Tag: occupy nigeria

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EditorFebruary 7, 2017

Special Editorial: The government cannot wave away protesters as opposition party members

Despite the withdrawal of music star Tuface Idibia from the nationwide protests he had been calling for against the Federal ...

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EditorFebruary 4, 2017

Analysis: The Lagos police commissioner is trying too hard to impress his bosses #IStandWithNigeria

by Mark Amaza For the past couple of weeks, the most dominant topic of conversation has been the planned rallies ...

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Isime EseneJanuary 16, 2017

#InnovationSeries: Social media can be a tool for self-censored advocacy

by Edwin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that ...

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Ada IgboanugoMay 18, 2016

In one tweet, someone captures the weakness of pro-2012 subsidy protests

@iyesdan on Twitter, challenged the new Digital Communications Adviser to the President, who also joined in the pro-2012 protest- Occupy ...

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YWriterMay 15, 2016

Simon Kolawole: After fuel price increase, our problem may have just begun

by Simon Kolawole Now that the pump price of petrol has nearly doubled, we can officially conclude that President Muhammadu ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 13, 2016

Hard to believe, but on fuel subsidy removal, El-Rufai is asking for “patience and calm”

Following the sharp increase in fuel price and the removal of fuel subsidy, the Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 12, 2016

Trouble may be coming, as NANS promises to “Occupy Nigeria” next week

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Thursday, announced its plans to carry out a nation wide Occupy Nigeria ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 12, 2016

Shehu Sani accuses those now supporting subsidy removal of “outright deception”

The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, on Thursday, took to his facebook wall to protest the removal of fuel ...

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YWriterMay 12, 2016

Joachim Mac-Ebong: Those attacking #OccupyNigeria 2012 protesters are wrong – very wrong

by Joachim Mac-Ebong This is the morning after the evening before, when the government announced an upward review of petrol ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 12, 2016

#OccupyNigeria: 4 reasons Nigerians will (probably) not take to the streets this time

Nigerians had a welcome gift on the first of January 2012: the removal of fuel subsidy. A bold -even for ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 4, 2015

Remembering Occupy Nigeria: See 8 pictures that depict the uprising

by Adedayo Ademuwagun This week makes it exactly three years since the Occupy Nigeria uprising of January 2012. It went down ...

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May 24, 2014

“So what went wrong?” – Ayo Sogunro reviews Chude Jideonwo’s ‘Are We The Turning Point Generation?’

by Ayo Sogunro Book Title: Are We the Turning Point Generation? Author: Chude Jideonwo Publisher: Kamsi Year of Publication: 2014 ...

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March 26, 2014

Cover of Chude Jideonwo’s new book ‘Are we the turning-point generation?’ released

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Kachifo Limited, which has published some of the continent’s most finest writers including Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie, Sefi Atta Binyavanga ...

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October 13, 2013

Most of my critics wish to be in government – Reuben Abati opens up, faults #OccupyNigeria protests

by Akan Ido Dr. Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity is a man ...

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August 29, 2013

Students give FG, ASUU 7-day ultimatum to end strike

by ‘Jola Sotubo Nigerian students have had enough of staying at home due to the ASUU strike and they have ...

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July 1, 2013

Opinion: The dangerous silence of 160 million Nigerians

by Bayo Oluwasanmi How could small band of thieves in government enslave so many people and exert complete control over the ...

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April 21, 2013

Photo of the Day: Have you seen the #OccupyNigeria yam tuber?

by Isi Esene From the stables of the #OccupyNigeria protest comes nature’s own occupy-the-stomach-yam-tuber. You can’t help but notice the ...

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April 3, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: Jonathanians and the truth they must embrace (Y! FrontPage)

This is where the Jonathan administration has failed in its communication. By constantly accusing these genuinely angry Nigerians as being ...

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February 13, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: The seamy side of Nigeria (Y! FrontPage)

Nigeria is critical to the rest of the continent and if Nigeria does not get it right, Africa will really ...

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January 20, 2013

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Let’s talk about irresponsible government (Y! FrontPage)

by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu   I was in the car with my brother’s driver heading out to get fuel and noticed ...

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January 14, 2013

Opinion: We are badly losing the blame game

by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Nigeria’s leaders arise from among us.  They don’t fly in from Uranus.  Their attitudes are simply ...

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January 12, 2013

Tanko Yakasai: The politics of disunity will lead us nowhere (Y! Politico)

by Tanko Yakasai When governments become an organized conspiracy to perpetuate ignorance and poverty among its people that have natural ...

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January 7, 2013

#OccupyNigeriaAnniversary: “The movement didn’t have a leader” – Peter Esele opens up on Labour/Govt negotiations

– Was Pengassan really going to shut down the oil wells? Why did they not? Peter Esele tells us the ...

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January 7, 2013

The ‘failure’ of #OccupyNigeria, and where we can go from here (#NewLeadership Series by Chude Jideonwo)

by Chude Jideonwo I am very proud of what Nigerians achieved this time last year, when we came together to ...

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January 6, 2013

#OccupyNigeriaAnniversary: The ‘YOOT’ are all right – Ayo Obe

by Ayo Obe In 2011, around the April elections, famed civil rights activist Ayo Obe wrote an article in NEXT ...

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January 6, 2013

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Occupy Nigeria: Are we better off today?

by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu We may be under the illusion that 2013 has started on a more proper note. We’ve made ...

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December 31, 2012

Professor strips naked in class, the Ojukwu tribute, our very own Hauwa Gambo… See the Top 10 YNaija stories of 2012!

by Isi Esene We brought our readers a whole bunch of topical stories in 2012. That’s why it’s quite difficult ...

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December 30, 2012

Kikiowo Ileowo: My own problem with D’banj is different

by Kikiowo Ileowo In loving memory of those who died during the Occupy Nigeria protest between the 2nd and 13th ...

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December 12, 2012

Psquare, #OccupyNigeria & more: The New Yorker on the 8 most interesting Africans of 2012

by Rachel Ogbu The New Yorker recently released its top Africans of 2012 including soe of the most compelling individuals ...

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October 23, 2012

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Nigeria’s ‘Arab Spring’ is already here (YNaija Frontpage)

Our youth have quickly learnt that as was the case in January with the fuel protests, this is Nigeria where ...

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