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Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa: Here’s the surefire way to make good money [NEW VOICES]
by Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa Yes, I know you’re reading this because of the headline. You’re not alone. People ask this question a lot: How do I make money? The answer is…
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Afam Ade-Odiachi: System collapse [NEW VOICES]
by Afam Ade-Odiachi The message came in at about 10:30, system failure, please reboot. I ignored it. Another pesky little update. The sort that you get on your phone. You…
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Temitope Ben-Ajepe: Pharmacy students tough love with Medicine students [NEW VOICES]
by Temitope Ben-Ajepe In a few days from now, the Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian Students PANS) chapter of which I’m a member will be partnering with a social enterprise/health startup…
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Adeboro Odunlami: He needs some emotional balance [NEW VOICES]
by Adeboro Odunlami Perhaps one of the hardest life skills to gain mastery over is ‘Emotional Intelligence and Boundaries’. As basic as it may sound, learning emotional boundaries becomes one…
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Ore Fakorede: How to bulletproof a heart [NEW VOICES]
by Ore Fakorede Every time you let someone in, every time you let yourself go, you take one sure-footed step towards the edge of a cliff. It’s not something…
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Bolade Ogunfuye: The Nigerian millennial and this masculinism business [NEW VOICES]
A thought piece on the status of the African man; and how you are all sleeping on who he is. First off, who is a true man? What does it…
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Edwin Okolo: Find your balance [NEW VOICES]
A good story always starts with an unsure protagonist, knighted by a far-seeing mysterious guide and set on a quest, the end goal often different from what is originally presented…
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Ezinne Ajoku: The Customer Service fail [NEW VOICES]
2016 will be remembered for many things, and one of those things it will definitely be remembered for, thanks to falling oil prices, is the launch of the hashtag, #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira.…
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Ayodotun Rotimi Akinfenwa: If only you knew [NEW VOICES]
Life is something. Daily, we go about our business and “busyness” and 24 hours may not even be enough. From time to time though, we need to, literally, step out…
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Afam Ade-Odiache: Bravery is not in the eye of the beholder [NEW VOICES]
I’ve started to think about what bravery is. Everyone knows the rational expectations of the definition of bravery. It’s the soldier in the front lines who puts his life on…
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Adeboro Odunlami: With a lot more exclamation marks [NEW VOICES]
My mom is a worrier. Before I was conceived, she worried that I would never come. And when I did, she overtly searched out scary tales of painful childbirth and…
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Oreoluwa Fakorede: When did abuse become okay? [NEW VOICES]
We see it every day; in offices, on the streets, on the bus. We hear it from the neighbour’s house, loud voices and the sound of blows carried on the…
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Arit Okpo: Four wishes [NEW VOICES]
by Arit Okpo I had started writing another piece…finished it actually, and then I realised that this would be my last piece before the New Year. Following that realisation…
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Adetoye Sokunbi: So I decided to start thinking like a drug dealer [NEW VOICES]
by Adetoye Sokunbi As a teenager, I carried the reasonable paranoia any Nigerian raised by 'God-fearing' parents would have, buying drugs. I’d always known that a man's relationship with his…
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Ezinne Ajoku: Nigeria is greater than the sum of its parts [NEW VOICES]
by Ezinne Ajoku If there’s one thing that’s certain about Lagos, it’s the absence of a dull moment. If at all you’re living in Lagos and you are bored, rest…
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Lekan Olanrewaju: Nigerian doctors are pretty awesome [NEW VOICES]
by Lanre Olanrewaju There are 9 million bicycles in Beijing. All of them are set on fire. The use of fire extinguishers made in (or transported through) Nigeria is employed…
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The YNaija Cover this morning – 14th of December
Read the full stories and analyses here now!
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Adeboro Odunlami: Not a good parent [NEW VOICES]
by Adeboro Odunlami Some mornings before I step out of my house, I look in my mirror and ask myself who the hell I am. I mean, I manage people…
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Oreoluwa Fakorede: I am Nigerian [NEW VOICES]
by Oreoluwa Fakorede I say it like it's a condition I have lived with for years. I say it in a matter-of-fact way while simultaneously trying to ignore the…
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Arit Okpo: Which one is the real African culture? [NEW VOICES]
by Arit Okpo When I was growing up, I read lots of Enid Blyton and so I spent afternoons in a garden shack enjoying lashings of ginger beer with the…
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Ifeoluwa Adedeji: Where my accent came from [NEW VOICES]
by Ifeoluwa Adedeji As is very common in the diaspora and especially America, people just want to know why some of us speak and dress differently and why our names…
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Edwin Okolo: Circumstantial Ownership
Republished with permission from uueirdness.wordpress.com I’ll start this post with a scenario: Imagine, if you can, that you walked out of your house one day and found a wrecked car outside…
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Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa: Don’t lose your Balance… [NEW VOICES]
by Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa Life is a tight rope of thoughts, decisions, actions and outcomes. You simply cannot walk away from it all, neither can you allow your troubles drown you, you…
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Bolade Ogunfuye: The three pledges I took to make my life better [NEW VOICES]
by Bolade Ogunfuye All of life, through the many prisms with which we view it, is mired in change; I guess that’s why our elders say: “we cannot become what…
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Ezinne Ajoku: Family is everything [NEW VOICES]
by Ezinne Ajoku A colleague lost his father recently and it got me thinking about family, death, relationships, the whole morbid enchilada. I recalled that day in February when my…
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Omar-Farouq Edu: The ironic attraction of racism [NEW VOICES]
by Omar-Farouq Edu Dear Black People Have you ever been put in a situation where a remark has been personally directed at you that is so baffling you start to feel…
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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…
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Lekan Olanrewaju: Civic duty [NEW VOICES]
by Lekan Olanrewaju One of the most persistent revelations of any election cycle is the nature of the Undecided Voter. No, not the genuinely confused and/or torn, and not — but slightly…
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Oreoluwa Fakorede: Take care of yourself [NEW VOICES]
by Oreoluwa Fakorede 1. Inhale. 2. Exhale. 3. Repeat 1 and 2 as you try to keep everything together. That's the core of the typical life plan. Living is work,…
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Arit Okpo: The learning gap [NEW VOICES]
by Arit Okpo This post is very personal to me as a Nigerian, and I would love to see to what extent it resonates with people in other parts of…
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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