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BigBoy12inches:
Was tiding my room and throwing out alot of things, then I stumbled on a pile of magazines like 50 magazines in number inside my wardrobe. I have not bought a magazine in 6 years ..... Do they still print magazines ?

I went through the pile and it was magazines from 2006 that is 20 years ago. The magazines where all NIgerian magazines with Campus Dynamix, Dynamix, Campus Ovation, The Applause Magazine.

I got out a dry clothes and dusted all of them. I'm going down memory line in my time in a Nigerian University. Looking at all the beautiful women and happening guys in the magazine.

Back then you needed to be a campus mover and shaker to appear in those magazines. I used to buy them just to be informed about what was going on in other universities. I never appeared in any of those magazines.
Reading them and memories are flooding back about my time as a young man.

Enjoy the pictures. Can you remember buying The Applause Magazine Dynamix Magazine or did you ever go to the Dynamix Awards ?

Enjoy the pictures. I will upload more pictures

BigBoy12inches:
Was tiding my room and throwing out alot of things, then I stumbled on a pile of magazines like 50 magazines in number inside my wardrobe. I have not bought a magazine in 6 years ..... Do they still print magazines ?

I went through the pile and it was magazines from 2006 that is 20 years ago. The magazines where all NIgerian magazines with Campus Dynamix, Dynamix, Campus Ovation, The Applause Magazine.

I got out a dry clothes and dusted all of them. I'm going down memory line in my time in a Nigerian University. Looking at all the beautiful women and happening guys in the magazine.

Back then you needed to be a campus mover and shaker to appear in those magazines. I used to buy them just to be informed about what was going on in other universities. I never appeared in any of those magazines.
Reading them and memories are flooding back about my time as a young man.

Enjoy the pictures. Can you remember buying The Applause Magazine Dynamix Magazine or did you ever go to the Dynamix Awards ?

Enjoy the pictures. I will upload more pictures

BigBoy12inches:
Was tiding my room and throwing out alot of things, then I stumbled on a pile of magazines like 50 magazines in number inside my wardrobe. I have not bought a magazine in 6 years ..... Do they still print magazines ?

I went through the pile and it was magazines from 2006 that is 20 years ago. The magazines where all NIgerian magazines with Campus Dynamix, Dynamix, Campus Ovation, The Applause Magazine.

I got out a dry clothes and dusted all of them. I'm going down memory line in my time in a Nigerian University. Looking at all the beautiful women and happening guys in the magazine.

Back then you needed to be a campus mover and shaker to appear in those magazines. I used to buy them just to be informed about what was going on in other universities. I never appeared in any of those magazines.
Reading them and memories are flooding back about my time as a young man.

Enjoy the pictures. Can you remember buying The Applause Magazine Dynamix Magazine or did you ever go to the Dynamix Awards ?

Enjoy the pictures. I will upload more pictures

KobolanderSegun:
Wow Dynamix Magazine..... Back in the day.... I bought that exact copy and I still have it ..... Some where ...

KobolanderSegun:
What happened to Dynamix ? I know they used to do Dynamix Awards. What came of the magazine and the awards ?

Alikoooooooooo:
Back in the day those where the top university magazines. Dynamix is defunct. They have not produced a copy in close to 8 years. I think the last Dynamix Award was like in 2012

Alikoooooooooo:
I think they transited then to a television programe Dynamix on Tv but who watches tv ? I'll do research and see what they are up to

BigBoy12inches:
Was tiding my room and throwing out alot of things, then I stumbled on a pile of magazines like 50 magazines in number inside my wardrobe. I have not bought a magazine in 6 years ..... Do they still print magazines ?

I went through the pile and it was magazines from 2006 that is 20 years ago. The magazines where all NIgerian magazines with Campus Dynamix, Dynamix, Campus Ovation, The Applause Magazine.

I got out a dry clothes and dusted all of them. I'm going down memory line in my time in a Nigerian University. Looking at all the beautiful women and happening guys in the magazine.

Back then you needed to be a campus mover and shaker to appear in those magazines. I used to buy them just to be informed about what was going on in other universities. I never appeared in any of those magazines.
Reading them and memories are flooding back about my time as a young man.

Enjoy the pictures. Can you remember buying The Applause Magazine Dynamix Magazine or did you ever go to the Dynamix Awards ?

Enjoy the pictures. I will upload more pictures

KobolanderSegun:
Yes I did watch an episode of the Dynamix on Tv. Are they still doing it ?

KobolanderSegun:
Wow Dynamix Magazine..... Back in the day.... I bought that exact copy and I still have it ..... Some where ...

