On puppies, wedding proposal, Valentine’s Day | Here are the funny tweets we saw from Nigerians today

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their funny rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. Here are the ones we saw today: Day 21 without sex: Checked my weight and I’m weighing... Read More

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Funny tweets we saw from Nigerians today

January 5, 2020

2010-2019: See some of the most defining moments in the last decade

By Chichi Umeseaka As we count down to the end of 2019 and an end of 2010’s decade let me take you to an alphabetical rundown of events that stood out and had both positive and negative impacts on us. Mind you, there are tons and tons of events and activities that stood out, but... Read More

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2010-2019, Chichi Umeseaka, Review of a decade, Review of the last decade

December 30, 2019

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu profiles Omoyele Sowore: The brazenly fearless | Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

As I write this, Omoyele Sowore has been released from the custody of the DSS, the Nigerian secret police. He was rearrested illegally in contravention of the law and an order of a court granting him bail – actions that we can now surmise the Nigerian government took out of desperation. Such is the explosive... Read More

Specials

#RevolutionNow, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, Sahara Reporters, Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

December 29, 2019

‘His ambition is the stuff of legends’ | Mo Abudu profiles Herbert Wigwe (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee)

Herbert Wigwe has become a staple in many Person Of The Year lists, for good reason too. His backstory is aspirational as they come, and his ambition is the stuff of legend. Leaving the safety of a career in an equally promising bank to start Access Bank in partnership with AIG Imokhuede seemed foolhardy, but... Read More

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Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe

December 29, 2019

Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi profiles Chimamanda Adichie: A cultural icon | Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year Nominee 2019

In late 2019, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie announced she was moving the Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop from Lagos to Awka in Anambra, it marked the beginning of a new era for Adichie’s extremely influential writing workshop and another assertion of her identity and pride in being a Nigerian contributing to the cultural renaissance we have... Read More

Specials

#WearNigerian project, Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Danai Guririra, Dior, Lupita Nyong'o, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Workshop

December 28, 2019

Edwin Okolo profiles Chimaroke Nnamani: Voice in the wilderness | YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

Some might wonder why YNaija has chosen to add Senator Chimaroke Nnamani to its very prestigious list for the 2019 Person of the Year. After all, Nnamani has been in political office since Nigeria returned to civil rule in 1999 and has had ample opportunity to influence national policy through his position in the 8th... Read More

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Chimaroke Nnamani

December 28, 2019

Tolu Ogunlesi profiles Busola Dakolo: A picture of bravery (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee)

Written by: Tolu Ogunlesi In 2017, TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year recognition went to “the Silence Breakers” – a diverse array of “voices” (mostly Americans, naturally; and many of them movie stars, from Hollywood) who helped launch the #MeToo movement. In the age of Social Media, consciousness travels fast. It was inevitable that the... Read More

Specials

Biodun Fatoyinbo, Busola Dakolo, COZA, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo

December 28, 2019

Ife Adebayo profiles Corper Stephen Teru: A fortune changer | Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

In recent years, the National Youth Service Corps has become a source of intense debate. Many argue that it has overstayed its usefulness and become a sink of resources and waste of valuable post-graduation time of young impressionable Nigerians. Others believe it is an important opportunity for young Nigerians to step out of their artificial... Read More

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Stephen Teru, Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

December 28, 2019

Banky Wellington profiles Dr. Tony Rapu: A true grassroots leader | Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

By Banky Wellington Fairly recently, while delivering a TedX speech in Lagos Nigeria, I said something along the lines of…“In Nigeria, it feels like we have mastered the scripture that says ‘pray without ceasing,’ but we have forgotten about the one that says ‘faith without works is dead.’” I referenced those scriptures to make the point... Read More

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Bethesda Child Support Agency, Busola Dakolo, Dr Tony Rapu, the Freedom Foundation, the Genesis House, The House of Freedom, Y!/YNaija.com person of the year, Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019, Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

December 27, 2019

Wilfred Okiche profiles Damini ‘Burna Boy’ Ogulu: A mercurial character | Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

It is the end of 2019 and Burna Boy is nominated for a Grammy for his latest record, African Giant. Come January 26, he may well go all the way to become the first homegrown Nigerian artist to triumph in the world music category. A mercurial character famed for attracting as much ire as he... Read More

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Burna boy, Damini Ogulu

December 27, 2019

‘On your mandate the tech industry stands’ | Iyinoluwa Aboyeji profiles Bosun Tijani, YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

Written by: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji “By their fruits you shall know them.” – Mathew 7:16 When I returned to Nigeria in 2013 to start building startups, like most of my peers from that time my permanent address was the sixth floor of Bosun’s CcHUB in Yaba. The other address was an expensive wardrobe with a floor... Read More

Specials

#StopRobbingUs, Africa Tech and Creativity Group (ATCG), bosun tijani, Co-creation Design Lab and Design Fellowship Kigali, Eric Schmidt, iHub, Jack Dorsey, mark zuckerberg, StemCafe

