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Chinonso Ogbogu: This is a brief gossip about my love life … What about yours?
The truth is that you and I have been called to search for our own zone. And when we do find it, we are expected to spend our lives living…
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Dele Momodu: The Oracle of Ijaw Nation
If we don’t, and this charade continues unchallenged, we can say good bye to our dear nation and pray that the last set of refugees would remember to switch…
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Ayodeji Rotinwa: We are a ‘mediocre’ people! (30 Days, 30 Voices)
You are also perhaps the type that feel those that 'fight for their rights' on roads and haggle with policemen are stupid and should just 'settle them' instead. What does…
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Opinion: Drogba’s last kick – even Steven Spielberg couldn’t have directed a better script
by Dickson Kalu As Gary Lineker tweeted: ''Farewell Didier Drogba. You have enthralled us, occasionally enraged us, but always entertained us.'' With a heavy heart, but great gratitude…
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Femke becomes Funke: ‘Idiot oyinbo woman’
I will have to get used to reading between the lines and to accept that what Western shrinks might have stamped 'passive aggressive', in the African context simply is polite…
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‘Tunde Fashola: A Senior Advocate or a Senior Adversary?
I have not written to take sides with the Lagos State doctors, I have written to tell Fashola that if he refuses to reinstate these guys…
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Celebrity Me: I only sing in my bathroom, but I’ll give Beyoncé a run for her money
by Temitope Shittu-Alamu We all deserve to be celebrated. And I mean ALL including those mallams who polish shoes for a living. Earlier today, I thought about the word “celebrity”,…
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Shahab Usto: When the saviours are savaged
Tragic events like the killing of Dr Dale will cause more embarrassment to the state that remains eternally war- and natural disaster-prone. “This event has totally devastated us in all…
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Atilola’s Diary: The office romance that almost was (3rd Edition)
Diary columnist on YNaija. Office romance with married people: Recipe for disaster, sorrows and cascaded heart-break. Not worth the pain it causes at all. Awww people, if I were speaking…
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Darwin101: Even robbers evolve
by Temitope Shittu-Alamu Now as much as the robbers of the 1990's should get an award, those of the new millennium are nothing short of outstanding. They moved with the…
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El-Darlington XaintOsas Enereba: Dele Momodu is a business man; not an advocate for change
If you are a faithful member of the Twitter family (a dysfunctional union, at best) and you follow most of our indigenous twitter bigwigs, you must have been privy to what…
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Wale Adetula: Let’s talk cleavage
rostskyinstitute.com Before you think I’m a cave man who thinks women should be wrapped up everywhere they go, let me just say – I’m not It all started…
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Oludare Afolabi: “Me and My Oga” in the two-man business
Anyway, I plan to do well at SKS Consulting today, so the boss won't ask me those heart-breaking questions when he sees my expenses list for the day... Hi, I…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: That awkward moment when… (YNaija Frontpage)
Those words got me thinking; in a sense insider confirmation of a massively altered reality. You’re a newly elected Governor, or newly appointed Minister, Governor of the Central Bank, or…
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Monkey Business: I don’t get mad – I get even
by Ifeanyi Dike Jr Why some individuals think they need to be arrogant, ruthless b***hes to move ahead in the Fashion Industry is beyond me The pre-buzz for a certain…
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Short Story: The brave child hawker
by Idowu Oluwatoyin Later that night, I thought about Linda as I laid my bed. … a young girl's destiny destroyed. Linda was young girl, no more than nine or ten…
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Temitope Shittu-Alamu: We could be making a mess for the next generation
Each time it occurs to me that the next generation is looking to us, I fear what they see. I wonder if they see any integrity. When I was little,…
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“I be staff”: Should the police and members of the armed forces pay their bus-fares?
by Jude Egbas Lagos is one city where ‘members of staff’ of this nature love to show off. It was approaching dusk when a friend and I joined a bus…
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Is everyone entitled to their opinion?
by Seth Godin Perhaps, but that doesn't mean we need to pay the slightest bit of attention. There are two things that disqualify someone from being listened to: 1. Lack…
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Women: 5 reasons you’re still single
Photo credit: Black African woman by Aderonke Adebanjo I had to write this because I get very interesting questions from time to time. There must be reasons women who want…
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Wale Adetula: Men lie, women lie!
… with a painting, the painter is in control. By painter, I mean women. The canvas? Their bodies. The paint colours, may range from simple makeup to body magic or…
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Chinedu Ekeke: “You cannot change the PDP, the PDP will change you” (Part 1)
"Remember Okwesilieze Nwodo – the ousted party chairman who was out to instill discipline in the party? What became of him? The system ate him up!" Last Saturday saw…
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Esho Wemimo: Girls Scout motto and the hand bag
The iPod is great to have as well in the bag because you can play your music without interruption The first step to having a bag that meets your day-to-day…
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Nasir el-Rufai and the question of integrity: A critical assessment
by Femi Owolabi Success Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. When we talk of integrity, we generally refer…
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Thought Couture: 5 things you should never ask of your publicist
by Joy Isi Bewaji A publicist is a cheerleader; his job is to make you look good even when you have vomit all over your shirt. In the ideal world, you…
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Thought Couture: Everyone’s an idiot – on the red carpet, at least
by Joy Isi Bewaji Call up the shrink if you must ‘cos I am certain anyone who consistently struts on the red carpet week after week in Lagos needs…
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Thought Couture: What it takes to be a man
by Joy Isi Bewaji A Man’s Story is an unprecedented and unique documentary that focuses on the dynamic force of energy, passion and colour of an A-list designer who continues to…
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Yomi Kazeem: Worship God not Pastors
Caveat: Before you read on, let me state that I am a Christian and I believe in Jesus and the gospel. Cynically, some questions can be asked: Why take offering(s)…
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Japheth Omojuwa: We all want to blow! (YNaija Frontpage)
Nigeria must look at herself and ask if it has bred men who would rather blow through a just path or those who would through the path of evil. Whatever…
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Idiare Atimomo: What has snapped in Lagos? “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”- (A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens)
Idiare Atimomo Where do I start on this issue of insecurity in Lagos? I believe my personal experiences tell the story much better. On 24 January, 2012, I…
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