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Tackling workplace sexual harassment is far easier for organisations than some ad campaigns

Anna’s* career path has been dotted with job switches since she finished NYSC in 2018, for reasons completely unrelated to her competence. Her first job as an accountant for a…

Ifedayo Adeleye 3 years

RED | For Africa CEO, Adebola Williams to host inaugural Culture Intelligence from RED ‘Marketing Leaders Summit’ this Saturday

Culture Intelligence from RED, a leading think tank on media, marketing, and the culture, will hold its inaugural Marketing Leaders Summit this Saturday, 22 May 2021 by 10am. The virtual…

Omoleye Omoruyi 4 years

From Entertainment, Media, Advocacy to Business | Here’s the #YNaijaPowerList2020 [FULL LIST]

Editors Note: A young-world revolution is unfolding before our eyes, rupturing the idea that only experience can change the world. Increasingly, young people are participating actively in all aspects of…

Editor 5 years

Here’s the full #YNaijaPowerList2018

Genevieve Nnaji, Chris Ogunlowo, Maraji, Tony Nwulu, Falana have been unveiled as some of the most influential personalities in the 2018 edition of the #YNaijaPowerList - a roll call of…

Editor 5 years

Tokini Peterside, Kola Tubosun, Bobrisky… see the #YNaijaPowerList2018 for Culture

For the seventh consecutive year, YNaija brings you its annual ranking of the most powerful young persons under the age of 40 who are getting things done in the culture…

Chelsea Agbasiere 6 years

Nigerian women are trapped in a dance of culture and Femicide

During an interview, the interviewer, a middle-aged man asked me a rhetorical question, “Do you wish to identify with the sex you were born with or do you wish to…

Ezinne 6 years

The Thread: Single and searching? 5 Reasons you should consider an Anambra man this Christmas

We caught Sam Hart's thread, espousing the qualities of an Anambra man and we thought our single ladies will like this. In more ways than one, it fits the profile…

Ezinne 6 years

Opinion: 5 Reasons why you absolutely should not listen to your parents about career choice

by Daniel Okechukwu Have you ever been in a situation where you felt the need to not listen to your parents on the choice of career? Maybe because they are…

Op-ed Editor 6 years

Mercy Abang: A superstitious link between dark riches and cerebral palsy is hurting Nigeria’s children

by Mercy Abang Cerebral Palsy, the medical condition that occurs in approximately 2-2.5 of 1000 live births globally according to a Paediatric cerebral palsy report in Africa – the condition…

Omoleye Omoruyi 6 years

FG restates resolve to diversify the economy through culture, tourism

The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has restated the Federal Government’s resolve to diversify the economy through massive investment in culture and tourism. Mohammed highlighted this…

Ezinne 7 years

The Thread: Is leaving an inheritance for your children overrated?

Leaving an inheritance for one's children is a big part of the Nigerian culture. No parent wants to be "worse than an infidel" and neither do they want their children…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: In search of the ‘detribalized’ Nigerian

by Jideofor Adibe Nigerians love buzzwords - slogans that are repeated frequently enough, (and imbued with assumed values), that they begin to sound like established facts or self-evident truths. One…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Thread: This is one of the most tragic marriage stories ever

The patriarchal nature of the Nigerian environment makes marriage touch-and-go. This means there are almost always tales of woe, particularly from the female folk. From the ever-giving stables of Twitter,…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Vera Ezimora: Houston should be called Little Nigeria

First of all, I want to say that my thoughts and prayers are with people who were affected by the senseless gun violence and terrorist attack in Las Vegas. I…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: I stopped addressing my older cousins by uncle or aunty and this happened

Tonye Altraide Many Africans refer to anyone older than them as an uncle or aunty. This is meant to indicate a term of respect and to symbolize certain condescension…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Ololade Ajekigbe: 5 things you must know about Lagos and Lagosians

Smart, street savvy, boisterous and impatient are all adjectives that come to mind when describing the Lagosian. That special breed of people who define the pace and set the trend…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Olusegun Adeniyi: Beyond the other room

by Olusegun Adeniyi Not content with dividing the ‘throne’ of Ibadan and dashing them to his 21 kings, essentially to spite the current Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, Governor…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Nkem Ndem: Every rich man is handsome (or not?)

by Nkem Ndem Before you join me in psycho-analyzing the issue of a man’s “beauty” being subject to the weight of his pocket, let’s get one thing straight: Money is…

Ezinne 7 years

The Thread: Wife travels. Husband leaves house to fester with maggots | TwitterNG reacts

TwitterNG is showing its claws again after this video of a wife returning to her house to meet a horrifyingly dirty kitchen was posted. WATCH: That's just nasty. *goosebumps*…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: Nigerians and our obsession with all things western

by Isa Eneye Mubarak The adventures of Europe into Africa were masqueraded under the notion of European's civilizing mission in Africa. Out of that Africans became colonial victims, slaves,…

Ezinne 7 years

The Thread: This rapper has Americans reaching for their rosaries and holy water

Hi everyone. Introducing XXXTentacion, an America rapper whose lyrics had this duo gaping in shock. Watch: Black Twitter could not believe its ears. Rap can be wild, vile or…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: The right way to define rape

by Michael Ace Once upon a time, there was a case of a lady who got raped by one of her housemates. She did the needful and took the matter…

Tolu 7 years

Understanding Amber Rose’s definition of ‘slut’ and why all of it confuses us

To get through this piece appropriately, it would be instructive to define a few terminologies: Slut: a woman who has ma…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Pius Adesanmi: Women versus woman palaver

by Pius Adesanmi I should have known that there is no such thing as a sobolation-free, drama-free trip for me. Shuttle from the hotel to the airport in Istanbul was…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Media Blog: MTV Shuga is now recording a new season – and Seyi Shay is involved

It looked last year like they weren't going to get the funding to push the cultural phenomenon that MTN Shulga is in Nigeria, or at least used to be. But…

Ezinne 7 years

The Thread: “Isn’t that sign language for I own you”? | Black Twitter celebrates one of its very best moments

This viral video of Aramis Ayala, Florida's first and only black elected state attorney, being pulled over by white police officers has given the Black community reason to celebrate another…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: The aso-ebi syndrome in Nigeria

As one born and duly brought up in a typical Nigerian society it is a matter of fact and needless to say that this has to be one of the…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Media Blog: TheNativeMag is the new hang out spot for the cooler culture kids

Quietly, but steadily, TheNativeMag is owning the coolest sections of the culture with a perceptive, nuanced views of the goings-on and the people who make it happen. Launched in December…

Roqeebah 7 years

[The Presidential Blog] Lai Mohammed is back home in Kwara (PHOTOS)

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture has spent the whole of today visiting with one of the traditional leaders in Kwara State. The Minister who incidentally hails…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: Why our greeting culture must evolve

by Nimi Princewill There are values Africans hold on to quite strongly, that people who are considered to be of "Advanced Civilisation" rarely concern themselves with. One of which, is…

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