Alikoooooooooo:
I'm not too sure if I bought that copy but I know I did read that copy. Goodbye to Dynamix Magazine it was fun while it lasted

BigBoy12inches:
Was tiding my room and throwing out alot of things, then I stumbled on a pile of magazines like 50 magazines in number inside my wardrobe. I have not bought a magazine in 6 years ..... Do they still print magazines ?

I went through the pile and it was magazines from 2006 that is 20 years ago. The magazines where all NIgerian magazines with Campus Dynamix, Dynamix, Campus Ovation, The Applause Magazine.

I got out a dry clothes and dusted all of them. I'm going down memory line in my time in a Nigerian University. Looking at all the beautiful women and happening guys in the magazine.

Back then you needed to be a campus mover and shaker to appear in those magazines. I used to buy them just to be informed about what was going on in other universities. I never appeared in any of those magazines.
Reading them and memories are flooding back about my time as a young man.

Enjoy the pictures. Can you remember buying The Applause Magazine Dynamix Magazine or did you ever go to the Dynamix Awards ?

Enjoy the pictures. I will upload more pictures

worldpeacetoday:
Isn't that Ruki Sanda on the cover ? The Nollywood actress Ruki Sanda.

worldpeacetoday:
Remember how Dynamix partnered with Etisalat and used to bring shows and parties to universities all across NIgeria. Dynamix must have made tons of money from that partnership

BigBoy12inches:
Was tiding my room and throwing out alot of things, then I stumbled on a pile of magazines like 50 magazines in number inside my wardrobe. I have not bought a magazine in 6 years ..... Do they still print magazines ?

I went through the pile and it was magazines from 2006 that is 20 years ago. The magazines where all NIgerian magazines with Campus Dynamix, Dynamix, Campus Ovation, The Applause Magazine.

I got out a dry clothes and dusted all of them. I'm going down memory line in my time in a Nigerian University. Looking at all the beautiful women and happening guys in the magazine.

Back then you needed to be a campus mover and shaker to appear in those magazines. I used to buy them just to be informed about what was going on in other universities. I never appeared in any of those magazines.
Reading them and memories are flooding back about my time as a young man.

Enjoy the pictures. Can you remember buying The Applause Magazine Dynamix Magazine or did you ever go to the Dynamix Awards ?

Enjoy the pictures. I will upload more pictures

Alikoooooooooo:
Upload more pictures. I want to relive my university days

worldpeacetoday:
What are the current university magazines or have they gone back to being without a single magazine

worldpeacetoday:
I didn't buy that Edition I bought the one with Davido on the cover. It was Davido and some other personalities on the cover. If you ask me that was one of the best Dynamix covers there ever was.

BigBoy12inches:
Was tiding my room and throwing out alot of things, then I stumbled on a pile of magazines like 50 magazines in number inside my wardrobe. I have not bought a magazine in 6 years ..... Do they still print magazines ?

I went through the pile and it was magazines from 2006 that is 20 years ago. The magazines where all NIgerian magazines with Campus Dynamix, Dynamix, Campus Ovation, The Applause Magazine.

I got out a dry clothes and dusted all of them. I'm going down memory line in my time in a Nigerian University. Looking at all the beautiful women and happening guys in the magazine.

Back then you needed to be a campus mover and shaker to appear in those magazines. I used to buy them just to be informed about what was going on in other universities. I never appeared in any of those magazines.
Reading them and memories are flooding back about my time as a young man.

Enjoy the pictures. Can you remember buying The Applause Magazine Dynamix Magazine or did you ever go to the Dynamix Awards ?

Enjoy the pictures. I will upload more pictures

Alikoooooooooo:
Chasing Digital Ghosts: My Rabbit Hole into the Dynamix Awards
Looking back from where we are now in 2026, the Nigerian youth culture landscape of the late 2000s and early 2010s feels like a completely different universe. It was an era of physical magazine drops, early Twitter back when it was just Twitter, and a booming blogosphere that dictated what was cool. When I was recently tasked with writing about the Dynamix Awards, a Nigerian youth award scheme, and specifically finding out when its last edition was held, I expected a quick Wikipedia search to give me the answers.

Instead, I ended up on a fascinating journey of digital archaeology.

For those who might not remember, the Dynamix Awards were a vibrant part of Nigeria’s youth award ecosystem. They were designed to celebrate the dynamic young Nigerians who were making waves in entertainment, sports, business, student leadership, and the arts. Back in the day, being nominated for a Dynamix Award was a serious flex. It meant you were not just popular; you were recognized as a trailblazer by a brand that genuinely understood the pulse of Nigerian youth.

But when did it all end?

