Tag: The Thread

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EzinneNovember 22, 2017

The Thread: Here’s how Twitter made fun of Mugabe’s fall

The coup that was not a coup was executed flawlessly and as of yesterday, successfully: Robert Mugabe finally resigned. Zimbabweans ...

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EzinneNovember 22, 2017

The Thread: How African leaders can avoid going the way of Robert Mugabe

After 37 long years wielding the sceptre, Robert Mugabe finally succumbed to Military pressure and resigned. Generations of Zimbabweans rejoiced ...

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EzinneNovember 21, 2017

The Thread: “It increases financial wealth” | The benefits of marriage for men

Toni is engaging in some fear-busting regarding marriage. These days, men and women are getting married later and later…except for ...

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EzinneNovember 21, 2017

The Thread: 5 hilarious tweets that will make your day

Got the work blues today? Calm yourself down with these hilarious tweets we found. Enjoy 1 When your enemies in ...

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EzinneNovember 21, 2017

The Thread: Abike Dabiri complains about Italy burying the 26 Nigerian girls; TwitterNG buries her alive

Since the news broke on social media that Italy had buried the dead Nigerian girls who lost their lives after ...

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EzinneNovember 20, 2017

The Thread: How Zimbabwe proves patriarchy is alive and kicking

For 37 years, Zimbabwe has been under the iron rule of Robert Mugabe. But last week, the tables turned. And ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 20, 2017

The Thread: Pastor Sam Adeyemi gives Nigeria a call to action

Known for his unrelenting belief in this entity called Nigeria, Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Lagos had tough words ...

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EzinneNovember 20, 2017

The Thread: The Top 10 viral tweets from last week

Viral tweets just make Twitter utterly delightful; so we thought to curate our top 10 (there’s a bonus and then ...

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EzinneNovember 19, 2017

The Thread: “Nigerian Pastors could never” | That time Pope Francis sparked a religious war on Twitter

Religious and Political Twitter Nigeria are particularly volatile streets. All it takes for violence to occur is someone striking a ...

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EzinneNovember 18, 2017

The Thread: Ready for Mugabe’s movie ‘The Last Emperor of Zimbabwe’? Here’s the script

The drama unfolding in Zimbabwe has the world’s rapt attention, as it should. For one, the 93-year-old despot, Robert Mugabe, ...

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EzinneNovember 17, 2017

The Thread: Italy gives the 26 Nigerian girls who drowned at sea a state burial; TwitterNG reacts

Their crime was leaving for greener pastures, all 26 of them. Two of them were pregnant yet braved the risky ...

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EzinneNovember 17, 2017

The Thread: “See who’s talking about corruption” “How many private jets do you have?” | GEJites clap back at Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos state and godfather to our Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, had stinging words for ...

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EzinneNovember 17, 2017

The Thread: “If Nigeria is not a crazy country…” |10 tweets that show how Nigerians feel about current political events

Just like the adage says, “the only thing constant in life is change”; so also in Nigerian politics, it is ...

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EzinneNovember 16, 2017

The Thread: This is why Governors need state police

Days to the gubernatorial election in Anambra state, Governor Willie Obiano announced that his security aides had been withdrawn. This ...

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EzinneNovember 16, 2017

The Thread: The holidays are here again. Here’s how to travel around the world almost free

It’s 38 days to Christmas (where did the year go?), the season perfect for travelling and getting your R&R on. ...

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EzinneNovember 16, 2017

The Thread: Former US VP Joe Biden has always been a sexual predator | Twitter shows receipts

Christened “Uncle Joe” by America, former US Vice President Joe Biden projected a personae of being warm and funny and ...

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EzinneNovember 15, 2017

The Thread: How ‘SARS officers’ almost abducted me

Nigerians are always saying that the Nigerian Police is ineffective and downright corrupt. They buttress these points with true life ...

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EzinneNovember 15, 2017

The Thread: “Stay out of Zimbabwe’s politics, Zuma” | Africans say no to Jacob Zuma’s interference

Today, Zimbabwe’s military has had the country under lockdown- including its President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled for 37 years. ...

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EzinneNovember 15, 2017

The Thread: “If it looks like a coup, walks like a coup and quacks like a coup, then it’s a coup” | Twitter reacts to Zimbabwe’s military takeover

Following news reports showing military tanks rolling into Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, home to Robert Mugabe, the 93 year old President, ...

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EzinneNovember 15, 2017

The Thread: Are female soldiers an impediment on the battlefield?

Before this disclaimer was issued by the Ministry of Defence, some news media reported that the Military was going to ...

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EzinneNovember 14, 2017

The Thread: “Azura-Edo is not a tax evation scheme” | Eyo Ekpo’s refutes #Paradise papers

In its latest investigative series called Paradise Papers, Premium Times named Azura-Edo, Nigeria’s largest Independent Power Plant, as “a huge ...

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EzinneNovember 14, 2017

The Thread: “Girls like sex”, “You’re not the only guy talking to your girl” | What you should know about dating girls

Nigerians have been sharing life lessons on Twitter in recent times. @Xcel_101 picked a true life story to punctuate the ...

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EzinneNovember 14, 2017

The Thread: “Beach party turned to burial” | What UNILAG taught me about life

This thread is so sad, we’ve no words. See below: In this life, you are alone. Unilag taught me this. ...

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EzinneNovember 12, 2017

The Thread: “Why I won’t be a bridesmaid ever again” | Eketi’s crazy #BridesmaidChronicles

Prepare to laugh out loud at the sheer outlandish nature of Eketi’s bridesmaid horror stories. Don’t just laugh, listen and ...

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EzinneNovember 12, 2017

The Thread: How God saved my mum from witches

As believers, we are told that the spiritual controls the physical. In otherwords, the world that we do not see ...

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EzinneNovember 11, 2017

The Thread: What men do to silence victims of sexual assault

Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault saga opened a whole can of worms across continents about sexual assault by celebrities. Kenya Twitter ...

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EzinneNovember 11, 2017

The Thread: Here’s the single most important factor that can determine student success

During the course of the week, Governor el Rufai was in the news again for proposing to sack 22,000 primry ...

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EzinneNovember 11, 2017

The Thread: It’s time to abandon the colonial mentality of good African hair

Lupita Nyong’o is not one to shy away from her convictions. She belts them out loudly and without apology. Yesterday, ...

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EzinneNovember 10, 2017

The Thread: Here’s what Nigerian men are doing around the world

Nigerian men are travellers, explorers and entrepreneurs, and if that resulted in finding new planets and galaxies, the country will ...

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EzinneNovember 10, 2017

The Thread: “I want you to blow my back out” “I carry an inhaler with me everytime ’cause you take my breath away” | Twitter MCMs and slay queens send crush notes

After her #DateChallenge went viral, Oloni is back with another challenge. This one is open to both ladies and gentlemen. ...

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