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OPINION: The best event to attend regularly is a burial occasion

by Gabriel Olatunji Conquering your world is not an assignment you do at 60 or 70 it is supposed to be the work of your youth. If you die at…

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Tolu Ogunlesi: The honeymoon is over – An anniversary letter to President Jonathan (YNaija FrontPage)

As the weeks have rolled into months, it has become clear that one needs a lot more than an inspiring personal story to make a presidential difference.  Questions are mounting…

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Chinonso Ogbogu: This is a brief gossip about my love life … What about yours?

The truth is that you and I have been called to search for our own zone. And when we do find it, we are expected to spend our lives living…

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Dele Momodu: The Oracle of Ijaw Nation

  If we don’t, and this charade continues unchallenged, we can say good bye to our dear nation and pray that the last set of refugees would remember to switch…

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From the Magazine: Hints to Mania – How the Nigerian magazine industry has evolved

by Gbenga Awomodu and Ifeanyi Dike JR The past decade has brought to Nigerians delightsome magazine standards – and we trace the exciting story of newness.  There was Hints and there was Ovation,…

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Yomi Kazeem: Don’t hate the player … (30 Days, 30 Voices)

We cannot understand why some guys do not like football (I, personally think they are aliens) and we just cannot understand why anyone will want to watch Africa Magic when…

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Opinion: How I failed my UME woefully – Please, don’t repeat my error

by  Chinonso Ogbogu If there is one thing that experience thought me, it's the fact that the fear of failure is a precursor to failure. The fear of failure, as a…

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Shei Yusuf: The worst of my tomorrow (30 Days, 30 Voices)

I’m fighting in Troy. I’m building up, and creating legacies. That’s what I’ve done. I fear old age as I fear death I welcomed it with a toast to myself,…

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From the Magazine: Give me a hub! Kola Oyeneyin talks about the Venia Business Hub

 Venia Business Hub has come to life on a model known across the world. Its founder tells IFREKE INYANG why it will succeed  “We are the breeding ground for the ideas of…

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VP Sambo beefs GEJ: Last week’s news… with a pinch of salt

Senate releases ethical statement The Senate has been criticised for its support of the death sentences handed down to six Nigerians in Indonesia for alleged drug trafficking and for its…

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Imagine Lagos like Las Vegas (YNaija FrontPage)

  The ballers dem a ball Angola like Atlanta A pure plane take off -          Damian Marley & Nas (Land of Promise)     In the first article in this…

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Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Demystifying government (YNaija FrontPage)

It was good to see how human he and the people in government actually were. You almost start wondering why it is so hard for them sometimes to relate to…

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From the Magazine: Hassan Rilwan, The Sardauna’s Son

 by Mnena Achineku He began to manage businesses when he was only 16; Hassan Rilwan has been unstoppable ever since:  “Whether you are 40 years old, whether you’re 15 years…

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Abimbola Adelakun: Fashola, the CON and the MESS

by Abimbola Adelakun The case of Lagos State Government vs. doctors took a bizarre turn when 788 doctors were summarily dismissed and replaced with 373; the alarming shortfall seemingly papered over. And,…

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Patricia Omoqui: The roller coaster of addiction- 7 Strategies for a safe ride

 My relationship with Cindy generated emotional swings in me - from moments of joy when Cindy took steps toward healing to heavy disappointment or raging anger when she went back to…

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Opinion: Why Arunma Oteh needs to go … NOW

 by Garba Shehu An Indian friend once recounted a story about a former president of the United States of America, Calvin Coolidge. President Coolidge had a reputation not just for word…

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‘Tunde Fashola: A Senior Advocate or a Senior Adversary?

        I have not written to take sides with the Lagos State doctors, I have written to tell Fashola that if he refuses to reinstate these guys…

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Tolagbe Martins: Having it all (30 Days, 30 Voices)

My strategy is two-pronged; first I remind you of the wisdom contained in Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 as a tool for resetting your brain by accepting that there is provision for…

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Atom Lim: Miss Nigeria, from China- Miss Benue from Edo? (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Miss Benue was not exactly hot… who decides what states the contestants represent (and I’m challenging the person to a duel for that choice of a Miss Benue)? I don’t…

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Now that government is broke… (YNaija FrontPage)

It might actually be a good thing that we are broke. If we will not willingly shed our weight as country, a broke back (or bank) will surely force us…

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Tolu Ogunlesi :The PDP and the rest (YNaija FrontPage)

 The ACN would do well to learn from the failings of the PDP, shun ethnic insularity, and curb a growing propensity for dictatorial behaviour. Joseph Chukwuyenum has been a “card-carrying”…

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“Rashidi Yekini was killed” and someone should ask his family questions – Segun Odegbami

by Segun Odegbami This is one of the most difficult articles I have ever written. I now believe that the universe sought me out some months ago for an assignment, to…

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From the Magazine: Doing it big- An exclusive interview with Wazobia FM’s (and now Nigeria Info) Matse Uwatse

 In an exclusive interview, Wazobia FM’s (and now Nigeria) Matse Uwatse traces her journey to radio superstardom  “I can speak three languages, French, English and pidgin so if I can…

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From the Magazine: #TheNigeriaPrizeforLiterature- And the winner is…

 The Nigeria Prize for Literature, driven by Nigeria LNG Limited, has announced the 2011 shortlist for children’s literature – and we go on the trail of the three in the…

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From the Magazine: A crash course on successful relationships

 by Dr. Yvette There’s a set of universal rules that might work wonders in your relationship The golden rule of personal effectiveness is always relevant in relationships - Realise that…

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#30Days30Voices: Chika Uwazie clarifies: The beauty debate at work

; Chika Uwazie Following her article titled: Chika Uwazie: A woman’s ultimate weapon is her beauty (30 Days, 30 Voices) published here on YNaija 2 days ago, Uwazie is back…

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: The trouble with advice (YNaija FrontPage)

This is Jay, every day, no compromise No compass comes with this life, just eyes, So to map it out you must look inside, Sure books could guide you but…

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From the Magazine: Efemena Tommy Adabamu is presenter and producer with Excite on TV

Most people see all the glamour but not the hard work behind everything. For people in my field, I admire Ryan Seacrest and Piers Morgan. How did you get on…

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Chika Uwazie: A woman’s ultimate weapon is her beauty (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Chika It is common to hear stories about how good looking women are offered good jobs because their boss is attracted to them. These are women that come into work with pencil skirts, cleavage showing,…

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‘Feyi Fawehinmi: Original thinking applied (30 Days, 30 Voices)

 ...what Nigeria needs from its young men and women today is not merely the ‘goodness’ of their hearts and intentions but ‘dealers in second-hand ideas’—people who appreciate original thinking when…

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