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JAMB Exempts Education, Agriculture Candidates From UTME The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that candidates seeking admission into Education programmes and agriculture-related non-engineering courses in Colleges of Education and Polytechnics will no longer be required to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The policy, unveiled during the 2026 admissions policy... Read More

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#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, Buju, Music, Politics

March 22, 2021

Police violence continues unabated, the stories are piling

Many Nigerians have argued that the Nigeria Police Force learnt nothing from the #EndSARS protest. “They will wait, then return after a couple of months“. Some others argued against such submissions, saying, “they cannot be that bastardly“. Months later, not up to half a full year, the Police is back in the news – for... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, #EndSARS, Lekki Shooting, Nigeria Police Force, police brutality

November 25, 2020

₦500m compensation: Speaker Gbajabiamila and late Ifeanyi paying the price for a failed system

It is quite unfortunate that the very same war against recklessness of security agents that has been on for months now keeps manifesting itself in different forms. A recent evidence is the death of newspaper vendor, Ifeanyi Okereke at the hands of a security detail to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila. His... Read More

Counter Culture Blog, Deep Dive

#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, Abdullahi Hassan, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, Ifeanyi Okereke

October 19, 2020

#EndSARS: How the monopoly of violence is being broken in Nigeria

by Ayodele Ibiyemi As young Nigerians protest police brutality and extrajudicial killings across Nigeria, cases of violence in Ogbomoso, Ilorin, Lagos, Abuja are being recorded and people are becoming unsafe at protest venues. But, protesters are not stopping and they are demanding police reforms and justice for victims. These recorded incidents of violence have been... Read More

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#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, #EndSARS, Nigeria police

October 18, 2020

The Feminist Coalition comes out in support of #QueerNigerianLivesMatter, Nigerians react | #NonBinary

by Adewale Alabi The #EndSARS/#EndSWAT protests have seen a lot of unconventional thoughts and ideology come to the forefront and chief of them is Feminism. This is not unconnected to the co-ordination of the feminist coalition with regards to the protests which left many in awe. The feminist coalition has been involved in the protests... Read More

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#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, #EndSARS, #QueerNigerianLivesMatter, Feminist Coalition

October 15, 2020

#EndSARS: Banning the protests doesn’t signify the government’s commitment to fulfilling their promises

It is day 8 of the #EndSARS movement and while protests are still going on strong in cities like Lagos and Abuja, we are seeing more obstruction of peaceful demonstration of rights from the government. Making an announcement earlier today, the FCT Security Committee announced a ban on all forms of street demonstrations and protests... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, #EndSARS, #governmentbansprotests

October 14, 2020

#EndSWAT: Young Nigerians are ready to probe and dismantle existing harmful systems in the country

A recurring conversation in this movement that has entered its sixth day of peaceful protests and a number of reactive responses from the government and the police unit is the promise of taking down harmful system laying unaddressed in the current administration. From the ridiculous allowances and salaries allocated to Nigerian senators, to the dedication... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

#Endars, #ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, #EndSWAT

October 12, 2020

#EndSARSProtest: The struggles of women and queer people also matter

Nigerians struggle with the idea of intersectionality. We find it difficult to consider other people’s voices that intersect with ours; prioritizing our pain as the only one worth noting. This behavior is harmful and continues to make our fight against oppression unidirectional, selfish, and most times futile. The phrase: No one is free until everyone... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, #EndSARS

October 9, 2020

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: The NBA is the latest to join the #EndSARS campaign and it comes with a support initiative

Indeed, the revolution against tyranny and bad governance may just have begun, as the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) joins in the fight for a disbandment of the rogue unit of the Police, pledging their support for the #EndSARS protesters. Olumide Akpata, President of the NBA, Thursday, took to his Twitter handle to condemn the constant... Read More

Deep Dive

#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, #EndSARS, ALAT by Wema, BuyCoins, flutterwave, Nigeria Bar Association, Nigeria Bar Association pledges support for #EndSARS protesters, Piggyvest

October 8, 2020

#JusticeForKingsley: Days after IGP Adamu’s letter and extortion is still legal in the Police | #EndSARSProtest

We are still counting days – or hours – from when the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, sent a beautifully-written letter to the press, acknowledging the rot in the police system and the existence of bad eggs, who will be flushed out in no time. A letter that rode on the back of ‘change’ and... Read More

Deep Dive

#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, #EndSARS, #StopTheKillings

October 6, 2020

The Thread: Social media protest may not be enough, but it still counts | #EndSARS

We all have a strong desire for change in Nigeria. With this desire for change, many Nigerians have, however, adopted the culture of debating very vital issues on social media. The trends come up in real-time and garner a lot of attention but they don’t last – and this is becoming an issue of concern... Read More

Deep Dive

#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, #EndSARS, #EndSARSbrutality, #EndSARSnow, #EnoughisEnough, #StopKillingUs, adebola williams

October 5, 2020

New Ban Festival: Another year, another SARS ban | The #YNaijaCover

Following several harrowing accounts from Nigerians telling of horrific and violent encounters with the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) or just SARS if you like, people had had enough. Social media erupted in passionate protest. Celebrities lent their voices calling out the President and Vice President to make relevant change. Soon after, the Inspector-General of... Read More

Cover Stories

#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, #EndSARS, #EndSARSbrutality, #EndSARSnow, FSARS, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, Muhammadu Buhari, SARS, The #YNaijaCover

April 29, 2019

The YNaija Cover – Weekend Roundup

Follow the links to read the stories on YNaija: The police raided Abuja nightclubs and arrested over 70 women, sexually assaulted them and we are furious Chico Ejiro is back with ‘Night Bus to Lagos,’ another Nollywood comedy because why not See other stories we brought your way over the weekend:... Read More

Cover Stories

#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, Abuja, Chico Ejiro, nightclub, police

April 9, 2019

#JusticeForKoladeJohnson: For all of us to be safe

Security agents, especially the Police are primarily meant to secure citizens and ensure their safety. But for Kolade Johnson, he was cut down in his prime by those who should have rescued him from harm’s way. The people who should secure him from harm riddled his body with bullets and ended his life. This is... Read More

Opinion

#ENDPOLICEBRUTALITY, #EndSARS, #ReformPoliceNG, Kolade Johnson, Ogunyemi Olalekan, Yemi Osinbajo

YNaija Daily Recap | Top Headlines Today

Police violence continues unabated, the stories are piling

₦500m compensation: Speaker Gbajabiamila and late Ifeanyi paying the price for a failed system

#EndSARS: How the monopoly of violence is being broken in Nigeria

The Feminist Coalition comes out in support of #QueerNigerianLivesMatter, Nigerians react | #NonBinary

#EndSARS: Banning the protests doesn’t signify the government’s commitment to fulfilling their promises

#EndSWAT: Young Nigerians are ready to probe and dismantle existing harmful systems in the country

#EndSARSProtest: The struggles of women and queer people also matter

#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: The NBA is the latest to join the #EndSARS campaign and it comes with a support initiative

#JusticeForKingsley: Days after IGP Adamu’s letter and extortion is still legal in the Police | #EndSARSProtest

The Thread: Social media protest may not be enough, but it still counts | #EndSARS

New Ban Festival: Another year, another SARS ban | The #YNaijaCover

The YNaija Cover – Weekend Roundup

#JusticeForKoladeJohnson: For all of us to be safe

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