing moments. Now we don’t jump in our seats when we read weird stuff in the news, we just shrug. Here are the 2017 moments that prepared us for that level of bravery.   Dino... Read More
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December 15, 2017

#YNaija2017Review: Okorocha’s ridiculous statues, The return of Maina, Dino Melaye’s ‘invisible’ certificate… See the 10 worst political scandals of the year

2017, a year coming after two years of ‘political surprises’, was awash with one scandal after another. In fact, it was a weekly phenomenon. The most prominent have been listed. Mainagate: Tales of a bold fugitive This was quite prominent and virtually everyone waited for President Muhammadu Buhari to act swiftly or as it was... Read More
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December 15, 2017

#YNaija2017Review: Simisola, The Glory, This Is Me… See our picks for the 10 best albums of the year

Sifting through the loads and loads of music put out during the calendar year, we made use of parameters such as audience acceptance, pop culture effect, quality of recording and lyrical content to assemble our YNaija2017Review’s 10 best albums of 2017. The cut off period is December 01, 2016, to November 30, 2017, and the... Read More
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December 14, 2017

#YNaija2017Review: Bisola Aiyeola, Small Doctor, Maraji… See the top 10 Revelations of the year

Here’s to seeing more of them in the new year. Arranged in no particular order. Ayobami Adebayo One of the best reviewed books of the year, Stay With Me, a bittersweet tale of the dissolution of a Nigerian marriage set against the backdrop of the political unrest in the nineties was written by Nigerian author,... Read More
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December 14, 2017

#YNaija2017Review: Roti, Alter Ego, Alakada Reloaded… These are the 10 most disappointing films of the year

Nollywood films were so uninspiring this year, our 2017 Review list could easily have been doubled. These ugly 10 are the bottom of the barrel. Only films that scored a cinema release were considered for this list. Ranked from most tolerable to least tolerable. 10. Roti Directed by Kunle Afolayan, Roti says too little, observes... Read More
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December 4, 2017

Book Review: Valentine Ogunaka’s ‘Dreams Wake Me’ echoes Maya Angelou and W.B Yeats

by Reginald C. Ofodile Valentine Onyeka Ogunaka, the author of Dreams Wake Me, a collection comprising of both conventional poetry and contemporary ‘spoken word’, is widely known as ‘Brainbox.’  This book appears a box unlocked.  It is a suitcase crammed with sparkling and scented items, contents now bestowed on humanity. The collection opens with a... Read More
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Analyse this
November 22, 2017

The Film Blog: Ndani’s ‘Analyse This’ takes on the business of movie making

Ndani’s ‘Analyse This’ has had a spectacular season. They changed hosts, bringing on Honey Ogundeyi who does a stellar job of steering conversations with their guests towards intelligent resolutions and the great banter between Tunji Andrews and the guests provide clarity on a myriad of complex economic subjects. This is the way talk shows that... Read More
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Celebrity marriage
November 22, 2017

The Film Blog: Celebrity Marriage isn’t as bad as you feared. It is worse.

Someone somewhere in Nollywoodland assumed that pairing Toyin Abraham and Odunlade Adekola would make for sensational viewing. They probably fell back on the duo’s recent box office showings as evidence. And they may be right. Few actors have been as in demand as Abraham has been this year. She has been in good films (Hakkunde),... Read More
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pressure cooker
November 16, 2017

Book Review: The pressure Cooker by Nkiru Olumide-Ojo is a confidence boost for trying times

Reviewed by Toyin Agunbiade “Book 122 of 2017 – “The pressure cooker” by Nkiru Olumide-Ojo. 110 pages. Reading time – 2.5 hours Reading this book was a treat as it gave me a much needed confidence boost during a trying period. Nkiru is a senior executive who shares her leadership journey, telling relatable stories about... Read More
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November 14, 2017

Film Review: Forget the title, Couple’s Award is a pleasant surprise

by Wilfred Okiche To market Couple’s Award, a surprisingly decent, if linear domestic drama about the toll that the pressures of waiting for that first baby takes on young couples, the film’s makers and distribution team (Blue Pictures) have decided to pass the project off as a Kate Henshaw vehicle. As the biggest and only... Read More
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Tokyo
November 11, 2017

The Film Blog: Discovering Blackness in Tokyo with Amarachi Nwosu

For those who don’t know, Amarachi Nwosu, otherwise known as Amaraworldwide on Twitter is a pretty outspoken, if somewhat misguided photographer and social commentator. Nwosu’s big calling card is her often leftist stance on social issues, especially as regarding race and colorism. She’s become of the biggest links between traditional western youth oriented media and... Read More
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Lesley Nneka Arimah
November 3, 2017

The Film Blog: Lesley Nneka Arimah’s stories are coming to a big screen near you

Unless you’ve been living under a rock or you’re one of those people who don’t ‘like books’, then you’ve probably heard of Lesley Nneka Arimah. The Nigerian-American writer literally took the world by storm with her first short story anthology “What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky” which included Commonwealth Prize winning story... Read More
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October 31, 2017

AFRIFF 2017: I am not a Witch is both comic and tragic

by Wilfred Okiche   In many parts of Africa, Nigeria inclusive, children still live tragic, unimaginable lives. Identified as child witches with nothing more than hearsay substituting as empirical evidence, these children are forced out of their homes and into the streets. In any case, they are not expected to survive as nature takes its... Read More
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October 24, 2017

Film Review: Excess Luggage has its moments, overstays its welcome

by Wilfred Okiche   The film business is such that it welcomes anyone with cash and determination to spare. Every month, a greenhorn producer rises to the surface with their finished product. Usually co-starring a familiar Nollywood face to attract ticket buyers and lend some credibility to the project, these films are usually produced with... Read More
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October 15, 2017

Film Review: Catch.er is raining men, and clues

by Wilfred Okiche   In CaTCH.eR, the latest crime thriller by Walter ‘Waltbanger’ Taylaur, the director returns to the seedy underworld that made his 2015 feature-length debut, Gbomo Gbomo Express, so instinctively appealing. But instead of gritty Ebute-Meta neighbourhoods, depicted via run-down housing and peopled by dirty rotten scoundrels, this time around, Taylaur opts for... Read More
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October 9, 2017

Film Review: Blessing Egbe’s The Women is ‘Fifty’, but a lot less classy

by Wilfred Okiche     Blessing Egbe has built a career on documenting the ups and downs of being female in Nigeria. In the soap opera, Lekki Wives – her signature piece – she trained her lenses on upper-class suburbia. Scratching the picture perfect surface just a bit, Egbe uncovered a scandalous layer reeking of crime,... Read More
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September 25, 2017

Film review: Amara is underwhelming, absolutely boring

There was a time when it was considered a big deal for Nollywood stars and producers to make the trip to foreign lands to shoot films. As budgets got bigger and the films began to score healthier profits, this was considered a natural evolution. By the time Nigerians based abroad – either through the help... Read More
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September 12, 2017

Album review: Simisola could start a fresh Nigerian sound

After Simi’s Ara Ile was released circa 2008, comparisons with then up and comer Rihanna unfolded almost immediately. Not because she was as feisty, but because of the texture and quality of her voice. Over the years, Simi’s reputation blossomed as she developed into one of Nigeria’s finest female vocalists. With talent and delivery to... Read More
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September 12, 2017

Album review: The African Gentleman makes monotony beautiful

Ric Hassani’s debut project The African Gentleman is the typical Nigerian song. It begins the way it is supposed to begin. It reaches a peak. It has a repetitive chorus that makes the song the song itself. It is beautiful. It is imperfect. The African Gentleman is a whole project about the same message, laced... Read More
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September 12, 2017

Film Review: In Line is a weird mix of drama and suspense

by Wilfred Okiche The latest Nollywood-Ghollywood collaboration comes in the form of the dramatic thriller In Line from Firepix studio production. Debo (Uzor Arukwe) is an ex-convict recently sprung from jail, thanks to the contacts of his well- connected mother, Tina Mba, in yet another underwritten, under baked role. He goes back home to his... Read More
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September 4, 2017

Film Review: My Wife and I asks for too much, offers little rewards

by Wilfred Okiche It is probably a good thing that Nollywood is reaching for more interesting ways to tell pretty conventional stories of love, family and loss. It would be better though if these films took more time to familiarise themselves with the rules before seeking to bend them a bit. That way the filmmakers... Read More
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September 4, 2017

Film Review: The Tribunal is mostly solid

by Wilfred Okiche The last of director Kunle Afolayan’s three picture deal with television giant, Africa Magic is a legal drama with social implications. This collaboration has yielded mixed results, and not just at the box office. Omugwo was a relatable, jovial take on that most important of family traditions. Roti meant well but suffered... Read More
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August 30, 2017

Film Review: My Wife and I is a decent project with lazy characterisation

Nigerian movie writers and production companies are riding high on the wings of the romantic comedy genre. The box office champ, The Wedding Party, changed the game irrevocably. Then the beautifully delivered Isoken, directed by Jade Osiberu came along to brighten up 2017. My Wife and I is the latest installment in this expanding line... Read More
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