YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Governors: Ambode on the rise, as Fayose drops by 5

Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has risen ten places in the latest YNaija effectiveness ranking for governors. Ambode, has been very busy in the past week commissioning one program after another across the state in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Lagos. His rise has nothing to do with the Lagos at 50 activities, but all to do... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Thinking Through

Akinwunmi Ambode, Ayodele Fayose, governors, YNaija Effectiveness Ranking

May 19, 2017

Enyinnaya Abaribe takes top spot as Bukola Saraki rises three places | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for senators

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has risen three places in the latest YNaija effectiveness ranking for senators. Saraki’s rise follows the decision of the National Assembly under his leadership to finally make public details of its budget, as he received commendations from his colleagues who praised his leadership attributes. "This is the first time since democracy... Read More

Citizenship, Cover Stories, Thinking Through

Bukola Saeaki, Bukola Saraki, dino melaye, Enyinnaya Abaribe, Shehu Sani, YNaija Effectiveness Ranking

May 19, 2017

Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers VI: Sometimes I walk aimlessly talking to myself – War veteran

by Patrick Egwu Ejike Gideon Njoku, 68, remembers and forgets. He is suffering from memory loss – a result of the psychological and emotional trauma he passed through during the war. “Sometimes I lose my mind. I look around sheepishly like someone who is lost, I don’t know what to say,” he said, removing the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Thinking Through

Biafra's Forgotten Soldiers, magazine

May 19, 2017

[The Church Blog]: On going to “the abroad” and losing your religion

These days I get scared over how Christian conversations have suddenly turned mainstream conversation on Twitter. It can only be proof of the fact that Jesus is coming soon. LOL. The other day, it was about Jesus committing suicide and now it’s about how Christians suddenly turn atheists after a few travels outside Africa and... Read More

Church Culture

Christians, Faith, The Church Blog, twitter.

May 19, 2017

Isaac Adewole takes top spot, as Fashola rises two places | YNaija Ranking for ministers

When the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced the return of the dreaded disease, Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo last Friday, many Nigerians were worried that the disease may cause another disaster if not properly managed. But the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has done a good job in putting preventive measures in... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Thinking Through

ministers, Professor Isaac Adewole, Raji Fashola, YNaija Effectiveness Ranking

May 19, 2017

Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers V: Paralaysed Oliwe spends his time writing his memoirs

by Patrick Egwu Ejike John Chukwuemeka Oliwe, 63, was a thirteen-year-old primary school pupil in 1967 when he joined the Biafran army as a child soldier. Lying in a brown-painted shelf in his room are more than 20 files of manuscripts of two books he is writing about his experiences during the Biafran war. Initially,... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Thinking Through

Biafra's Forgotten Soldiers, magazine

May 19, 2017

[The Church Blog]: Travis Greene got us all worshipping again

If you ever thought that Intentional, Made A Way and the many tracks that made us all love Travis Greene was the end of his music, you were so wrong. Travis has proven to us all that he’s here to stay and stay for a very long time. The gospel singer won his way into the... Read More

Church Culture

Intentional, Travis Greene, worshipping, You Made A Way, You waited

May 18, 2017

[The Church Blog]: Foursquare’s former GO, Badejo hits the Big 70

Dr. Wilson Adebogun Badejo, a former General Overseer of the Foursquare Gospel Church will be seventy on May 19, 2017. The cleric has received congratulatory messages from several church leaders and the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN). The Acting President on Thursday shared his best wishes with all members of the church, friends and... Read More

Church Culture

70, Foursquare gospel church, Rev. Wilson Badejo, The Church Blog, Yemi Osinbajo

May 18, 2017

Memoirs of an #AfricanEntrepreneur

by Adebola Williams Welcome to the first instalment, I look forward to having fun with you on my journey and make it even more pleasurable with freebies and gifts. The first comes from Lufthansa German Airline with up to $500 discount codes on ticket purchases. See details at the end and link in my bio... Read More

adebola williams, African Business Traveller, African Entrepreneur, Lufthansa, Tales, Travel, Traveller

May 18, 2017

YNaija Says this 2017 budget is driving us mad

The 2017 budget can best be described as a special gift that keeps on giving, and not in a good way: although it has finally been passed by the National Assembly five months after it was presented to them and it includes the breakdown of the budget of the federal legislature itself for the first... Read More

Thinking Through

2017 budget, agencies, madness, national assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari, senate, YNaija Says

May 18, 2017

Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers IV: 18-year-old Eunice couldn’t save her father from death

by Patrick Egwu Ejike Sitting on a sofa in the visitor’s room, Eunice Mbaonu, 18, looks tired and gaunt. Her brother Phillip had just brought her back in a motorcycle from the hospital where the doctor diagnosed her with fever. She has been crying all day, all week, unable to be consoled by neighbours. Last... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Thinking Through

Biafra's Forgotten Soldiers, magazine

May 18, 2017

[The Church Blog]: NO! Jesus didn’t commit suicide

So, you know the way it happens on twitter; someone suddenly finds a topic/subject matter good enough to tweet and in a short while, the whole family camps in his mentions either in support of or against the motion. I was scrolling through the TL a few days back when I found this rather interesting... Read More

Church Culture

@JajaPhD, Jesus, suicide, The Church Blog, twitter.

