YNaija Says: The DSS is in need of urgent reform

The Department of State Security has been in the news a lot recently, and unfortunately, for the wrong reasons. First, it was the arrest of entertainment mogul Audu Maikori, taking him to Abuja from Lagos and then releasing him a day later with no explanation for the arrest. For the past week, the DSS has... Read More

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March 2, 2017

Analysis: Delaying Onnoghen’s nomination as Chief Justice has cost President Buhari a lot

by Mark Amaza Yesterday, Justice Walter Onnoghen was finally confirmed as the Chief Justice of Nigeria by the Senate, ending months of suspense and controversy of Justice Onnoghen not being nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari. The line of succession for Chief Justice is very clear and based on seniority of the judges of the Supreme... Read More

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March 2, 2017

PROFILE: What manner of prophet is Apostle Johnson Suleman?

by Wilfred Okiche Nothing spells end of year season quite like the rash of prophecies and messages from influential members of the religious constituency. Taking advantage of the expectant mood that usually comes over the faithful, men of God struggle to outdo one another with their own submissions of significant events. The founder of Omega... Read More

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March 2, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Wizkid signs major record deal with RCA Records + watch him re-introduce himself in ‘Sweet Love’ | More stories

Here are the biggest entertainment stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. Wizkid signs multi-album deal with RCA Records/ Sony International Starboy Wizkid has signed a multi-album worldwide deal with RCA Records/Sony Music International. The deal was announced Wednesday morning. Chairman and CEO of RCA Records, Peter Edge... Read More

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March 1, 2017

We are getting a sense the DSS and other security agencies didn’t quite move on from the military era

The Department of State Security is not having a good time in the court of public opinion right now. And it’s actually for good reason. We should even be raising more hell than we currently are, The other day in Lagos, a group of photographers had to spend about two hours waiting at the DSS... Read More

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March 1, 2017

Let’s be honest, Rihanna is lowkey already winning this 2017

Not to start a feud here but it was you all that came for Rih at the last Grammy’s when she was just busy minding her business (bottled in a flask). Everyone said she had to turn to her bejewelled flask to cope with not getting any award while Queen Bey and Adele swept the... Read More

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March 1, 2017

Where is TemiDollFace?

There’s hardly a Nigerian won’t fondly recollect the cool moves, weird looks and catchy phrases from the 2013 pop song, Pata Pata. This was Temi Dollface’s chance; her way into the hearts of many Nigerians who’d previously seen her as a quirky doll-faced girl with more than enough clothes to play with. She’d grown up in... Read More

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March 1, 2017

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Why I am an entrepreneur in the business of nation building (2)

by Chude Jideonwo Then there is the long-term advantage – and this is the more important one for the future of our nation: what roles can business thinking and the entrepreneurial spirit play in reshaping the Nigerian society? To answer, you may first ask the more fundamental questions: what is the role of business,... Read More

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March 1, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Mavin Records welcomes three new acts, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom split | More stories

Catch up on all the entertainment stories you missed yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. Mavin Records welcomes three new acts Label boss, Don Jazzy made the announcements via his Instagram page on Tuesday. Rapper Poe, The Voice contestants DNA and alternative music act, Johnny Drille are... Read More

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February 28, 2017

Is Mavin Records about to get its groove back with these new acts?

Yaay! Mavin activated! The hashtag that accompanied the three Instagram posts announcing Mavin Records new acts, Ladi Poe, DNA and Johnny Drille. Before you get excited, we need to go over these questions together. Will these three acts give Mavin Records the saving that it so badly needs? The saving that even Iyanya could not... Read More

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February 28, 2017

Is it time to let Obasanjo off the hook for his ‘giving us’ Yar’Adua?

If you haven’t yet noticed, you should. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is back on the scene and he’s been giving pointers here there and everywhere. Over the weekend, he granted an interview at his hilltop residence in Abeokuta where he expressed his lack of disappointment in President Buhari’s leadership. He said the President has worked... Read More

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February 28, 2017

Maybe Obasanjo just needs to stay out of our business

Is it too late for Obasanjo to undo his failures with Nigeria? Practically, the answer is no! So, the former President Olusegun Obasanjo spoke at a seminar on Monday where he confidently blamed bad leadership for the challenges facing the country. The 79 year old said, “One problem that must be corrected is the problem... Read More

