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We just watched Africa Magic’s Hustle. Here’s what we think.
We told you we were counting down to this. All of us at TMB fixed a date in one central ...
The Media Blog: It’s 90 minutes to the premiere of Africa Magic’s The Hustle!
We are really, really, really, really looking forward to The Hustle, DSTV’s newest series. And not just because it’s getting ...
The Media Blog: DJ Cuppy has a new show – on the new FOX station that launched today
The DJ of the entire whole world, DJ Cuppy is focused still on making big moves. The latest is a ...
The Media Blog: CNBC finally figured it out – The Chinese mean business with StarTimes
Because there is nothing like premium when it comes to mass media. Like one of our mentors used to tell ...
The Media Blog: We hope you know Tajudeen Adepetu is the biggest media owner in West Africa today
We mean biggest literally. No metaphors needed. We are coming to this in greater detail soon, as we have been ...
Let’s look at these tweets and decide: Is elDee a hypocrite, or yes?
by Chi Ibe AKA God don catch devil. A few days ago, there was a self-righteous rapper called elDee (Tha ...
The Media Blog: Is it not your mates that just got $1.1m from Omidyar to tell stories?
Well Told Story is a company in Kenya that’s focused on using the media to tackle youth challenges. There is ...
The Film Blog: In which Kunle Afolayan says he has only made N20m on ‘The CEO’
To be honest, this is Kunle Afolayan’s shtick. It’s confessional film-making – where he takes the viewer through the entire ...
The Film Blog: Did you miss the 4 beautiful tweets Aunty Mildred Okwo had for Uncle Charles Novia?
We posted the origin of the wahala without comment earlier. Charles Novia (we knew it was only a matter of ...
The Media Blog: Project Fame got a winner on Saturday, but were you paying attention?
They need to go and wash their head in a celestial river o. Did you hear that erstwhile number one ...
The Film Blog: This is how a London paper demolished Brad Pitt
Ready. Set. Dead. This is how London’s City AM reported the news of one Oscar winning star divorcing another Oscar ...
The Media Blog: The latest Media Big Boys? Osagie Alonge and Tunde Kara, from Pulse
Last week we updated you on Rich Tanksley. Former head honcho at Pulse Nigeria, who took the unrefined and made ...
The Media Blog: The New York Times just made life difficult for all journalists
Actually they didn’t ‘just’, it’s a reminder. But we can’t imagine living under these conditions. As we enter the home ...
The Media Blog: Big Cabal’s Osarumen Osamuyi is moving up in the world
In another life, many many moons ago, it would almost be inconceivable that we would be here writing about the ...
Femi Adesina: Those of us in Buhari’s government go hungry too
by Femi Adesina Here comes the preacher. What does he want to tell us? Doesn’t he know that we are ...
Analysis: This is why the #ChangeBeginsWithMe campaign will fail. Massively.
by Joachim MacEbong Today, the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture launched the #ChangeBeginsWithMe campaign in Abuja, with a call ...
The Media Blog: Toyin Subair has said his own, oya Dele Olojede, it’s your turn to confess
Everyone in the media industry that pays attention to online conversation has been talking about Toyin Subair’s significant opus on ...
Media Jobs: AfricaCheck is looking for a Nigeria editor
Africa Check got a bit popular in this market for its story correcting (another) of Kaduna governor, Nasir el-Rufai’s incorrect ...
The Media Blog: Nigerians on Twitter (who know the story) have no sympathy for Toyin Subair
So high-profile media entrepreneur, best known for the high-profile failure of HiTV, Toyin Subair wrote this. (We tl;dr-ed it for you ...
The Media Blog: Toyin Subair just took everyone to school (and Heil DSTV!)
The former chief executive officer of the failed HiTV (High Television, for long) put up a post on LinkedIn in ...
Buhari is finally losing it on #BringBackOurGirls – 5 takeaways on why this is… foolish
by Chi Ibe Yesterday, the #BringBackOurGirls movement was on the march again. This time, it was returning to the Aso ...
Incompetence is worse than actual corruption | 5 takeaways from how Kemi Adeosun became Public Enemy Number One
by Daniel Essien Nigerians have always had something of an issue with our Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, who before this ...
Editor’s note: Why YNaija.com is telling stories you don’t hear about – from across Nigeria
This morning, we begin a story series on YNaija.com called ‘We Survived Boko Haram’. Over the past month, we have ...
SPECIAL SERIES: Sharing the stories of hope, strength and survival from North-East Nigeria
by Eromo Egbejule In an age where social media has made it increasingly urgent for newsrooms to break the news ...
SPECIAL EDITORIAL: Governor Ambode, this makes no sense
The staff and management of Nuli Juice, a six-week old company, came to work on the first day of September, ...
The Media Blog: Have you seen Folorunsho Alakija’s second Forbes cover?
Does Folorunsho Alakija have something she is selling (other than fuel for oyinbo people to drink) these days? She is ...
The Media Blog: Forbes AFRICA has 3 women on its cover – and none of them is black
This is the very latest issue of Forbes Africa Woman (August/September 2016). To commemorate Women’s Month in South Africa. The latest ...
The Media Blog: MTV Base subbed the Nigerian government – and maybe some corporates
The MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA), anchored by MTV Base is for the third year, hosted in South Africa. This ...
The Media Blog: Lai Mohammed and Ambode said plenty things about the media yesterday – and precisely nothing
It’s really frustrating when Nigeria’s leaders speak often about the power and necessity of tourism – and then do actually ...
The Media Blog: Did you know Cosmo is fully covering Nigeria? It’s doing a pretty good job – but not enough
Save for BellaNaija, Nigeria doesn’t really have a portal for women – at least one that truly is part and ...
The September Standard
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- Celebrating Nigerian Trailblazers: Inspiring Women in Fashion
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- 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