The Thread: This banter between @HeathrowAirport and @LOSairport will leave you in stitches

This might be the most hilarious and engaging Twitter thread you’ll see all week. The back and forth between Heathrow Airport and Lagos Airport’s twitter accounts centred on one tweet by twitter user @oviosu is too much harmless fun. Enjoy: https://twitter.com/oviosu/status/776471268757475328 https://twitter.com/LOSairport/status/776480652451581952 https://twitter.com/HeathrowAirport/status/776482320458981376 https://twitter.com/LOSairport/status/776485639667773440 https://twitter.com/HeathrowAirport/status/776486330578587648 https://twitter.com/LOSairport/status/776487528299950080 https://twitter.com/LOSairport/status/776491628966051840 https://twitter.com/HeathrowAirport/status/776492643870126081 https://twitter.com/LOSairport/status/776495213913206785 https://twitter.com/HeathrowAirport/status/776496234605387776 https://twitter.com/BnaaInfo/status/776484409792983041 https://twitter.com/LOSairport/status/776498119085285376 https://twitter.com/HeathrowAirport/status/776499027617521664 https://twitter.com/LOSairport/status/776499952474259457 https://twitter.com/HeathrowAirport/status/776501992948633600... Read More

airport, funny, heathrow, lagos, thread, twitter.

September 15, 2016

Union Bank wins Most Improved Bank in retail banking at the BusinessDay Banking Awards

Union Bank has been adjudged the ‘Most Improved Bank in Retail Banking” in the country. The award was presented to the bank during the annual banking award organised by Business Day Newspapers in Lagos. Speaking at the event, the Head of Retail Banking, Carlos Wanderley said this award is a clear indication that the innovative processes... Read More

Driver arraigned in court for beating wife over feeding allowance

A 52-year-old driver on Wednesday was arraigned before a Lagos court for allegedly beating his wife over feeding allowance. The man a resident of 28, Olarekun St., Abule Egba, a suburb of Lagos, was charged with assault and neglect of duty. According to the prosecutor, Sergeant Rafael Donny, the accused committed the offences on August... Read More

The News Blog

chief magistrate, court, driver, lagos, Mr Tajudeen Elias, Sergeant Rafael Donny

September 14, 2016

The YNaija Tracklist: 21 kids sue President Obama | MASSOB goes international

From the papers this morning – a Tracklist Ijaw leaders reject Clark’s N’Delta dialogue team – YNaija Police arrests undergraduate for defrauding 7 ladies via Facebook – YNaija FG not probing ex-President Jonathan, Patience says Lai Mohammed – YNaija MASSOB takes Biafra struggle to the international community – YNaija 8-month-old baby, 90-year-old die in Lagos... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

.US, Aleppo, bill clinton, camps, enugu, FG, herdsmen, IDP, isreal, jonathan, lagos, obama, tracklist

September 13, 2016

Opinion: As bold, confident and resilient as a Nigerian, as rude as Jamaicans

by Simon Utsu I did a write-up yesterday where I castigated the arrogance that oozed out of a popular Chinese newspaper’s article, where blacks, Indians and Pakistanis were profiled and despicable stuff written about them. The debate that ensued in the comments section of my facebook write-up took a new dimension when a couple of my... Read More

athletes, chinese, Jamaicans, lagos, nigerians, olympics, uk, usain bolt

YNaija's 100 most influential people in politics | Photo: http://www.blacknaija.com/

September 13, 2016

Opinion: Politicians; the notorious talkers

by Isa Eneye Mubarak Conclusion First: I offer the conclusion first because if for some reason you stop reading here, it is an important lesson to understand! So here it is: Regardless of political party affiliation listen less to what the politicians running for office is promising, and more to whether what they promise is... Read More

Buhari, election, Jobs, lagos, Military, politicians, roads

September 9, 2016

The Ambassadors Summit 3.0: Activate your eagle

The Ambassadors Summit is an annual gathering of Africa’s rising leaders across fields to interact, interface and interchange ideas on how to reposition themselves for relevance and leadership in their chosen interests. The third edition holds this September and brings together five thousand young people from all over Nigeria with more participants locking in online... Read More

Police stops kidnap attempt on Indian national in Lagos

The police in Lagos State has stopped an attempt by unknown to kidnap an Indian national in Ikorodu area of the state. This was confirmed on Thursday by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Fatai Owoseni during his weekly news briefing. According to Owoseni, the Indian was working at a construction site when the kidnap... Read More

