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January 30, 2017

Are you watching the 65th Miss Universe? Here’s all you need to know about the competition (PHOTOS)

The Miss Universe competition has endured 65 editions yearly since the first one held in 1952. It was founded by a California-based clothing outfit, Pacific Knitting Mills and the Miss Universe Organisation but it is now owned by WME/IMG Talent Agency which bought it off President Donald Trump in 2015. Miss Universe – Wikipedia Interesting... Read More
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January 29, 2017

Lai Mohammed, Apostle Suleiman, Serena Williams | Here are last week’s winners and losers

Here are the individuals who made it to our list of winners and losers and there’s a reason the losers come first this week. LOSERS Lai”the punisher” Mohammed: Who got the Minister of Information and Culture annoyed? Everyone who peddled the rumour of President Muhammadu Buhari’s death in London. He did everything within the power... Read More
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January 29, 2017

The Explainer: Why Nigerians shouldn’t rejoice over Trump’s Muslim ban

For the past couple of days, all hell has literally been let loose since the signing of an executive order by United States President Donald Trump that restricted entry to Muslims from seven countries for 90 days, revoking valid visas and even those with Green Cards, which makes them permanent residents, as well as indefinitely... Read More
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January 29, 2017

Serena Williams, Lupita Nyong’o, Emma Stone and every woman in the world is a winner | We have our top 10 photos from the past week to show

It has been a long week but all you need to know about it has been condensed into these ten pictures that show that Donald Trump lost, Nigeria is still the same, Serena Williams is King and in the end, beauty is calming. See our top 10 photos from the past week below: The Northern... Read More
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January 29, 2017

“The President is fine”…while corruption in the government is treated with deodorant” | See our top 10 quotes from the past week here

This week it was hard to drown out the noise of conviction about the President’s health status coming from the Presidency but then there’s been more from others in and outside Nigeria. See our top ten quotes from the past week below: “We look forward to having a great relationship with all countries. We believe... Read More
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January 29, 2017

Album review: Oritsefemi’s Corporate Miscreant is uninspiring

by Wilfred Okiche Oritsefemi has been working quite hard to retain relevance since enjoying a mid-career resurgence in 2013, thanks to his chart bursting Double Wahala single. Nothing he’s done since then has come close to capturing the wonder of that seminal Fela cover, but if that level of success has eluded Oritsefemi, it is... Read More
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January 29, 2017

Church Crawler: THE STRAYING ELBOW AND MY ZEALOUS NEIGHBOUR – SUNDAY AT MFM

by Damilola Fowowe As usual Church Crawler duties took us to Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM). It’s a Pentecostal church known popularly for prayers. Since we are still in the youth bracket, the youth Church was where our dove rested. Praise and worship was very funny. The sister that led would pass as... Read More
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January 29, 2017

Eye on Ambode: Lagos governor presents over N1bn to 705 beneficiaries of ETF, more

From arts and culture to the economy and to infrastructure, we bring you a recap of the activities of Lagos state’s Governor Akinwunmi Ambode throughout last week. On Thursday, Governor Ambode was at the LTV Blue Roof to present cheques of various amounts all totaling over N1billion to over 705 beneficiaries of the state’s Employment... Read More
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January 28, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Meanwhile, Aisha Buhari is giving out free medical checkups around Nigeria

Wife of the President Buhari, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has organised a free medical outreach for citizens of Nigeria living in Kogi State as part of her Future Assured Programme. Recall that she recently entered into a partnership with the Bil and Melinda Gates Foundation that will allow the Future Assured Project reach more people. In... Read More
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January 28, 2017

The Film Blog: The Movie Buff Show seems like a winner

As Nollywood swells into something even we are not certain we quite comprehend, the methods of covering the industry comprehensively are likely to evolve beyond banal interviews and uninspiring red carpet ‘’who are you wearing?’’ drivel. The Movie Buff Show, a charming new game show premiering on Africa Magic Showcase on the 4th of February... Read More
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January 28, 2017

Film review: ‘All about love’ manages to get by

by Wilfred Okiche From the stable of Diamond Groove pictures, makers of such forgettable fare as I Come Lagos and Honeymoon Hotel, comes this effort, All About Love, a sexy drama that is really about nothing, but brightened considerably by the easy on the eye young stars culled from around the continent. Directed by Adze... Read More
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January 28, 2017

N4.7trn ATM withdrawals, 10 year jail term | The 5 numbers that mattered this week

N4.7 trillion – The total amount of cash Nigerians withdrew through ATMs across the country in 2016, according to Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS). N230 billion – The amount of money the APC has accused Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello of wasting in the last one year. N18 billion – According to the Attorney General... Read More
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January 28, 2017

#InnovationSeries: No, Apps are not the answer to everything

by Ewin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity oft-talked about but seldom told as stories in Nigerian media. The series which kicked off with the release of The New Establishment list, our annual... Read More
Citizenship, Thinking Through
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January 28, 2017

Feyi Fawehinmi: The colonialists stopped us from killing ourselves to glory

by Feyi Fawehinmi Constitutional Monarchies Think of 5 peaceful well governed countries you'd like to live in around the world. How many of them are constitutional monarchies? — tyro (@DoubleEph) January 23, 2017 So I ran a poll on twitter recently. As you can see, a clear majority of respondents fancy constitutional monarchies — Canada,... Read More
Opinion, Thinking Through
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January 28, 2017

