Deep Dive

Nigerians are enraged by story of the female student killed in Sokoto for ‘blasphemy’

A student, known as Deborah, of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in‪ Sokoto has been beaten and burnt to death by her colleagues for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad (SAW), on Thursday, May 11. According to multiple reports, the Muslim students dragged her out of her hostel. You will recall the story of a Nigerian... Read More

blasphemy, Sokoto

Why NASS hurriedly passed an amendment to Section 84(8) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2022

The House of Representatives Wednesday, passed an amendment to the Electoral Act 2022 to enable statutory delegates to participate in political parties’ congresses and primaries. The House passed the amendment to section 84 of the Act after consideration of a bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act No 13, 2022;... Read More

Electoral Act 2022, Section 84(8)

Chrisland

#Chrisland: The law that protects children from abuse

When news of the Chrisland Schools sexual encounter happened, arguments came up as usual. Some focused on the fact that the girl was raped, others focused on parental mismanagement, and others on the steady loss of moral ideals in society. Another – the fact that Nigerian men are known paedophiles in light of the following... Read More

#ASUU strike

Should students from other schools join the #ASUU strike protest

On May 4, students from the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, staged a protest in Benin over industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) – the one that began February 14 and was yesterday extended for another three months. The protesting students barricaded the Oba Ovonramwen Square popularly... Read More

#ASUU strike, ASUU

Godwin Emefiele

#YNaija2023: This is why CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele went to court

If he does not call it quits with the CBN forthwith, Godwin Emefiele should be removed by the President in line with Section 11 of the CBN Act and recommended for prosecution for conflict of interest before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Femi Falana The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has given reasons... Read More

Deep Dive, YNaija2023

2023 elections, CBN, Godwin Emefiele

Nse Ikpe-Etim

‘I felt inadequate as a woman, not shame’ | Actress, Nse Ikpe-Etim talks of her inability to have chilldren

She is lovable. The actress Nigerians see on the screen and are already excited without knowing what the story is or her character in the movie. The last time she trended a long time on social media was when people talked of her character ‘Jumoke Randle’ from the limited Netflix series, “King of Boys.” This... Read More

Blood Sisters

Is #BloodSisters just a piece of entertainment?

If you passed through secondary school, you must have been told, or you heard, that movies are a representation of life. You definitely thought how true that was seeing films telling stories of vampires and superheroes – not forgetting all the diabolism those witchcraft and demon series a certain religious film production house dished every... Read More

A thread of Twitter NG's reactions to an employer who sent his staff home for lateness

A thread of Twitter NG’s reactions to an employer who sent his staff home for lateness

When Elon Musk called Twitter a town hall platform where all kinds of conversations take place, he has seen what really goes on there. Twitter is a marketplace, and like other platforms, like Facebook, Twitter gives you the room to table matters – consciously and unconsciously – and draw as many as three conversations from... Read More

Company policy, punctuality, Twitter NG

Goodluck Jonathan

Does APC want to impose Goodluck Jonathan as consensus candidate?

Protesters under the Youth Wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) storming the national secretariat of the party in Abuja on Thursday, May 5, 2022, have asked the ruling party not to go with its alleged plan to present former President, Goodluck Jonathan as a consensus presidential candidate. Arriving at the party’s headquarters in the earlier hours,... Read More

Goodluck Jonathan

bleaching

Bringing back the conversation about black women bleaching their skins

“It is an embarrassment to see an African woman bleach her black skin. Black is too Beautiful!” Fast-rising Artist, Ajaeze, wrote on his Instagram status. He had written “Black is Beautiful”, talked about the cosmetic industry and went on to talk about the ’embarrassment.’ He must have seen enough of ‘white Nigerian women’ in the country... Read More

Black women, bleaching

Buhari

#ICYMI: Buhari’s return to Twitter comes with a message that terrorism is getting to its end

The kidnapped Abuja-Kaduna train passengers have not returned. Unknown gunmen continue to kill innocent citizens across the country President Muhammadu Buhari Monday, tweeted for the first time since the country reversed the ban it imposed on Twitter in June last year. Buhari had made a tweet that referenced the Nigerian Civil War, and threatened to... Read More

Juliet Ibrahim

Juliet Ibrahim tells her rape story with her former partner | What the law says

On #WithChude, the popular Ghanaian actress Juliet Ibrahim, 36, recounted her ordeals with an abusive partner who never knew he was wrong. “I told him what he did was rape and he said but we were in a relationship. “But was I ready, that was the question, did I say I was in the mood?... Read More

RCCG’s reported ‘favourite presidential candidate’ should not surprise anyone

Over the weekend, Pastor Timothy Olaniyan, Head of the Directorate of Politics and Governance of the Redeemed Christian Church (RCCG), at the weekend, according to multiple media reports, said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, an All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential hopeful, is a child of God who will keep his promises if elected president in 2023.... Read More

Femi Adesina

#ICYMI: Femi Adesina says Nigerians should be thankful they are not crossing borders to look for food

For those who look at only the downsides of things, under President Buhari, we can be thankful to God that we can feed ourselves, and not crossing the borders to look for food. All other things shall soon be added to us. Amen, somebody! Femi Adesina on Facebook It should not surprise you, he had... Read More

Sexual harassment

Are sleeping with dogs and faeces consumption s3xual fixations?