The News Blog

Fatai Owoseni, Indian, kidnap attempt, kidnappers, lagos, police

September 8, 2016

Lagos set to bulldoze illegal houses in Ikoyi, VI, Lekki after Sallah

The Lagos State government will commence a total clean-up of the Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki axis. The Special Committee on Clean-Up of Ikoyi, Lekki, and Victoria Island was inaugurated last week by the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and has concluded plans to commence the enforcement of the Environmental Sanitation and Town Planning laws in... Read More

The News Blog

cleanup, ikoyi, Illegal structures, lagos, lekki, victoria island

September 8, 2016

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five news stories to monitor today 1. There are no poisoned rice in Nigeria The National Biosafety Management Agency has dismissed claims that poisonous rice had found its way into the Nigerian market. 2. Eldest son of Abubakar Audu arrested The Kogi State Police Command has arrested Mohammed Audu, the eldest son of... Read More

The News Blog

#BBOG, Abubakar Audu, big 5, Fulani, hausa, IGP, killed, lagos, market, police, rice, son

September 8, 2016

Militants kill Police sergeant during gun battle in Lagos

Suspected militants on Wednesday killed a police sergeant, Solomon Oswmuze in Lagos. According to The Nation, the militants engaged police in a gun battle at about 3pm at Monkey Village, behind Iba Housing Estate, Lagos. During the duel, one of the militants was also killed by the police. The militants who wore military uniforms and were armed... Read More

The News Blog

Iba, Kidnapping, lagos, Militants, police, Solomon Oswmuze

September 8, 2016

PODCAST: Bobrisky, dangerous gossip blogs and more on The Media Blog Uncensored

Ifeoma Areh is creative director of Wildflower PR & Company, Lekan Olanrewaju is a scriptwriter (credits including Tinsel and Hotel Majestic), and Isime Esene, managing editor of YNaija.com stands in for Tosin Ajibade, founder of Olorisupergal.com on this episode. Together with the host, they talk about everything that’s important in Nigeria’s media space today – Mark... Read More

The Media Blog

Bobrisky, Ifeoma Areh, Isime Esene, lagos, lekan olanrewaju, nigeria, NulliJuice, Olorisupergal, podcast, The Media Blog, TMB Uncensored, Tosin Ajibade

September 7, 2016

Opinion: Now that cattles are getting into Lagos faster…

by Usman Alabi The recent transportation of cows via train from the north down to Lagos is a welcome development and long awaited one at that, no thanks to the belated resuscitation of the train transport sector in the country. This would bring about a faster integration of the northern economy to the southern economy;... Read More

economy, lagos, livestock, nigeria, Zamfara

September 7, 2016

Opinion: Decent living in Nigeria’s recessed economy

by Jide Ojo It is no longer news that Nigeria’s economy is in recession. Austerity measures are now trending at both personal and corporate levels. Growth is shrinking; inflation is now officially 17.1 per cent; interest rate on lending is in double digits; unemployment soars and poverty deepens. A time like this calls for introspection... Read More

Abuja, economy, lagos, nigeria, recession

September 7, 2016

YNaija Says: Sanusi may be provincial – but everything he says is truth

To some people, Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II is a great loss to Nigeria, and to others he is a brilliant man whose bigotry lies just beneath the surface, but few can deny that his comments about Nigeria are often on target. He took to his Instagram page on Monday night to say the following: The... Read More

The News Blog

Buhari, emir, FG, kano, lagos, Niger Delta, nigeria, Oil, sanusi

September 6, 2016

How electrocuted man was abandoned by passersby

An Instagram user, @yemillunati on Tuesday posted a picture of an electrocuted man who he claimed was a security guard. He said the incident took place at River Valley Estate, Ojodu Berger, Lagos at about 6:30 am on Tuesday morning. He also claimed no one was willing to help the electrocuted man who was still fighting... Read More

The News Blog

electrocuted, lagos, security guard

September 6, 2016

Nigeria better off with Lagos than with Niger Delta – Sanusi Lamido

Emir of Kano HRH Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has said Nigeria is better off with Lagos than with the Niger Delta. The Emir made the remark on his Instagram page, @sanusilamidosanusi on Monday night where he stated that Lagos should be the model of what Nigeria ought to be. Sanusi said, “The Lagos story is a... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