May 18, 2017

[The Church Blog]: My frustration with Christian lingo

This is one subject I really love to talk about but I promise to be very brief! There’s something about Christian lingos a.k.a christianese that’s just confusing and very misleading. I mean, I don’t even have to be a Christian to know these things. I just need to hang around one or two of them,... Read More

Church Culture

Christian Lingos, Christianese, The Church Blog

May 18, 2017

Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers III: I’m waiting for the day I will die

by Patrick Egwu Ejike Forty-seven-year-old Cecilia Ozorji is now a widow. She is currently suffering from High Blood Pressure and malaria. Her body is weak and she gestures when she wants to speak – in a low voice that you can barely hear her. Her husband, Anthony, one of the disabled Biafran veterans has died.... Read More

Citizenship, Featured, Thinking Through

Biafra's Forgotten Soldiers, magazine

May 18, 2017

YNaija Analysis: Considering a Fela Durotoye presidency

A week ago, popular motivational speaker and management consultant, Fela Durotoye celebrated his 46th birthday, and he put up a post on his Facebook page where he talked about the passion and love he has for Nigeria that was put in his heart by God. It did not take long before commentators started encouraging him to... Read More

Thinking Through

Fela Durotoye, motivational speaker, Politics, Presidency, president, tara durotoye, ynaija analysis

May 17, 2017

Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers II: ‘Please don’t cut my leg’

by Patrick Egwu Ejike Clinging to his crutches in both hands, Sylvester Egbunna 70, limps to the spot where his dotted T-shirt was hanging in front of the veranda to put on. He moves to a wooden bench which was placed in front of the veranda to sit. His thirteen-year-old daughter is sitting close to... Read More

Citizenship, Cover Stories, Featured

Biafra's Forgotten Soldiers, Magazine

May 17, 2017

Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers I: Bullet in my chest

by Patrick Egwu Ejike Sixty-six-year-old Lawrence Akpu is sitting on a black wheelchair which makes squeaky sound at each move – a sign that it’s in a very bad shape. Hanging on the wall are black and white picture frames and calendars of Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, leader of the defunct state of Biafra who led... Read More

Citizenship, Cover Stories, Featured

Biafra's Forgotten Soldiers, Magazine

May 17, 2017

SPECIAL SERIES: A tale of woes, abandonment and rejection of Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers

by Patrick Egwu Ejike In commemorating the 50th anniversary of the declaration of Biafra on May 30, 1967, I traveled to Ezeagu, Oji-River in Enugu state and Okigwe, in Imo state where the disabled war veterans of Biafra are staying in resettlement camps to write about the harrowing, heart-wrenching, sole-surviving stories of Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers –... Read More

Citizenship, Cover Stories, Featured

Biafra's Forgotten Soldiers, Magazine

May 17, 2017

Editor’s Note: Introducing “Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers”, a 10-part citizenship series on YNaija.com

Today we launch the YNaija.com Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers series – a special collection of stories telling the war experiences, triumphs, woes and tales of some of the soldiers engaged in the 3-year civil war. This 10-part series will run for the next 5 days in the month of May, and is part of YNaija’s citizenship series. The idea... Read More

Citizenship, Cover Stories, Featured

Biafra's Forgotten Soldiers, Magazine

May 17, 2017

Office of the Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Today’s Nigerian dream

by Chude Jideonwo Because we run a nation building company that is the continent’s leading expert on elections, we routinely sit in on meetings with politicians who want to be president, who want to explore being president, who want to push forward candidates who should be president, and who just want to brainstorm through what... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

Office of the citizen

May 15, 2017

Office of the Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Why you must ignore those who say protests don’t work in Nigeria

by Chude JIdeonwo “I was really hopeful about the February 2face protests,” a friend of mine told me over lunch just recently. “And terribly disappointed when he chickened out. It was the one protest I decided I would go out for.” Then she added the clincher: “Because for me I don’t think protests in Nigeria... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

Office of the citizen

May 10, 2017

Office of the Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Not too young to run – and so what?

by Chude Jideonwo Let’s start from the beginning – I am completely in support of the #NotTooYoungToRun campaign. The campaign is based on a bill before the National Assembly that seeks to alter sections 65, 106, 131, 177 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) – to reduce the age... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

