Estimated Reading Time: 4 What fuels an insurgency? The combustible mixture of ideology and ignorance. If a clump of uninformed people has an ideology they can die for, they will do the illogical for it. The intercourse of ideology and ignorance does not follow logic. Insurgency ignites and thrives in[Read More…]
Author: Fola Folayan
#DavidoAt10: ‘Being true hearted goes a long way – Davido says
Estimated Reading Time: 2Nigerian Superstar David Adeleke, also known as Davido, says working with a good team and being a good person are the key contributors to his success in the music industry. The Afrobeats star who is currently celebrating 10 years in the music industry said this at an[Read More…]
I was detained for 47 days by SARS; man narrates as Judicial panel of inquiry begins sitting in Lagos
Estimated Reading Time: 2A judicial panel of inquiry set up by the Lagos state government to look into the cases of police brutality, extortion and other offences by the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) has begun in Lagos with the first sitting held on Tuesday. The panel started by looking into[Read More…]
Burna Boy releases highly anticipated 5th studio album; ‘Twice As Tall’
Estimated Reading Time: 3Grammy-nominated multi-award-winning Nigerian Afrofusion superstar, Burna Boy releases his long-anticipated fifth studio album, ‘’TWICE AS TALL’’. Executive Produced by Bosede Ogulu, Damini ‘Burna Boy’ Ogulu and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, the ‘’Twice As Tall’’ album boasts of a plenitude of producers; from Sean Combs a.k.a.Diddy, to Telz, P2J,[Read More…]
Not an all boys club anymore; meet Northern Nigeria’s only female Polo Player
Estimated Reading Time: 4The History of Polo sports in Nigeria can be traced as far back as 1914; introduced to the country by European settlers and colonial officers. The sport quickly gained popularity especially among the Northern elite and over the years, has maintained a certain reputation; especially as after[Read More…]
Magu-Gate: Meet Pastor Emmanuel Omale; Prophet named in alleged money laundering report
Estimated Reading Time: 2On Saturday, NewswireNGR reported details of how the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, allegedly used a pastor to launder looted funds out of the country. The pastor’s name was uncovered in the course of investigations. According to the final[Read More…]
Meet the 23 year old gender activist kicking down the patriarchy in Borno
Estimated Reading Time: 3Being a woman in Nigeria is no walk in the park. It comes with blatant discrimination, social, religious and economic inequality, misogyny and gender based violence. Being a woman in Northern Nigeria comes with the aforementioned ‘preinstalled’ challenges and then some more. A diverse region with people[Read More…]
Rape In RCCG; Uwa’s murder raises questions about the safety of Nigerian women
Estimated Reading Time: 4When Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, fondly called Uwa by her friends and schoolmates, went into her local church, presumably for some much needed peace and quiet to study, she couldn’t have known it would be a brutal journey of no return. The 22-year-old was a first year Microbiology student at the University of Benin was a[Read More…]
All I Always Wanted In The Music Space Is Consistency – iLLBliss
Estimated Reading Time: 4Long before the days of YouTube views, Spotify streams, iTunes and twitter trends, iLLBliss has been working the Nigerian rap music scene. He’s the classic definition of an OG. One who has seen the industry grow and the genre he loves evolve from being on the fringe[Read More…]
The Mental Burden Of Adolescent Pregnancies; The Case Of Oluwafunmilola
Estimated Reading Time: 4When news blogs broke the story of how 22 year old Oluwafunmilola Adisa drowned her 21-month-old daughter, Oluwanifemi, in a bucket of water at their residence on Plot 221 Gowon Estate, Nigerians on social media expressed various levels of shock and outrage. Hot take after hot take,[Read More…]
