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Op-Ed Editor August 24, 2020

Slavery is still an issue and we will continue the struggle to end it

by Joanne Ike August 23 is the international day of remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition. But even as we celebrate the official emancipation of our ancestors from…

tosin adesina December 25, 2017

[The Injustice Blog] NAPTIP needs to address this new wave of affluence driven cross-border slavery

Recently, the issue of slave trade in Libya and other African countries made headlines especially as it involved some Nigerian migrants who were allegedly sold into slave trade in Libya…

Oludolapo Adelana December 1, 2017

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 1st of December

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Omoleye Omoruyi November 29, 2017

President Buhari finally reacts to slave auctions in Libya

President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigerian migrants in Libya will be identified and evacuated. Why it matters: A CNN video report that has sparked global outrage about African refugees sold…

Omoleye Omoruyi August 17, 2017

Sad to see our history and culture ripped apart – Donald Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday has expressed displeasure into the growing controversy surrounding statues and memorials dedicated to the Confederacy, lamenting online that the nation’s “history and culture” is “being ripped apart”…

Rachel Ogbu June 8, 2017

How Nigerian slave girl, Sara Forbes Bonetta became goddaughter of Queen Victoria

by Rachel Ogbu// Sara Forbes Bonetta continues to be remembered every Black History month, but who was she really? The princess, Queen Victoria's goddaughter, or an African slave girl? The…

Rachel Ogbu May 28, 2017

The life of Nigerian, Olaudah Equiano – “The African”

by Rachel Ogbu// Olaudah Equiano was born an Igbo around 1745 before it became eastern Nigeria. In 1789 he published his autobiography, "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano…

Op-ed Editor May 20, 2017

The Thread: How America’s legislature propagates slavery using prisoners

Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 and the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified in December 1865 effectively abolishing slavery, apparently it continues unchecked in the United…

Tolu March 13, 2017

[The Legislative Blog]: Senator Shehu Sani takes a clean swipe at Ben Carson with this slave tweet

We cannot overemphasize how pleasantly petty Senator Shehu Sani can be. This time, he went for popular neurosurgeon and , Dr Ben Carson who recently referred to slaves brought to…

Tolu January 18, 2017

Who is John Lewis? | The congressman Donald Trump is relentlessly attacking on Twitter

The tweets below are the most effective way of introducing the man, John Lewis to the average Nigerian. He's the most recent victim of Donald Trump's verbal attacks and it's…

Editor January 4, 2017

LONG READ: What you must know before arguing about the slave trade in Libya

In 2017, YNaija committed a big part of its time and resources towards carefully documenting the big stories happening in the country and on the continent and highlighting the efforts…

Roqeebah November 29, 2016

Would this be the proper way to deal with horrible employers? (WATCH)

A few months ago, watching the media mogul (-ette, if you're still stuck with misogyny) and business woman, Oprah Winfrey share seminal moments of her life at the 2014 student-led interview of the…

Adebayo Emuleomo July 30, 2016

Dele Momodu: Reflections on a 21-year journey of sadness and suffering

by Dele Momodu Fellow Africans, exactly twenty-one years ago, on July 25, 1995, I set forth at dawn. My destination was exile. I needed to dialogue with my feet and…

Adebayo Emuleomo November 18, 2015

24 years a slave! True story of a Nigerian slave in Britain

Here is another tragedy-filled potential Oscar winning story. A British couple accused of detaining a Nigerian immigrant as a slave for over twenty years has been found guilty. Emmanuel and…

Mallam Yero August 11, 2015

Femi Fani-Kayode: What did we do to deserve this?

Sometime last year I watched the Hollywood blockbuster titled ''12 Years A Slave'' starring Brad Pitt and the Nigerian-born actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. After watching the film I was at a…

March 23, 2014

Femi Fani-Kayode: 12 years a slave and the case for reparations

by Femi Fani-Kayode It is incumbent on us all to stand up for the weak, the vulnerable, the terrorised, the despised, the enslaved, the voiceless, the ”different” and the persecuted…

November 24, 2013

Dele Sobowale: Behold the world’s largest Slave Republic – Nigeria

by Dele Sobowale Let me start with Ogun State, APC, where massive demolition is underway. The last time the Southwest experienced such inhuman demolition was when Colonel Raji Rasaki (rtd)…

June 18, 2013

Magna Carta Holy deals: Guess how much money rapper, Jay-Z is getting from Samsung

People who own the Samsung Galaxy S4, S3 or Note 2 handsets will be able to get rapper Jay-Z's new solo studio album three days before it goes on sale…

May 30, 2013

READ: Those of you who oppose gay marriage are ‘like christians who used the bible to support slavery’

A senior bishop has likened opponents of gay marriage to Christians who used the Bible to support slavery. The Anglican Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt Rev Nicholas Holtam, suggested it was time…

December 20, 2012

“Slavery and colonialism still haunting Africa” – Wole Soyinka at launch of his new book

by Rachel Ogbu At the launching of his new book, Harmattan Haze on an African Spring, Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka said that slavery and colonialism were two vital historical elements…

November 28, 2012

Human trafficking ring busted in Awka, several operators including native doctor arrested

The National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and other related Matters on Tuesday in Onitsha said it had busted an Awka-based syndicate that specialzsed in trafficking young girls…

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