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Lack of accessibility may be pushing Nigerians to self-diagnose mental illness, but it doesn’t have to be the only way
However slow going, the conversation on mental illness continues to shift from the dark place of shame and silence it had occupied for years in Nigeria to a place of…
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Pandemonium over enforcement of Okada ban in Lagos | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across the 36 States in Nigeria and the FCT, these are the 5 top stories you should not miss out on: UNILORIN student allegedly raped, found dead in room A…
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Saudi Arabia’s restriction on loudspeakers in mosques is worth emulating in Nigeria
If you have ever lived in the heart of Kano - as I have - you know intimately what I like to call the menace of the modern minaret. It…
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2 years after, UNILAG dismisses #SexForGrades lecturers; FG to raise health workers’ retirement age, hazard allowance | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across the thirty-six states of Nigeria and the FCT, these are the five biggest stories you shouldn’t miss out on: UNILAG dismisses two lecturers exposed in BBC ‘sex-for-grades’ documentary The…
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International Sex Worker’s Day: Access to justice for sex workers should be our responsibility
One thing sex workers in Nigeria know on any given day is that access to justice is a pipe dream for them. The security apparatus in the country as the…
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YNaija Non-Binary Chat tackles the question, “What is the place of gay Muslims in the eyes of Allah (SWT)?”
There are many ways to be a Muslim LGBT+ person, but I have only ever allowed myself to contemplate either of two ways. It is pertinent to undertand first what…
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Buhari vows to ‘shock’ those promoting insurrection, Bandits demand N110m for Islamiyya pupils | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across the thirty-six states of Nigeria, these are the five biggest stories you shouldn’t miss out on: Insecurity: Buhari vows to ‘shock’ those promoting insurrection, burning national assets President Muhammadu…
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What does Pride mean to you? 4 LGBT+ Nigerians share
Whatever celebrating LGBT+ pride may mean to you, there is one element that run through each individual meaning - defiance, which fits perfectly with the origin of Pride celebration. Pride…
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IPOB records total compliance of sit-at-home order, FG, US agency launch COVID-19 immunity survey | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
From Yobe to Anambra, these are the five biggest stories you shouldn’t miss out on: FG to privatise 12 highways today The Federal Government is to officially open a bid…
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Constitutional review | Nigeria’s 9th Senate has a chance to shine as champions of inclusion
Nigeria has for the longest time paid lip service to inclusion - of women, the disabled, children and gender and sexual minorities. For starters, The Nigerian constitution (1999) as amended…
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Gender roles, Sharia in South West, Demolition respectability | Top non-binary tweets we saw from Nigeria last week
The task of documenting the trajectory of conversation on non-binary issues - sexuality, gender, mental and emotional health, faith and spirituality and disability - is both a labour of love…
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Children’s Day: Taking stock of how Nigeria fails children caught in conflict
There appears to be an existing pattern to the celebration of Children’s Day in Nigeria, and it belies the unseriousness that underlies the symbolic gestures which characterises the celebrations. From…
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Why legalising sex work could protect women
In the course of the series of interviews that became the YNaija documentary on sex workers, one wish made up the majority of what the sex workers who featured in…
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Nigeria’s future continues to shrink in the lost dreams of children living with learning disabilities
There is a well-loved meme on the internet whose immortal words “Are you not ashamed of yourself? are you not embarrassed? This is really embarrassing,” could elicit laughter from you…
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#PansexualAndPanromanticDayOfVisibility | 5 things you shouldn’t say to a pan person
Not many people even in the LGBTQ+ community pay any mind to pansexuality and panromanticism. The mere mention of the terms remains almost the preserve of academics and pan people…
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3 Nigerians share lessons they learned in therapy that changed their lives
A practising therapist’s advice once taught me to never frame a piece of advice received from a therapist as “my therapist taught/told me'' but to instead frame it as “I…
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How we could all use our privilege better with Twitter’s +Alt Text feature
When the conversation on accessibility comes up - in corporate boardrooms or policy roundtables or in our TV and Radio talk shows, we speak of grand plans of wheelchair ramps…
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Alarm: There is an auction market for women all over Nigeria
There is a thriving auction market in Nigeria and what is up for grabs is women. The commodification of women is a mainstay of patriarchal societies across the world -…
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The slow progress of gender parity may be because men are not listening to women
A heated exchange between friends on the merit of men’s allyship in the fight for gender equality concluded thus over the weekend; “You people should go and do your ‘love and…
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Slaptivism: Ordinary President, Ahmed Isah and the ‘hand of justice’ | The #YNaijaCover
Ahmad Isah, a media personality and host of 'Brekete Family' - a program that offers ordinary citizens a platform to air their stories of injustices suffered and seek redress -…
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International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia: The LGBTQ+ resist from the church to the street
One thing that LGBTQ+ people can’t be said to be bad at, is resisting their oppression by whatever means available. Whether it is by naming things what they are in…
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Nigerians living with disability are still waiting on the promises of the Disability Act
The time is ticking for all stakeholders to fulfil the promises of the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018, and now more than ever is when reminders are…
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There is a common ground inspiration for better mental health policy in Nigeria
There is a lot that the global pandemic reminded us of about our lives, community and the fragility of society's fabric as we have come to know it, yet nothing…
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The sexuality of LGBT+ people is allowed to evolve
Perhaps because the fight for LGBT+ rights in Nigeria is still in its waddling infancy, there is a lot of room the LGBT+ don’t allow themselves, a lot of allowance allies…
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The term ‘Kito’ diminishes the gravity of crimes committed against the LGBT+
At the beginning of the journey to go meet his year-long virtual friend, Ahmed, 24-year-old student, was apprehensive about the possible worst-case scenario that could happen by the end of…
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Emotional abuse, Shame | Top non-binary tweets we saw from Nigeria this week
The conversation about the themes that make up our flywheel on the nonbinary blog are constantly evolving. We collate a weekly list of interesting tweets we saw from Nigerians on…
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Peer pressure is a major contributor to Nigeria’s mental health crisis
The notion of peer pressure being bad for business is not new to anyone raised by Nigerian parents. In every ethnic language in Nigeria there is a phrase to admonish…
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Nigerians on managing their mental health without therapy
Managing mental illness can be daunting even where access to therapy is easy. And Nigeria is not a place where therapy comes with easy access. Estimates by the World Health Organisation…
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We spoke to 3 survivors of sexual assault to unmask a sliver of the trauma of rape
The trauma of sexual violence is an oft-mentioned and well-studied phenomenon that is the reality of millions of women and men globally. In Nigeria where 1 in 4 girls and…
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How sex education and demolishing purity culture could help in the fight against sexual violence
The first time I had sex it wasn't sex, it was statutory rape. I wouldn't know that until years later. After the deed was done - under the cover of…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy