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The cemetery, by Tolu Ogunlesi
Note: Extract from an untitled novel This city where death stalked the streets without bothering to disguise itself; where not even dying cured the dead of desperation. Graveyards full of…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: We’ve been here before #pain #anger #tears (YNaija FrontPage)
Today, the dead and the living have chosen to mourn each other. ]This poem was written in 2005, for the victims of the Bellview Airlines flight which crashed Oct. 22, 2005 in Lisa…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: The honeymoon is over – An anniversary letter to President Jonathan (YNaija FrontPage)
As the weeks have rolled into months, it has become clear that one needs a lot more than an inspiring personal story to make a presidential difference. Questions are mounting…
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“Go drink battery water!”- When Arsenal fans got mad at Tolu Ogunlesi…
Never p**s off a football fan, especially one of a team who's been deprived of any silverware for several years now. Such was the lesson our very own FrontPager, the writer Tolu…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: Kabiyesi and other African stories (YNaija Frontpage)
Lords and Emperors all, forgetting that power never lasts forever, and that the evil that men do lives after them, and the weevils they breed are fated to feed on…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: “Angels need not apply” – Lessons I have learnt (YNaija Frontpage)
Government matters: Much of Nigeria’s private sector success has taken place in spite of the government. Her success stories, e.g. Nollywood and our music industry, have written themselves without government…
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Have government critics outlived their usefulness?
by Gabriel Ola For there to be change in Nigeria, there must be a revolution. If we won't have a bloody revolution, then we must have the revolution of the…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: “Okonjo-Iweala for President” (YNaija Frontpage)
What are you up to this time? I’ve seen you making frantic phone calls and generally appearing busy Oh boy, tings are happening. Campaign don start o Campaign? Isn’t 2015…
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Get Ready! Youth Marketing Conference to hold in Lagos on 27 & 28 March with Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales, Governor Babatunde Fashola, Tolu Ogunlesi and other speakers
by Chi Ibe Now in its second edition, the Youth Marketer Converge Conference (YMC 2.0) is scheduled to take place in Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos between 27 and…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: Government – to go in or to stay out? II [YNaija Frontpage]
Last week I wrote about the “Stay-outers” versus “Engagers” conundrum: the questions that many well-meaning (emphasis on that) young Nigerians will increasingly have to face and deal with in the…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: Government – to go in or to stay out? (YNaija Frontpage)
Tolu Ogunlesi All too often we have seen ‘good’ men and women go into government and come out unrecognisable. It’s becoming a regular debate these days: should Nigerians who are…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: “This ‘Youth’ of a thing!” (YNaija Frontpage)
I suspect it’s high time we cured ourselves of a certain blind optimism in the power of the ‘youth’. Julius Malema, the man who until recently was the controversial President…
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#ThePowerList: Tolu Ogunlesi, Japheth Omojuwa, Linda Ikeji… who else? Check out our list of the Top 10 powerful young people in Nigeria’s new media space!
Introducing The Annual YNaija Power List! We present the most influential young Nigerians under 35 in Business, Fashion, Media, Entertainment, Technology and Politics! We're not talking influence or popularity; we're…
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Who is an Afropolitan? With the help of Tolu Ogunlesi and others, CNN tackles the question
Panellists for ”What is an Afropolitan?” (Left to Right): founder of Afro-Pop Live Yemi Alade-Lawal; journalist and author, Hannah Pool; designer & Afri-Love Blogger Lulu Kitololo; writer and blogger,…
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Tolu Ogunlesi: Why Nigerians are no longer content with ‘suffering and smiling’
Photo credit: The Nordic Africa Institute By Tolu Ogunlesi, Special to CNN If North Korea is the crying capital of the world, Nigeria holds the aces when…
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You Tweet! "An angry girlfriend will make me close down my Twitter account," says @eaboyeji
by 'Ifreke Inyang Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is the Director of Research and Development, Empowerment Squared and the co-founder of Bookneto (). What makes all these titles more interesting is that he is…
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And the Winner of the September/October You Tweet! Series is…
by 'Ifreke Inyang The You Tweet! series has produced yet another winner. In the months of September and October, we profiled four tweeters who let us into their individual experiences…
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You Tweet! “Now, Facebook is like the village mansion that remains locked most of the time,” saysTolu Ogunlesi
by Ifreke Inyang [@Ifreke] There’s hardly any Nigerian tweeter that doesn’t know Tolu Ogunlesi. Full of amazing wit and down to earth, he is one person everyone loves…
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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