Office of the citizen

May 8, 2017

Office of the Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: What Nigerian billionaires should consider doing with all that money

by Chude Jideonwo Do our billionaires believe in nothing? This question came to me just after I spent the past hour with one of the most striking young people I have met recently. While a good number of young people talk a good game about political participation and youth engagement beyond civil society, he has... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

May 3, 2017

All the fabulous photos from the “Media Hosts Betty Irabor” event

On Tuesday 25th April 2017, from 10am till 2pm, Betty Irabor was hosted by stakeholders in the media industry at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos. The event, “Media Hosts Betty Irabor” was billed as part of the celebrations for the Genevieve Magazine publisher’s 60th birthday. The event, which highlighted the media’s proclivity for storytelling and the importance... Read More

The News Blog

May 3, 2017

TFESS Business Workshop: Register now!!

The Future Enterprise Support Scheme (TFESS) will be holding a 4-hour Business masterclass tagged “Starting with Zero Naira” This workshop is designed to help proactive employees transition from being employees to small business owners. The Future Enterprise Support Scheme (TFESS) is a series of trainings, workshops with focus on the Entrepreneurship, Technology and Creative (ETC)... Read More

May 3, 2017

The Film Blog: Banky W and Adesua Etomi are a marketing dream

So yes, they get married in one movie. The sequel gets announced, and shortly after, they announce they are getting married for real. We said it before that The Wedding Party 2 would make buckets of cash, but Banky W and Adesua Etomi’s engagement has just given the film the sort of PR boost you... Read More

The Film Blog

Adesua Etomi, Banky W, The Wedding Party, The Wedding Party 2

May 3, 2017

Red Media Africa wins Gold SABRE Award for PR Campaigns

Red Media Africa, a leading PR & Communication company focused on providing solutions to brands in Africa, has been announced winner of the Gold SABRE Awards for Public Relations Campaigns. Red Media Africa led the Western Africa category for its sterling work on Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg’s inaugural visit to Nigeria in 2016, while StateCraft... Read More

The News Blog

May 3, 2017

Office of the Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Political candidacy lies beyond candidates

by Chude Jideonwo Why did supposedly serious-minded Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Paul Ryan support the disturbing candidacy of Donald Trump, a man who stands against the orthodoxy of his Republican Party as much as he is incoherent on ideologies towards small government, the economy and social issues? There are many guesses... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

Office of the citizen

May 3, 2017

Who is Damilola Adegbite? The woman Buhari has charged with bringing power to Nigeria’s rural areas

by Mark Amaza A week ago, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of a new board and executive management for the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), which was also inaugurated today, with Mrs. Damilola Adegbite as the Managing Director. She becomes the first woman to head the federal agency tasked with bringing electricity to rural areas,... Read More

YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Governors: Ambode on the rise, as Fayose drops by 5

Enyinnaya Abaribe takes top spot as Bukola Saraki rises three places | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for senators

Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers VI: Sometimes I walk aimlessly talking to myself – War veteran

[The Church Blog]: On going to “the abroad” and losing your religion

Isaac Adewole takes top spot, as Fashola rises two places | YNaija Ranking for ministers

Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers V: Paralaysed Oliwe spends his time writing his memoirs

[The Church Blog]: Travis Greene got us all worshipping again

[The Church Blog]: Foursquare’s former GO, Badejo hits the Big 70

Memoirs of an #AfricanEntrepreneur

YNaija Says this 2017 budget is driving us mad

Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers IV: 18-year-old Eunice couldn’t save her father from death

[The Church Blog]: NO! Jesus didn’t commit suicide

[The Church Blog]: My frustration with Christian lingo

Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers III: I’m waiting for the day I will die

YNaija Analysis: Considering a Fela Durotoye presidency

Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers II: ‘Please don’t cut my leg’

[The Church Blog]: Give the church a break

Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers I: Bullet in my chest

SPECIAL SERIES: A tale of woes, abandonment and rejection of Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers

Editor’s Note: Introducing “Biafra’s Forgotten Soldiers”, a 10-part citizenship series on YNaija.com

Office of the Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Today’s Nigerian dream

Office of the Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Why you must ignore those who say protests don’t work in Nigeria

Office of the Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Not too young to run – and so what?

Office of the Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: What Nigerian billionaires should consider doing with all that money

All the fabulous photos from the “Media Hosts Betty Irabor” event

TFESS Business Workshop: Register now!!

The Film Blog: Banky W and Adesua Etomi are a marketing dream

Red Media Africa wins Gold SABRE Award for PR Campaigns

Office of the Citizen with Chude Jideonwo: Political candidacy lies beyond candidates

Who is Damilola Adegbite? The woman Buhari has charged with bringing power to Nigeria’s rural areas

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