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YNaija June 19, 2023

Yvonne Nelson’s Memoir Reveals Shocking Entanglement and Unplanned Pregnancy With Sarkodie

Yvonne Nelson, the Ghanaian actress and model, has sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry with her sensational memoir, titled "I Am Not Yvonne Nelson." This tell-all book delves deep into…

YNaija May 4, 2023

Ike Anya’s Memoir “Small By Small” Chronicles Life as a Doctor During Political Unrest in 1990s Nigeria”

Ike Anya is a Nigerian physician, consultant in public health medicine, and author who has just released his debut literary work titled “Small by Small: Becoming a Doctor in 1990s…

Editor April 9, 2018

The first step to empowering women and sexual minorities is educating them on their rights

If there is a single thread that keeps reoccurring when discussions of oppression and injustice against LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgenders) persons, sexual and gender minorities, it is the…

Editor January 24, 2018

#YNaijaLit: Read the first chapter of Morayo Koleosho’s NYSC memoir, “Hernortherstory”

As part of YNaija's dedication to the arts and especially literature from Nigeria and the continent, we have opened our platform to novelists and poets and creative non-fiction writers, to…

Azeez February 3, 2017

Maje Ayida threatens to sue Toke Makinwa, wants all copies of ‘On Becoming’ destroyed

Media personality, Toke Makinwa has been issued a "letter of demand" asking her to stop the sales and all forms of promotional activities for her book 'unbecoming', TheCable reports. The…

Azeez November 27, 2016

Photos from the launch of Toke Makinwa’s memoir “On Becoming”

Media personality, Toke Makinwa is currently launching her memoir titled "On Becoming" where she shared some secrets about her life which has shaped her into who she is. She talked…

Tolu November 25, 2016

“Maje asked if he could tape us having sex” – Toke Makinwa tells it all in new book

Three weeks ago, Toke Makinwa first shared the teaser for her book, On Becoming. Her first effort at writing got us all anxious as we anticipated the release of her…

Yakubu Gowon says Nigeria is not an easy place to govern | YNaija.com

Roqeebah September 26, 2016

Gen. Gowon’s memoirs are out next year – here are 5 things it must address in detail

General Yakubu Gowon was the military Head of State of Nigeria between August 1966 and 1975. It goes without saying that a lot of the blame that has gone around…

Op-Ed Editor June 17, 2016

Reuben Abati: The legend of Fela like you’ve never read before

On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Benson Idonije, who is arguably Nigeria’s most informed analyst of jazz music and an enthusiastic promoter of popular culture and music has released…

Op-Ed Editor July 18, 2015

Dele Momodu: My once in a lifetime experience with President Buhari

I’ve met several Presidents in and out of power but the aura is never the same. The Buhari I met at his holiday apartment in London about four months ago,…

Op-Ed Editor December 11, 2014

Olusegun Adeniyi: Obasanjo’s missiles are unguided, and won’t hit target

by Olusegun Adeniyi “...Segun Adeniyi, who is a poor apologist for Yar’Adua, made almost every case of reversal worse in his book. Not only is Adeniyi a poor apologist, but…

April 21, 2014

Opinion: Memoirs of a frustrated Nigerian student

by Solanke Abiola Just when he has his sights on graduation, another strike action surfaces which destabilises him, he is embittered about the system and begins to lose his patience. The…

September 5, 2013

Opinion: A thought on Achebe’s ‘There was a country’

by INC Aniebo ...And nobody can deny this is the situation now. I am glad Achebe wrote his memoir. To me it is more relevant than Things Fall Apart. While that…

May 19, 2013

Short story: Losing my voice, by Chika Unigwe

by Chika Unigwe Photo by Rengim Mutevellioglu/Getty When I left Nigeria for Belgium, I made my husband’s home my own. But homesickness lodged like a stone inside he year I…

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