October 27, 2019

The Live Theatre Lagos stage play ‘What Men Want’ returns today

If you miss this awesome drama piece in August, here’s your chance to savour the amazement of the drama called What Men Want. What Men Want is a satirical comedy about life, love, faith, marriage and everything in between featuring Diana Agbede and MaryAnn Ivy Amakor. This play comes up on October 27,2019 at the... Read More

Moshood Fattah has nothing to prove and an industry to conquer

By: Uche Chika Elumelu FREEDOM PARK: Beneath the noonday sun, on a slightly-worn park bench, I wait. Bare-faced, scantily accessorized with the twins breathing freely underneath my flowery jumpsuit. I seem to blend in quite nicely with the peaceful scenery, but wait – how could nature’s chorus on a fine Saturday afternoon be so... Read More

Featured, The Media Blog

Moshood Fattah, Uche Chika Elumelu

May 27, 2019

With Omawumi, longevity isn’t an aspiration – it’s a personality trait

Where is Omawumi? Why is Nigeria’s most loved music diva absent from the scene? The last time we heard from her, she was serenading the continent with her “Timeless” album. Where is she? Omawumi is an original; One of those rare talents that carry the art as part of their DNA. For her, music isn’t... Read More

The Music Blog

Angelique Kidjo, Angie Stone and Donell Jones, Carl Thomas, Chaka Demus and Pliers, Cobhams Asuquo, Flavour, omawumi

March 1, 2019

The struggle continues: Statement by Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, Presidential candidate of the YPP on the February 23rd elections

I was very saddened by the loss of lives to various acts of violence during the February 23 presidential election and elections into the National Assembly. My heartfelt condolences go to the families that lost loved ones and I pray that those injured will recover soonest. The operational failures of INEC in the conduct of... Read More

Citizenship, YNaija2019

kingsley moghalu, ynaija

February 23, 2019

Nigeria’s Election 2019 and “the day after”

After everything, Nigeria’s “Day of Great Expectation” in the words of ace writer, Charles Dickson comes up on February 23, 2019. For this, about 72.7 million eligible voters will gather in 176,000 Polling Units across the country to elect a President and members of the country’s National Assembly. This comes two weeks ahead of similar... Read More

Opinion

#NigeriaDecides, #NigeriaDecides2019

February 12, 2019

Olisaeloka Okocha Jr.: A unique cocktail of Rumble in the Jungle is what Nigeria needs now

The World Boxing Council has postponed the purse bid for Deontay Wilder’s rematch with Tyson Fury until February 12th. Meanwhile, despite his promoters booking Wembley Stadium a half year in advance, Anthony Joshua has failed to secure an opponent for April 13th at the 90,000-seater venue. Let us look at the panorama – a unique... Read More

Opinion, The Sports Blog

Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury, World Boxing Council

February 7, 2019

Lost | A vivid tale on Female Genital Mutilation

It was in the morning, it had not dawn yet but the ship was set to leave. I have to leave with Michael, he promised he will be here. Hauwa! Someone called out in the dark, are you running away? My eyes shot out in the dark. Someone recognizes me, my heart beats faster than... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

#EndFGM, Female Genital Mutilation

February 6, 2019

The journey to Zero FGM: One step at a time!

The journey to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has been an uphill one despite global efforts; its deep roots in social-cultural norms pose the biggest challenge to ending it in one generation. The reality remains that FGM is a human rights violation which results in deep physical and psychological trauma that survivors must deal with... Read More

Opinion

#ENDFGM campaign, Bayo Olanrewaju Ewuola, Education as a Vaccine (EVA), female genital mutilation (FGM), UNICEF/UNFPA, Violence against Persons Prohibition ACT (VAPP), Young Men’s Network Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (YMNAGBV)

January 11, 2019

2019 Elections: INEC and the rest of us

The stage is set for an epic bout that will determine who will lead Nigeria for another four years. Political activities are already picking up waves and gladiators are strategizing and mobilising their structures to ensure that their chosen candidates prevails in the various elective contests, and more importantly, the presidential seat, which is up... Read More

Opinion

January 10, 2019

Opinion: Why Teni was better than Peruzzi in 2018

I am certainly not a fan of any music award shows out of Nigeria presently, as most of them have been reduced to badly scripted popularity contests at best and a patronage scheme at their worst. I mean, I have seen all sorts of absurdity happen at these awards ceremonies to make me never watch... Read More

Opinion, The Music Blog

Peruzzi, Teni

January 8, 2019

Opinion: The selfishness of Buhari’s Men and the need to vote Atiku and Obi

On Saturday, a recorded conversation featuring the Director General of the President Buhari campaign organization and the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi was released. In the recording, Amaechi was heard complaining of how bad things have gotten for Nigerians under the present government; “Three years of Buhari oo, everybody is crying, crying…pressmen are crying,... Read More

Featured, Opinion

2019 Elections, Aisha buhari, APC, atiku abubakar, edward israel-ayide, Muhammadu Buhari, Nasir el-Rufai, nonso obikili, PDP, peter obi, Rotimi Amaechi, the Atiku Plan for a better Nigeria, the Atiku policy document, uhari campaign organisation

October 16, 2018

Opinion: Is Kevin Jazuara the next in a line of sexual assault allegations?

