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YNaija NewsRoom July 23, 2018

#YNaijaEssays: The West wants the spoils of colonialism, guilt free and served on a platter, but if Africa will progress, there has to be a reckoning

As a presidential candidate, Macron painted a striking picture of a progressive thinker on western imperialism and other sundry African issues. He termed French colonisation a “crime against humanity” suggesting…

YNaija NewsRoom April 29, 2018

#YNaijaEssays: Laziness, rights, entitlement and privilege. This is how you create a #LazyNigerianYouth

The concept of human rights has its history in the creation of the United Nations. Following the devastation from the second world war, a war that involved more than 30…

Adetayo Adegbemle April 3, 2018

Opinion: Is Nigeria on the brink of a trade war with China?

Africa is going through another phase of self-imposed slavery and colonization. This is especially in the face of the aggressive buy over of the African continent by China. Yes, The…

Editor February 11, 2018

The Sexuality Blog: The Mirabel Centre just got honoured by the Queen of England

Is there any bigger way for your work as an activist to be recognised and honoured than recognition from the Queen of England herself? Itoro Eze-Anaba found out recently when…

Op-ed Editor September 5, 2017

Opinion: President Buhari, the real enemy of Nigeria is not Nnamdi Kanu

by Timi Olagunju Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter." - Chinua Achebe For some time now, I have…

Editor September 5, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] Ghana is banning bleaching creams but that’s not the point

The Ghanaian government just followed in Cote D'Ivoire's lead and signed new legislation that seeks to regulate and in certain instances ban the importation and purchase of skin bleaching creams…

Op-ed Editor July 1, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: The intellectual case against Nigeria’s break up (Pt III)

by Farooq Kperogi What I have said about the Yoruba people (see part II) is also true of many other ethnic groups in Nigeria. But, for reasons of space, I…

Op-ed Editor May 7, 2017

The Thread: Missionaries destroyed Nigerian languages. Here’s how

Nigeria is a diverse country with about 250 ethnic groups and 500 languages. But when the White men came with their language,religion and the sole intent of making money off…

Op-ed Editor April 24, 2017

The Thread: Nigeria is just like the Middle East

No, not in the way Igbos believe their ancestry can be traced to Israel. This thread below explores parallel between the Middle East issues and that which Nigeria faces on…

Op-ed Editor April 8, 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode: The march of the ethnic nationalists and a friendly warning for the British and French ambassadors (Part 1)

by Femi Fani-Kayode In 1941 during the course of the Second World War, the most famous alumni of my old school Harrow and the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Sir…

Op-ed Editor January 28, 2017

Feyi Fawehinmi: The colonialists stopped us from killing ourselves to glory

by Feyi Fawehinmi Constitutional Monarchies So I ran a poll on twitter recently. As you can see, a clear majority of respondents fancy constitutional monarchies — Canada, New Zealand,…

Op-ed Editor December 28, 2016

Opinion: Why tribalism is stupid

by Derin Adebayo These past few days there has been a lot of tribalism on display on Twitter. It was all started by the Tribalist-in-Chief, President Mohammadu Buhari who decided…

Op-ed Editor December 20, 2016

Nonso Obikili: Colonial legacies, the federal government, and the moral high ground

by Nonso Obikili The past is inescapable. We all know the origins of what we today refer to as the federal government. Starting with the annexation of Lagos in 1861,…

Op-ed Editor December 17, 2016

The Thread: “We all have accepted a social order that is born to fail”

Life is hard generally, but the systems on which Nigeria runs makes life multiple times harder for the average citizen. Here's @_Bolarinwa ranting about everything from catchment area to corruption…

Op-ed Editor November 29, 2016

Adeboro Odunlami: Use your legs [NEW VOICES]

Dear Nigeria, All the decades you have lived, there's only one thing to say to you: you deserve better. On the operating table of colonialism and ease of administration, you…

Op-ed Editor October 13, 2016

Opinion: Yorubas will not be used by Hausa-Fulanis in 2019

by Bayo Oluwasanmi "The statement from Yakasai is not surprising. That the Hausa-Fulani feudalists have consciously sought to monopolize power at the center is not a matter of speculation but…

Op-ed Editor October 5, 2016

Opinion: Critical thoughts on Independence Day celebration

by Akachdike Kanu Over this weekend I have received a few “goodwill messages” from some of my close friends in Nigeria wishing us “happy independence day” celebrations. In fact a…

Op-ed Editor October 4, 2016

Opinion: As we crawl from self-governance to good governance

by Ogundana Michael Rotimi Nigeria is not 56 years old- it is a journey of 56 years post-colonial rule and every Independence Day affords us the opportunity to remember the…

Op-ed Editor October 2, 2016

Opinion: Southern Kaduna – Let’s revisit the issue of constituency delineation

by Yusuf Ishaku Goje Today’s Nigeria is plagued with the challenges of ethno-religious mistrust, counter-accusations, and hostilities. Nepotism has indeed become prevalent. More often than not what qualifies you for any…

December 20, 2012

“Slavery and colonialism still haunting Africa” – Wole Soyinka at launch of his new book

by Rachel Ogbu At the launching of his new book, Harmattan Haze on an African Spring, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka said that slavery and colonialism were two vital historical elements…

December 16, 2012

I had never written a book review, until I read ‘There Was A Country’

by C. Nwaonu Maybe we can grudgingly learn to love the other members of the harem or file for an amicable divorce or maybe we can just achieve acceptance.…

October 19, 2012

Elnathan John: How to give foreign aid

by Elnathan John There is really no need to treat Nigeria differently from Burundi which relies on foreign aid for nearly half of their national income. Corruption is a great…

October 18, 2012

Femke becomes Funke: Floods do not discriminate

Yes. Leadership has failed. But pointing upwards is the laziest way of explaining what is wrong with Nigeria. I hated the piece I wrote last week. Don't get me wrong,…

September 19, 2012

Opinion: The wishful thinking that is Nigeria

by Matilda Orhewere It is of paramount importance that Nigerians start to make conscious effort to aspire to higher heights on the ‘hierarchy of needs’ table. Wishful thinking is indicative…

June 21, 2012

Nigeria: The mistake of 1914

by Femi Owolabi President GEJ's present administration could be subtitled as 'BokoHaram bombings.' Tracing the history back to the emergence of Nigerian nationalism, we'd all admit that the British colonialism…

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