Emir of Kano, lagos, Niger Delta, nigeria, Oil, Sanusi Lamido

September 5, 2016

5th National Career Fair targets career development as #BeLikeMentorship campaign projects new role models

In line with the annual capacity building agenda of the annual National Career Fair which aims to reduce the alarming rate of unemployment in Nigeria, the organizers of the program have launched career development initiative tagged#BELIKE. The initiative is borne out of the realization that the dearth of career role models and thedistinct absence of... Read More

Opinion: Lagos, land grabbing and the law

by Ibironke Oluwatobi O. Lagos is a model state in the gallery of the country. People have assessed the state with different lenses. These assessments have won different titles for the state. Some call Lagos, the commercial capital of the country because of the rich vein of commercial activities in the state. Others that have... Read More

government, lagos, land grabbers, law, Omo nile, state

September 4, 2016

Dele Momodu: In search of a simple roadmap

“In the past what we have done has been to manage the situation. I do not intend to manage ourselves out of the situation as has been done in the past. I intend to fix it! I owe it to the Ghanaian people. I, John Dramani Mahama, will fix this energy challenge.” – President John... Read More

Featured

Akinwunmi Ambode, babatunde Fashola, Dele Momodu, Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, John Dramani Mahama, lagos, mark zuckerberg, Muhammadu Buhari

September 4, 2016

What Emir of Kano really thinks of the Niger Delta struggle for secession

We do not know the Emir to speak often about the Niger Delta/Biafran struggle for secession; both as Central Bank Governor and now as the Emir of Kano. This is a man who prides himself as someone who is “never going to stand here and tell people what they want to hear.” So it came as a... Read More

The News Blog

lagos, Niger Delta, nigeria, recession, sanusi, secession

September 1, 2016

‘A country in recession’ – Nigerians react to the demolition of Nuli Juice, Ikoyi

Following the demolition of Nuli Juice Company in Ikoyi by the Lagos State government over non-payment of certain permits to the tune of N40 million, Nigerians have taken to social media express their dissatisfaction. While some questioned the rationale behind the decision others pointed out that such extreme actions only sends a clear and undiluted message... Read More

The News Blog

building, Demolision, lagos, nigeria, nuli juice

September 1, 2016

The Media Blog: CNN didn’t do anything wrong

Nigerians have been all over tne matter of CNN’s coverage of Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to Nigeria. The headline was innocuous enough: “Mark Zuckerberg makes first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa”. https://twitter.com/Social_Buddie/status/770699217140609024 Baba if na Boko Haram na Nigeria but for tech advancement na sub saharan africa! — Shobanjo Adebayo (@keduski) August 30, 2016 it shows you've... Read More

Featured, The Media Blog

#BringBackOurGirls, africa, cnn, CNN Money, facebook, lagos, mark zuckerberg, nigeria, Russia, sticky, sub-Saharan Africa, The Media Blog, TMB

August 31, 2016

The late 5: These are the stories that drove conversation today

These are the top five stories that drove the conversation today 1. Boko Haram is ready for peace talks – Aisha Wakil Aisha Wakil, the female lawyer declared wanted by the police, says that the group is ready to hold peace talks with the Federal Government. 2. NBS releases new data on the economy The... Read More

The News Blog

economy, FG, lagos, Lastma, Late 5, NBS, youths

August 31, 2016

Nigerian netizens welcome Zuckerberg in their own special way

by Ezinne Ajoku Mark Zuckerberg’s momentous visit to Nigeria has not gone unnoticed. How could it? From the way he slid into the country with superb thief-in-the-night moves to his visits to various start-ups in Yaba- Cchub, Andela, Express Wifi, to the Town Hall Q&A Session which took place few hours ago. Mark Zuckerberg’s movements... Read More

The News Blog

CC Hub, developers, facebook, lagos, mark zuckerberg, nigeria, Tech, visit

August 31, 2016

Extortion of motorists: LASTMA officer becomes scapegoat

Onipede Olusegun, a former official within the cream and wine wearing law enforcement agency, LASTMA, has been shown the door by Lagos State on allegations of extortion. Onipede was about his job around Ojota, when according to him, he found vehicles parked indiscriminately at the bus-stop which resulted in a traffic build-up. He instructed the driver... Read More

Extortion, lagos, Lastma, LASTMA officials

August 30, 2016

Poor Jidenna, coming to Nigeria when Mark Zuckerberg is in…

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg is currently in Lagos, Nigeria to meet with Developers and discuss tech development across Africa. Good! Nigerian-American artiste, Jidenna arrived Nigeria today for his tour of West Africa. Bad! Jidenna is billed to perform at Hard Rock Cafe, Lekki on the 1st of September and no one, literally no one, is... Read More

Jidenna, lagos, mark zuckerberg, twitter.