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February 28, 2017

Dear Obasanjo, maybe it’s you, and not your generation that failed Nigeria

Dear Olusegun Obasanjo, Abeokuta to Kaduna is a long trip to make but we know by now that making such trips constitutes no problems for you. Still, the people at the helm of affairs at the 38th Kaduna International Trade Fair’s Seminar (Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture) were lucky to have you... Read More

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February 28, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Attention everyone! Wizkid has new music coming, “We failed the Academy”, PwC apologises for Oscar blunder | More stories

Here are some of the top stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing on today’s Entertainment Roundup. Attention everyone! Wizkid has new music coming Since the release of his not-so-hit single, Daddy Yo, Wizkid has been mostly silent on the Nigerian music front. But not to worry,... Read More

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February 27, 2017

Today’s Noisemakers: #Oscars2017 historic mix-up, Nokia 3310, Omojuwa and others

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 matters, etc. Sometimes, they are even just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from... Read More

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February 27, 2017

Thought Experiment: If that #Oscars mix-up had happened in Naija, this is how we’d have handled it

That’s how this morning the Oscars people decided to pull a Steve Harvey on us when they realised Meryl wasn’t winning and so was not going to piss Trump off; the red carpet wasn’t burning up and there was no flask-holding Rihanna. Blame David Dobrik for planting that idea in our minds or is it... Read More

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February 27, 2017

We have your receipts: Who else is getting tired of this hot ‘n’ cold relationship between Buhari and Obasanjo?

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is quite the unique elder statesman as far as Nigerian politic go. How many Nigerian politicians get to tear their party membership cards (or do something as dramatically drastic) and still lay claims to “speak to the powers that be”? There are really just a few of these and the former... Read More

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February 27, 2017

EDITORIAL: It will take a lot more than this new monetary policy to undo the damage CBN has done

After months of taking a battering at the foreign exchange markets, this past week has seen the naira appreciate against the dollar from upwards of N500 to a dollar to N440 to a dollar, and the spread between the official and parallel exchange market rates reduce significantly. This is largely due to the new policy... Read More

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February 27, 2017

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Why I am an entrepreneur in the business of nation building (1)

by Chude Jideonwo A few days ago, I received this message in my email from a highly respected colleague with the Punch, which inspired this article: “Thank you for staying true to the cause. I have seen too many people transform into villains in recent years; but you have been steadfast and I couldn’t be... Read More

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February 27, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: All the highlights from the 2017 Oscars, Remy Ma slaughters Nicki Minaj in diss track | More stories

Here are the top stories from over the weekend and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing this morning, especially the Oscars. Oscars 2017: Winners, top moments, speeches and some fashion The 89th Academy Awards just held at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles. The show kicked off with Justin Timberlake performing... Read More

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February 27, 2017

Peregrino Brimah: Buhari down, Naira up

by Peregrino Brimah I hate to say I told you so. July last year we released one more of several alerts as to the danger and damage of CBN governor Godwin Emefiele to the Nigerian economy. The article was titled, “Recession: Nigeria’s Economy Cannot Improve So Long As Godwin Emefiele Remains In Charge.” In it,... Read More

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February 26, 2017

Yemi Osinbajo, ThinTallTony, Ali Modu Sheriff | Here are last week’s winners and losers

Last week was by no means lacking in event but there were remarkably more winners than losers. From the troubled house of the PDP to Donald Trump’s Twitter space to the presidential phone lines, here are all our winners and losers from last week. WINNERS Acting President Yemi Osinbajo: How can anyone deny that the country... Read More

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February 26, 2017

Osinbajo – the new Nigerian hero, Angelina Jolie eats scorpions like it’s nothing | See our top 10 photos from the past week

There’s even more pictorial evidence that Acting President Osinbajo may be doing better than his absent boss, President Buhari. Wondering what Governor Fayose and Angelina Jolie have in common? See our top 10 photos from last week. Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo paid an unscheduled visit to the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on Thursday. The VP... Read More

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February 26, 2017

“I will be the Vice President of Nigeria, even the President soon” | See our top 10 quotes from last week

As we already know that one week can hardly pass without a President Trump meltdown on Twitter, a tinge of drama by Governor Fayose and controversy from the stable of Nollywood, we bring you our top 10 quotes from Nigeria and beyond in the past week: “I am still resting. Thank you for holding out... Read More

