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January 26, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Viola Davis is the first African American actress to score three Oscar nominations | More stories

Here are the some of the top stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing this morning. Viola Davis is the first African-American actress to score three Oscar nominations How to Get Away with Murder actress, Viola Davis has just made history with her nomination at the 89th... Read More

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January 25, 2017

Where is Namadi Sambo?

Namadi Sambo has never been the typical always-on-the-scene-type of Nigerian politician. It is a fact that not many Nigerians can lay claims to knowing much about him until he was appointed Vice-President by former President, Goodluck Jonathan in 2010. Namadi Mohammed Sambo started out his career as an Architect after bagging an Architecture degree from... Read More

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January 25, 2017

#Impact365: People living with disabilities can hope for a better life with Shuga Limb Foundation

Akinloye Tofowomo a.k.a Akiin Shuga is the founder and president of the Shuga Limb Foundation. He suffered polio at the tender age of 5. Despite being physically challenged, he has surmounted all expectations. Akiin Shuga is the Managing Director of Shuga Entertainment Nig. Ltd, owner of the popular Shuga Band, an outstanding and innovative live... Read More

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January 25, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris says her father was murdered, Fans lash out at MI for defending Islam | More stories

Missed out on all of Tuesday’s entertainment gists? Catch up on the biggest ones, and others that unraveled while you laid asleep – on today’s Entertainment Roundup. La La Land earns record-making 14 nominations as Oscars 2017 nominees list is revealed The nomination list for the 89th annual Academy Awards was announced on Tuesday by... Read More

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January 25, 2017

The Dummies Guide to the difference between condoms and sanitary towels

You must have been hit by the “tissue”, “condom” “pad” and just all round menstrual talk that has been flying around Twitter lately. It must have got you wondering: “why all this grossness everywhere?” Here’s how it happened: So @GbemmyG was wondering out loud why sanitary towels are not being distributed free the way condoms are:... Read More

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January 25, 2017

Film review: ‘Saving Dreams’ is just unexciting

by Wilfred Okiche Brenda Jackson (Karen Simpson), an up and coming singer spends her days (and nights) toiling in Canadian bars, hoping to get noticed by someone in a position to make her dreams come true. While performing one of her two bit gigs, – we don’t actually see her sing but what follows next... Read More

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January 25, 2017

The Film Blog: We don’t know how we feel about Kenneth Gyang’s ‘The Lost Café’

We don’t know that bigger fans of Kenneth Gyang’s work exist anywhere else, at least not in Nigeria. At TFB, we think he is a national treasure, a status earned by his impressive body work and a strong commitment to quality. We cheered with Gyang when he won Best Picture at the Africa Academy Movie... Read More

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January 25, 2017

Analysis: VP Osinbajo’s answers at Davos give cause for worry

by Mark Amaza For the second year running, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo led the Nigerian government delegation to Davos, Switzerland for the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF), the yearly talk shop and networking event for global business and political leaders. Like all other attendees, he was expected to sell Nigeria as the preferred destination for... Read More

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January 24, 2017

The Thread: The tweet fight between Sahara Reporters and The Nation Nigeria

We bring you the fight of the night: two media houses- Sahara Reporters vs The Nation Nigeria- battling over credibility, and to a larger extent, supremacy. *rings bell. Let the fight begin: FLASH: Bola Tinubu's @TheNationNews story that @unilag_1962 students arrested for attacking V. Chancellor is a lie. @PoliceNG attacked them pic.twitter.com/TAl2GfVA5Z — Sahara Reporters... Read More

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January 24, 2017

We have your receipts: But Governor Fayose, you said this school feeding programme will fail

This week, the office of the Vice President announced the release of over N375 million to feed a total of 677, 476 primary school pupils in five states in continuation of the National School Feeding initiative introduced by the Federal Government. The APC had promised to launch this initiative during the 2015 campaign that saw... Read More

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January 24, 2017

Backstory: Ken Nnamani’s journey to the APC

The news of former Senate President, Ken Nnamani’s registration as a member of the ruling party, APC may come to many as a surprise. He made the defection official in Amechi-Uwani, Enugu south local government area, Enugu on Sunday and according to the various news sites who claim to have contacted him, Senator Nnamani has given... Read More

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January 24, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Awilo Longomba features Yemi Alade in new track, Batman vs Superman and Zoolander nominated for worst films in 2016 | More stories

Here are some of the top entertainment stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept and are still buzzing this morning. Awilo Longomba features Yemi Alade in new song Congolese superstar, Awilo Longomba has teamed up with Mama Africa,Yemi Alade for a new track titled, Rihanna. Produced by Vtek, Rihanna is a complete... Read More

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January 23, 2017

Understanding the Nigerian Army’s statement on the arrest of Dapo Olorunyomi of Premium Times

Earlier today, the Nigerian Army did something that would on the surface appear to have exonerated them from the allegations of trying to silence the Press. They released this statement. Following the arrest of Premium Times publisher, Dapo Olorunyomi and Evelyn Okakwu, the paper’s judiciary correspondent last week, Nigerians have been very vocal about their determination... Read More

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January 23, 2017

Thought Experiment: So what if Buhari had actually died?

