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Adebayo Emuleomo May 26, 2016

THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: 60,000 robots replace workers | Former Lagos governor dies | The Sharia bill explained | More

From the papers this morning - a tracklist. Edwin Clark refuses to go away. Punch Lagos loses a former governor. Vanguard Omisore wants N500million from EFCC for defamation, and he is…

Kolapo Olapoju April 15, 2015

‘My administration will act differently’: We break down Buhari’s New York Times article into 10 quotes (READ)

by Muhammadu Buhari Below are 10 quotes from the opinion article by President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, which was published in Tuesday's edition of New York Times. 1. When Boko Haram attacked a…

Kolapo Olapoju March 22, 2015

Chad, Niger troops reportedly ‘begging’ Nigerian soldiers to occupy recaptured towns

by Panshak Ibrahim Troops from Chad and Niger, who are part of the joint operation against Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East are reportedly begging their Nigerian counterparts to take…

Kolapo Olapoju February 17, 2015

Jonathan is afraid of Buhari’s growing popularity || New York Times takes GEJ to the cleaners

by Kolapo Olapoju The New York Times has described the postponement of the elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, hs being orchestrated by President Goodluck Jonathan to infuriate the…

May 12, 2014

Sonala Olumhense: Nigerians must campaign and vote in ABP next year

by Sonala Olumhense The Economist warned: “The incompetence of Nigeria’s president and government is hurting the country’s reputation at home and abroad." As it turned out, we needed foreign assistance…

February 21, 2014

The New York Times on Sanusi’s ‘removal’: Jonathan is ‘too casual about corruption’ (READ)

by Adeola Balogun The suspension of Nigeria's central bank governor has continued to generate controversy all around the world. This is all the more so because, just before his suspension,…

January 8, 2014

Opinion: Will Nigeria exist 100 years from now?

by Muhammed Jameel Yusha'u In December 2012, when we were busy debating in the British House of Commons on Chinua Achebe’s book, There was a country; a fellow African…

September 14, 2013

“An alluring contemporary pop album” – D’banj’s Album “D’Kings Men” reviewed on The New York Times

by 'Jola Sotubo D'banj has gone international and from all indications, he intends to stay there. The star who has featured major music players like Snoop Lion and Kanye West…

July 11, 2013

Revealed: Why this woman visited a New York restaurant without her clothes on (PHOTOS)

It's the topless shot heard 'round the world. A picture of a comely blonde who took off her shirt at a trendy New York restaurant has become an internet sensation…

April 2, 2013

Meet Julian Newman: 4-foot, 5-inch Basketball phenomenon

Standing at a height of 4-foot, 5-inches tall, and weighing in at 70 pounds, Julian Newman, an 11-year-old basketball prodigy, has taken the sporting world by storm. Though he is…

September 4, 2012

Review: “Hyper-competitive egotist” – American Press puts a new spin on Obama

by Dylan Byers The convergence of skeptical pieces, all of which suggest Obama has failed to live up to the mythic expectations he set for himself in 2008, signal that Obama…

July 21, 2012

Opinion: The trouble with online education

by Mark Edmundson “Ah, you’re a professor. You must learn so much from your students.” This line, which I’ve heard in various forms, always makes me cringe. Do people think…

Oluwapelumi June 19, 2012

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani: Reform, in the name of the Father

By the time the dead cats, monkey paws and severed heads of chickens started appearing on our front porch, no one was sure exactly who was trying to get rid…

June 13, 2012

Singing pilots and stinky aircraft: New York Times deconstructs air travel in Nigeria

by Hauwa Gambo This surreal piece was published by the New York Times this morning about the experience of travelling in Nigeria. As the writer notes, us impassive Nigerian travellers…

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