Category: Cover Stories

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Bernard DayoApril 30, 2020

Sexual Assault Awareness Month ends with allegations of abuse on Twitter | The #YNaijaCover

Social media has been awash with women and feminists alike coming forward with sexual assault experiences that has reopened conversations ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 29, 2020

Mubarak Bala is accused of blasphemy but is that enough to want him ‘nailed?’ | The #YNaijaCover

Earlier today, the police arrested Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, for “blasphemy” after he allegedly posted criticism of ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 28, 2020

There’s a lockdown, but MURIC is making sure we aren’t starved of jokes | The #YNaijaCover

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) group says the strange deaths in Kano is part of the grand plan to reduce ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 27, 2020

Amidst the pandemic, Peter Obi receives invitation to the ‘Rock’ | The #YNaijaCover

With the state of governance in Nigeria and exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis, former running mate to erstwhile presidential aspirant ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 24, 2020

Mamman Daura’s tribute to Abba Kyari condemned on social media | #YNaijaCover

Barely one week after the death of Abba Kyari, the late chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, nephew to ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqApril 23, 2020

Beyond debates; $21k viral video provokes epic #ThrowbackThursday | The #YNaijaCover

Thursday as many other days ended with another Lockdown Special on the Nigerian social media space,  as the timelines from ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 22, 2020

10 years after, stans of DaGrin return rapper ‘to life’ | The #YNaijaCover

Ten years ago, we lost then-rising rapper Da Grin in a ghastly car accident. Born Olayitan Olanipekun Oladapo, Da Grin ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 21, 2020

Time to brace up, new chapter of COVID-19 diaries is opened | The #YNaijaCover

At least two of Nigeria’s biggest companies have advised their staff members to avoid certain private hospitals in Lagos, which ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqApril 20, 2020

The YNaija Cover – 20th April 2020

  Check out our top stories today:   The NCDC dropped the ball yesterday, should we all be worried? Bad ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 17, 2020

Things fall apart on Twitter and the biases are not new | The #YNaijaCover

Social media has been ablaze with debates around tribe and religion in the last 48 hours, talking points generated from ...

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Bernard DayoApril 16, 2020

Did K1 really take on the ‘ultimate’ or it’s some hoax? | The YNaija Cover –

For a while now, there has been news flying around about the alleged secret relationship between Fuji star, King Wasiu ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqApril 15, 2020

Abuja to Ibadan…Why are we having fire outbreaks during a Lockdown? | The #YNaijaCover

There was a fire outbreak at the headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission in Abuja today, and although there was ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 14, 2020

Toyin Abraham joins new list of #LockdownHeroes | The #YNaijaCover

As the federal government extends the coronavirus lockdown for another two weeks, it has ushered in a fresh wave of ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 13, 2020

Pastor Chris explains ‘real’ position on 5G. A new rhapsody? | The #YNaijaCover

Founder of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has backtracked on his claim that the introduction of 5G networks was responsible ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 10, 2020

Ahead of Easter; Rivers, Ondo declare ‘we are holier than the Pope’ | The #YNaijaCover

Some Coronavirus-hit states like Lagos and Abuja have been in total lockdown to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 8, 2020

Treasury House Fire: Could it be what we are thinking? | The #YNaijaCover

There was a fire outbreak today at the headquarters of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, also known ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqApril 7, 2020

Did WHO really react to Pastor Chris and Dino Melaye’s vaccine theories? | The #YNaijaCover

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dispelled rumors that Africa will be used as a testing ground for COVID-19 vaccine. ...

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Bernard DayoApril 3, 2020

This Lagos ”breaking news” is the kind that will excite you | The @YNaija Cover –

The Lagos state government has announced the discharge of four Coronavirus patients. Meanwhile, 18 patients had earlier been discharged, after ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqApril 2, 2020

Akwa Ibom mistook COVID-19 results for number of votes? | The #YNaija Cover

The headquarters of Nollywood may be moving to Uyo in the next few days if the action of the state ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqApril 1, 2020

Burna Boy’s cable burnt again? | The #YNaijaCover

Grammy nominee, Damini ‘Burna Boy’ Ogulu has been enraged by Twitter users over criticism that he’s being “too proud and arrogant” and ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqMarch 31, 2020

Nigerian Army pulls the plug on General Adeniyi | The #YNaijaCover

An exclusive by online medium, Sahara Reporters Tuesday revealed that a senior Nigerian Army officer, Maj. Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, who ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqMarch 30, 2020

COVID-19: ‘Corona times deserve colonial measures’ | The #YNaijaCover

If you don’t know we are in interesting times, you probably may have been in a cave for the last ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqMarch 27, 2020

On top COVID-19, the U.S. is ‘threatening’ the Nigerian health sector | The #YNaijaCover

To combat the COVID-19 crisis in the U,S., the American government has advised medical professionals with approved immigration petition to ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqMarch 26, 2020

COVID-19: It’s not 27th March yet and there’s already goodnews? | The #YNaijaCover

To panic is human, yet what is even more so is to hope. Hope is the intoxicating chemical that successfully ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqMarch 25, 2020

Do we have a new President or what’s up with this new memo? | The #YNaijaCover

It’s exactly one month today since the index case of the novel Coronavirus(COVID-19) came into the country, signalling what would ...

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Op-Ed EditorMarch 24, 2020

Abba Kyari tests positive for COVID-19 | The #YNaijaCover

According to reports, the chief of staff to the president Abba kyari has tested positive for the corona virus. President ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqMarch 23, 2020

COVID-19: Oh FG! Is this not the way out? | The #YNaijaCover

The scare and panic over the raging Coronavirus has reached alarming heights in Nigeria. After we went to bed on ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqMarch 20, 2020

COVID-19: Presidency bursts the bubble of Nigerians | The #YNaijaCover

The last one week has been a hectic one for Nigerians all over as the COVID-19 pandemic reached a near-alarming ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqMarch 19, 2020

Coronavirus is slowing things down but Marketers are not smiling | The #YNaijaCover

The effects of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) appears to be hitting hard on both national and global economies with travel ...

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Op-Ed EditorMarch 19, 2020

The #YNaijaCover: Click here to find God in the event of a Coronavirus

It has taken 3 weeks, several public shamings, rumours of a feud between the director of the Nigerian Center for ...

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