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Top 10 Singles of The Week (April 10 – April 16 2016)

NaijaVibe

This week is one of the weeks with fewer songs; artistes are obviously not ‘humanics’, they deserve some time-out too. The songs released this week are undeniably impressive. MC Galaxy released his highly publicised ‘Sekem Remix‘ which he tagged international remix due to Swizz Beatz collaboration on the single. No ...

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Buhari Might Be The Last President Of Nigeria – Etcetera

Etcetera NaijaVibe

As written by Etcetera: Perhaps after reading this, you will come to the conclusion that I am being irrationally paranoid. If so, you are probably spending way too much time plugged in to the “propaganda matrix” that I will describe in this article. The government wants you to believe that ...

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Top 10 Singles of The Week (April 3 – April 9 2016)

Top 10 Singles of The Week (April 3 - April 9 2016)

Falz has transformed from a pure singer into music-comedic act. ‘Bahd Baddo Baddest‘ featuring the big cheeses of the industry; Olamide and Davido. ‘Bahd Baddo Baddest’ sees Falz (The Bahd Guy) rapping about his prodigious talent, hilariously, Olamide on the other hand cracks about ladies flocking after him and wanting ...

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Top 10 Singles Of The Week (March 27 – April 2 2016)

Top 10 Singles Of The Week (March 27 - April 2 2016)

This week came with a lot of astonishing singles; Wale joined Alaga Ibile, Reminisce on the remix of ‘Asalamalekun’, the American rapper with his accent did better than what we heard on his remix with Lil Kesh on ‘Cause Trouble Part 2‘. Wale is more confident and flows well on the ...

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Olajumoke’s Story: 8 Lessons For Nigerian Women by Elsie Godwin

TY Bello

Let’s get serious people! Whether you are a Christian, Muslim, Atheist or non-Nigerian, we all have secretly prayed for the kind of luck Olajumoke Orisaguna has. That OMG! moment where you loudly or silently say, “but I have been hustling na, why is my own situation this hard?”, “God why? ...

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For the amelioration of the republic

NaijaVibe

The poll concluded with an astonishing triumph. The next president of Nigeria was a bloke who was no model citizen. He frequently declaimed bigotry, ferocity and was utterly condescending. He pledged to the voting public that if he was elected that he would build great roads, establish stable power, regulate ...

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Does Nigeria have what it takes to be a Leader Nation in the Global Future?

Philip Asuquo

Before you get to answer that question, we’ll have to understand what a leading nation actually is. Around 2050, there are aspersions that portend that the world will literately run out of space and one of the greatest concerns for humanity would be where to find a space for himself ...

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Olajumoke Orisaguna: The Nigerian Cinderella by Reuben Abati

TY Bello

About three weeks ago, 27-year old Olajumoke Orisaguna was a complete unknown on the streets of Lagos, hawking bread. A loaf of bread is about N100, and even with a full tray such as she carried in her first public embrace of fame, her whole ware for a day may ...

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God bless whoever stole the budget – Etcetera writes..

Buhari Budget

It is very hard to explain to a non-Nigerian abroad that Nigeria is a country of over 200 million people. He/she would wonder how a country of over 200 million citizens became so tamed to the point of stupidity – that a few individuals could keep millions of people locked ...

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Davido, Baby Mamas and Other Stories

Davido

Written by Reuben Abati “What a relief, my friend!” “What are you relieved about?” “It is this David Adeleke and Sophia Momodu soap opera”. “I tell you. It is a perfect subject for a good home video. But what is your own?” “No. Nothing. I am just relieved that the ...

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Ekwe Awards bell tolls again

Ekwe Awards

Barely six decades ago was the man laden with passion for Igbo culture and exceptional literary skills. Nature placed him in Nigeria, but the operators of the clime recognized him not. They were myopic to identify the diamonds buried in him. The young man was endowed and needed to step ...

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Olamide vs Don Jazzy feud: My View

Don jazzy and Olamide

The battle line between two record label bosses was drawn at the last HEADIES award in Lagos. Ironically the organisers tagged it Flip The Script and indeed the whole script was flipped because for the 1st time there was so much tension in the atmosphere especially around the NEXT Rated ...

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2015 in Retrospect

NaijaVibe

The year 2015 has come and gone but not without its own share of memorable events. We will highlight some individuals that got us talking and gossiping (most especially we bloggers) throughout the year. 1. World Personality – Vladimir Putin: who else other than the Russian President made a resounding ...

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The Headies 2015 [Review]

Headies 2015

NOTICE: This piece was prepared or accomplished by Sleeque in his personal capacity. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not reflect the view of NaijaVibe. The Nigerian Headies owned by hiptv which has been dubbed the Nigerian Grammy, has finally come and gone. However ...

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Olamide and Don Jazzy’s beef over the Next Rated Award at the headies

Headies 2015

‎Some Nigerians are utter and complete fools. How else do we explain this childish attitude? So because Lil Kesh didn’t win, it means he has more Talent and Reekado doesn’t? Wtf is even wrong with Nigerians. A song may be a hit song in the west but no one Fucking ...

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The minister of petroleum should resign immediately – Etcetera writes

Etcetera

It is beginning to unfold how risky and dangerous it is for Nigeria that Buhari doubles as president and the petroleum minister. As the president, he already has too much on his plate with too many issues pulling the country towards collapse. From the north, Boko Haram is threatening to ...

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Mr. President, are you for real? Etcetera

Etcetera

Etcetera writes below… Dear President Buhari, I will like to extend an invitation to you for a tour of down town, so that you can have a clear view of what the people who voted you into office feel about certain decisions your government has taken so far, especially the ...

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Nigerian lawmakers need psychological evaluation – Etcetera

Etcetera

As written by Etcetera: One of the identified problems of investigative hearings and oversight of the executive arm is the multiplicity of committees with overlapping jurisdiction on the same subject matter. This has led to a situation where more than one committee is handling the same subject matter. Invitations are ...

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Moving Back To Lagos by Returnees [Short Documentary ViDeo]

Moving Back To Lagos by Returnees

Have you considered ‘Moving Back To Lagos, Nigeria’ but you’re not sure if it’s for you. If you’re still in the process of making that decision. This video is for you. Although it is a fairly small random sample, these are returnees with much less bias than family and friends. ...

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Celebrating Highlife Culture: The Ugo Stevenson Example

Ugo Stevenson

I woke up this morning angry. The cause being the numskull call of one Umara Kumalia for a Northern (National) conference for Northern Nigeria, to discuss the self inflicted poverty and non development of the region, when a radio announcement from one of the now many radio stations in Owerri ...

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