Malala Yousafzai

September 1, 2017

Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai slams Trump’s border wall plans

President’s Trump’s vehement plan of a southern border wall around the Mexico border aimed at putting a leash on the influx of immigrants has received a lash from a notable Nobel Laureate. The Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai while speaking to an audience of students at an event in Mexico lambasted the President’s plan of limiting... Read More

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August 10, 2017

[The Activism Blog] Nigeria: In need of a Malala

In the afternoon of October 9, 2012, Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani female activist survived an assassination attempt orchestrated by the Taliban. She went unconscious but later regained her consciousness after medical attention. She was placed on the Taliban radar for advocating girl child right and education. At the time of the attack, she was fifteen but... Read More

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When the floods visited Surulere; Macron loves holding Trump’s hands; Malala visits Osinbajo | See our top 10 photos from last week

The mainland got its own dirty share of floods over the weekend and it’s a bigger eyesore compared to the island’s last week. We also bring you a double dose of two presidents who are obsessed holding each other’s hands. Here are our top 10 photos from last week: In an interview with the... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

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The YNaija Cover this morning – the 18th of July

Follow these links to read our cover stories on YNaija: Declare state of emergency on education | Malala tells Osinbajo WAEC withholds results of 214,952 candidates for cheating PDP leaders meet, vow to rebuild party

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Declare state of emergency on education | Malala tells Osinbajo

Child rights activist and Nobel Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai has urged acting President Yemi Osinbajo to declare a state of emergency in the education sector. While speaking with journalists after meeting with Osinbajo on Monday, she said she spoke on the importance of education for boys and girls. “It was a very good meeting.... Read More

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Malala Yousafzai visits Osinbajo at the Presidential villa (PHOTOS)

Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai, on Monday, visited Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential villa in Abuja. Although, the details of the meeting is yet unknown but Yousafzai, 20, is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending... Read More

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Malala Yousafzai becomes youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace

by Dolapo Adelana Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has been made the youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace. The 19-year-old, who was honoured by United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres will take the role with a special focus on girls’ education. Malala was nearly killed in 2012 by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ rights to... Read More

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January 12, 2017

How is Malala Yousafzai involved with the release of Chibok girls?

By now you have probably read President Buhari’s response to a letter written to him by the Nobel Prize Laureate, Malala Yousafzai. Malala Yousafzai is the 20-year old child-rights activist whose ill fate at the hands of the Taliban in her home country, Pakistan, brought to limelight in 2012/2013. She became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient... Read More

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January 12, 2017

We will ensure release of other Chibok girls, Buhari tells Malala

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday told Co-Founder of the Malala Fund, Malala Yousafzai that the Federal Government will not divulge its strategies to ensure the other Chibok girls are rescued. Buhari said this while responding to a letter written to him by Malala. He however assured that the girls will be rescued as promised. “Be... Read More

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December 23, 2016

Stephanie Busari profiles the Chibok girls: The girls who refused to be forgotten (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2016 Nominee)

Even in captivity, they refused to be forgotten. Their spirits refused to die and they cried out, willing the world to come to their aid, even as some Nigerians denied the kidnapping at a boarding school in Chibok, Borno State, ever happened. Even as then-president Goodluck Jonathan was pictured dancing at a political rally just... Read More

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December 23, 2014

Dr. Stella Adadevoh, Chimamanda Adichie make CNN’s Inspiring Women of 2014 list

by Anike Jacobs The Cable News Network (CNN) has presented its list of the most inspiring women of 2014 and two Nigerians, Dr Stella Ameyo Adadevoh and author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie made the list. The women on the list are those who excelled in their professions in 2014, and they were nominated by readers, partners... Read More

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October 10, 2014

Malala Yousafzai becomes the youngest ever winner of Nobel peace prize

by Kolapo Olapoju Malala Yousafzai, the 17-year-old Pakistani education campaigner has been announced as the joint winner of the 2014 Nobel peace prize. Malala became a global personality after she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012, in Pakistan after coming to prominence for her campaigning for education for girls.... Read More

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Square holes, round pegs – and more, in today’s news round up with Cheta Nwanze

But Mallam Shekarau appears not to be the only round peg in a round hole these days. The NMA tends to insist that only doctors be made minister of health, so one would expect some more concern from the current occupant regarding the Ebola thing that is rampaging across our sub-region. Read More

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‘I fell in love with Lagos’: Tannaz Bahnam speaks to Leading Ladies Africa on being a foreigner in Nigeria

by Francesca Uriri Staying back in Nigeria, after an official assignment with the National Geographic, showed Tannaz Bahnam that the city of Lagos had a lot more to offer. As the Leading Lady Africa for the week, she takes us on the journey of how she started the premier listing service – Lost in... Read More

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December 30, 2013

#YNaija2013Review: The 10 most remarkable people in 2013? Feyi Fawehinmi shares his list

by Feyi Fawehinmi When I was asked to put this list together, the theme that ran through my mind was ‘leadership’. So, with a couple of exceptions, here are ten people who impressed me with their leadership in 2013. Enrique Pena Nieto When you are elected the 57th President of Mexico,... Read More

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October 22, 2013

Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Quality of education in Nigeria – Lessons from Malala Yousafzai

by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu As long as Nigeria continues to produce half-baked students from our primary and secondary schools, the quality of its workforce will be substandard, irrespective of the number of degrees it has acquired. Nigeria and Pakistan have a lot of similarities. Both countries have large populations – Nigeria, an estimated 167 million people,... Read More

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October 12, 2013

The face of hope: Malala Yousafzai meets with the Obamas in the Oval Office

Malala Yousafzai may not have won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, but she enjoyed a private Oval Office audience with President Obama and the first family. Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani student who was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen for speaking out in support of the right of girls to go to school,... Read More

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“I have achieved my dream”: Teenage education activist shot by gutless Taliban returns to school (WATCH)

by Rachel Ogbu “I am excited that today I have achieved my dream of going back to school. I want all girls in the world to have this basic opportunity. I miss my classmates from Pakistan very much but I am looking forward to meeting my teachers and making new friends here in Birmingham.” These... Read More

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