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February 3, 2017

Herdsmen Hazards III: The Agatu Massacre [Part 1]

by Festus Iyorah Following the seven-year bloody reign of the deadly Boko haram terrorists in North east part of the country, Nigeria, is yet again embroiled in another conflict that has killed thousands of people from 63 in 2013 to 1,229 people in 2014, according to the 2015 Global Terrorism Index. FESTUS IYORAH in this... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

Fulani herdsmen, herdsmen, Herdsmen Hazards, Magazine, Special Series

February 2, 2017

Herdsmen Hazards II: Nwa-offor never became a priest [Part 2]

by Festus Iyorah Following the seven-year bloody reign of the deadly Boko haram terrorists in North East part of the country, Nigeria is yet again embroiled in another conflict that has killed thousands of people from 63 in 2013 to 1,229 people in 2014, according to the 2015 Global Terrorism Index. FESTUS IYORAH in this... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

Fulani herdsmen, herdsmen, Herdsmen Hazards, Magazine, Special Series

February 1, 2017

Herdsmen Hazards I: Nwa-offor never became a priest [Part 1]

by Festus Iyorah Following the seven-year bloody reign of the deadly Boko haram terrorists in North East part of the country, Nigeria is yet again embroiled in another conflict that has killed thousands of people from 63 in 2013 to 1,229 people in 2014, according to the 2015 Global Terrorism Index. FESTUS IYORAH in this... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

Fulani herdsmen, Herdsmen Hazards, imo state, Magazine, Special Series

February 1, 2017

Editor’s Note: Introducing ‘Herdsmen Hazards’, a special citizenship series from YNaija.com

In September 2016, YNaija.com launched a series called ‘We Survived Boko Haram’. The series was part of a larger goal of ours here at YNaija.com, to focus on telling the stories people don’t hear from across the country. The following month’s ‘Blood Money’ special saw a series of pieces, telling the stories of people from the Niger... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

Fulani herdsmen, Herdsmen Hazards, Magazine, Special Series

February 1, 2017

SPECIAL SERIES: Sharing stories of despair, hope, and survival from herdsmen attacks across Nigeria

by Festus Iyorah The memories of the dead—butchered like animals – and of the survivors still living in pains haunted me days after I travelled to Nimbo in Enugu state where suspected Fulani herdsmen killed about 40 people and injured more in April 25, 2016. After the attack, I travelled to the community nestled almost... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

Fulani herdsmen, Herdsmen Hazards, imo state, Magazine, Special Series

January 30, 2017

#InnovationSeries: Nigeria’s innovation has found fertile ground in its tech hubs

by Ewin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity oft-talked about but seldom told as stories in Nigerian media. The series which kicked off with the release of The New Establishment list, our annual... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

#InnovationSeries, #Yabacon, Aminu Bakori, bosun tijani, CC Hub, CoLab, digital media, facebook, Idea Hub, kaduna, Magazine, mark zuckerberg, nigeria

January 28, 2017

#InnovationSeries: No, Apps are not the answer to everything

by Ewin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity oft-talked about but seldom told as stories in Nigerian media. The series which kicked off with the release of The New Establishment list, our annual... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

#InnovationSeries, africa, application, Digital, Edwin Okolo, facebook, LIB, Linda Ikeji Blog, Magazine, osarumen osamuyi, social media, Web, ynaija

January 27, 2017

#InnovationSeries: Cafe Neo, stimulating a tech-centric revolution

by Edwin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity oft-talked about but seldom told as stories in Nigerian media. The series which kicked off with the release of The New Establishment list, our annual... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

#InnovationSeries, Cafe Neo, cchub, Chijioke Dozie, coffee, Idea Hub, Magazine, National Theatre, Ngozi Dozie, nigeria, technology

January 23, 2017

#InnovationSeries: Technology and my radical year of freelancing

by Edwin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity oft-talked about but seldom told as stories in Nigerian media. The series which kicked off with the release of The New Establishment list, our annual... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

#InnovationSeries, Edwin Okolo, facebook, Google, Magazine, nigeria, Paystack, social media, Sola Akinlade, technology, twitter.

January 20, 2017

#InnovationSeries: A snapshot into the life of a tech unicorn

by Edwin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity oft-talked about but seldom told as stories in Nigerian media. The series which kicked off with the release of The New Establishment list, our annual... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

Aminu Bakori, cchub, Cloudiora, Co-Lab Kd, education, Edwin Okolo, kaduna, lagos, Magazine, nigeria, technology, Unicorn

January 16, 2017

#InnovationSeries: Social media can be a tool for self-censored advocacy

by Edwin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity oft-talked about but seldom told as stories in Nigerian media. The series which kicked off with the release of The New Establishment list, our annual... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

#InnovationSeries, Arab spring, Bukky Shonibare, Chibok girls, Magazine, nigeria, occupy nigeria, Politics, social media

January 12, 2017

#InnovationSeries: Nigeria and the year of the Buzzfeed clones

by Edwin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity oft-talked about but seldom told as stories in Nigerian media. The series which kicked off with the release of The New Establishment list, our annual... Read More

Citizenship, Thinking Through

#InnovationSeries, Bankole Oluwafemi, Buzzfeed, BuzzfeedClones, Chude Jideonwo, Dami Odufuwa, humour, Magazine, nigeria, OMG Voice, PartyJollof, Seyi Taylor, Zikoko

January 9, 2017

Editor’s note: We will be celebrating innovation all month on YNaija.com

Today we launch the YNaija.com Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that dig deep into the spirit of innovation, enterprise, and creativity oft-talked about but seldom told as stories in Nigeria’s media. This series – part of our annual Citizenship Series here – will run throughout January. We will kick it off today... Read More

