Category: Citizenship

BLOOD MONEY VI: Diamond in the rough

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger…

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BLOOD MONEY V: The Tompolo Foundation

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger…

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BLOOD MONEY IV: History of ethnic clashes in Delta

Mophoto via JohannesIn Nigeria, the gift is a curse. That the country is a culturally diverse society with over 500 different ethnic groups is at the root of many of…

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BLOOD MONEY III: 16 years a runner-up – The story of Great Ovedje Ogboru

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger…

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EiE Nigeria, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, and BudgIT to host ‘New Media, Citizens & Governance Conference’ in Abuja

EiE Nigeria, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN) and BudgIT will host the 'New Media, Citizens & Governance Conference' from Wednesday, October 26 - Thursday, October 27 in Abuja. EiE first co-hosted a…

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TFESS presents ‘Making the sales’ entrepreneurship masterclass

The Future Enterprise Support Scheme (TFESS) presents a masterclass on “Making the Sales”. Making the sales simply is the act of selling something: the exchange of goods, services, or property…

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The Future Enterprise Support Scheme (TFESS) presents a make-up training class for beginners

The Future Enterprise Support Scheme (TFESS) has organised a 3-day make-up training class scheduled to hold between the 21st and 23rd November, 2016. Research has shown that being a makeup…

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BLOOD MONEY II: How Tompolo became Nigeria’s most wanted man

by Eromo Egbejule Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come…

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BLOOD MONEY I: Did President Buhari lie about the cleanup of Ogoniland?

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger…

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#Impact365: Connecting people to job opportunities | How Dele Bakare of findworka makes it happen

Dele Bakare is the lead technologist at financial advocacy group, BudgIT. He is Chief Executive of findworka, an online place for services and also the co-founder of JobsinNigeria. In this…

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[The Presidential Blog]: Before we make judiciary situation just about Governor Wike

Governor Wike is in the News, trending on Twitter, being talked about, praised and in some quarters, vilified. Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike got tipped off about a sting…

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It’s today! The Future Project and YNaija present Conversations on ‘We Survived Boko Haram’ stories

The Ford Foundation and The Future Project in partnership with Y!/YNaija.com will be holding a 2-hour program tagged Conversations on 'We Survived Boko Haram' stories. This is a gathering of…

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#Impact365: Fusing tech with social good | Here’s how Joseph Agunbiade does it

by Usman Alabi Joseph Agunbiade is the co-founder and Head of Technology at BudgIT, a civic startup that is moulding conversation around government budget. He is also the founder of…

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The Thread: ‘There is one annoying thing about Nigeria… elitism’

You know how we try to figure out people's statuses before we decide how to treat or relate to them? Yes, you do. Abi, are you not Nigerian? Anyway, in…

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#Impact365: Temie Giwa’s LifeBank is solving Nigeria’s blood crisis

Temie Giwa is the chief executive of LifeBank, a five month old startup that is using technology to solve the problem of blood shortage across Nigeria. In this interview with…

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#30Days30Voices: ‘Things are getting worse!’ | This man feels Nigerians have not experienced any ‘change’

President Muhammadu Buhari, during his campaign promised Nigerians that they would experience 'Change' if voted into office. Fast forward to 16 months after, Some Nigerians believe nothing has changed under…

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#Impact365: These professionals are rebuilding rundown schools in Lagos

Established in 2013, HR -in -Action is a human capability development and career leadership social enterprise located in Lagos, Nigeria. In this interview with YNaija's #Impact365 series, Oladunni Afolabi tells…

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#Impact365: Funmi Iyanda’s NGO has touched over 3,000 lives!

Founded by popular television personality and media entrepreneur, Funmi Iyanda, Change-A-Life (CAL) is a nongovernmental that has impacted the lives of over three thousand young Nigerians. In this interview with…

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WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XX: The receptionist

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram.…

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#Impact365: You probably don’t know this NGO but it’s changing lives in Edo

Braveheart Initiative is an Edo state non-governmental organization that provides support services and leadership training for young secondary school girls and young girls in the state. In this interview with…

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WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XIX: The men from Hong

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram.…

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Lagos NIPR to deepen communicators’ skill-set with Digital PR Summit

Lagos State Chapter, the flagship branch of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has unveiled plans to deepen the skill-set of communication and media practitioners in new media with…

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WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XVIII: The elasticity of Yakubu

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram.…

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Nigerians say Amnesty International report on police extortion is the absolute truth

According to a newly released report by Amnesty International (AI), "an elite Nigerian police squad set up to combat violent crimes is torturing detainees to extract lucrative bribes and confessions."…

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The Thread: On the true essence of International Peace Day

Today marks the celebration of International Peace Day - a day set aside by the United Nations General Assembly to strengthen “the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations…

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WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XVII: Hassan Hassan

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram.…

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WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XVI: The book seller

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram.…

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#30Days30Voices: ‘There is no improvement at all!’ | This man is clearly unhappy with Nigeria’s unsteady power supply

In the last few months, the level of power supply across Nigeria has been a contentious issue with some areas of the country reporting an increase while others have witnessed…

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#Impact365: Some things may have gone wrong with Nigerian youth, but this NGO is changing that

Linking the Youths of Nigeria through Exchange (LYNX) is a non-governmental organization founded in 2004 that seeks to train young Nigerians to become responsible citizens through education, empowerment and community…

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WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XV: Hunger in Maiduguri

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram.…

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