To find out, I had to bypass modern search engines, which mostly spit up irrelevant corporate tech companies named Dynamix, and dive straight into the internet’s basement. I spent my afternoon scrolling through the Wayback Machine, digging through archived pages of old Nigerian entertainment blogs, and reading through dusty threads on Nairaland. It was like walking through a digital museum of Nigerian pop culture.

Through the fragmented digital breadcrumbs I managed to unearth, a clear timeline emerged. The Dynamix Awards had their golden run in the late 2000s, peaking in popularity alongside the rise of Nigeria’s mid-tier youth brands. However, as I traced the event’s history forward, the blog posts stopped. The red-carpet photos faded. The nomination calls vanished.

According to the deepest archives I could find, the last major, fully documented edition of the Dynamix Awards was held in 2012.

After the 2012 edition, the awards went on an indefinite hiatus and eventually faded into internet history. There were no grand farewell announcements or see you next year press releases. The brand simply pivoted, and the awards quietly ceased operations.

As I sat back and reflected on my research, I started to wonder why it ended. The early 2010s was a transitional period for Nigerian youth awards. The space was becoming heavily commercialized and incredibly competitive. Giants like The Future Awards, now The Future Awards Africa, were scaling up, securing massive corporate sponsorships, and turning award nights into televised, high-glamour spectacles. For mid-tier youth brands like Dynamix, sustaining the logistics, venue costs, and prize budgets required to keep a youth award relevant became increasingly difficult without a massive financial backer. The ecosystem simply consolidated, and the Dynamix Awards became a casualty of that evolution.

Yet, writing this essay and doing the research made me realize that the Dynamix Awards should not just be remembered as a defunct event that ended in 2012. It was a crucial stepping stone. It provided a platform for young Nigerians at a time when the country’s youth demographic was just beginning to realize its own massive cultural and economic power. It celebrated the kids who were laying the groundwork for the Afrobeats explosion, the tech boom, and the creative renaissance that Nigeria is globally famous for today.

It is funny how the internet works. We assume that because something is documented online, it will be there forever. But as my research into the Dynamix Awards showed me, digital footprints can wash away just as easily as they are made. The links break, the blogs shut down, and the servers go dark.

The Dynamix Awards may have held its final curtain call over a decade ago in 2012, but for the young Nigerians who were nominated, won, or even just watched from their CRT TVs and early smartphones, the validation they received was very real. And for me, at least, taking the time to dig through the digital ghosts of the blogosphere to tell their story was more than worth the trip down memory lane.

Alikoooooooooo:
Yes it's her, I think she went to LASU

Alikoooooooooo:
I bought that edition also. And I agree the cover with Davido was very well designed

Alikoooooooooo:
That I cannot tell you....my days of university were a decade ago. I'll do a quick check sha

BigBoy12inches:
Was tiding my room and throwing out alot of things, then I stumbled on a pile of magazines like 50 magazines in number inside my wardrobe. I have not bought a magazine in 6 years ..... Do they still print magazines ?

I went through the pile and it was magazines from 2006 that is 20 years ago. The magazines where all NIgerian magazines with Campus Dynamix, Dynamix, Campus Ovation, The Applause Magazine.

I got out a dry clothes and dusted all of them. I'm going down memory line in my time in a Nigerian University. Looking at all the beautiful women and happening guys in the magazine.

Back then you needed to be a campus mover and shaker to appear in those magazines. I used to buy them just to be informed about what was going on in other universities. I never appeared in any of those magazines.
Reading them and memories are flooding back about my time as a young man.

Enjoy the pictures. Can you remember buying The Applause Magazine Dynamix Magazine or did you ever go to the Dynamix Awards ?

Enjoy the pictures. I will upload more pictures

Baddest0007:
I doubt if we are ever going to see the likes of Dynamix Magazine for a very long time. The Culture and technology has really shifted making it extremely hard to have such magazines. Private schools are very strict about what type of magazines their students read so I wonder how Dynamix would fare. Even public schools like Unilag are no longer the centers of swag like in the early 2000's.

KobolanderSegun:
Wow Dynamix Magazine..... Back in the day.... I bought that exact copy and I still have it ..... Some where ...

Baddest0007:
In those days in Uni reading Dynamix Magazine was like getting an ipad and getting a thousand friends on social media in one day. I think social media was the reason for it's demise, when Dynamix Magazine came out in 1999/2000 as my elder brother told me there was absolutely no real social media. We had my Myspace but we all used Nokia symbian with it's tiny screen. That is why by 2012 when Dynamix folded that was when so many youth had smartphones so they access to the internet and social media so why would anyone buy the mag when they could see the same events on Facebook ?