Category: Specials
What we lose (and gain) when Beyoncé decides to do Nigerian music
When you are the biggest star in the world with the weight of the almighty Disney corporation behind you, a commission to curate a side project for one of the…
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Profile: The Internet is waking up to Osita Iheme. What good can come out of it?
It has taken Osita Iheme seventeen years to achieve overnight success. At least as far as the internet is concerned. On Facebook stories, Twitter threads and on Instagram timelines, Iheme…
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Forget Billboard, we rank all the songs in Beyoncé’s The Lion King: The Gift album
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, aka Nala, sister of Naruba, Oshun, Queen Sheba and the mother herself fulfilled her contractual obligations to Disney over the weekend when she released The Lion King:…
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Profile: How Biodun Fatoyinbo became the most hated man in Nigeria
It is a long road from well-regarded spiritual leader to chronic adulterer and eventual social pariah but Biodun Fatoyinbo, founder and senior pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) has…
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Long Read: When did the Nigerian church become scandal central?
Pop singer, Timi Dakolo ensured the month of May did not go by without the expected dose of scandal. For the Christian community in Nigeria, these occurrences, each one steeped…
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Profile: Naira Marley may have played himself. But can he still win?
The 2018 World Cup wasn’t a memorable outing for the Super Eagles of Nigeria. Dumped out at the group stage despite a wondrous performance by Ahmed Musa in the second…
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Profile: Godwin Emefiele; master of the political long con
Since the act establishing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was implemented in July 1959, only two Governors have been privileged to return for a second term. Godwin Emefiele only…
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