Category: Blogs
[The Church Blog] Morning Devotion: Frank Edwards bows down in gratitude
This song’s beauty is endless. Editor
[The Sexuality Blog] What’s the point of a Sexual Violence Response Team when you’ll still parade people accused of sexual crimes?
The Lagos state government under Babatunde Fashola had its problems, but it managed some semblance of uniformity in the policies ...
[The Church Blog] Morris Cerullo brings bondage-breaking anointing to Nigeria
Anywhere in the world he has made a stopover in the course of his evangelist crusades and apostolic impartations before ...
[The Church Blog] Kirk Franklin, Tim Godfrey headline Fearless 2017
For the generality of Lagos’s music lovers, especially those interested in the gospel genre, Tim Godfrey and Rox Nation in ...
[The Sexuality Blog] Jordan just repealed the law that makes women marry their rapists
Jordan’s ‘marry the rapist’ clause has been repealed by its parliament. pic.twitter.com/GFzB5W2DRA — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 1, 2017 ...
[The Sexuality Blog] Botswana just became the first African country to offer free sanitary products to young women
Botswana, the quiet country sandwiched in the heart of Southern Africa has always been way ahead of the pack in ...
The Media Blog: This statement from the Sokoto NUJ chairman is nothing but stupidity
Please don’t DM us. Stupidity is as stupidity does. “How can you imagine a 25-year-old person becoming a state governor ...
The Film Blog: The full video of the interview that got Aunty Ronke mad this morning
This is the headline from Broadway Africa TV that led to Yoruba-movie actress, Ronke Oshodi-Oke’s hysterics this morning: “I Can’t ...
The Film Blog: We swear, you just have to watch this 5-min video of Ronke Oshodi-Oke
That switch from calm to anger. Was there a director behind the scene? She asked us ‘internet people’ to post ...
The Media Blog: These are the shows Linda Ikeji TV is working very hard on
So we know there are plenty people who are waiting for Linda Ikeji to fail. They are wasting their time ...
The Media Blog: The NYT and WashPo have been doing the Lord’s work, this fantastic report shows
Crucial excerpt: Call it the Last Newspaper War, as two great survivors face off with different strategies and different economic ...
[The Media Blog] Inside Out with Agatha is a survivor at 20 and we should all be taking notes
To gain entry into the media industry at a time when most people didn’t quite know what they were doing ...
[The Activism Blog] Some Nigerians are ready to force Buhari to resign or be impeached via a daily sit-out
Tired over the silence on the health of President Muhammadu Buhari, a coalition of Civil Society Groups are set to ...
[The Legislative Blog]: Here’s how Saraki got the Senate to achieve its “unprecedented success”
It is no longer news that the 8th Senate under the leadership of Senate President Bukola Saraki has achieved feats ...
[The Activism Blog] BudgIT’s Seun Onigbinde’s Twitter account hacked
The Twitter account of lead partner of civic tech organisation, BudgIT, Seun Onigbinde has been hacked. The organisation said this ...
The Music Blog: Handling Fela’s legacy with care
Two decades have passed since Abami Eda was first laid into the soil in Ikeja, Lagos but the years that ...
[The Presidential Blog] Read all about Aisha Buhari’s commitment to breastfeeding
While Nigerians have begun betting on how soon President Buhari will return to the country, his wife, Aisha Buhari is ...
[The Sexuality Blog] Aren’t we tired of equating sex and sexual minorities with HIV?
This morning on Twitter, the conversation – as it is wont to – roved on to sexual minorities. Trans people ...
[The Alausa Blog] Reconstruction of Oshodi-International Airport road to begin September
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said that work on the proposed expansion and reconstruction of the Oshodi-International Airport ...
For the naysayers; Lagos reported 574 confirmed cases of rape/sexual assault in 2016-2017
When we speak about sexual assault and rape in Lagos in public spaces, without fail, the #NotAllMen brigade appear first ...
[The Alausa Blog] Gunmen kidnap Lagos council staff, demand N20m ransom
Unknown gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped a staff of Ikeja Local Government in Lagos, Shamsideen Omotayo on Agbowa-Imota road, near Ikorodu. ...
[The Sexuality Blog] 5 things to know about the 42 men arrested in Lagos for homosexuality
On the 31st of July 2017, gossip social media channel, Instablog9ja first broke the news that the Lagos State taskforce ...
A thread on what Professor Osinbajo has been up to today and one response that shows how Nigerians miss the point
Acting President, Professor Osinbajo is currently speaking alongside former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon on the importance of ensuring unity ...
[The Activism Blog] The National Assembly is planning to kill NGOs with its ridiculous NGO Regulatory Bill
The House of Representatives is presently considering what might be called ‘the most dangerous piece of legislation’ to come before ...
[The Church Blog] The Bible is not the word or voice of God
by Ayomipo Edinger The Bible is not the word of God. It is not the voice of God either. No, ...
[The Activism Blog] BudgIT’s Civic Hive is set to change the face of citizenship engagement in Nigeria
By now, we are sure you know we are big fans of BudgIT and the work they do with citizenship ...
The Media Blog: We found a gem called ‘Village Factor’
An essay on colonial architecture in Lagos. An interrogation of JayZ’s 4:44 album. Headlines like ‘Five Black Novels about Afrofuturism’. ...
[The Music Blog] What everyone (including Wizkid) got wrong about Sounds From The Other Side
“That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind”, I think of first-movers like Wizkid in the ...
[The Alausa Blog] LASG lights up Lagos with new set of streetlights to boost security situation
The Lagos State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has commenced the electrification of dark spots and installation of Street ...
Is Lai Mohammed really interested in the creative industry or are we just playing here?
“This is totally unacceptable! This Administration is determined to fight this scourge, and the good news is that we have ...
The September Standard
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- How Your Diet Could Be Making Your Snoring Worse
- Celebrating Nigerian Trailblazers: Inspiring Women in Fashion
- Silk: Unraveling Threads of Elegance and Innovation
- Grammy Awards 2024 Red Carpet Fashion: Hits and Misses that Stole the Spotlight
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- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy