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Minna Salami: Nigeria, the birthplace of a global spirituality (30 Days, 30 Voices)

The relaxed outlook towards different religions in my childhood home was possible thanks to our customary mythologies, which are characterized by both perseverance as well as tolerance. There is a signpost on…

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Opinion: Constitutional amendment – A case of the ruling class and the rest of us

by Theophilus Ilevbare The cancerous plague of the hydra-headed nature of sleaze that has brought the nation to its sorry state requires a more decisive and deft approach to solve…

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Bee Azubike: The escape (30 Days, 30 Voices)

This generation isn’t reading. Nigerians don’t read. These days, there are so many attention-stealing, time-wasting activities considered ‘it’.  As a child, reading was my life. I was a tomboy and…

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Chidera Dimude: It’s indeed a man’s world (30 Days, 30 Voices)

If this is truly a man’s world, why can’t we fight for it to be a woman’s world too instead of throwing ourselves at the feet of men? My belief…

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Shade Lawal: Abortion – A woman’s right to choose (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Last month, tweets about abortion swarmed my timeline on twitter. I aired my views on the issue at the time, but the limit of 140 characters made a comprehensive discourse…

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Opinion: Is your work ethic affecting your health

by Marcelle Pick I'm certainly not saying that work isn't good. I simply think that some of us are taking it too far. I'm in the process of writing a…

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Opinion: What’s in a name

by Sam Sommers "Your first name's white, your second is Hispanic, and your third belongs to a black. No wonder you don't know who you are." So reads an article…

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Promoting business and unity between Africa and India: IndiAfrica press conference holds in Lagos- See Photos

  What: IndiAfrica A SHARED FUTURE Press Conference. Where: Adna Hotel Ladipo Bateye GRA Ikeja-Lagos. When: 23 May 2012. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa. Udita Das (Theideaworks)   Pranjal Sharma  …

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Colours, Culture, Couture – See Photos from the spectacular Lagos Carnival 2012

by Seyi Lawal The commercial capital of Nigeria, Lagos was in celebration as the Heritage Carnival came to town on 9 April. This was carnival with a difference as it fell…

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Femi Owolabi: What to do with our differences as Nigerians?

 Remember this country belongs to all of us; we must therefore crave for a platform that strengthens the national integration that is genuine.   I have said it in many…

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Femke becomes Funke: “A terrifying dream”

femke-funke It gets better! YNaija introduces you to Dutch writer and journalist, Femke van Zeijl who has been traveling across sub-Saharan Africa for about 10 years. Now she trades, um, her nomadic…

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