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December 14, 2016

Where is Katung Aduwak ?

Maybe not everyone remembers how Ebuka Obi-Uchendu came into public consciousness. Beyond being on-screen personas, both celebrities had contested the reality game show, Big Brother Nigeria. Another thing to remember is the show’s winner, Katung Aduwak. Katung alongside fourteen other housemates competed for the grand prize of $100,000 for 91 days. In 2006, this was... Read More

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December 13, 2016

YNaija Analysis: Like Jonathan, Buhari has become a very dangerous president

In the months prior to the 2015 general elections, the wind of ‘change’ swept through Nigeria. Almost everyone was excited at the prospect of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (as he then was) unseating the then President Goodluck Jonathan to become president of the country. Chants of “sai baba” were not uncommon in parts of Nigeria and... Read More

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December 13, 2016

Panic as MMM Nigeria operations get frozen for a month

Operations of popular ponzi scheme, MMM Nigeria has been shut down for a month due to what the operators termed, “heavy workload”. According to a message sent by the admin to the dashboard of Mavros, the measure was taken so as to avoid difficulties in the new year. See message below: It will be recalled that the... Read More

Frenzy, Mavro, mmm, one month freeze, panic, Ponzi Scheme, sticky

December 13, 2016

Oreoluwa Fakorede: I am Nigerian [NEW VOICES]

by Oreoluwa Fakorede I say it like it’s a condition I have lived with for years. I say it in a matter-of-fact way while simultaneously trying to ignore the bitter taste this chronic fever of unchangeable citizenship has left permanently in my mouth. Pass me the mouthwash and a guarantee of economic asylum anywhere... Read More

life, New Voices, nigeria, Oreoluwa Fakorede, sticky

December 11, 2016

The Church Blog: Guest Post | In this church, you better shout well

by Fowowe Damilola One thing I’ve come to note in church is the sheer amount of calisthenics. A lot of motion sturves. We have decided that God is moved by our motion. The more you move, the more God is moved. So then, we decide that the louder we scream to God, the more He... Read More

Church Crawler, Mushin, shouting in church, sticky, The Church Blog

December 10, 2016

Eye on Ambode: Governor increases death insurance benefit of police officers who die in service to N10m, more

On this week’s edition of Eye on Ambode, we bring to you a recap of the activities of the Lagos state governor this past week. Recall that three weeks ago in South Africa, the Lagos state Rapid Response Squad (RRS) was awarded the best anti-crime police squad in West Africa by Security Watch Africa (SWA).... Read More

More, The Alausa Blog

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December 9, 2016

The Complaint Box: My encounter with SP Abubakar of the Area command Ogbomoso

This is a complaint we have just received from Oladimeji Opayomi (also known as Demex), a student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso regarding the unrest being experienced by students and staff of the school. ________________________________________________ My encounter with SP Abubakar of the Area command Ogbomoso on the 9th of December, at Ogbomoso-Ilorin Expressway. LAUTECH... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

#ReopenLAUTECH, Abiola Ajimobi, LAUTECH, Nigeria police, Osun State, Oyo State, sticky, tear gas, Violence against students, Ynaija Complaint box

December 8, 2016

YNaija Analysis: Has the CBN broken the law?

On Friday December 2nd, former CBN governor Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi gave a presentation at the Savannah Center for Diplomacy,Democracy and Development in Abuja, in which he outlined a plan to restore Nigeria to economic growth. That presentation is well worth reading in its entirety (download it here) but one data point he highlighted was... Read More

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December 8, 2016

YNaija.com’s ‘Nigerian Voices’ competition continues this December | Winner gets N50,000

Following the successful completion of the debut edition of Nigerian Voices in September, YNaija.com, and the follow-up edition in October, the internet newspaper for young Nigerians has launched a new season of the competition to run through December. The first edition attracted over 200 entries from young Nigerians telling their stories in a down to... Read More

Nigerian Voices

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December 8, 2016

The establishment is crumbling: How Nana Akufo-Addo is the latest beneficiary of a global movement

In the end, it wasn’t even close. Elections in Ghana are usually closely contested affairs, but the margin of victory for Nana Akufo-Addo leaves no one in any doubt about the direction the country wants to go in. For all Mahama’s likeability and late media blitz, commissioning projects left and right, voters had clearly made... Read More

