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With 1 billion YouTube views, PSY’s Gangnam Style sets new Record!
April 19, 2022
Comical, interesting and high definition video of PSY’s hit song, Gangnam Style, has been viewed more than a billion times on YouTube. This sets a new record on the video sharing website as the first video to reach and surpass that mark. YouTube named Gangnam Style as the most watched of all time — on … Continue reading With 1 billion YouTube views, PSY’s Gangnam Style sets new Record!
DISCOVER NIGERIA: The West African Pilot.
April 19, 2022
Fuelled by his passion to see Nigeria independent, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe founded the West African Pilot on November 22, 1937. Zik, as he was known, acted as the paper’s editor from 1937 to 1947, stealing the vast audiences of Nigeria Daily Times with his paper’s vivacious blend of politics and gossip. The West African … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: The West African Pilot.
ARISE MAGAZINE publishes its first ARISE 100 Women [FULL-LIST]
April 19, 2022
ARISE, Africa’s global style and culture magazine, published by THISDAY Group, has launched its ARISE 100 series. ARISE 100: DYNAMIC WOMEN celebrates extraordinary and powerful women effecting real change for the continent across a gamut of disciplines, including politics, fashion, the arts, entertainment, sport and activism. Their tireless efforts are helping Africa to take its … Continue reading ARISE MAGAZINE publishes its first ARISE 100 Women [FULL-LIST]
The Labours Of Our Heroes Past
April 19, 2022
By Bernice Alhassan. “Arise O compatriots, Nigeria’s call obey. To serve our Father land,with love and strength and faith. The labour of our heroes past shall never be in vain…” Now let’s pause there for a sec. Nigeria in recent times has got me thinking again about that last statement – “the labours of our … Continue reading The Labours Of Our Heroes Past
Reading: The Path To A Better Life
April 19, 2022
Gradually the reading trend is slowing fading; it’s endangered like species of animal on the verge of extinction. Priorities have shifted grounds, a paradigm that it’s not beneficial to this present generation and the one next to come. Reading should be a daily routine, a part of one’s life and should be treated as essential like health is to our lives.
By kobe
Discover Nigeria: The Bola Kuforiji-Olubi Triumph
April 19, 2022
History has it that Nigerian women have triumphed in societal life more than today’s womenfolk would like to agree. Gender activism and Pro-woman movements have successfully peddled a notion that Nigerian women have not been fairly treated in the quadrangles of religion, politics, workplace and even at home.
Nigerian Born British MP, Chuka Umunna, Tipped to Become Labour Party Leader
April 19, 2022
In March 2008, 33-year-old Chuka Umunna, a half-Nigerian, half-Irish young man was chosen by local Labour Party members to be the party’s prospective parliamentary candidate for the Streatham constituency. At the 2010 general election, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Streatham.
8 Things To Never Say On A First Date
April 19, 2022
There is never a second chance for a first impression, remember that country song “first cut is the deepest”, it goes beyond that, first impressions may not be a standard to use in judging a person, but it tells a lot about us. First dates are stressful periods, you automatically find yourself trying to be too cautious of your words and deeds, you don’t want to lie or stretch the truth
By kobe
Reform, in the Name of the Father
April 19, 2022
SOME of the best nights at our home in Umuahia were those when Emma Nsofor, my father’s lawyer, came to dinner. Not only did he bring me and my four siblings Smarties, but his presence guaranteed that we could get away with almost anything; our father was rarely as thrilled as when they sat talking late into the night, with dozens of law books strewed about the living room floor.
“Half of A Yellow Sun” Movie Begins Shooting in Calabar
April 19, 2022
Earlier in the year, reports were rife about a screen adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s epic award-winning novel, “Half of A Yellow Sun”. Now it is confirmed that the cast and crew have arrived in Nigeria, and filming has started in Calabar. This highly anticipated movie will crown Adichie’s stunning piece of literature. The novel, … Continue reading “Half of A Yellow Sun” Movie Begins Shooting in Calabar
By loyigah
Okechukwu Ofili: How Stupidity and Laziness Saved His Life [2/2]
April 19, 2022
This is the second part of the Connectnigeria.com interview with Okechukwu Ofili. Read the first part here: Okechukwu Ofilili: How Stupidity and Laziness Saved His Life (Part 1). Who, or what, would you consider as your greatest influences? That’s a difficult question. But, it’s my dad. What I admire about my dad is that he prized education … Continue reading Okechukwu Ofili: How Stupidity and Laziness Saved His Life [2/2]
By loyigah
Teju Cole Wins Big for First Novel
April 19, 2022
Teju Cole is a Nigerian writer, art historian and a street photographer, who currently lives in the United States. Recently, Teju was named this year’s winner of Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award which fetched him a $10,000 prize. SEYI GESINDE reports. Nigerian author, Teju Cole has won this year’s Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a “distinguished” first novel, … Continue reading Teju Cole Wins Big for First Novel
Fashion Vs. Style
April 19, 2022
When I think about fashion, I mainly think of big businesses and their hollow drive to make profits. This drive is often at the expense of some human beings; the human beings that make those products in some far off country, the human beings that think they NEED to acquire those products because they feel … Continue reading Fashion Vs. Style
Chocolate City Ups The Ante In The Music Business
April 19, 2022
Leading entertainment company Chocolate City Group (CCG) recently reconstituted its board naming renowned entrepreneur Mr Hakeem Bello Osagie as its chairman. Other board members include Yahaya Maikori, Paul Okeugo and Audu Maikori.
The Case of Agriculture as the Only Saviour to Nigeria’s Dying Economy
April 19, 2022
Agriculture, as the ‘engine house’ of world economies needs to be overhauled and serviced so that the tears of the Nigerian masses may dry up.