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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,

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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

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End of Year Review: Luis Suarez Award for Idiot of the Year

December 30, 2014 by Editorial Team

Oluwamayowa Idowu: Luis Suarez, obviously. Who else could plant his gnashers into an opponent’s back and then claim “After the impact … I lost my balance, making my body unstable

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End of Year Review: The Linda Ikeji Award for Best Humbling

December 30, 2014 by Editorial Team

Linda Ikeji Award for Best Humbling Oluwamayowa Idowu: The entire institution that is Liverpool Football Club. Hahahahahaha! I make no pretensions about being a hater. As the Premier League season

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Music: Christmas Miracle- Ka$h x SV

December 30, 2014 by Tomi

If you were at the DRB concert 2014 you couldn’t have missed the electrifying performance of Ka$h and SV. They appealed to the young crowd and were impressive. They have

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End of the Year Review: Surprise of the Year

December 27, 2014 by Editorial Team

Oluwamayowa Idowu: That more hasn’t been made of the fact that Russia shot down a plane. Take a minute and take in how evil that is. Temitayo Ayorinde: Black people

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5 Thoughts on Boxing Day Football

December 27, 2014 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

Theo Walcott might be leaving Arsenal soon. Another game in which Theo Walcott could not make an appearance after an injury spell. In the year 2014, Walcott played only 4

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Top 10 Footballers of 2014 #1: Cristiano Ronaldo

December 26, 2014 by Editorial Team

At around this time last year, Cristiano Ronaldo finally overcame his Ballon D’ Or losing streak. After his magical performances in the World Cup Qualifying Playoffs against Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Sweden

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Christmas Day Special: What does Christmas mean to you? Answered by 4 Writers

December 25, 2014 by Editorial Team

Merry Christmas to you and yours. To celebrate the holidays we got four people to explain what Christmas means to them. Find below their answers: Georgette Monnou: Christmas at Mine

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End of Year Review: Movie of the Year

December 25, 2014 by Editorial Team

Oluwamayowa Idowu: Due to the fact that I didn’t see that many movies this year, I’m going to go for the left field choice of The Armstrong Lie. Alex Gibney’s

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End of Year Review: Album of the Year

December 24, 2014 by Editorial Team

Album of the Year Oluwamayowa Idowu : Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour has undoubtedly led the conversation. It’s very rare that an act’s debut is so popular whilst retaining