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Why Queen Elizabeth II is my person of the year 2022
It can be confusing to be in the world today. The mesh of a truly globalized culture, thanks to technology, and a seismic change in values, means we are dealing…
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Sowore, Tony Rapu, Busola Dakolo, Corper Stephen Teru, others make Y!/YNaija.com shortlist for Person of the Year. Voting starts now!
In its ninth year, The editorial board of Y!/YNaija.com announces a shortlist for its 2019 Person of the Year, following the decision of editors as well as feedback from readers…
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Segun ‘@Segalink’ Awosanya is the editor’s pick for Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2018
The editorial board of Y!/YNaija.com has chosen Segun 'Segalink' Awosanya as the editor's pick for the YNaija 2018 Person of the year. Awosanya was chosen from a shortlist that included…
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Atiku, Chimamanda Adichie, Davido, Kemi Adetiba are nominees for Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2018
The Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year is in its eighth year and is awarded to the individual who through acts of social good, personal achievement or innovation has the most…
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See who won the popular vote for the Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2017 | Overall winner to be announced December 31st
It has taken us the larger part of the month to collate all of your votes, but we finally have a winner - at least for the popular vote. And…
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Osinbajo, Wizkid, Lola Shoneyin, Nnamdi Kanu are nominees for Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2017 – Voting starts now!
The editors of Y! – TV, Magazine & Online – today announced the shortlist for Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2017. The Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year is in its…
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The Paralympic Team is Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2016
The editorial board of Y! – TV, Magazine & Online - has announced its pick for Person of the Year 2016 – and it is the Nigerian Paralympic team. The Y!/YNaija.com…
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Isime Esene profiles Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II: The blue-blooded maverick (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year nominee)
Wearing multiple hats and playing diverse roles may be difficult to many, but not for the Emir of Kano. Coming from a family of rulers, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (as he…
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Elohor Omame profiles the Nigerian Paralympic team: Champions among winners (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2016 Nominee)
The 2016 Rio Paralympic Games was an occasion to make every Nigerian proud. 23 Paralympians represented our country, delivering our best performance since Nigeria started competing in 1992. They were…
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Stephanie Busari profiles the Chibok girls: The girls who refused to be forgotten (Y!/YNaija Person of the Year 2016 Nominee)
Even in captivity, they refused to be forgotten. Their spirits refused to die and they cried out, willing the world to come to their aid, even as some Nigerians denied…
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The Thread: In 5 tweets, this is why Donald Trump deserves to be Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
We had already explained that Time magazine basically looks at the individual (or group of individuals) who have had the most influence in a particular year and pick such as…
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Like Hitler and Stalin, Trump is the TIME Person of The Year
Almost about anything can get the people of the world riled up so easily. Anything -from burger to the weather. But when TIME releases it's Person of the year as…
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Hillary Clinton won the popular vote – again – for TIME Person of the Year
After beating Donald Trump to the popular vote in the United States election, Hillary Clinton took her popularity a step further as she defeated Trump again in the Time Magazine…
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The Thread: Time names Trump ‘Person of the year’ and the knives come out
Some persons are horrified, some disappointed, some throwing bants around because Trump has been named Time's person of the year. Those who know understand that Time Magazine names its person…
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This is what Donald Trump tweeted about TIME in 2013
President-elect of the United States Donald Trump was on Wednesday named TIME Magazine Person of The Year 2016. But Trump has not always had a good relationship with the magazine.…
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(UPDATED) Donald Trump named TIME Magazine Person of the Year
The Times Magazine has named US President-elect, Donald Trump as the Person of the Year. Trump while responding to the award said it was a “very, very great honor.” He…
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The Thread: @Yinkanubi is campaigning passionately for one YNaija Person of the Year nominee
Two days ago, the editors of Y! – TV, Magazine & Online – announced the shortlist for Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2016. The Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year is awarded to…
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Demola Rewaju: Dear YNaija, Goodluck Jonathan- who’s more than a hero- is my Person of the Year
At the heart of the last elections stood several issues – the proposition that Nigeria would break up was a major one and the build-up to the election itself made…
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Bayo Oluwasanmi: The brutally insensitive, cocky and corrupt Bukola Saraki is my Person of the Year
A Yoruba proverb says “Oruko nroni,” which literally means your life is shaped by your name. The middle name – Mesujamba – which I christened Mr. Bukola Saraki the Nigerian…
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The Citizen-in-Chief: Obiageli Ezekwesili is the Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2014
by The Editors Surely, you know this, that as you celebrated Christmas on the 25th of December this year, perhaps safely with friends and family, a crew of citizens like…
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Dr. Wilfred Okiche profiles Dr. Stella Adadevoh: She is the good doctor (Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2014 Nominee)
by Wilfred Okiche Dr. Stella Adadevoh For 21 years, Ameyo Stella Shade Adadevoh, consultant endocrinologist, and consummate physician reported to work every day at the First Consultants Hospital, Obalende, a…
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People’s Choice: Stella Ameyo Adadevoh is voted YNaija Person of the Year 2014… editors to announce final choice 30 December
by Wilfred Okiche Dr. Stella Adadevoh For 21 years, Ameyo Stella Shade Adadevoh, consultant endocrinologist, and consummate physician reported to work every day at the First Consultants Hospital, Obalende, a…
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YNaija Editorial: Aliko Dangote is YNaija Person of the Year 2012… Let’s tell you why
... there is Aliko Dangote – a man who has created more wealth, expanded more economic spaces, pushed more entrepreneurial envelopes and cumulatively through his inescapable brands, touched more Nigerian…
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Opinion: Let me know who my own Man of the Year is
by Ayomitan Stevens Heroes also are the teachers and tutors, spread across this fair land of ours. Those patient builders who are everyday moulding nations in those small and oft…
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Who’s your choice? Dangote, Elumelu make final list for Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2012
Tony Elumelu. by Isi Esene Forbes is out with its shortlist of nominees for Person of the Year. The list includes two Nigerians, Aliko Dangote and Tony Elumelu; a South…
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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