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Recommendations by South West Governors are compelling evidence of how Nigeria could truly work
The Nigerian federation is at a critical juncture where virtually every citizen agrees that the national political setup needs to ...
Obituary: Sound Sultan defined the sound for a new generation, here’s why he lives forever
Afrobeats to the world!It is easy to scream that now that Nigerian pop music is making inroads in even the ...
Usifo Ataga: It’s time the Police applied legal steps rather than ‘meet-and-greet’ rounds
The story of Chidinma Ojukwu and the late Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga is one that most Nigerians are familiar ...
Information Blackout: Protest by the Press is alarm on the danger of democracy without watchdogs
A glance at any newspaper stand across Nigeria on July 12 would have brought one striking observation – most of ...
The Sultan passes but his Sound lives on
It was supposed to be a Sunday billed for a gladiatorial spectacle of soccer, and any other issue would be ...
Once again a mob calls for blood in a new blasphemy case in Northern Nigeria
A mob of young Nigerian Muslim men in Sokoto, stormed the palace of Sultan, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, on Thursday carrying ...
First cattle, now dogs: Nigeria’s unending drama of fundamental animal rights | The #YNaijaCover
It’s not every time one gets to see the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation come out to ...
The Court may have vindicated Kemi Adeosun but does the ruling erase the blot of forgery?
After the dust appeared to have long settled on the allegation of forgery of the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) ...
Are Nigeria’s Northern elites truly jittery about Southern pacts?
It is becoming a case of cause and reaction. Whenever there is a meeting of the Southern leaders, especially the ...
Southern governors are leading the charge for a restructured Nigeria and we love it
From the arrest and re-arraignment of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), nearly four years ...
Kaduna School Kidnap: Why time is ripe for state police
There would certainly be no offence taken if one has lost count of the number of times schools have been ...
#Burna30: Here are the top career milestones of Afrobeats superstar, Burna Boy
Few weeks after getting his hands on the prestigious gramophone plaque and just days after scoring a hat-trick of BET ...
Ailey, The Novice, The Legend of the Underground…The 20 Best Films at the 2021 Tribeca Festival
The just-concluded 20th Tribeca festival which ran from the 9th to 20th June offered signs of the industry, culture and ...
Nigerians are subsidising human rights violations by Hisbah in Kano. When does it end?
It has almost become a tradition – the kind you know will happen but that you are not sure when ...
#Tribeca2021 Review: Mission: Joy- Finding Happiness in Troubled Times
In 2015, two of the most pious men on the planet, the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet and Archbishop ...
Film Review: Joy, pain, defiance in HBO’s The Legend of the Underground
The infamous Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act signed into law in 2014 revealed the cowardice of the Goodluck Jonathan Presidency. ...
Nnamdi Kanu’s extradition is victory for the Buhari administration but that energy mustn’t burn out
After over three years of fireworks; to put it mildly, the Federal Government eventually got their hands on the self-proclaimed ...
UTME reportedly records mass failure again, and restructuring is the only answer
Participating in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is more of an indispensable necessity than just another exam checklist in ...
Nollywood movies coming to Netflix this July
One of the surprising things that happened this June was Netflix picking up Kingsley Ogoro’s Osuofia in London, the classic ...
Meet the cast of Netflix’s South African dance series ‘Jiva’
Netflix’s much-awaited South African street dance series Jiva premiered yesterday, consolidating on the slew of South African content on the ...
What you need to know about Netflix’s first African reality series ‘Young, Famous & African’
Netflix has been strengthening its foothold in the African market since the streamer announced back in 2018 that it was ...
The dance moves you should expect to see on Netflix’s South African series ‘Jiva’
Jiva — Netflix’s highly anticipated fifth original series out of Africa — is almost here. Announced for the first time ...
Disney is releasing an African animated series ‘Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire’ in 2022
In the last of couple of years, Disney as a media behemoth has been consolidating on efforts towards expanding its ...
Ibejii explores identity, resilience and freedom in visuals for ‘Gonto’
Over years now British-Nigerian Afro-retro/Soul artiste, Ibejii, has been plumbing the depths of his Yoruba heritage, fusing African percussions, rhythms ...
Niniola pledges faithful love in visuals for ‘Ryde’
Off her RnB EP 6th Heaven released back in March this year, Niniola has released the visuals for the track ...
Three takeaways from the #June12Protests
With the escalating tensions in the country arising from security breakdown, insurgency, food inflation, rising unemployment and, of course, the ...
‘Charge and Bail’, ‘Superstar’ – here’s the 2021 movie slate from Inkblot Productions
Following a blockbuster 2020 which saw the releases of Who’s The Boss, Quam’s Money and D.O.D – Day of Destiny, ...
Rema is all about sex in the visuals for new single ‘Soundgasm’
In anticipation for Rema‘s debut album, of which we have no detail about, the Mavin golden boy has dropped another ...
Arise TV Interview: “IPOB is just a dot in the circle” | 4 things President Buhari said about the South East and nepotism in appointments
For political watchers in Nigeria, it is common knowledge that President Muhammadu Buhari has been described by aides and party ...
Arise TV: 10 hot takes from the President Buhari Interview [Restructuring, Security, Poverty & Corruption]
For political watchers in Nigeria, it is common knowledge that President Muhammadu Buhari has been described by aides and party ...