It started with a story posted by a Nigerian lady, LP The Whiskey Lady (Instagram), on October 14, 2018, positing that a trusted friend of hers – Kevin Jazuara – whose picture she shared on her Instagram page, tried to sexually assault her. While her account of the event has generated much media attention, there seem to be... Read More

Opinion

kevin Jazaura

September 25, 2018

Ogechi Obua: Sussex expanded my worldview and made me ready for the real world

My experience at Sussex University was a pleasant surprise. I was anxious and curios about how my university experience would turn out, since the University was not initially one of my choices. But I can say stumbling upon Sussex University has been a positive experience. I love especially how unique the campus is. Compared to... Read More

The scrabble for a New Nigeria: A battle between the believers, the achievers and the deceivers

by Alli Bob-Chinwon Randomly surfing the news I stumbled on a very intriguing headline published on a prominent international news platform. The title was “Nigeria becomes the poverty capital of the world”. To satisfy my curiosity, I opened the report and the first paragraph read “Nigeria overtakes India to become the poverty capital of the... Read More

Citizenship, Opinion

Alli Bob, nigeria, opinion

September 2, 2018

It is about time we made up our minds about Saraki and the 2019 elections

by Itunu Oloyede Another political season is upon us, and the discussion has begun as to who is ‘fit’ (pun intended) or otherwise to run for the office of the president of this interesting nation called Nigeria. A lot of moves have been made, still being made and would still be made by the major... Read More

Opinion

August 26, 2018

Kingsley Moghalu: The recipe to build a nation

The present situation of the Nigerian state as we find it is one not in the least reassuring. Even after seeming commitment by previous administrations all along the years to improving upon the great inherent prospects and the most recent efforts by the current administration of President Buhari to fighting corruption considered our sapping monster,... Read More

Featured, Opinion

kingsley moghalu

August 21, 2018

Opinion: #OpenNASS, Who Defection Epp?

Defections by politicians has been ongoing since 1951 when the first celebrated cross carpeting was led by Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The Yoruba members of the National Council for Nigerian and Cameroon (NCNC) were lobbied to cross over to the Action Group (AG) in order to stop Dr Nnamdi Azikwe, an Igbo man from being the... Read More

Opinion

Dapo Awobeku, NASS, Saraki

August 20, 2018

My tribute to Kofi Annan – Prof. Kingsley Moghalu

In April I started my tribute to Kofi Annan on his 80th birthday with this quote: “To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to go there.” These are the powerful words from Mr... Read More

#OneDayEGoBetter: With heavy hearts, every Nigerian is living a painful life comfortably

For every life that has been taken as a result of criminal attacks, for every person that has been a victim of road accidents caused by bad roads, for a every single person that is facing financial drought, for every man that wants a better life for his family, for every civil servant that is... Read More

On puppies, wedding proposal, Valentine’s Day | Here are the funny tweets we saw from Nigerians today

2010-2019: See some of the most defining moments in the last decade

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu profiles Omoyele Sowore: The brazenly fearless | Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

‘His ambition is the stuff of legends’ | Mo Abudu profiles Herbert Wigwe (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee)

Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi profiles Chimamanda Adichie: A cultural icon | Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year Nominee 2019

Edwin Okolo profiles Chimaroke Nnamani: Voice in the wilderness | YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

Tolu Ogunlesi profiles Busola Dakolo: A picture of bravery (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee)

Ife Adebayo profiles Corper Stephen Teru: A fortune changer | Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

Banky Wellington profiles Dr. Tony Rapu: A true grassroots leader | Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

Wilfred Okiche profiles Damini ‘Burna Boy’ Ogulu: A mercurial character | Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

‘On your mandate the tech industry stands’ | Iyinoluwa Aboyeji profiles Bosun Tijani, YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee

The Live Theatre Lagos stage play ‘What Men Want’ returns today

Moshood Fattah has nothing to prove and an industry to conquer

With Omawumi, longevity isn’t an aspiration – it’s a personality trait

The struggle continues: Statement by Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, Presidential candidate of the YPP on the February 23rd elections

Nigeria’s Election 2019 and “the day after”

Olisaeloka Okocha Jr.: A unique cocktail of Rumble in the Jungle is what Nigeria needs now

Lost | A vivid tale on Female Genital Mutilation

The journey to Zero FGM: One step at a time!

2019 Elections: INEC and the rest of us

Opinion: Why Teni was better than Peruzzi in 2018

Opinion: The selfishness of Buhari’s Men and the need to vote Atiku and Obi

Opinion: Is Kevin Jazuara the next in a line of sexual assault allegations?

Ogechi Obua: Sussex expanded my worldview and made me ready for the real world

The scrabble for a New Nigeria: A battle between the believers, the achievers and the deceivers

It is about time we made up our minds about Saraki and the 2019 elections

Kingsley Moghalu: The recipe to build a nation

Opinion: #OpenNASS, Who Defection Epp?

My tribute to Kofi Annan – Prof. Kingsley Moghalu

#OneDayEGoBetter: With heavy hearts, every Nigerian is living a painful life comfortably

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