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Op-Ed Editor January 30, 2020

Don Jazzy, Sola Sobowale, Alibaba, Omotola Jalade, other A-list Nigerian creatives step out for UNDP ‘Create to Develop’

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria held its first in a series of development conversations with the Nigerian creatives dubbed #CreateToDevelop. This is part of the recently launched UNDP Nigeria Development…

Op-Ed Editor November 17, 2019

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 in-depth reporting that rise above the daily churn. Here are…

Temidayo Taiwo-Sidiq August 23, 2019

Here’s all you’ve never heard about the Nigerian fashion trailblazer, Edwin Okolo

Edwin’s passion for self-expression and creativity is built on two parallels - writing as a description of thought and fashion, in this case, crochet designing, as a medium for art…

Op-ed Editor March 15, 2017

Edwin Okolo: Living in fear of the Tiger [NEW VOICES]

by Edwin Okolo St Vincent's Year of The Tiger, best explains the phase of my life right now. 'Italian Shoes like these rubes know the difference.... I had to…

Edwin Okolo March 6, 2017

The Sexuality Blog: Milo Yiannopoulous is every LGBT person at 15

I try not immerse myself in American politics. It's because I don't care about what happens there (I do, I know better) but because in the last year American politics…

Op-ed Editor February 22, 2017

Edwin Okolo: Mereba [NEW VOICES]

by Edwin Okolo Two weeks ago, my mother became the matriarch of her extended family, the way fifty-seven-year olds suddenly become matriarchs, her elder sister died suddenly from a brief…

Op-ed Editor February 7, 2017

Edwin Okolo: Day trip [NEW VOICES]

When we leave home, it is without a clear idea of where we're supposed to go. We only have one objective in mind, follow the champagne and the free booze.…

Isime Esene January 28, 2017

#InnovationSeries: No, Apps are not the answer to everything

by Ewin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity…

Op-ed Editor January 24, 2017

Edwin Okolo: Musings [NEW VOICES]

by Edwin Okolo In 2014 I started writing a manuscript. It took me a year and three months from the day I first put up my dayglo plot cards on…

Isime Esene January 23, 2017

#InnovationSeries: Technology and my radical year of freelancing

by Edwin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity…

Isime Esene January 20, 2017

#InnovationSeries: A snapshot into the life of a tech unicorn

by Edwin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity…

Tolu January 3, 2017

Edwin Okolo: Find your balance [NEW VOICES]

A good story always starts with an unsure protagonist, knighted by a far-seeing mysterious guide and set on a quest, the end goal often different from what is originally presented…

Op-ed Editor December 6, 2016

Edwin Okolo: Circumstantial Ownership

Republished with permission from uueirdness.wordpress.com I’ll start this post with a scenario: Imagine, if you can, that you walked out of your house one day and found a wrecked car outside…

Op-ed Editor November 23, 2016

Edwin Okolo: Speak of dragons [NEW VOICES]

Yesterday Toye asked me why I seem like I ‘gave up on the world’ and I told him I didn’t, because I haven’t. It’s not that simple. I tried as…

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