Culture Custodian: Telling Stories for Afro-Centric Audiences

Rapper, Phyno begins the year by releasing the visuals to Yayo. The video is directed by Clarence Peters of Capital Dreams and sees Phyno as the street king, seating on

News & Politics

Federal Government blames 7 month power outage on insurgency and sabotage.

January 5, 2015 by Tomi

Minister of State for Power, Alhaji Mohammed Wakil on Sunday blamed the prolonged power outage in Borno state on the Boko Haram insurgency and sabotage currently raging the state. The

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Boko Haram seize Borno military base

January 4, 2015 by Tomi

These Boko Haram members never truly relent in their efforts. The latest is that they have taken control of a military base in Baga, Borno state as disclosed by a

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Boko Haram kidnap 40 boys in Borno.

January 3, 2015 by Tomi

Boko Haram are at it again. Reports have come through that about 40 boys were kidnapped from a village called Malari on New Years Eve. This is the story that

Feature Music

12 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015 #9-7

January 3, 2015 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

Wizkid, TBC Ayo Balogun is threatening to drop another album again. With the consensus on Ayo being that he underperformed, his stock is lower than it should be. However, someone

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12 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015 #12-10

January 2, 2015 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

Jay Electronica, TBC For a long time, Dr Dre’s Detox was the most eagerly awaited album. From the height of “When will he drop it?” we reached “Does it even

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End of Year Review: Person of the Year

January 2, 2015 by Editorial Team

Person of the Year Oluwamayowa Idowu: Stephen Sutton. Diagnosed with cancer at the age of 15 and informed that his cancer would be terminal, he resolved not to wallow in

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Two failed bomb blasts which would have sent Gombe into New Year despair.

January 2, 2015 by Tomi

New year’s eve saw an attempt on the army barracks lead to the death of two suicide bombers and on New Year’s day another suicide bomber died at ECWA Church III

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End of the Year Review: Best & Worst Trends

January 1, 2015 by Editorial Team

Oluwamayowa Idowu: Best Trend: Pass. Worst Trend: Token Feminists. Can people show us their real selves instead of doing stuff for good press? People crying about certain celebrities not talking

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Jonathan vows to defeat Boko Haram.

January 1, 2015 by Tomi

President Goodluck Jonathan has renewed his bid to defeat Boko Haram by vowing to all Nigerians on New Year’s day that the Boko Haram insurgency is one that will duly

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Goodluck Jonathan’s new year message to Nigeria.

January 1, 2015 by Tomi

Dear Great People of our nation, I greet and felicitate with you all as we enter the New Year today. As we mark the beginning of this New Year, 2015,

Music

Music: Kanye West ‘Only One’ w/ Sir Paul McCartney

January 1, 2015 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

You’re not perfect but you’re not your mistakes Hours after a hip hop blog released a post that Kanye West was under pressure from Def Jam to release a single

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Video: BRed Feat. Davido- Twerk It

January 1, 2015 by Tomi

HKN Gang have started the year by releasing the video to Twerk It by BRed featuring OBO himself, Davido. The video which was shot on location in Lagos was directed

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End of Year Review: Question I Want An Answer to in 2015

December 31, 2014 by Editorial Team

Oluwamayowa Idowu: Who’s going to stop Goodluck Jonathan? Aisha Modibbo: What is America going to do about the lack of respect for and indifference about black people’s lives and the

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End of Year Review: Kendall Jenner Award for Breakout Star of the Year

December 31, 2014 by Editorial Team

Oluwamayowa Idowu: Kendell Jenner. It might seem weird to name someone who’s been on one of the most identifiable reality shows of the last decade as a breakout star but