Category: Blogs

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Oluwatosin AdeshokanJuly 4, 2017

[The Music Blog] Jay Z’s 4:44 album is a carefully curated project that does everything right

Shedding the private tag that the Carter Knowles family is known for, the last albums from Beyoncé and Jay Z ...

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ItunuoluwaJuly 4, 2017

[The Alausa Blog]: LASG presents long service merit award to public servants

Lagos state government kicked off it’s 2017 public service week celebrations last week and the celebrations continue this week. The ...

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Oluwatosin AdeshokanJuly 4, 2017

[The Music Blog] Wizkid is not a Young Fela

Because we love to look for the next Legend or “New X”, we sometimes demand a lot of things from ...

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ToluJuly 4, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: This Yobe Senator caught with two women should be flogged in public

“We have enough issues on our hands to begin to discuss a Senator with illicit affairs“, Lagos-based lawyer, Liborous Oshoma ...

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EditorJuly 4, 2017

Once again, Nathaniel Bassey takes the top spot on our top 10 gospel artiste countdown

You just gotta give it to this one man – Nathaniel Bassey who got the whole world worshipping, literally. Although ...

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EditorJuly 4, 2017

[The Church Blog] There’s this online religious platform but they’ve got it all wrong

By now, you should know that Church Blog represents all things Christian, Gospel and The Church at large. So, when ...

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EditorJuly 4, 2017

[The Church Blog] Hallelujah | It’s the 65th Annual convention of the RCCG

Let somebody about Hallelujah!!!! Remember that time we talked about Hallelujah Festivals in various cities being one of the next ...

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EditorJuly 4, 2017

‘Church Culture’ launches on ChannelsTV this Saturday… Chris Okotie, Sam Adeyemi, Jumoke Adenowo, Tosin Martins, Toni Kan, others are guests on Season 1

‘Church Culture’ a new television show focused on the mission of the Christian faith and the people, places and priorities ...

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EditorJuly 4, 2017

[The Church Blog] Morning Devotion: The Nosa and Nathaniel Bassey combo

This fire combo of Nosa Omoregie and Nathaniel Bassey is all you need for a perfect song. The song which ...

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ItunuoluwaJuly 3, 2017

[The Alausa Blog]: LASODA organises workshop on hearing disability

The Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs, LASODA has started a three-day Sign Language workshop for government officials as a ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 3, 2017

The Film Blog: Everything about Imoh Umoren’s new film looks gorgeous

Imoh Umoren, one of the finest minds you haven’t heard about in Nigerian film and television, is finally ready for ...

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RoqeebahJuly 3, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Professor Osinbajo in Addis Ababa for the AU summit

The Acting President is currently in Ethiopia attending the 29th Ordinary Session of the African Union. According to an official ...

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RoqeebahJuly 3, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Love it! We are here for this VAIDS explainer video

Not every time “Where is Buhari?” or critical analysis of what the Federal Government does. Sometimes, we just like to ...

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RoqeebahJuly 3, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] This is Daniel. He returned excess N-Power stipends. Be like Daniel

Usually, it’s new drama, new drama but with the FG’s N-Power scheme, it’s mostly been new day, same drama. Especially ...

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ItunuoluwaJuly 3, 2017

[The Alausa Blog]: LASG launches cleaner Lagos initiative with 920 environmental sanitation corps

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Friday,  launched the much anticipated new environmental management policy encapsulated in the Cleaner Lagos Initiative ...

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RoqeebahJuly 3, 2017

How is Melania Trump’s cyber-bullying campaign doing these modern day presidential times?

Donald Trump has gone and told another unnecessary lie. He claims his use of social media is “modern day presidential“ – prompting ...

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EditorJuly 3, 2017

[The Church Blog] Some Nigerian Churches and what we know them for

One of the key things that characterises Christianity in Nigeria is diversity. The diversity of doctrine, belief and operations. And ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 2, 2017

The Film Blog Thread: “Diamond Ring, an edge-of-the-seat winner” | A trip down memory lane to the Nollywood that made actual magic

Have you seen Diamond Ring, Dry leaves or Women’s Cot? If you haven’t, this thread is for you. Welcome to ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 1, 2017

The Film Blog: Alakada Reloaded is premiering in the U.K.? Hey God!

We hope we don’t bear responsibility for joining the hype of this film. Actually, calling it a film is a ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 1, 2017

The Film Blog: Kunle Afolayan’s ‘Roti’ is an exercise in brilliance – but will Nigerians go to see it?

The casting of this movie is excellent. Everyone is perfect – Kunle Afolayan, Kate Henshaw, Kunle’s mum (who, we hear, ...

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EditorJuly 1, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Why aren’t UNFPA’s free contraceptives for Nigerian men and women getting to the people who need it?

On the 29th of June 2017, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) renewed its four year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed with ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 1, 2017

The Film Blog: You have to admire the bravery of this TNS review of Isoken

You know, one of us at The Film Blog absolutely insisted that Isoken is formulaic, and nothing special – at ...

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RoqeebahJune 30, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] We are constrained to ask Garba Shehu one question and one question only

Dear good sir, do you have any idea how much the £ is to a Naira? Having read Mr Garba ...

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RoqeebahJune 30, 2017

[The Presidential Blog] Wait, what’s Oyegun subbing Osinbajo for?

John Odigie-Oyegun is the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress and under whose leadership the party became financially unstable. ...

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EditorJune 30, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Tanzania’s President Magufuli proves when it comes to reproductive rights Africa really is a country

“As long as I am president … no pregnant student will be allowed to return to school … After getting ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 30, 2017

The Film Blog: Ehen, this is the Kunle Afolayan we knower

The Kunle Afolayan we know stoped playing in 1901, and so we were very surprised by the low-key rollout of ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 30, 2017

The Media Blog: The (ugh) ‘Buzzfeed of Africa’ just got $1.1m funding, and everybody is now fully tensioned

Everyone we know is sending email threads and WhatsApp messages to everyone we know who works in the media, sharing ...

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EditorJune 30, 2017

[The Church Blog] It’s the season of Hallelujah Festivals

Yesterday, The church Blog made a post on the just concluded Hallelujah Challenge and how the Hallelujah Challenge was just ...

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EditorJune 29, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] #HeterosexualPrideDay and the continued obliviousness of straight people

A few days ago LGBT people all over the world gathered together to celebrate Pride, an annual event that is ...

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