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Ifeanyi Ogbo July 6, 2020

#YNaijaNonBinary: The History and Future of Pride

Imagine a pride march in Lagos; scores of Lagos market women in rainbow colored wrappers, hundreds of queer people and their allies waving flags, the area boys not to be…

Logan February June 5, 2020

#YNaijaNonBinary: ‘There is Hope’, A Note from the Guest Editor, Logan February

For much of our recent past, the year 2020 was held as a symbol of futurism in collective imagination. We had various visions for this era: where the world would…

Bernard Dayo July 1, 2019

Amina Mohammed’s pro-LGBTQ message for #Pride drove homophobic Nigerians crazy and we love it

As you already know, Amina Mohammed is the Deputy-Secretary General for the United Nations, a high-profile position that inherently entails she upholds the equality and rights of all human beings,…

Op-ed Editor October 15, 2017

Opinion: This is the real Satan

by Odia Iyoha I beg to point out that this is not a religious piece, neither was it written to debase any religious group. It was written from a…

Editor June 29, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] #HeterosexualPrideDay and the continued obliviousness of straight people

A few days ago LGBT people all over the world gathered together to celebrate Pride, an annual event that is a part celebration-part awareness drive. Pride is held to protest…

Op-ed Editor November 6, 2016

Pius Adesanmi: The dignity of an honest job

by Pius Adesanmi. (excerpt from my Canada memoir in progress. Hint: Ayesha Pande) After completing my doctoral comprehensives and having my dissertation proposal accepted and approved by my committee in…

Op-Ed Editor December 14, 2014

.@Survivor17: Surely, pride goes before a fall (Y! Superblogger)

by Buki Otuyemi When they said "Pride goes before a fall", they weren't kidding. Last week, the ridiculous tantrum thrown by Cho Hyun-ah shoki, a senior executive at Korean Air…

March 30, 2014

Did you know? 7 deadly sins of dating

by Sarah Harrison Men are not all the same—being burned in the past doesn't mean it will happen again in the future. You need to learn trust again—without trust you…

January 19, 2014

Toni Kan reviews Kola Oyeyemi’s book, Pitfalls to Destiny Fulfilment

by Toni Kan By reining in our destructive faith, pride and indiscipline and insincerity and impatience and ignorance…

August 20, 2013

Back in the big leagues: NUC re-accredits 16 programmes in LASU

by Oge Okonkwo LASU students The regulatory body for universities, National Universities Commission (NUC) has accredited 16 out of the 17 programmes that were initially de-credited in the Lagos State University (LASU)…

July 30, 2013

SHOCKING: 2 boys found strangled in car boot after disappearing with their dad

Family ... Sanjeev, Eoghan and Ruairi The devastated mum of the two boys found strangled in a car yesterday was left “shocked and numb”. Tragic Eoghan, ten, and Ruairi, five,…

July 16, 2013

3 fundamental ways to live life with no regrets

by Peter Hoare You need failure to truly appreciate success. You need to one day be poor in order to truly appreciate being rich. Much like Superman needs Lex Luther, love…

May 3, 2013

Timi Odeneye: Cry of obukomena genento (30 Days, 30 Voices)

I want to be a crusader A real big social fighter Let’s see through the eyes of the Eagle, so you can see that possibilities are for everyone because we…

January 13, 2013

Tosin Oshodi: My dinner with pride (30 Days, 30 Voices)

In one moment fuelled with pride, I shattered one of the best things I had going on for me. Tonight, I'll be having pounded yam, deliciously cooked ‘efo riro’ with…

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