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February 26, 2017

Album review: Sound Sultan’s latest isn’t quite Out of the Box

by Wilfred Okiche Pop music’s longest serving General, not named 2face Idibia returned late 2016 with album number seven, a mash up of sounds and styles that does not quite live up to its ambitious title. In the course of his over 15 year old career,-a century by music’s here-today-gone-tomorrow standards,- the man who was... Read More

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February 26, 2017

Timeline: How President Buhari’s media aides have managed to confuse us since his vacation began

by Dolapo Adelana President Muhammadu Buhari’s health status has remailed a topic of discussion across the nation for several weeks now. The media aides of the presidency, together with the Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed have been doing all they can to launder the image of the president’s health. Here is a timeline of activities of... Read More

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February 26, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: If you can destroy one street light without consequences…

by Pius Adesanmi Due to rampant abuse and corruption, President Buhari has ordered the scrapping of special intervention funds for tertiary institutions in 2017. Special intervention funds – a discretionary palliative disbursement which allows TETFUND to address areas where a particular University may be in the intensive care unit. In 2015 alone, for instance, whereas... Read More

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February 26, 2017

“I don’t have much of a personal life” | Genevieve Magazine’s Sonia Irabor speaks on being Assistant Editor and parental influence

Away from the brand her parents, Soni and Betty Irabor have built in the last 14 years, which was recently celebrated in a star-studded event, Sonia Irabor is easily coming into her own as an individual entity in Nigeria’s media space. In this interview with YNaija, Assistant Editor of Genevieve Magazine, Sonia Irabor acknowledges her... Read More

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February 26, 2017

Dear Nigerian musicians, shouldn’t the goal be timelessness?

Dear Nigerian musicians, What do you think when names like Michael Jackson, Madonna, Whitney Houston, King Sunny Ade, Prince, and Celine Dion are mentioned? What do you think that they have in common? What do songs like “I’ll Always Love You”, “Valerie”, “Man In the Mirror”, “Merciful God”, “Material Girl”, “Purple Rain”, “My Heart Will... Read More

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YNaija Says: The DSS is in need of urgent reform

Analysis: Delaying Onnoghen’s nomination as Chief Justice has cost President Buhari a lot

PROFILE: What manner of prophet is Apostle Johnson Suleman?

This Instagram stylestar just landed her first magazine cover at the age of 88

Entertainment Roundup: Wizkid signs major record deal with RCA Records + watch him re-introduce himself in ‘Sweet Love’ | More stories

We are getting a sense the DSS and other security agencies didn’t quite move on from the military era

Let’s be honest, Rihanna is lowkey already winning this 2017

Where is TemiDollFace?

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Why I am an entrepreneur in the business of nation building (2)

Entertainment Roundup: Mavin Records welcomes three new acts, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom split | More stories

Is Mavin Records about to get its groove back with these new acts?

Is it time to let Obasanjo off the hook for his ‘giving us’ Yar’Adua?

Maybe Obasanjo just needs to stay out of our business

Dear Obasanjo, maybe it’s you, and not your generation that failed Nigeria

Entertainment Roundup: Attention everyone! Wizkid has new music coming, “We failed the Academy”, PwC apologises for Oscar blunder | More stories

Today’s Noisemakers: #Oscars2017 historic mix-up, Nokia 3310, Omojuwa and others

Thought Experiment: If that #Oscars mix-up had happened in Naija, this is how we’d have handled it

We have your receipts: Who else is getting tired of this hot ‘n’ cold relationship between Buhari and Obasanjo?

EDITORIAL: It will take a lot more than this new monetary policy to undo the damage CBN has done

Office Of The Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Why I am an entrepreneur in the business of nation building (1)

Entertainment Roundup: All the highlights from the 2017 Oscars, Remy Ma slaughters Nicki Minaj in diss track | More stories

Peregrino Brimah: Buhari down, Naira up

Yemi Osinbajo, ThinTallTony, Ali Modu Sheriff | Here are last week’s winners and losers

Osinbajo – the new Nigerian hero, Angelina Jolie eats scorpions like it’s nothing | See our top 10 photos from the past week

“I will be the Vice President of Nigeria, even the President soon” | See our top 10 quotes from last week

Album review: Sound Sultan’s latest isn’t quite Out of the Box

Timeline: How President Buhari’s media aides have managed to confuse us since his vacation began

Pius Adesanmi: If you can destroy one street light without consequences…

“I don’t have much of a personal life” | Genevieve Magazine’s Sonia Irabor speaks on being Assistant Editor and parental influence

Dear Nigerian musicians, shouldn’t the goal be timelessness?

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