Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 43, is practically the most recognisable Nigerian alive. The responsibility of representing a diverse, multi-ethnic entity of 200 million people in international circles is no doubt a…
Read MoreIt is the end of 2019 and Burna Boy is nominated for a Grammy for his latest record, African Giant. Come January 26, he may well go all the way…
Read MoreIn Alberto Monteras II’s Respeto, a gritty, realistic examination of the complex relationship between hip hop culture and inner city violence, the past is the key to the present…
Read MoreFilm critic and prolific writer, Wilfred Okiche has been announced as one of the 30 participants of the Talents Durban and Talents Press programme for the 2017 Durban International Film…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche My first encounter with Buchi Emecheta’s work was as a secondary school student growing up in Lagos, anxiously waiting for my sister to be done with the…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche These ones deserve the Oscar. Or AMAA. Or AMVCA. Somebody hand it to them, please. Nkem Owoh (Ghana Must Go) It is hard to see where Tunde…
Read Moreby Wilfred oKiche It only feels like yesterday when Olamide threw a hissy fit at the stage of the Headies because his protégé Lil Kesh failed to win the Next…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche At the just concluded Africa International Film Festival, I was privileged to have caught a screening of ’76, the much postponed, long awaited film by director Izu…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche We got a first-hand taste last year when Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) put an abrupt end to sixteen uninterrupted years of the Peoples…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Sometime last year I was invited to work on a television production. It wasn’t the first time I had been on TV but it was the first time…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Death is a sad affair. But mourning can be a beautiful thing. This part of the world, there is a strong belief that burying of the dead…
Read MoreNine years. That’s how long Asa made Lagos- and Nigeria,- the land of her birth, wait for a major headlining concert befitting her status as Nigeria’s premiere vocalist and performer.…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche They never expected it. From the seeming trusting safety of their school walls, exactly one year ago, 276 young girls; innocent and impressionable, were abducted in one…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Dr. Stella Adadevoh For 21 years, Ameyo Stella Shade Adadevoh, consultant endocrinologist, and consummate physician reported to work every day at the First Consultants Hospital, Obalende, a…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Now, everyone has local stars as brand ambassadors. Mike Adenuga made it so. The reclusive billionaire re-started a trend that has imploded into the…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche A young African, Wilfred Okiche captures the sense that the ground has finally shifted under Africa with Mandela’s death and he wonders how we will go from…
Read MoreThe YNaija Nollywood 100 in collaboration with EbonyLife, is pleased to present our definitive list of the brightest talents in Nigeria's film Industry. To gain this list, we worked with…
Read MoreNigerian creative powerhouse Jade Osiberu is once again poised to make waves with her upcoming crime-thriller "Everything Scatter," a cinematic exploration of the gripping protests that unfolded in October 2020…
Read MoreEditor's note: In an incredibly difficult year defined by the coronavirus pandemic, the Nigerian film industry entered a new paradigm with global streaming giant Netflix to tell our stories to…
Read MoreAfter a period of morbidity, former senator of the federal republic and governor of Oyo state, Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi passed away on 25, June 2020. According to the Lagos state…
Read MoreCirca 2007, the city of Lagos, at the time under the administration of Governor Babatunde Fashola began to pursue a fresh makeover phase during the annual yuletide celebrations. Brightly decorated…
Read MoreMajek Fashek, singer, songwriter, superstar, reggae icon, hero, prophet, rainmaker and eventual cautionary tale passed away in New York on the night of 1, June. This according to his manager…
Read MoreMildred Okwo, director extraordinaire and head honcho at the Audrey Silva company has been coming through with the hits this year. First she announced 'La Femme Anjola', a risque noir…
Read MoreIt’s not enough to be famous. Not even to be (economically) successful. In fact, you don’t even need to be famous. This list is for those who are at the…
Read MoreEDITOR'S NOTE: The YNaija team is pleased to present our definitive list of the most influential Nigerians in film. To gain this list, we worked with film critic and writer…
Read MoreAir Peace, the private airline founded in 2013 by Allen Ifechukwu Onyema celebrated its fifth anniversary this month. The company has been riding a wave of terrific publicity since September…
Read MoreThis year, box office returns for Nigerian films have been far from remarkable. But come 8, November 2019, Play Entertainment Network and Natives Filmworks, producers of the multi-million Naira sequel,…
Read MoreWhen the Nigerian entry Daughters of Chibok was announced winner of the Best Virtual Reality Story (for linear content) at the awards ceremony of the Venice International Film Festival, the…
Read MoreSince it was published in 2007, The Wives (Kraft Books Limited) a play written by Professor Ahmed Yerima has become a prominent theatre staple, going through several reruns, rejigs and…
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Wilfred Okiche: Why Oshiomhole’s apology matters
....governor Oshiomhole’s apology, overplayed and self serving as it is is just what we need to remind ourselves that we are after all in a government practiced by the…
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