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September 22, 2019

Here are the best Nigerian articles of the week

Each week here at YNaija, we round up the best Nigerian writing on the internet, highlighting the stories, profiles, interviews and in-depth reporting that rise above the daily churn. Here are the ones that caught our attention: The Beauty and Burden of Being a Nigerian Bride – Yemisi Aribisola ”You wonder about the solitary figures in... Read More

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November 16, 2018

#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 space. From investigative journalists telling the difficult stories, to entrepreneurs building potential media empires, these are the 10 that matter the most. Mercy Abang Mercy... Read More

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February 23, 2018

Doomsday Approaches: National Assembly Stall NFIU Decision, Nigeria Credit Ratings Downgrade Looming

As concerns mount over the expulsion of Nigeria by the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units next month, international credit rating agencies are mulling the downgrade of Nigeria’s credit ratings according to international risk analysts. Since reports surfaced that the Egmont group was going to expel the NFIU from the global body, the ratings agencies... Read More

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December 27, 2017

Mercy Abang: How sexual predators target Nigerian kids

by Mercy Abang In Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, 4-year-old Banke Olu (real name withheld) was raped by her auntie’s husband. The last child of her parents – both in their 60s – Banke, a minor had been ferried off to the relatives not long after she was born. Her parents, broke, weak and left with... Read More

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Mercy Abang: Poverty within opulence- Water crisis at the heart of Nigeria’s capital

by Mercy Abang Miracle, age 9, lives in Gishiri, has a daily routine of fetching from a nearby pond. “My mum asked me to come fetch and bath” she said, standing beside her was her friend who was bathing from the unclean water with her uniforms on. Both girls reside in a community located at... Read More

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Mercy Abang: Young Zimbabweans brace up ahead of the nation’s 2018 general elections

by Mercy Abang Following the ouster of the despot Yahaya Jammeh of the Gambia, the notion that change will happen for nations with sit-tight leaders has been reinforced. From Cameroon to Uganda, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and of course Zimbabwe where the 94-year-old Robert Mugabe who has ruled for more than 35 years but is still... Read More

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Saatah Nubari: You should be very angry

by Saatah Nubari We are on the edge, dangling our feet, and we have no idea. I read in the news that 4,700 Nigerians were forcefully evicted from their homes in Otodo-Gbame community in Lagos State, in one single day in March of 2017. According to the same news report, about 30,000 were earlier evicted in... Read More

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February 13, 2017

“We use broken bottles to cut the umbilical cord immediately the women deliver” | Stories from traditional birth attendants

by Mercy Abang After losing her fourth child during delivery at the house of her regular traditional birth attendant (TBA), 42 year–old Kemi Ariyo contracted spiritualists to get to the root of her problems. “I was widely accused to be a witch as a result of the demise of my babies,” Kemi said. “So I... Read More

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November 10, 2016

Cheta Nwanze: Democracy is not for everyone

by Cheta Nwanze Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum. — Cicero About four years ago, I had an epiphany. It was during the election in Anambra State. I was on ground on the day, and at a polling station in Nnewi. I watched a group of people talk with an agent, cast their... Read More

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November 11, 2013

“Jonathan’s gov’t is the first internet age presidency Nigerians have had” – Reuben Abati speaks on ‘Conversations with Mercy Abang’

by Mercy Abang Reuben Abati earned a first class degree from the University of Calabar, a cerebral writer he is also the recipient of several awards. Amongst them is the Cecil King Memorial Prize for the Print Journalist of the year, 1998; Fletcher Challenge Newspaper Commonwealth Prize for Opinion Writing, 2000, and four times winner... Read More

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September 23, 2013

Spotlight on Abuja and the land swap scheme by Sen. Bala Mohammed’s administration on ‘Conversations with Mercy Abang’

by Mercy Abang Abuja is witnessing a series of innovations in the city management, there are several ongoing projects that will transform the city by not only making it livable, but one of the best 20 cities by the year 2020. In this edition of the Conversation with Abang Mercy Series, an aide to the FCT Minister on project Inspection... Read More

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September 16, 2013

“I’ll always be a queen” – Fiona Amuzie, 2010 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria speaks on ‘Conversations with Mercy Abang’

by Mercy Abang For ex-beauty queen, Fiona Amuzie, there is so much to give back after the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria reign. Fiona, who hails from Idemili-North LGA in Anambra State, was crowned the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria in 2010 and left the University of Jos to study Psychology at Coventry University UK.... Read More

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September 9, 2013

“PDP has done a lot for young people” – Youth Leader, Malam Umar Garba Chiza speaks on ‘Conversations with Mercy Abang’

by Mercy Abang After the election of the 60-year-old youth leader of the People’s Democratic Party, Malam Umar Garba Chiza – the PDP seem to have turned a new leaf with the recent election of it’s National youth leader to pilot the affairs of young people in the party. The ruling party’s recent “dramatic” convention witnessed the election... Read More

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August 26, 2013

“At the moment, people like IBB/OBJ control Nigeria” – Nigeria Dialogue initiator, Bankole Eniola speaks on ‘Conversations with Mercy Abang’

by Mercy Abang Bankole Eniola is our feature for the week and he is a Nigerian policy advocate based in London- He is passionate about developing economies and most especially the nation of his birth, Nigeria. Bankole’s ideas about policy advocacy and communal participation in nation building led him to initiate Nigeria Dialogue in 2011.... Read More

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“I just knew I had to come back to Nigeria” – Ife Adebayo speaks on ‘Conversations with Mercy Abang’

What comes to mind when you visit a primary school in Nigeria with hundreds of students confined in a classroom with leaking roofs and sandy floors? Do you just criticize government and walk away? Well, the conversations series with Abang Mercy for the week has Ife Adebayo, our guest who visited a dilapidated school in... Read More

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Mercy Abang: It is cool to be called an activist, but not cool to join a political party? Give me a break

by Mercy Abang If you ask me I will tell you that politics is the most successful business in Nigeria today. Everything else takes backseat because politicians make sure they bring politics into everything we do. But will this stop anytime soon? One thing must be made clear to the young generation, a ‘’siddon look’’... Read More

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November 12, 2011

Low turnout, apathy and a hostile police force: 11-11-11 hunger strike fails to hit a nerve

By Mercy Abang & Hauwa Gambo What was expected to hold as a peaceful protest calling on the Nigerian federal government to call off its planned oil subsidy removal tagged #HungerStrike didn’t quite turn out as planned. For one, the young people were no more than 30 at best, and then the police ended... Read More

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