Toyin Lawani
A lot of Nigerians didn’t grasp the severity of the coronavirus threat when the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards was hosted in Lagos, Nigeria in March 2020.
As at that time, there were only two cases in Nigeria. It was … Read the rest
Amos Omotade-Sparks
Amos Sewanu Omotade-Sparks popularly known as Daddy Inks is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the World’s First Charitable Trust DAO called Inksnation.
According to the 35 year-old, it is a Cryptocurrency that uses Pinkoin as its currency that … Read the rest
Omashola, Ifu Ennada
As far as fashion is concerned, Omashola Kola Oburoh and Ifu Ennada made history on the 14th of March 2020. The BBNaija stars shocked fans and colleagues with their AMVCA 2020 outfits. Initially, some Nigerians, saw it as “awkward” … Read the rest
Nigerians observing Covid-19 protocols
My favourite end-of-the-year quote, which I have shared with many others, is the following passage from Chapter 3 of the inimitable Chinua Achebe’s Things Falls Apart, a novel of monumental, evergreen relevance, translated into over 50 languages, a product of … Read the rest
Femi Bakre
From being a genius in the classroom, to being a genius in the entertainment industry, Femi Bakre never envisaged running Nigeria’s biggest online platform for comedy, KraksTV. In his words, “Kraks was accidental.”
A bookworm, his modest ambition back then … Read the rest
By Farooq Kperogi
Pastor Tunde Bakare’s trending video on Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for which he is receiving caustic flak from the Nigerian online commentariat, isn’t the deodorization of Tinubu’s smelly underbelly that many people say it is. It is, on … Read the rest
President Donald Trump had to wear a face mask
What a year. WhatAyear. What. A. Year. Muddled and fragmented. Masked up and washed up. It was a tasteless year, the year we could barely smell the coffee, the year humanity was severely fatigued. It was the year that soaked … Read the rest
Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Goodluck Jonathan
Last week Thursday, a group of politicians converged at the presentation of a book about former President Goodluck Jonathan. While there was nothing quite out of the ordinary about the gathering, there was still an interesting moment where the Kano … Read the rest
Sam Nda-Isaiah
Sam Nda-Isaiah, our friend and colleague who died the other day, aged 58, will certainly be remembered as one of the major contributors to the practice and promotion of the journalism profession in Nigeria, in the last moments of the … Read the rest
Apprehension. Relief. Apprehension again. My emotions went full cycle in seven days. The abduction of 344 students of Government Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state, had whipped up a frightened feeling of déjà vu in me. The Chibok schoolgirls in April … Read the rest
