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YNaija February 11, 2023

Money bouquet now form of naira abuse – CBN; Peter Obi can only win presidential election if we unite – Kwankwaso | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

Money bouquet now form of naira abuse - CBN Peter Obi can only win presidential election if we unite - Kwankwaso Buhari signs first business facilitation bill into law Failure…

Editor March 7, 2018

Let us call failure by its proper name

With the elections less than a year away and Nigerians sorely disappointed by the performance of the present leadership and apprehensive for the future, there is the temptation to refuse…

Azeez October 16, 2017

Kaduna teachers fast over planned sack after examination failure

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, Zaria Local Government Area Branch will on Tuesday begin three days of fasting and prayers over the planned sack of 20,000 primary school teachers. Background: 68 per cent of…

Azeez September 23, 2017

If I was marking Nigeria’s script at 57, I will grade her a failure – Ango Abdullahi

Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Ango Abdullahi has said Nigeria is a failure, 57 years after it gained independence. In an interview with The Sun, Abdullahi said Nigeria has…

Azeez August 10, 2017

Excuses for failure will no longer be acceptable – Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said the present administration will not allow excuses on its quest to deliver sustainable socio-economic development to Nigerians is not possible. Osinbajo spoke at a…

Azeez July 12, 2017

Politicians’ failure to fulfil promises causing agitations – Abdulsalami

The National Peace Committee led by former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar has said the failure of politicians to fulfil their promises led to the agitations in the country.…

Op-ed Editor June 14, 2017

Ololade Ajekigbe: 5 solid reasons why you should embrace failure

by Olalade Ajekigbe It’s at the top of our prayer point list – Failure be gone! Nobody wants to be associated with failure. A word that is synonymous for everything…

Itunuoluwa May 17, 2017

“No politician has been treated worse or more unfairly” – Pres. Trump

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump warned graduating Coast Guard cadets, Wednesday that life is unfair. Trump said “Over the course of your life, you will find that things are not…

Azeez March 16, 2017

Reps probe failure of customs to auction seized goods

The House of Representatives has ordered the probe of the Nigerians customs service (NCS) under the leadership of Hameed Ali, comptroller-general of the service. The lower chamber of the national…

Oludolapo Adelana February 28, 2017

You failed Nigeria, not your generation, Fayose blasts Obasanjo

by Dolapo Adelana Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop blaming others in his generation for the nation's problems. The governor, who was reacting to…

Op-ed Editor February 14, 2017

Harmony Levin: Ever Wondered How To Quit Rejection? Here’s How [NEXT]

by Harmony Levin The first time I faced the sour experience of being rejected was on a hot September afternoon, sometime in 2002 or 2003. The place was Harbour…

Op-ed Editor December 1, 2016

Kehinde: Private insecurities

by Kehinde There is a certain kind of shame that comes with having attended one of the best schools in Nigeria and not looking anything like it. That shame is…

Op-ed Editor December 1, 2016

Afam Ade-Odiachi: Pick you, choose you, love you [NEW VOICES]

by Afam Ade-Odiachi My friend, the one I call the second avenger, looked at me as we walked to the car after drinks in our local bar and said, “I…

Op-ed Editor November 28, 2016

Olumodeji Shola: The rude awakening

by Olumodeji Shola You paused for a second, with your legs stiffed and cramp with indecision; and your consciousness endlessly trying to keep pace with the cascade of event around you,…

Op-ed Editor November 27, 2016

Rachael Uzor: Making lemonade

by Rachael Uzor Some emotions make you feel downright horrible, and depression is one of the worst of them, if not the worst. Right now, I'm depressed. I heard news…

Op-ed Editor November 20, 2016

Femi Aribisala: Good and bad success

by Femi Aribisala To overcome defeat, we have to be defeated. To overcome poverty, we have to be poor. To overcome death, Christ had to die. Failure is written into…

Op-ed Editor October 17, 2016

Orowale Samuel Kolapo: I did not quit [Nigerian Voices]

by Orowale Samuel Kolapo I was at home on that day in February 2011, lost in my thoughts as usual. I didn't go to the football field that day like I…

Isime Esene August 15, 2016

YNaija Editorial: There is a better way to channel frustration over Buhari’s ‘failure’

Elections are about choices. A choice about whether to continue with a particular politician or political party. Before casting a ballot, every citizen has to confront the question of whether…

Adebayo Emuleomo August 11, 2016

Opinion: Is Vice President Osinbajo really an intellectual in government?

by Jideofor Adibe How has Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Professor of Law at the University of Lagos fared as an intellectual in politics?…

Adebayo Emuleomo August 10, 2016

Before Feyi Fawehinmi there was Gbenga Sesan – fed up with Buhari (TWEETS)

Barely 15 months into his much celebrated presidency, some key supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari have turned coat to apologise for 'misleading' the populace into voting for him. Feyi Fawehinmi,…

Azeez August 9, 2016

You are a failure | APC Chieftain to Buhari

The factional chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Hussaini Mairiga, on Monday described President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as a total failure. Mairiga, who spoke with journalists…

Adebayo Emuleomo July 10, 2016

Deji Adeyanju: How President Buhari bankrupted 34 Nigerian states in 1 year

In about 1 year, Nigeria that used to be the largest economy in Africa and number one investment destination in Africa is now number 13. Inflation rate that was below…

Ada Igboanugo May 11, 2015

10 reasons why OJB’s kidney may have collapsed again…according to reports

by Chinwe Okafor Nigerian music producer and singer, Babatunde Okungbowa popularly known as OJB is reportedly on admission at the General Hospital, Lagos following a relapse of his kidney ailment.…

Ada Igboanugo April 27, 2015

Being divorced doesn’t make me a failure – Kate Henshaw

by Chinwe Okafor There is a certain aura of stereotype that comes with being divorced in Nigeria. Apparently, one goes around with a certain tag of failure. But Kate Henshaw…

Op-Ed Editor October 10, 2014

@blinkingam: Why Yero should not stay beyond 2015 (Part 1)

by Abubakar Musa One of my long-term established virtues has been school and hospital visitations, every now and then. Recently I happened to visit some schools within Kaduna State and…

Op-Ed Editor August 11, 2014

Demola Rewaju: 7 habits of those who do great things (Y! Superblogger)

by Demola Rewaju The fear of failure is the single biggest reason many people never become great. From childhood, we are trained to get marks only when we get it…

July 21, 2014

Tunde Leye: For young people, this is how to remove the stigma of failure (Y! FrontPage)

by Tunde Leye As a nation, we are at the point where we need people who will take tremendous risks in the economy to break barriers, build industries and cause…

May 31, 2014

Listen & learn: 7 things standing in the way of achieving your dreams

by Alicia Fannin Achieving your dreams can be a challenge but it shouldn’t seem impossible. However, sometimes it seems there are insurmountable things standing in the way of…

April 30, 2014

Hannatu Musawa: The failure of a people

by Hannatu Musawa There is not one of us out there; not one, that is not someone’s parent or someone’s child. So, whether we like it or not, this tragedy…

March 15, 2014

Dele Momodu: The anatomy of PDP and APC

by Dele Momodu It would be uncharitable not to salute the modest efforts of some of the wiz kids who form the nucleus of APC today even if they are…

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