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The YNaija Rankings: Top News Web Platforms (January – June)
News outlets are continually engaging in the never-ending struggle of breaking the news first, creating the best content, and attracting the most extensive viewership. There are a plethora of news…
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From Our Editors: Why Omoyele Sowore is the Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019
(This editorial was written on 13 December after we made our Editor’s Choice decision for this recognition. We have left it as is because the sentiments remain despite Sowore’s release,…
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Ijeoma Nwogwugwu profiles Omoyele Sowore: The brazenly fearless | Y!/YNaija.com Person of the Year 2019 Nominee
As I write this, Omoyele Sowore has been released from the custody of the DSS, the Nigerian secret police. He was rearrested illegally in contravention of the law and an…
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The Buhari government is losing its mind on the matter of Sowore
It has been 20 years since Nigeria returned to a hard-fought democratic system of government. Four since President Muhammadu Buhari, reinvented himself as a “converted democrat” in a well-received Chatham…
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Buhari moves one step closer to undermining our democracy with Omoyele Sowore’s arrest
This morning, former political candidate Oby Ezekwesili joined her voice to the chorus publicly denouncing the federal government's secret arrest of AAC presidential candidate and owner of controversial newspaper Sahara…
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The allegation of N500bn missing from the CBN; an alarm government must take seriously
About 48 hours ago, online medium Sahara Reporters released two telephone audio tapes which revealed how the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emiefele, his Deputy, Edward…
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Just In: Shocker for Sowore as AAC suspends him and nine others; appoint Acting Chair
Publisher of Sahara Reporters and Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the March 23 presidential election, Omoyele Sowore along with nine others, including its Deputy National Chairman (South West), Ogunlana Rotimi…
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Civic Monitor launches Know-Your-Candidates tool to help voters compare presidential candidates
Civic Monitor, a civil society organisation driving a new wave of engagement in the democratic process, today unveiled its Know-Your-Candidates (KYC) tool - for Nigerian voters. With just over a month…
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Today’s Noisemakers: Toke Makinwa, Osi Suave, Abayomi Shogunle, others
Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters,…
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From journalist to presidential candidate, Sowore plans to correct Buhari’s mistakes #Sowore2019
In May 2010, while many Nigerians were receiving conflicting reports on the state of then-president Umaru Musa Yar'adua, one man knew for sure that he was dead and would call…
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Premium Times takes the #1 spot on our top 50 online media (web) countdown | The YNaija Ranking
Investigative journalism is gradually returning to the fore in the country, and Abuja-based internet newspaper, Premium Times is at the forefront of leading this charge. Alongside, New York-based SaharaReporters¸ Premium…
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[The Presidential Blog] The one time we got Garba Shehu’s joke
We have a peculiar relationship with the President's media advisor, Garba Shehu. Not that there's any relationship so to say but we find that he often makes us tick -…
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Sahara Reporters asks court to set aside judgement awarding N4bn to Saraki
Online news website, Sahara Reporters, has asked a Kwara state high court to set aside the judgment which awarded N4 billion to Senate President Bukola Saraki in a libel suit.…
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[The Media Blog] “If they didn’t kill Sahara Reporters and Premium Times, why would anybody kill NEXT?”
A smart NEXTer from a WhatsApp group discussing Dele Olojede's interview with Feyi Fawehinmi, published on Premium Times calls multiple BS on his statements, Because this was a confidential conversation,…
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The Media Blog: Chai, Nigerian journalists have suffered – just see this headline
And why? “We have arrangements. Only the foreign media are permitted to enter the venue or snap pictures of Malala, we do not need local media,” the official said. “Only…
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[The Legislative Blog]: “It’s fake news” | Saraki denies alleged attempt to “create fuel scarcity against Osinbajo”
It's sad to admit but we are in the era of fake news. So, yesterday when online news medium, Sahara Reporters published a flash news accusing Senate President Bukola Saraki…
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The Big 10: These are the stories that drove conversation this week
These are the top ten stories that drove conversation this week. 1. 2017 BET Awards The awards held on Monday, 26, Nigeria's Wizkid won Best International Artiste, Africa, for the…
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Today’s Noisemakers: Sahara Reporters, Victor Asemota, Amber Rose and others
Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters,…
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Moses Ochonu: El Rufai, corruption and the mask of “competence”
by Moses Ochonu So, per Saharareporters.com, Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State, who is perhaps Nigeria's most intolerant and autocratic state chief executive, has apparently been presiding over a contract…
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[The Legislative Blog]: We’d like to see Dino Melaye come to terms with his troubles
Just so all of this can be easy on him and the rest of us. It's okay to try to come across as unfazed by it all but Senator Dino…
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The Media Blog: We like this new thing SaharaReporters just launched
It’s the Civic Media Hub, and it's modelled after the MIT Centre for Civic Media. It’s a place to incubate all kinds of activist media platforms, which means, if all…
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Does Sahara Reporters really have it out for Dino Melaye?
by Samuel Okike If there’s one person who has consistently been under the intense scrutiny of online news platform Sahara Reporters which prides itself in ‘encouraging citizen journalists to report…
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What Dino Melaye could face if bribery allegation against him is true
by Samuel Okike We woke up today to a major allegation by the online news site, Sahara Reporters, that Senator Dino Melaye was caught on tape offering bribe to tribunal…
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[The Legislative Blog]: This bribery allegation is fun and games for Dino Melaye until jail calls
Earlier today, online investigative news medium, Sahara Reporters published a leaked audio tape where Senator Dino Melaye was allegedly in a conversation with the tribunal judge, Justice Akoh Ikpeme who…
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Opinion: The Senator Dino Melaye circus
by Tony Ogunlowo The Honourable Senator Dino Melaye is rarely out of the spotlight these days – mostly for all the wrong reasons. His uncouth and brash comments and sometimes…
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Peregrino Brimah: #GovernmentMagic | Buhari Must Expose All Culprits Behind $50m Recovered Loot
by Peregrino Brimah It has been three days since the sums of $43m, N23m and £27,000, totalling a value of $50 million was found in apartment 7B of Osborne Towers…
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[The Presidential Blog] We hear the President has given orders on the $50 million linked to Rotimi Amaechi
It's no longer news that there's $50 million floating around the Nigerian recessed economy with no owner bold enough to come forth. [At least, Patience Jonathan spared us that stress…
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YNaija Analysis: It’s official, the powerful are now using the courts to intimidate new media players
The past few weeks have been quite interesting ones with respect to the number of court cases that have emerged as a result of postings on social media that generated…
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SaharaReporters moves up to #1, Zikoko slides into the top 5 | The latest YNaija online media (web) countdown
They say controversy sells and no one proves this more right now than SaharaReporters which takes the #1 spot on our online (web) countdown. The past month has seen the typically…
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Academic gowns and a singing senator | A timeline of Dino Melaye’s bizarre certificate scandal
by Dolapo Adelana On March 20, 2017, Nigerians woke up to the certificate scandal of controversial senator, Dino Melaye. And who benter to bring up the issue than online news medium, Sahara…
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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