Tag: Northern Nigeria
Why the UN Is Seeking $396M Fund to Avert Humanitarian Crisis in Northern Nigeria
In a dire call to action, the United Nations (UN) has declared that immediate intervention is crucial to salvaging a ...
The Role of Custodians in Enhancing Talents from Northern Nigeria
Emerging talents in Nigeria face a range of challenges that hinders their success and prevent them from reaching their full ...
The North will forever be grateful if they vote for me – Peter Obi
Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election, has declared that Northerners will be forever grateful if ...
#YNaija2021Review: Asaba declaration, Northwest bandits, electoral bill…The Biggest News Stories of the Year
We followed some of the biggest headlines obsessively. Banditry in the northwest About 140 students went missing in July after ...
“A hydra-headed problem calls for a hydra-headed solution” | Northern educator reveals solution to problem of education deprivation
Hardly any problem exists in this world for which one can say with unassailable certainty, “If you do this one ...
This is the Northern gambit you didn’t know about regarding enforcing Shari’ah
Unless you have a core of steel, shock is a natural reaction to news items like the arrest for blasphemy ...
Once again a mob calls for blood in a new blasphemy case in Northern Nigeria
A mob of young Nigerian Muslim men in Sokoto, stormed the palace of Sultan, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, on Thursday carrying ...
Are Nigeria’s Northern elites truly jittery about Southern pacts?
It is becoming a case of cause and reaction. Whenever there is a meeting of the Southern leaders, especially the ...
Top cloth markets in Northern Nigeria
Markets in Nigeria serve both economic and social functions. In particular, by providing outlets for ‘local’ products, they help create ...
Turn by Turn: Terrorism is going South | The #YNaijaCover
The humanity in us is hardly existent. We used to be less bothered about terrorism in the North. Now, it ...
What we know about the latest school abduction in Kaduna
Banditry and kidnap is on the fast rise and the Federal College of Forestry in Kaduna is the latest site, ...
#HerStory Series: “I wanted my baby to shut up, forever.” | Women’s Month Special
As difficult as it is to believe, nay conceive of, while we talk about women’s achievements in Nigeria over the ...
When Nigeria is ready to tackle child marriage, this might be the first step
Child marriage is still an ongoing menace in Nigeria that does not appear to be going away any time soon. ...
Professor Yusuf’s short term solutions to terrorism may cause bigger problems
It is no news that Northern Nigeria is in the choke hold of a brand of religion that could ruin ...
If Governor El-Rufai could do it, then Nigeria should get ready for more women in government
The face of politics in Nigeria has and continues to be male. Brutishly male, older and viciously stagnant. With a ...
#ArewaAgainstLGBTQ is ignorance that can turn violent and dangerous for LGBTQ people
Over the weekend Arewa Twitter, the online demographic of the North, banded together in activism to advocate against homosexuality and ...
The YNaija Tracklist: Buhari told us to focus on Northern Nigeria – World Bank | Stop Saraki, Senate from investigating me | IGP tells court | More stories
From the papers this morning – a tracklist. How much EFCC has recovered through whistleblowers – Magu – YNaija PDP ...
We are not vacating the North – Igbo Leader
As October 1st is underway – the day a Northern a coalition asked the Igbos to vacate the region (now ...
Mercy Abang: In Maiduguri, poverty breeds Nigeria’s next ‘Boko Haram mothers’
By Mercy Abang Over 134 suicide bombings have occurred since 2009 when Boko Haram unleashed a campaign of terror ...
The Thread: Nigeria’s underground drug culture is destroying our youth
Drug abuse and addiction is a rarely talked about subject, but apparently it is blooming into an epidemic without proportions. ...
Opinion: Kaduna declaration and the brazen insensitivity
by Ahanonu Kingsley The call for all the Igbos of South-eastern Nigeria to leave the North by an coalation of ...
“They are uncultured, ungrateful” | Northern group gives Igbos 3 months to vacate
A Coalition of Northern Youth Groups tagged, “The Kaduna Declaration” have given all Igbos residing in any part of Northern ...
Open letter to President Buhari: This is how you can make Northern Nigeria ‘Destination China’
Dear Sir, I have travelled the North. …In my spare time, I TRAVEL THE NORTH. I am, as you will ...
We haven’t started dealing with Nigeria’s disease – Okorocha
by Omoleye Omoruyi The Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has called for partnership with Northern Nigeria, in order that education be ...
Peregrino Brimah: The Aare’s curse- Did late MKO Abiola curse the North?
by Peregrino Brimah Aare Ona Kakanfo is a title given to the generalissimo, the war general during the Old Oyo ...
The Thread: How overpopulation in Northern Nigeria is affecting economic growth
by Dolapo Adelana Nigeria last conducted a National Population Census in 2006. The National Population Commission has proposed that a ...
Simon Kolawole: Sanusi’s home truth deserves introspection
by Smon Kolawole The time has come, I propose, for the expression — “Sanusi stirs controversy” — to be officially ...
Farooq Kperogi: Why President Buhari is wildly popular in the Muslim North
Someone suggested a few weeks ago on Facebook that President Buhari’s irrationally wild popularity in the Muslim north would require ...
Moses Ochonu: Sexual repression in Northern Nigeria – A provocation
(A short excerpt from my recent lecture on Boko Haram at the University of Pittsburgh) by Moses Ochonu Muslim-majority Northern ...
#Impact365: How Angels of Hope Foundation is helping to create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and social injustice
Angels of Hope Foundation is based in Kano and has championed notable causes like the Justice for Musa Movement in ...
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