Category: Editor’s Pick
On childhood nostalgia, working for your landlord | Here are the funny tweets we saw from Nigerians today
Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we ...
‘Amotekun’ Apostles, Waste-Purveyors and Stand-Still Administrator | Here’s the YNaija Governors’ Ranking for January
The still-buzzing story within the Nigerian governors’ circuit is the creation of Amotekun, a regional security outfit launched by South-West ...
On the Biafran War, Nigerians migrating to Canada | Here are the best Nigerian articles of the week
Each week here at YNaija, we round up the best Nigerian writing on the internet, highlighting the stories, profiles, interviews and ...
The YNaija top 10 influencers for January
Despite platforms like Twitter and Instagram ostensibly trying to malign influencer culture with new rules and policies last year, influencers ...
On dating your friend’s ex, The Peruzzi Drama | Here are the funny tweets we saw from Nigerians today
Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we ...
Hallelujah! Nigerian universities are finally getting a chance to move with the times
Alongside decaying structures, lack of learning equipment, obsolete teaching materials and excessively theorized curriculums with little to no practical classes ...
Speed Darlington vs. Tunde Ednut: The place of consent and appropriation in social media entertainment
The line between growing one’s virtual brand off the material other people have produced and affiliating with a known brand ...
5 Things that Should Matter Today: Goodluck Jonathan speaks on contesting in 2023 Presidential election
Goodluck Jonathan speaks on contesting in 2023 Presidential election Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has dispelled report of being under pressure ...
The Opera News bubble has burst, but is anyone really surprised?
If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Hundreds of Nigerian journalists and writers across the country ...
Theatre Review: Fela’s Republic and the Kalakuta Queens casts a spell
Another December, another Bolanle Austen-Peters extravaganza. And how we have come to love them. And why shouldn’t we? When it ...
Concert Review: Bez Live: The Light
On the 24th of December at the Muri Okunola park, soul singer, Bez Idakula put out another edition of his ...
We thought the year of ridiculous policies was finally over, but Kano says no
This year saw quite a number of preposterous bills and laws getting proposed and enacted. From the social media bill ...
Noble Igwe’s recent tweets will tell you where we are with the patriarchy
In the ever pulsating conversations around gender-equality that happen on social media, domestic responsibilities i.e cooking has been passed around ...
More than we ever thought, domestic workers in Nigeria need stronger protection
About five days ago, a video of a woman pushing a little girl out of a car and going on ...
Borders in Nigeria are staying closed for the foreseeable future
Earlier this year, the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Authority, Hameed Ali announced the country was closing its land ...
#YNaija2019Review: Sorrows, tears and blood…The most distressing tragedies of the year
A bloody year ANA president owing student President of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Denja Abdullahi exhibited proof that ...
#YNaija2019Review: Rema, Blaqbonez, Swanky JKA…. We present the Revelations of the Year
Remember their names. They are here to stay. Blaqbonez Making the claim of being the best rapper in Africa is ...
#YNaija2019Review: Pius Adesanmi, Bisi Silva, Mad Melon…The most notable deaths of the year
Here’s to the ones that we lost. Pius Adesanmi Academic and public intellectual Pius Adesanmi was on his way to ...
Sowore, Tony Rapu, Busola Dakolo, Corper Stephen Teru, others make Y!/YNaija.com shortlist for Person of the Year. Voting starts now!
In its ninth year, The editorial board of Y!/YNaija.com announces a shortlist for its 2019 Person of the Year, following ...
5 Things that Should Matter Today: Probe of Air Peace CEO, Allen Onyema’s $44.9m wire deal link with Amnesty cash begins
A probe to establish a link between the $44.9 million wire deal traced to Air Peace chairman Allen Onyema in the United ...
The Buhari government is losing its mind on the matter of Sowore
It has been 20 years since Nigeria returned to a hard-fought democratic system of government. Four since President Muhammadu Buhari, ...
This is why Burna Boy will win a Grammy
Burna Boy has had a terrific year. Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu – his government name – made a cosmic comeback with ...
YNaija presents its Governors’ Ranking for November
The biggest news in the governor circuit is the re-election of Yahaya Bello in Kogi, which was marred with violence, ...
Theatre Review: A man who is not a man – Bolanle Austen Peters’ Man Enough
It is almost impossible to navigate the great wide streets of the Internet these days, without coming across the hashtags ...
Here are the best Nigerian articles of the week
Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we ...
Burna Boy, Debo Ogundoyin, Kenneth Udekwe, Israel Adesanya and Nigeria’s #Metoo Movement; Khadijah Adamu, Damilola Marcus and Kiki Mordi are honorees for #TFAA2019 Young Person of the Year
Celebrating their excellence and distinction regardless of barriers in tribe and religious differences, Damini ‘Burna Boy’ Ogulu, Debo Ogundoyin, Kenneth ...
Top 5 movies we are most looking forward to in November
The film world is still churning with the news about the disqualification of Genevieve Nnaji’s Lionheart from 2020 Oscar race. ...
Isn’t Crazeclown too big a brand to be engaging in misogynistic jokes?
Nigerian comedy really is in the dumps, with the exception of a handful of truly talented comedians (Maraji mostly) the ...
#NigeriasNewTribe: Here’s the The Future Awards 2019 nominees list
The long-awaited nominees unveiling of The Future Awards 2019 went live today on Channels TV, Soundcity TV, Pop Central, and ...
The Daily Vulnerable: Compassionate humans
contributed by Kui Wamithi The more I proceed through this journey called life, the more I learn that people need ...