Category: Citizenship
Gbenga Odunsi: FCT civil servants reject NBS report on recession
By Gbenga Odunsi For days, Gbenga Odunsi, a journalist, toured five of the federal ministries in Abuja, spending time ...
Seven Bloody Days of Summer III: Blood on the streets of the “Wild Wild West”
Only days before 9/11, a weeklong episode of bloodletting began in the central Nigerian city of Jos as Christians and ...
Seven Bloody Days of Summer II: Buried under the rubble of 9/11
Only days before 9/11, a weeklong episode of bloodletting began in the central Nigerian city of Jos as Christians and ...
Seven Bloody Days of Summer I: The 9/11 we tend to forget
Only days before 9/11, a weeklong episode of bloodletting began in the central Nigerian city of Jos as Christians and ...
Editor’s note: We will be revisiting the untold stories behind Nigeria’s middle-belt crisis
Today, YNaija begins a three-part story called ‘Seven Bloody Days of Summer’. It explores the untold stories behind the high ...
#Impact365: The Layi Erogbogbo Foundation is eradicating goitre disease in Nigeria by sponsoring hundreds of surgeries
The goitre disease that causes a major inflammation in the neck is prevalent in Nigeria especially among women. Although the ...
Mercy Abang: In Maiduguri, poverty breeds Nigeria’s next ‘Boko Haram mothers’
By Mercy Abang Over 134 suicide bombings have occurred since 2009 when Boko Haram unleashed a campaign of terror ...
Adedotun Adekanmbi: In the slums of Ijora-Badia, happiness and poverty are not mutually exclusive
by Adedotun Adekanmbi “Play Na play, but for this Lagos, Na Plenty money fit make person Happy o” – the ...
Dan-Ali takes top spot, Dalung makes an appearance | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Ministers
Information Minister, Lai Mohammed seems to have perfected the art of spinning the narrative to fit his thinking or assumptions. ...
Dino Melaye takes major L at Notting Hill Carnival, Misau tackles the Police | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Senators
The Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial district, Dino Melaye can be described as someone who courts controversy anywhere he goes. ...
Fayose, Okorocha compete to claim the worst governor spot in the YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Governors
Rarely would you see grown up men fighting to outdo one another in a game of incompetence. But when it ...
Shehu Sani generates mixed reactions | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Senators
Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central senatorial district has risen in the YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for senators. In the week under ...
Education minister, Adamu Adamu MUST go | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Ministers
What more can one say about this clueless individual heading the Ministry of Education? Inept, confused, disastrous and just an ...
Michael Ace: Diary of a Nigerian hustler (Pt 3)
by Micheal Ace If your money or phone goes missing on the street of Ibadan, it’s either you are ...
Nnamdi Kanu: The man who was born to restore Biafra
by Festus Iyorah Fifty years after the Nigerian civil war, Nigeria is facing another wave of agitation for the independence ...
Clueless Yahaya Bello is the worst Nigerian governor | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Governors
Just when one thought sycophancy and lack of discretion were going out of fashion, Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello showed up, ...
Michael Ace: Diary of a Nigerian hustler 2
by Micheal Ace They say in Nigeria, if you want to walk fast, take a bike; if you want to ...
#Impact365: Toke Makinwa launches On Becoming Empowered campaign and she’s giving N3m to 4 people
Media personality and author, Toke Makinwa has launched a campaign, On Becoming Empowered that seeks to empower young people with ...
EXCLUSIVE: What actually happened at the Ozubulu church attack
by Patrick Egwu One week after the bloody attack at St Phillip’s Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Anambra left 13 people ...
Samuel Akinnuga: Road accidents and the failure of FRSC’s emergency response unit
by Samuel Akinnuga It has been submitted that more than 80% of road accidents are directly linked to human ...
“He was literally in a state of decay while still alive” | 7 takeaways from Tribune’s Child Inmates of Badagry report
So many things we see, read and hear in Nigeria are liable to make one erupt in blinding fury, but ...
Ayodeji Rotinwa: The brilliance of Orondaam Otto’s Slum School project
by Ayodeji Rotinwa In Nigeria, 10.5 million children are out of school. Those who live in slums are at ...
Stella Oduah should shut the f__k up, Saraki reclaims the #1 position | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for senators
People like Stella Oduah should be glad they are not rotting in a jail cell with the keys thrown down ...
Impact365: Aimcare Services provides hygiene education and free products to prevent hygiene-related illnesses
Keeping up with personal hygiene etiquettes is harder in this part of the world because of lack of access to ...
Shettima takes the #1 position, Ortom spews garbage | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Governors
Borno governor, Kashim Shettima has taken the number one position in the YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Governors. Despite battling Boko ...
Caught in a lie: Nigerian legislator ‘donates’ constituency project already budgeted for Executive
by Ayodeji Rotinwa On July 10th 2017, Honourable Abdussamad Dasuki of Nigeria’s lower legislative body, the House of Representatives, representing ...
#Impact365: Two millenials set up Potter’s Children Global Foundation to cater to orphans and underprivileged children
In a society filled with children and young adults who are facing neglect and abandonment, there can never be too ...
Saraki, Ekweremadu drop yet again in the YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Senators
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu have dropped once again in the weekly YNaija Effectiveness ...
Fashola drops 6 places in the YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Ministers
Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing has dropped six places in the YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Ministers. The ...
Nyesom Wike replaces Ambode as the worst Nigerian governor | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Governors
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike has displaced his Lagos counterpart, Akinwunmi Ambode as the worst Nigerian governor in the weekly YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for ...
The September Standard
- Unlock a Healthier You: Essential Resources for Holistic Well-being
- How Your Diet Could Be Making Your Snoring Worse
- Celebrating Nigerian Trailblazers: Inspiring Women in Fashion
- Silk: Unraveling Threads of Elegance and Innovation
- Grammy Awards 2024 Red Carpet Fashion: Hits and Misses that Stole the Spotlight
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