Nana Akufo-Addo, NDC, NPP, sticky

Solomon Dalung YNaija

December 7, 2016

#NYSCAbuse: How the Federal Government proposes to fix this

It’s a one-liner: By throwing the blame at the feet of State governments. We considered of bothering you with the long story of it but then we thought about how dazed we were before we recollected ourselves and chucked another one up to the what-did-we-even-expect board. After over a week of these disheartening turn of... Read More

#NYSCAbuse, #NYSCWickedness, Ifedolapo Oladepo, Kazaure, NYSC deaths, solomon dalung, sticky

December 7, 2016

#GhanaDecides: Here’s everything you should know about Ghana’s two major presidential candidates

Ghanaians are at the polls today and making their voting choices for most may not be burdensome as, though there are seven candidates running in the election, only two are significant and will be going head to head today. It’s only right that we introduce the five candidates who are less prominent before we get to the... Read More

More, The News Blog

democracy, economy, election, Ghana, ghanadecides, John Atta Mills, John Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, Paa Kwesi Ndoum, presidential election, sticky

December 7, 2016

[The Dummies’ Guide to]: The Ghanaian elections

It is 2016 and if you think it is acceptable for you to be unaware of what is happening anywhere from Idi-araba to Mars, you must be joking. And we are here to set you right. Glad we got that out of the way! Now, today, the 7th of December 2016 is the day #GhanaDecides... Read More

ghanadecides, Jerry Rawlings, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, sticky, voter concerns, voting patterns

December 7, 2016

Still on The Matter: The trial of Lekki Gardens boss, Richard Nyong

Early last year, and about 3 years before it, there was no way to avoid it. Even if you didn’t have any plans to buy a house, you’d have been subjected to some media promotion of the Lekki Gardens housing scheme or another. You could have been blissfully driving down Ahmadu Bello Way or merely listening to just... Read More

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December 7, 2016

#GhanaDecides: Will the anti-establishment wave sweep away Mahama?

It is a bad time to be an incumbent, or at least a member of the political establishment, anywhere in the world. Last year, on his fourth attempt, Muhammadu Buhari beat Goodluck Jonathan to unseat an incumbent president for the first time in Nigerian history. This year, there has been the shock vote to leave... Read More

Cover Stories, Featured

Ghana, John Mahama, Nana Akufo-Addo, NDC, NPP, sticky

December 7, 2016

#NYSCAbuse: Some of the ridiculous things they make corps members do

The news today is that corps members in Rivers State have refused to sign up for the re-run elections coming up on Saturday, the 10th of December. An extremely smart move considering the fact that almost all stakeholders in said elections have shown readiness for varying degrees of violence. Add to that the National Youth Service... Read More

#NYSCAbuse, #NYSCWickedness, nysc, rerun election, Rivers, sticky

December 6, 2016

Dear Professor Soyinka, please you are just making a fool of yourself

by Nkechi Nwokorie “Let me end with a Red Card to those noisome creatures, the nattering nit-wits of Internet: maybe Trumpland is not as despicable as the Naijaland you impose on our reality from your secure cesspits of anonymity. Go back to school. Your problem is ignorance, ignorance of whatever subject you so readily comment... Read More

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LAUTECH

December 5, 2016

[The Complaint Box] LAUTECH: Forever on strike?

by Okike Samuel After a long Thursday filled with uncertainty of what was going on in LAUTECH, the students had retired to their hostels holding onto a glimmer of hope that whatever storm was developing would soon be resolved. Examination season was just weeks away, yet, everyone could sense a tension in air, signs of... Read More

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December 5, 2016

YNaija Editorial: The case against the NYSC

Societies must regularly examine their practices and determine if those practices should be continued, modified or scrapped. Many of these practices are a product of the times in which they were established, and may have become obsolete. One example is the monthly environmental sanitation that has been in existence for decades. Every last Saturday of... Read More

Elechi Chiyerom, Ifedolapo Oladepo, nysc, Reform, sticky, Ukeme Monday

December 4, 2016

We have your receipt: Between Fayose and the APC – 2018 is just around the corner

Since the PDP’s failure to retain their dominance of Ondo state, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state who unfortunately remains the only PDP governor in the Southwest has been uncomfortable or so it seems. Or we’ll just use APC’s words: jittery and confused. Governor Fayose is infamous for blasting the ruling party and its leaders... Read More

2018, APC, decamping, Ekiti State, elections, Governor fayose, governorship, Leadership, PDP, receipt, sticky

December 4, 2016

#NYSCAbuse: It is time for President Buhari to answer the NYSC question

The current wave of discontent against the NYSC began in the aftermath of the 2011 elections, when Buhari was on the losing side for the third time. As a result of the post-election violence in several Northern states, at least 800 people died per Human Rights Watch. Some of the dead were members of the... Read More

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December 4, 2016

DJ Obi, Stephanie Coker & others! The Future Awards Africa 2016 nominees cover Thisday Style

The Future Awards (TFA) will release a full list of its nominees for the 2016 edition on Sunday. Some of the nominees who appeared on Sunday’s edition of ThisDay Style magazine include Tosin Ajibade, Stephanie Coker, Obi Ajuonuma (DJ Obi), Oluwo Adedunmola, Jane Michael Ekanem, Kehinde Paul, Kenneth Okwor, Adenrele Sonariwo and Bidemi Zakariyau. The... Read More

Adenrele Sonariwo, Bidemi Zakariyau, Jane Michael Ekanem, Kehinde Paul, Kenneth Okwor, Obi Ajuonuma (DJ Obi), Oluwo Adedunmola, Stephanie Coker, sticky, The Future Awards (TFA), Thisday Style, Tosin Ajibade

December 4, 2016

The Church Blog: Nigerian pastors want to be influential in politics – but there is something they have to do first

Since we had this piece up, it has attracted a bit of attention. And so we thought it would be helpful to bring forward something we wanted to explore later – institutional church engagement in the world’s influence centers, especially government – and just do it today. Nigerian church leaders have made it abundantly clear, at... Read More

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December 4, 2016

The Church Blog: The Experience continues today, in Lagos and Port Harcourt

We are still trying to recover from the sheer joy of The Experience on Friday/Saturday. And reliving the moments on social media and on DSTV yesterday certainly helped, but was not enough. We wish we never had to leave such powerful demonstrations of God’s presence. And for those who feel exactly the same way, you... Read More

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December 4, 2016

Simon Kolawole: Build, operate and transfer Nigeria

by Simon Kolawole Dearly beloved Nigerians, I have a number of proposals today that may interest you. Or upset you. One, I respectfully propose that we concession the Niger Delta to the Netherlands for 17 years. Do not change the revenue allocation formula. Do not increase the derivation formula; retain it at 13%. In fact,... Read More

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December 3, 2016

Introducing the YNaija tracker on justice for #NYSCAbuse victims

Today, we begin an official countdown to justice for every corp member who has died as a result of the negligent, lackadaisical and absolutely unacceptable approach of the NYSC agency to the welfare of corpers. This is not only for Ifedolapo Oladepo, the Transport Management graduate who died at the Kano state orientation camp last... Read More

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December 3, 2016

Album review: Solid Star’s W.E.E.D offers nothing new

by Okon Ekpo Solid Star might still be just shy of breaking into music’s A-List, but his years on the grind have attracted many high profile friends his way and he wants you to know it. Otherwise how else can you explain the intimidating guest list on his third studio album, W.E.E.D.? Just in case... Read More

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December 3, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: Nigerian men hate gays… but don’t mind when Comedian Nedu dresses up as Nkechi

A foreigner recently pointed out- “You Nigerians love to dress like women,” (referring to Nigerian men of course). Immediately Diepreye Alamieyeseigha from 2005 corruption scandal came to mind but seriously, disguise aside, in recent times, Instagram timelines have been flooding with Nigerian men in gruesome makeup, scary wigs and “life sentence” worthy fashion making jokes about the... Read More

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December 3, 2016

Thought Experiment: ‘I am Maje Ayida, and this is what I think about all this’

*This is not a true account. This is a writer trying to tell the story of what is possibly going on in the head of Maje Ayida, husband to on-air star, Toke Makinwa and subject of her new book, On Becoming by Okon Ekpo Why have I kept a studious quiet since my wife (she... Read More

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