Category: Cover Stories
Usifo Ataga: It’s time the Police applied legal steps rather than ‘meet-and-greet’ rounds
The story of Chidinma Ojukwu and the late Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga is one that most Nigerians are familiar ...
Information Blackout: Protest by the Press is alarm on the danger of democracy without watchdogs
A glance at any newspaper stand across Nigeria on July 12 would have brought one striking observation – most of ...
Former President Obasanjo makes clarification about the party he belongs to | The #YNaijaCover
Spending eleven years at the apex political position in the land would be more than enough to elevate anyone from ...
First cattle, now dogs: Nigeria’s unending drama of fundamental animal rights | The #YNaijaCover
It’s not every time one gets to see the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation come out to ...
LyingStar: Buhari’s INEC Commissioner Nominee and the screening saga | The #YNaijaCover
Lauretta Onochie, a Senior Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, appeared before the Senate Committee on Independent National ...
JAMBITE: Prof ‘Dibu Ojerinde and the alleged N900m fraud | The #YNaijaCover
Do you remember sometime in February 2018, when Philomina Chishe, an official of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) ...
Before Things Go South: Governors of Southern Nigeria ‘strike’ a second time | The #YNaijaCover
It’s another day, the beginning of a new week in the second half of 2021, and the Governors from Southern ...
Sunday Igboho: ‘Extend same language and energy to bandits’ | The #YNaijaCover
The Nigerian media space has been turned into some form of amphitheatre in the last one week. With the arrest ...
Kano Hisbah accuses mannequins of ‘sexual harassment’ because why not? | The #YNaijaCover
A happy new month to you if you are reading this outside Kano. Trust you had a stress free day. ...
The Game of Ambush: PDP loses 3rd Governor in 7 months to governing APC | The #YNaijaCover
If you live in Nigeria; especially in Christian-dominated areas of Southern Nigeria, it near certain that you would have heard ...
Nnamdi Kanu’s extradition is victory for the Buhari administration but that energy mustn’t burn out
After over three years of fireworks; to put it mildly, the Federal Government eventually got their hands on the self-proclaimed ...
BET Awards: Burna Boy cements Odogwu claim | The #YNaijaCover
It is probably time for Africa’s self-proclaimed Giant, Burna Boy, to release another album and title it “Thrice as Tall“, ...
No Better Time: Wizkid receives his Grammy plaque | The #YNaijaCover
To say Nigerian music has really come of age would be an understatement. From the days of Mode 9, The ...
#TwitterBan: ECOWAS Court and the victory for human rights | #YNaijaCover
As if the unconstitutional absurdity by the Nigerian Government to ban microblogging site, Twitter was not enough embarrassment, the ECOWAS ...
The Gut-Father: Mixed reactions trail #FathersDay message by female celebrities
First celebrated in West Virginia, U.S.A following the proposal by Grace Golden, daughter of a dedicated reverend, that a special ...
No Hoof, No Horse: Wole Soyinka warns of dire consequences for Nigeria without decentralisation | The #YNaijaCover
“Do I think Nigeria can continue as one? Not if it continues this way, not if it fails to decentralise; ...
On NBC’s plan to license social media operations in Nigeria | The #YNaijaCover
Following the controversy that trailed the deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari‘s alleged genocidal tweet and its subsequent deletion by Twitter, ...
The Language Professor: Yet again, President Buhari to teach bandits “in the language they understand”| #YNaijaCover
Barely one week after President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement in a tweet threatening to deal with members of the Indigenous People ...
Court…Stand!: Relief as Nigerian Courts open after over 2-month old JUSUN strike | The #YNaijaCover
It’s 9th June and there’s some cheering news in Nigeria. Remember that absurdity that shouldn’t have taken place in any ...
Twice upon a time: Are Nigerians reliving Abacha’s repression days with suspension of Twitter? | The #YNaijaCover
Fellow Nigerians, Who was Nigeria’s 10th Head of State? I’m certain it would be a hard guess for you. Who ...
Desperado: Malami, Lai Mohammed, the NBC and plans to enforce #TwitterBan in Nigeria | #YNaijaCover
“Subject as otherwise provided by this Constitution, a person shall not be convicted of a criminal offence unless that offence ...
Bird of Prey?: FG and #TwitterBan in Nigeria | The #YNaijaCover
The Nigerian social media space has served as a huge theatre all through the first week of June. From the ...
Language 121: Between President Buhari and Twitter on the alleged ‘genocidal’ video | The #YNaijaCover
The last 72 hours have produced much drama about the infamous statement by President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue of ...
United African Republic: Will a name change finally solve Nigeria’s hydra-headed challenges? | The #YNaijaCover
Ahead of a 5th alteration of the 1999 Constitution, the zonal public hearing conducted by both houses of the National ...
Double Wahala: Death of NECO Registrar, Godswill Obioma and the conflicting reports | #YNaijaCover
Death they say is a debt every human on earth must pay. Most mysterious about this death however is the ...
Examining IPOB’s #SitAtHome order | The #YNaijaCover
With the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria’s South East, all attention appears to be currently focused on developments in ...
Emeka and the Brain: Can FG’s 40m reflective jackets for ‘trekking school children’ prevent accidents? | #YNaijaCover
For anyone who is a great fan of online comedy (skits) in Nigeria, chances are high that you would have ...
Chief Kindness Officer: Garba Shehu on Buhari’s absence at late COAS funeral | The #YNaijaCover
The furore over President Muhammadu Buhari‘s absence at the funeral ceremony of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. ...
NYSC: Clarion call or National Youth Stressful Corps? | The #YNaijaCover
For decades, the debate on the sustainability of the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has continued to fester ...
Akeredolu fires back at Malami over open grazing | The #YNaijaCover
Following the protracted issue of invasive cattle grazing in Southwestern states by herdsmen, the Southern Governors’ Forum are resolute in ...
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