She Leads Africa Festival: The Festival that showed us how to SLAY

Ladies, if you knew about SLAY Festival and still didn’t make out time to attend, then we need to have a deep conversation. See, this event was not your everyday type. As we walked in, we felt the energy of a female-dominated gathering that had everything in store for its guests. The question was, what... Read More
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January 28, 2017

“I want to be remembered as an advocate for global health policies” | Dr. Irene Okech, co-founder, Imbako Foundation speaks to Leading Ladies Africa

Education is her passion, health is her calling and her mission is to engender healthcare policies in the global landscape that will provide quality and equal access to healthcare to all. Meet Dr Irene Kenya, a consultant in health policy and the Co-Founder of Imbako Public Health /Imbako Foundation. In our interview with her, she... Read More
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January 27, 2017

Timeline: Everything you need to know about the Apostle Suleiman “situation”

Founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman has been in the news this week – for reasons justifiable to others and to some, totally unacceptable. Over the weekend a video was released online were the cleric told his church members to kill any Fulani person who came close to his church. He received some... Read More
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January 27, 2017

Insiders: “Our government should stop being in denial about #SouthernKaduna killings”

The Southern Kaduna issue has become an albatross for the Federal government, there seems not to be any effective solution to address the issue, because in spite of the deployment of the army, the crisis has not been nipped in the bud yet. Our Insiders all think the federal government seems not to be doing... Read More
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January 27, 2017

#InnovationSeries: Cafe Neo, stimulating a tech-centric revolution

by Edwin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity oft-talked about but seldom told as stories in Nigerian media. The series which kicked off with the release of The New Establishment list, our annual... Read More
Citizenship, Thinking Through
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January 27, 2017

#Impact365: “Society doesn’t train young people to believe in themselves” | Joyce Onwumere of Ola Foundation discusses youth empowerment

Youths in Nigeria possess the potential to build the nation, improve the quality of their own lives and change the narrative that has existed for a while now. Most of these potentials are largely untapped, youths are mostly unemployed and a large population of the employed are unskilled. Founder of Ola Foundation, Joyce Onwumere sits... Read More
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January 27, 2017

YNaija Says: On Southern Kaduna killings, Audu Maikori is not the problem. The government is

For the past few months, the communities of the southern part of Kaduna State have been turned into killing fields due to attacks by militias of Fulani herdsmen followed in some cases by reprisal attacks by the locals. Like previous attacks by these militias in parts of Benue and Nassarawa States, many Nigerians have protested... Read More
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January 27, 2017

The Media Blog: Navel gazing about the media’s low approval ratings is nonsense

Whenever the media in America does anything that someone somewhere doesn’t like, the response is now predictable: X and X is why the media has such low approval ratings. Now, that is in fact… a fact. Only 32 percent of Americans have any kind of trust in the media, according to Gallup. This appears to... Read More
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January 27, 2017

The Church Blog: Just watch, Apostle Suleiman is going to ‘blow’ after this

We run a church blog here, yeah? Anyone who has read this blog knows that we are fully engaged especially on Protestant matters, with special experience in Pentecostal Christianity, with more than 50 years post born-again experience between us. Yet only one of us had heard about Apostle Johnson Suleiman of the Omega Fire Ministries... Read More
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January 27, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Tekno teases fans with new single, Big Brother Naija contestant strips naked to campaign for likes | More stories

These are some of the top stories you missed on the entertainment scene on Thursday + others that unraveled while you slept and are still buzzing today.  Tekno teases fans with his forthcoming single  Award-winning singer and Sony Music artiste, Tekno is about to drop another hot jam this 2017. How we know this? The... Read More
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January 26, 2017

How is Trump gradually turning America anti-abortionist?

It’s been a rough honeymoon week for America and it’s not even over yet. Just a day after the inauguration of their 45th President, the women  (and men too) took to the streets of Washington by their thousands to protest various inequalities that persist till date and that they imagined were about to get worse.... Read More
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January 26, 2017

Sen. Bukola Saraki rises to the number 2 spot on the YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for senators

The YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for senators comes up this week with a lot of movement noticed on the first half of the list. It is an upward climb for Senators, Bukola Saraki, Dino Melaye, Shehu Sani and more, while Godswill Akpabio, the former governor of Akwa Ibom suffered a seven-point slide from 11th position to... Read More
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January 26, 2017

YNaija Analysis: Pres. Buhari must back his anti-corruption rhetoric with action

Ever since President Muhammadu Buhari first ran for the presidency in 2003 and until he finally won in 2015, one of his strongest and most consistent promises has been his pledge to fight corruption in Nigeria. While every politician usually makes this promise, President Buhari has the added advantage of being perceived to be an... Read More
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January 26, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: The Global Gag rule will hit you too, eventually

Before I begin this, this is specifically for you Nigerians who sit in your houses and gripe about how we are hypocritical or pretentious for being wholly invested in international politics and global policies when it supposedly doesn’t ‘affect’ us. Congratulations, you played yourself. If you haven’t heard, one of President Donald Trump’s first actions... Read More
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January 26, 2017

The Media Blog: Let’s talk about media and ‘The forbidden experiment’

Legend has it that King James IV once stretched, yawned and thought to himself ‘hm – what language would babies speak if they didn’t have any humans to learn language from?’ And – because he is a king, duh – he was able to hijack a few babies and place them in the care of... Read More
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