Disclaimer: We are not one of those who wish any ill-luck on President Buhari. Spare us and just hear us out. Last week, there were rumours flying around following President Muhammadu Buhari’s vacation that he’d fallen ill and had given up the ghost in the United Kingdom. While those rumours were false and most likely ill-motivated... Read More

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January 23, 2017

#Impact365: Goldfish Initiative is providing education to children in the poorest parts of Nigeria

There’s an increasingly large population of Nigerian children who do not have access to education and are constantly being ignored by the government and until recently, most parts of the society. This NGO set up barely 5 months ago has taken its goodwill to 4 states in the country, handing out educational materials to public... Read More

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January 23, 2017

Profile: Abiola Ajimobi’s long history of behaving badly

by Wilfred Okichie It was the video seen around the world. On Friday 13, January, a disturbing video made its way to the Internet. The Executive Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Isiaka Ajimobi was captured on video giving the worst performance of his entire public service career. While addressing protesting students of the state co-owned... Read More

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January 23, 2017

Dear Nigeria Police, has anybody reminded you what your job is lately?

Dear Nigeria Police, Remember when seven – maybe more – scoundrels thought they could get away with syphoning NGN 24 billion of the funds meant to ensure you all enjoy comfortable lives in your retirement? We Nigerians stood by you against the ruling oppressors. This we did despite all the years of harassment and torture you’d... Read More

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January 23, 2017

How is everything we use and eat made from pigs and cattle?

Nigerians are increasingly becoming very aware of and getting active about where what they eat, drink, wear and use come from. How eco-friendly, ethical and kind-to-creatures the manufacturers of their everyday products are. This trend has led to an insane amount of #FitFam across social media platforms. Of course being fit and healthy (which is... Read More

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January 23, 2017

YNaija Editorial: The presidential media team should stop demeaning its office

One of the dark sides of how the internet and social media has democratised freedom of expression has been the rise of online trolls and fake news sites. It is not uncommon to find news sites and social media accounts which specialise in the spread of unsubstantiated or even outright false news; the effects of... Read More

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January 23, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Big Brother Naija returns to TV as Nigerians react to house location, Justin Bieber thinks The Weeknd’s music is whack | More stories

The weekend is over! Now, catch up on all the entertainment stories you missed from Friday through till Sunday night – and all the ones that unraveled while you slept too. Big Brother Naija is back and big, housemates settle in Big Brother house After a 10-year break in production and transmission, reality TV show,... Read More

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January 23, 2017

#InnovationSeries: Technology and my radical year of freelancing

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

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January 22, 2017

#BBNaija: It’s about to go down | Big Brother Naija hits TV screens in less than one hour

You waited 10 years for this and now it’s here! The new and upgraded second edition of Big Brother Nigeria will hit our TV screens in less than two hours, we can’t keep calm and you shouldn’t too. Dubbed Big Brother Naija, this edition will feature 12 housemates who the organisers have introduced in this... Read More

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January 22, 2017

From Abuja to Gambia and then Trumpland | See our top 10 photos from the past week

A photo of the Mosque that was attacked in the early hours of Monday by Boko Haram suicide bombers. Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, Aisha Yesufu of the Bring Back Our Girls group were led on a guided tour of the North-East to gain an insight on the efforts of the military and Federal Government to... Read More

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January 22, 2017

“What’s wrong with going on vacation?” | See our top 10 quotes from the past week

This week has been a mix of failures and victories co-existing in one space. For the people of The Gambia, it was a case of being saved by the bell. While thousands of Gambians fled their homes in anticipation of bloodshed following Yahya Jammeh’s insistence on remaining the country’s leader, Adamu Barrow got sworn-in -in... Read More

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January 22, 2017

Factcheck: The defeat of Boko Haram is not a defining metric of President Buhari’s commitment to combating insecurity

On the 8th of January, Pastor Tunde Bakare stood before his congregation ( Latter Rain Assembly) to give his annual State of the Nation address. It is a speech that ties together events of the past year in Nigeria and the world, and the projections (and sometimes prophetic declarations) for the new year. In this year’s... Read More

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January 22, 2017

Analysis: Apostle Suleiman gets it all wrong with his hateful, inciting preaching

by Mark Amaza For the past 24 hours, a video has been spreading on social media showing Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, an Auchi-based church making some rather shocking comments unexpected of someone who claims to be a religious leader. In the video, Apostle Suleiman admonished his members to kill... Read More

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January 22, 2017

Analysis: Barrack Obama didn’t leave without helping Nigeria, or did he?

by Mark Amaza On Friday January 20th, there was a change in the baton of leadership in the United States of America, the world’s largest economy and undoubtedly, its most powerful country as well. While so much has been written about what a Trump administration might mean for global politics and Africa in particular, it... Read More

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January 22, 2017

Pres. Trump, Gov. Fayose, Nigerian Air Force | Here are last week’s winners and losers

Isn’t life just full of strange surprises? Our list of winners and losers from last week will leave you in shock… or not. WINNERS President Donald John Trump The 45th President of the United States of America was sworn in on Friday at the Capitol Hill Building. He was joined by his wife, Melania and... Read More

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January 22, 2017

Still on the Matter: The man who named his dog Buhari

Remember the man, Joe, who got a number of people riled up in Ogun State last August for naming his dog Buhari? A neighbour had gone to the police to report that Joe named a dog after his own father, named Alhaji Buhari. The said neighbour reported Joe at the Sango Ota Police Station and... Read More

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January 22, 2017

We have your receipts: Obasanjo, but you didn’t like Jonathan before

Honestly, no one recants as much as former President Olusegun Obasanjo does in all of Nigeria. On Friday, immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan made a surprising trip to Ibogun, Ogun State to visit Obasanjo at his residence there. Here is some of what former President Obasanjo had to say to Jonathan during the visit: “When... Read More

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