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Afghan Women Stage Protest Against Ban That Stops Them From Accessing Beauty Salons
In an act of defiance against the Taliban's oppressive regime, Afghan women have taken to the streets to protest the recent order to shut down beauty parlors across the nation.…
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Nigeria signs military cooperation agreement with Russia, Benin confirms H5N1 avian flu outbreak | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across the African continent, these are the 5 stories you shouldn’t miss: Nigeria signs military cooperation agreement with Russia Nigeria and Russia have signed a military cooperation deal providing a…
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Taliban takeover: Uganda to take in 2,000 Afghan refugees, Female soldiers on the frontline in northern Mozambique | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across the African continent, these are the 5 stories you shouldn’t miss: Taliban takeover: Uganda to take in 2,000 Afghan refugees Uganda is to take in 2,000 refugees who have…
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Presidency’s response to #PantamiMustGo: And democracy went into coma | The #YNaijaCover
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.- Albert Einstein 8:27pm. Thursday, 22nd April 2021. The evening turned out to be one of the lowest moments in Nigeria's…
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#PantamiResign: Haunting shadow for embattled Communications Minister or…? | #YNaijaCover
I once heard a famous preacher say: "Yesterday is in the tomb, tomorrow is in the womb, today is in your hands." For anyone this counsel is given, it definitely…
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The Late 5: Stephanie Otobo recants her allegations against Apostle Suleman, 95 killed by bomb blast in Kabul and other top stories
These are the Nigerian stories that drove conversation today. Taraba, Rivers, Benue governments and Civil Rights Groups Friday, attacked the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, over his statement on the…
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THE YNAIJA TRACKLIST: 60,000 robots replace workers | Former Lagos governor dies | The Sharia bill explained | More
From the papers this morning - a tracklist. Edwin Clark refuses to go away. Punch Lagos loses a former governor. Vanguard Omisore wants N500million from EFCC for defamation, and he is…
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US insists Taliban is not a terror group – explains what they really are
by Nneamaka Opara The US has said that the tactics adopted by the Taliban are akin to terrorism but those terror tactics have principally been focused on Afghanistan unlike al-Qaeda or ISIS which have…
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#illridewithyou was contrived, but it reflects our thoughts on Islam and terrorism
by Adedayo Ademuwagun Taliban gunmen shot dead 141 people at a school in Pakistan last week, and most of the people killed were children. Just hours before that, an…
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N4.3 billion! Boko Haram is the 10th richest terrorist group in the world
by Damilola Jagun According to a Forbes Israel report, "to finance their operations, terrorist groups often end up operating as criminal organisations, by taking up activities such as drug trafficking,…
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Malala Yousafzai becomes the youngest ever winner of Nobel peace prize
by Kolapo Olapoju Malala Yousafzai, the 17-year-old Pakistani education campaigner has been announced as the joint winner of the 2014 Nobel peace prize. Malala became a global personality after…
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Olusegun Adeniyi: How do we get out of Chibok?
by Olusegun Adeniyi However, at the end of the day, the ultimate lesson of this tragedy is that we should not have gotten to Chibok in the first place. But we…
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Ijeoma Nwogwugwu: Quality of education in Nigeria – Lessons from Malala Yousafzai
by Ijeoma Nwogwugwu As long as Nigeria continues to produce half-baked students from our primary and secondary schools, the quality of its workforce will be substandard, irrespective of the number…
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The face of hope: Malala Yousafzai meets with the Obamas in the Oval Office
Malala Yousafzai may not have won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, but she enjoyed a private Oval Office audience with President Obama and the first family. Yousafzai, the 16-year-old…
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Simon Kolawole: Winning the war against terror
by Simon Kolawole How can we contain this religious hate in Nigeria in the face of the Boko Haram insurgency? How can we make sure it doesn’t spread to more…
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Wickedness: Taliban behead 2 children accused of ‘spying’
A boy of ten and another aged 16 have been beheaded by the Taliban for ‘spying’. The pair were seized while scavenging among rubbish bins near the police headquarters in…
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“Never give up” – Afghan woman, 23, whose nose and ears were hacked off by her Taliban husband (PHOTOS)
An Afghan woman whose nose and ears were hacked off after she fled a forced marriage is urging abused women to “never give up and don’t lose hope”. Aesha Mohammadzai…
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‘I think he has a mental problem’: The Taliban hit back at Prince Harry’s claims on killing their fighters
by Rachel Ogbu Prince Harry has been on a media tour lately, in which he made a remark about his job as a co-pilot in an Apache attack helicopter required…
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TICKER: Leave him alone – Chris Brown’s mother defends him over Taliban costume
Chris Brown can’t seem to escape controversy at the moment. First he is caught in the centre of a love triangle with model Kerrueche Chan and superstar singer Rihanna and…
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TICKER: Hero takes a stand: Pakistani girl shot in head by Taliban able to get out of hospital bed
A Pakistani teen activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban because she had argued that girls deserved an education is able to stand up and communicate, her…
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Reuters Report: Boko Haram has killed almost 1000 since 2009
A security barrier marks the scene of a car bomb explosion at St. Theresa Catholic Church at Madalla The Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram has killed at least 935 people…
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VIDEO: Outrage spreads as video showing US Marines urinating on dead Afghan men hits the Internet
By Seyi Lawal A very disgraceful video showing American soldiers urinating on the corpses of some three Afghan men was recently released on the Internet by an anonymous person. The video…
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YMonitor
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- 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
The September Standard
- Uchay Joel Chima’s No Longer Afraid of Shadows Showing at Soto
- BBL vs. Size Zero: How The Era of Size Zero May Have been Trying To Save Women From Today’s Era of BBL
- This Week in Fashion: Our Favourite Looks From MET Gala, Bridgerton Premiere
- Top 5 Must-Visit Art Galleries in Nigeria This Weekend
- Cuppy Dazzles With Anthony Joshua & Naomi Campbell For Wedding of the Year
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