You won’t believe it. A lot of Nigerians saw a news item on a faeces consumption session, and acted surprised, like that was actually a breaking news item. Even more interesting is the feigned expression of surprise at women sleeping with dogs. Lets start with the first, using the word ‘fetish’ as point of discussion.... Read More

fetishes, Sexual fixations

Elon Musk looks to buy another company and Nigerians are making a request

Elon Musk may be the only known rich man who can spend money publicly as he is doing – buying Twitter for $44 billion in cash for reasons which include opening up Twitter for free speech. He says he will introduce other features, and that may include an edit button, which has both sides –... Read More

coca-cola, Elon Musk

Nigeria’s ‘super cop’ is in the news again | See details of the timeline of events

The chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, has confirmed the marking of properties belonging to the embattled suspended DCP Abba Kyari in Maiduguri, Borno, saying all proceeds of crimes must be retrieved and taken over by the government. Reacting to the report of the marking of six houses and a... Read More

NDLEA

Why NDLEA wants to conduct drug tests for Tinubu, Osinbajo, other APC aspirants

The chairman of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, at an award event for NDLEA officers in Abuja Wednesday, asked for permission to conduct drug tests as part of the screening of ruling All Progressives Congress candidates for the 2023 presidential election. The APC, according to the schedule, will hold its screening... Read More

Will stopping the salaries of ASUU members take them back to classes?

There are media reports that the federal government Monday, may have implemented the ‘no work, no pay’ policy for the striking university-based unions, including ASUU which started on February 14, NASU, SSANU and NAAT who resumed their strikes in March. According to Vanguard, the federal government has invoked the ‘no work, no pay’ policy against... Read More

Don’t we all eat rice and stew decorated with egg?

If you were on Twitter today – now owned by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, you would have seen a conversation about a popular fast food place, Chicken Republic, now selling a 500 naira food pack that includes rice and stew, decorated with egg. The picture of the food pack came with outrage. The... Read More

Is this the reason investment scams have thrived?

“If another MMM-like scheme arrived Nigeria today, many will still invest their supposed hard-owned monies into it,” many will say. The seller usually comes with enticing interest rates and usually present themselves as anti-poverty advocates. So, why not? A typical example is Imu Ovaioza Yunusa, the founder and CEO of Ovaioza Farm Produce Storage Business... Read More

Investment scam in Nigeria

Blue collar jobs

The Uber driver-lawyer story and why we need to stop stigmatising blue collar jobs

The term “Blue-Collar” is being stigmatised by not recognising the fundamental issue, forgetting that those jobs are necessary to making and maintaining the things we live by and use every day and will use in the foreseeable future. Blue collar skills are in short supply because their very nature and workplace environment have been stigmatised by parents... Read More

Blue collar jobs

‘Their parents and their kids’ | From a terrorists’ attack to a NAF airstrike

How do you think personally think the war against terrorism is going? You must have an opinion, and it must be that the armed forces are fighting a lost war, especially because of the lack of political will, or that monies spent to end the war are going into private treasure chests. No one should... Read More

The price of APC’s nomination form already raises questions

Presidential aspirants seeking to contest for the presidency in the All Progressives Congress (APC) will pay ₦100 million for the party’s presidential nomination forms. The party’s national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, announced this on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, after the National Executive Council meeting. The nomination form would go for ₦70 million while the expression of... Read More

This is why Nigerians on Twitter are 'cancelling' Kuda Bank

This is why Nigerians on Twitter are ‘cancelling’ Kuda Bank

Following outrage on Twitter, and a trend that lasted hours, Kuda Bank has responded to the viral video of a customer being assaulted by men of the Nigerian Police Force. The video, published on Twitter showed a Kuda client being dragged while lying flat on the floor. The story The Kuda Fraud Team froze a... Read More

“I’ve paid my dues” | Bishop Kukah and the presidency’s exchange continues

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina and his Senior Special Assistant, Garba Shehu, only know how to do ‘poor quality writings’ and not address issues at hand. This came after the duo’s recent attack on the clergyman following his... Read More

Bishop Mathew Kukah, Femi Adesina, Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari

Dr Owen is 'happy to spend Easter with his family' but how do we stop brutality?

Dr Owen is ‘happy to spend Easter with his family’ but how do we stop abuse of power?

In late March, we reported the case of Dr Owen Edo-Ojo, who was brutalised by a naval officer for an inexplicable ‘offence’ and how he was hospitalised, having been shot twice. In response, the Nigerian Navy said that it apprehended the naval rating allegedly involved. The Director of Naval Information, Adedotun Vaughan, said in a... Read More

Chrisland

The Chrisland ‘Truth and Dare’ incident and what rape really means in the case

Under the Penal Code, sex with a girl who is under 14 years of age, or who is of unsound mind is rape, irrespective of whether is consent. The Child Rights Act (CRA) says that sex with a child is rape, and anyone who has sexual intercourse with a child is liable to imprisonment for... Read More

Chrisland, rape

The landlord’s case of molestation brings issues of child abuse to the fore

Samuel Adekoya tied the victims with a rope and dragged them to the ground for excreting in his compound. Read More

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