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#InnovationSeries, Aminu Bakori, Citizenship Series, innovation series, Magazine, nigeria, Politics, YTech

November 2, 2016

BLOOD MONEY XV: Life in the unsettled kingdom

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

blood money, citizenship, Gbaramatu, Gbaramatu voice, Magazine, sticky, Tompolo, YNaija Citizenship Series

November 2, 2016

BLOOD MONEY XV : The River is a Desert

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

blood money, citizenship, fishing, Gokana, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Magazine, Mene Stephen Kpea, Niger Delta, Ogoniland, YNaija Citizenship Series

November 1, 2016

BLOOD MONEY XIV: GodKnows Tamuno lived only four days

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

blood money, citizenship, hospital, Infant mortality, Magazine, YNaija Citizenship Series

November 1, 2016

BLOOD MONEY XIII: The architect who became a boatman

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

citizenship, classism, Magazine, nysc, unemployment, university of benin, Warri, waterways, ynaija, YNaija Citizenship Series

October 31, 2016

BLOOD MONEY XII: Atomisation of agitation [Ijaw youth Council]

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

Asari Dokubo, blood money, citizenship, ijaw youth council, Isaac Boro, IYC, Kaiama, Magazine, sticky, Tompolo, Tuodolor, Udengs eradiri, YNaija Citizenship Series

October 31, 2016

BLOOD MONEY XI: The monarch’s death

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

blood money, citizenship, delta state, Magazine, Niger Delta, nigeria, sticky, YNaija Citizenship Series

October 30, 2016

BLOOD MONEY X : The gift is a curse

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

blood money, citizenship, crude oil, Magazine, Niger Delta, Oil spill, Shell, sticky, UNEP, ynaija citizenship stories

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October 30, 2016

BLOOD MONEY IX: The alarm clock

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

African Timber and Plywood, BBlood money, citizenship, cruse oil, economy, Magazine, Niger Delta, Sapele, sticky, UAC, YNaija Citizenship Series

October 29, 2016

BLOOD MONEY VIII: They called him Isaac

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

blood money, citizenship, Isaac Boro, Magazine, ojukwu, YNaija Citizenship Series

October 29, 2016

BLOOD MONEY VII: The Asaba massacre

Last month, YNaija.com launched its Monthly Citizenship Dispatches, which explores in detail, the lives and realities of Nigerian citizens across the country. This month, the dispatches come from the Niger Delta, where our reporters have spent weeks digging deep into a part of the country oft reported about and sadly still mis-understood. These are the... Read More

Asaba Massacre, blood money, citizenship, civil war, ethnicity, Magazine, Military, Niger Delta, sticky, war

October 7, 2016

Waje, Lala Akindoju, Adebola Williams, others attend Conversions on ‘We Survived Boko Haram’ stories in Lagos

Today saw the gathering of engaged citizens coming together to have a conversation on stories of victims who survived the Boko Haram insurgency in North East Nigeria. The 2-hour event tagged Conversations on ‘We Survived Boko Haram’ stories was based on the true life accounts of Nigerians who shared their experiences and testimonies of triumph and survival with... Read More

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boko haram, Chude Jideonwo, conversation, Eromo Egbejule, event, insurgency, Magazine, survival

October 7, 2016

It’s today! The Future Project and YNaija present Conversations on ‘We Survived Boko Haram’ stories

The Ford Foundation and The Future Project in partnership with Y!/YNaija.com will be holding a 2-hour program tagged Conversations on ‘We Survived Boko Haram’ stories. This is a gathering of engaged citizens with interest in solving the challenges faced by people living in the peace-challenged North-East area of Nigeria. It affords you an opportunity to... Read More

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adamawa, boko haram, Borno, citizenship, Eromo Egbejule, Ford Foundation, IDP, Magazine, nigeria, north-east, sticky, terrorism, violence, we survived boko haram, yobe

September 24, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XX: The receptionist

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

#northeaststories, Bakassi, boko haram, Borno, Dalori, Damaturu Modern Market, Dr Mairo Mandara, IDP, JTF, Magazine, maiduguri, Michika, Mohammed Yusuf, NEMA, north-east stories, SEMA, sticky, University of Maiduguri, we survived boko haram

September 23, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XIX: The men from Hong

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

#northeaststories, Ahmadu Bello University, Bakassi, boko haram, Borno, Dalori, Dr Mairo Mandara, Goodluck Jonathan, IDP, JTF, Magazine, maiduguri, Muhammadu Dadi Hong, NEMA, north-east stories, SEMA, sticky, University of Maiduguri, we survived boko haram

September 22, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XVIII: The elasticity of Yakubu

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

#northeaststories, Bakassi, boko haram, Borno, Dalori, Dr Mairo Mandara, IDP, JTF, Magazine, maiduguri, NEMA, north-east stories, Pastor Abana Pogu, SEMA, sticky, University of Maiduguri, we survived boko haram, Yakubu Abana

September 21, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XVII: Hassan Hassan

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

#northeaststories, Bakassi, boko haram, Borno, Dr Mairo Mandara, Fatima, IDP, JTF, Magazine, maiduguri, NEMA, north-east stories, Sanda Kyarimi Primary School Camp, SEMA, sticky, we survived boko haram

September 20, 2016

WE SURVIVED BOKO HARAM XVI: The book seller

by Eromo Egbejule You hear a lot of stories about North-East Nigeria, a slice of the country that has been at war since 2009, at the hands of Boko Haram. But we have largely only heard a single story. Sending a reporter across 7 cities, we tell a more complete story – personal tales of... Read More

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