Yes International!

{{Short description|Nigerian celebrity magazine}}

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| editor = Azuh Arinze

| editor_title = Editor-in-Chief

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| photographer = Tokunbo Ibikunle

| category = Celebrity, human interest, news

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| publisher = Azuh Arinze

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| founder = Azuh Arinze

| founded = {{start date and age|19 July 2011}}

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| company = Honours Communications Limited

| country = Nigeria

| based = Ikeja

| language = English

| website = {{URL|theyesng.com}}

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Yes International! is a Nigerian daily soft sell magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories published by Azuh Arinze.{{cite web|url=https://www.bellanaija.com/2013/08/genevieve-nnaji-denies-interview-with-yes-international-magazine-editor-says-its-before-she-was-famous-read-the-full-interview/|title=Genevieve Nnaji denies Interview with Yes International! Magazine {{!}} Editor says it's Before She was Famous – Read the Full Interview|first=Damilare|last=Aiki|date=26 August 2013|website=BellaNaija|access-date=22 February 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://theeagleonline.com.ng/ohuabunwa-keyamo-others-grace-yes-international-magazines-10th-anniversary/|title=Ohuabunwa, Keyamo, others grace YES International Magazine's 10th Anniversary|first=Hassan|last=Muaz|date=1 July 2021|website=The Eagle Online|access-date=22 February 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://businessday.ng/art-and-travel/article/yes-international-magazine-celebrates-4th-anniversary/|title=Yes International magazine celebrates 4th anniversary|first=Mary|last=Ochugbua|date=28 June 2015|website=Business Day|access-date=22 February 2022}}

History

Yes International! was founded by Azuh Arinze in 2011 after he exited as the editor of Encomium Magazine.{{cite web|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/09/18/azuh-arinze-living-a-life-of-stories/|title=Azuh Arinze: Living a Life of Stories|first=Yinka|last=Olatunbosun|date=18 September 2020|website=ThisDay|access-date=23 February 2022}}{{cite interview|url=https://mediacareerng.org/2021/06/01/what-i-have-learnt-in-ten-years-of-publishing-my-magazine-azuh-arinze/|title=What I have learnt in ten years of publishing my magazine – Azuh Arinze|first=Azuh|last=Arinze|interviewer= Lekan Otufodunrin|date=1 June 2021|website=Media Career|access-date=23 February 2022}} In 2013, Yes International! published an interview with Genevieve Nnaji, which Nnaji called a lie,{{cite web|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/shocker-genevieve-calls-alleged-interview-with-yes-magazine-a-lie/|title=Shocker… Genevieve calls alleged interview with Yes Magazine a lie!|first=Charles|last=Mgbolu|date=26 August 2013|website=Vanguard|access-date=23 February 2022}} days later, Yes International! said it was an old interviewer.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/controversial-interview-yes-mag-reacts-to-genevieves-denial-we-have-evidence/|title=Controversial interview: Yes Mag reacts to Genevieve's denial… "we have evidence"|date=27 August 2013|website=Vanguard|access-date=23 February 2022}}

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