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Last year it was Rema, and this year Fisayo Soyombo is Chude Jideonwo’s Culture Icon for 2024
Filmmaker and host of the viral talk show #WithChude, Chude Jideonwo has announced his Culture Icon for 2024 - it’s award-winning investigative journalist and founder of the Foundation for Investigative…
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#YNaija2020Review: Chimamanda, Okonjo Iweala, Afrobeats to the world…10 Moments that made us proud this Year
Being Nigerian is hard enough. But these breakthroughs felt like collective wins and made it a little bit easier to believe in project Nigeria. Afrobeats to the World Nigerian music…
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Journalist, Fisayo Soyombo brings to light; terrible rot in Nigeria’s tertiary health facilities
It is becoming clearer by the day why the political class prefer to jet out to seek medical attention rather than make use of local healthcare facilities which they have…
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#EdoPrisonBreak: Hoodlums attack two Edo prisons, free inmates | #TheYNaijaCover
Protests have been ongoing in various parts of Nigeria for more than a week now. The demonstrations have shown to be peaceful and non-violent then all of a sudden reports…
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‘The more dysfunctional a system is, the more the need for intentional journalism’ | Hot takes from #ThursdayTalks
"The job of a journalist is to hold people in power responsible; to hold a mirror to society," Kadaria Ahmed's words warmed the audience into a truly riveting, educational and…
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Fu’ad Lawal, Fisayo Soyombo, Wana Udobang…Here’s the #YNaijaPowerList2020 for Media
Editors Note: A young-world revolution is unfolding before our eyes, rupturing the idea that only experience can change the world. Increasingly, young people are participating actively in all aspects of…
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More wins for @KikiMordi as she & Fisayo Soyombo receive the 2019 PJP Awards
As with many media based professions, journalists often have to deal with the misconception that they suddenly achieved fame. In reality, years of grueling groundwork paves the path for a…
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Here’s the full #YNaijaPowerList2018
Genevieve Nnaji, Chris Ogunlowo, Maraji, Tony Nwulu, Falana have been unveiled as some of the most influential personalities in the 2018 edition of the #YNaijaPowerList - a roll call of…
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#YNaijaPowerList2018: Mercy Abang, Fisayo Soyombo, Instablog9ja… See the 10 most powerful young persons in the media space
For the seventh consecutive year, YNaija brings you its annual ranking of the most powerful young persons under the age of 40 who are getting things done in the media…
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The good and bad of Buhari’s June 12 declaration
It took 25 years to happen — long enough for the dream to have evaporated — but Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola has finally taken his place in history as…
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Chimamanda Adichie, Banky W, Toke Ibru, others make YNaija inaugural #Woke100 List
In 2017, YNaija committed a big part of its time and resources towards carefully documenting the big stories happening in the country and on the continent and highlighting the efforts…
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#YNaijaPowerList2017: Stephanie Busari, Uche Pedro, Fisayo Soyombo… See the most powerful young persons in the media space
In 2017, YNaija committed a big part of its time and resources towards carefully documenting the big stories happening in the country and on the continent and highlighting the efforts…
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Fisayo Soyombo: Is this $1bn fund to fight the “technically defeated” Boko Haram really just for Christmas?
There is something inherently unsettling about the 12 to 18 months preceding an election year, particularly when a sitting president is seeking re-election. It is a period of sure governance…
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Fisayo Soyombo: Will PDP squander its golden chance to become Nigeria’s ‘necessary evil’?
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo We know already that life is filled with ironies, but no one would have imagined that the most important elective convention in the life of the Peoples…
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Fisayo Soyombo: What is the worth of a Nigerian migrant’s life?
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo In April, a former Nigerian public official lost his daughter under questionable circumstances. The young lady’s death was avoidable, and who knows, maybe her spirit is…
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Fisayo Soyombo: El-Rufai and Shehu Sani’s feud is our problem too. Here is why
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo For as long as one is the Governor of Kaduna State and the other is obsessed with unseating him, Nasir el-Rufai and Shehu Sani will never…
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Fisayo Soyombo: The men who shouldn’t be in Buhari’s government
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo This piece is laden with unsolicited advice. It ordinarily should not have been written, but for recent evidence that the quality of advice available to President…
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Fisayo Soyombo: What the return of wanted ex-Pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina says about Buhari
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo Abdulrasheed Maina cannot hide forever. Neither he nor the people who helped him circumvent justice in 2013 gave this a thought when he escaped to Dubai.…
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Fisayo Soyombo: Paul Le Guen, Gernot Rohr and Super Eagles World Cup qualification without the calculator
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo At the blast of the referee’s final whistle on Saturday, some half-a-dozen Super Eagles players were spotted locked in an embrace with Gernot Rohr, their coach. Afterwards,…
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Opinion: Is Nigeria on the brink of another civil war?
by ‘Fisayo Soyombo On August 1, 1966, after the collapse of last-ditch attempts by Nigeria’s power brokers to prevent the impending Civil War, Lieutenant-Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, the man who would…
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Opinion: ASUU, FG stalemate – It’s like the pretender fighting the deceiver
by Fisayo Soyombo More than three years into the Presidency of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, I am still unconvinced that he is the man. At his last media chat, for example,…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy