Tag: Arab spring
#InnovationSeries: Social media can be a tool for self-censored advocacy
by Edwin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that ...
The Dummies’ Guide to what exactly is happening in Aleppo
On the left is what Aleppo looked like pre-2011 and on the right, is what it looks like in 2016 ...
Simon Kolawole: Trumpism as tonic for “Africa rising”
by Simon Kolawole And so, the world’s most powerful country will have President Donald Trump at the helm from January ...
Tunde Leye: A surer way to create change (Y! FrontPage)
by Tunde Leye I urge and encourage each of us to get involved. Register and vote. Protect your vote. Pursue ...
Opinion: Our leaders perish for lack of selfless advisers
by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi The Arab Spring teaches many lessons. One is worthy of emphasis. Feelings of alienation balloon when ...
Japheth Omojuwa: Africa’s 20-year-olds and the future of freedom (Y! FrontPage)
by Japheth Omojuwa The deregulation of the media on the continent via social media and cable television have brought Africa ...
Costly tweet: Man sentenced to 2 years in prison for insulting Emir of Kuwait on Twitter
A Kuwaiti court sentenced a man to two years in prison for insulting the country’s ruler on Twitter, a lawyer ...
Arab Springs II? 27-year-old street vendor sets himself ablaze in Tunisia
A street vendor has set himself on fire in Tunisia’s capital, reviving memories of the self-immolation that helped spark the ...
Lai Labode: Nigeria: Is violent revolution the way to go? (Y! Politico)
by Lai Labode “Democracy only rules according to the choices we make or accept as a people.” – Lai Labode ...
Japheth Omojuwa: Activism 3.0: One part of a dynamic evolving phenomenon (YNaija FrontPage)
Digital Activism must speak a better language than noise, we must speak in terms of policies and alternatives to ideas ...
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Nigeria’s ‘Arab Spring’ is already here (YNaija Frontpage)
Our youth have quickly learnt that as was the case in January with the fuel protests, this is Nigeria where ...
Joachim MacEbong: The fanatic within
Since last week, the Arab world has been rocked by protests over a 14 minute trailer for a film called ...
First Buhari, now Balarabe Musa? CNPP chairman warns of social revolution superior to Arab Spring
by Lekan Olanrewaju The dust is still yet to settle over former Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari’s statements, warning of possible ...
Agent Deman Pete: The Teranga Lions roar again
by Deman Pete Despite the handwriting on the wall –thousands of youth booing Wade to “go home, old man”- Wade ...