August 30, 2016

Mainland 1 vs 0 Island | Our top 10 tweets on Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to Nigeria (READ)

We broke the News of Zuck’s arrival in Nigeria here and Nigerians in their usual fashion are tweeting their reactions. We’ve got some of them below: The clueless ones: https://twitter.com/yew1e/status/770646147949928448 Maybe he came to meet the President that brought Facebook to Nigeria. Lool. https://t.co/OWbfWBDIjO — Tunde Ademuyiwa (@tundespeaks) August 30, 2016 Those with an agenda: https://twitter.com/Nwachi3f/status/770647113084567552 Chai.... Read More

Featured

lagos, mark zuckerberg, twitter.

August 30, 2016

Opinion: Communal parenting

By Káyòdé Oyèró Whatever happened to the adage, “four eyes sire a child, thousands eyes train a child,” I don’t know. Around me here somewhere in the rowdily interesting city of Lagos, South-West Nigeria are daily occurrences of wives who throw tantrums at each other because woman A mildly “corrected” woman B’s pikin who had... Read More

a, b, children, lagos, parents, pikin, southwest, woman

August 27, 2016

Lagos is NOT one of the worst cities to live in… let’s prove it to you

by Tolu Omoyeni In the second week of August, the 2016 Global Liveability Index report was released by the Economist Intelligence Unit and Lagos still holds a spot at the bottom of the list. According to the ranking, Lagos is the 3rd worst city to live in the world, after Tripoli and Damascus. It is... Read More

Featured

Akinwunmi Ambode, boko haram, Economist Intelligence Unit, economy, EIU, Global Liveability Index, KAI, lagos, Lastma, nigeria, Sanusi Lamido

The Thread: This banter between @HeathrowAirport and @LOSairport will leave you in stitches

Union Bank wins Most Improved Bank in retail banking at the BusinessDay Banking Awards

Driver arraigned in court for beating wife over feeding allowance

The YNaija Tracklist: 21 kids sue President Obama | MASSOB goes international

Opinion: As bold, confident and resilient as a Nigerian, as rude as Jamaicans

Opinion: Politicians; the notorious talkers

The Ambassadors Summit 3.0: Activate your eagle

Police stops kidnap attempt on Indian national in Lagos

Lagos set to bulldoze illegal houses in Ikoyi, VI, Lekki after Sallah

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

Militants kill Police sergeant during gun battle in Lagos

PODCAST: Bobrisky, dangerous gossip blogs and more on The Media Blog Uncensored

Opinion: Now that cattles are getting into Lagos faster…

Opinion: Decent living in Nigeria’s recessed economy

YNaija Says: Sanusi may be provincial – but everything he says is truth

How electrocuted man was abandoned by passersby

Nigeria better off with Lagos than with Niger Delta – Sanusi Lamido

5th National Career Fair targets career development as #BeLikeMentorship campaign projects new role models

Opinion: Lagos, land grabbing and the law

Dele Momodu: In search of a simple roadmap

What Emir of Kano really thinks of the Niger Delta struggle for secession

‘A country in recession’ – Nigerians react to the demolition of Nuli Juice, Ikoyi

The Media Blog: CNN didn’t do anything wrong

The late 5: These are the stories that drove conversation today

Nigerian netizens welcome Zuckerberg in their own special way

Extortion of motorists: LASTMA officer becomes scapegoat

Poor Jidenna, coming to Nigeria when Mark Zuckerberg is in…

Mainland 1 vs 0 Island | Our top 10 tweets on Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to Nigeria (READ)

Opinion: Communal parenting

Lagos is NOT one of the worst cities to live in… let’s prove it to you

Recent Posts

Categories

Recent Comments

YNaija

Tags

Join the Newsletter