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October 14, 2019

Talking ‘Fine’, Make It Happen Productions & the future with Lala Akindoju

Hello Lala, we’d like to begin this interview by congratulating you on the successful run of the Wives, which you produced, directed and starred in. Multi-potentates are plentiful in Nollywood but few are able to combine this with excellent execution. Many people are also unaware that your production company ‘Make It Happen Productions’ has expanded... Read More

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RED | For Africa C.E.O., Adebola Williams to speak at the Leap Masterclass

Adebola Williams is the Group CEO of RED For Africa. A pioneer at the intersection of media, democracy and social change. He co-founded and runs RED For Africa, Africa’s largest portfolio of youth media brands engaging the continent’s youth with leading brands like Red Media Africa, StateCraft Inc, The Future Awards Africa, YNaija.com, amongst others.... Read More

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October 5, 2017

Water in a Basket V: Tam knows best

Salaries haven’t been paid to civil servants in the last 9 months. Sometime during the penniless lull, *Tam decided her job at the Ministry of Agriculture was not quite the catch after all. In fact, she decided a job as a hotel manager was more worthy of her dedication. So for a year, in a... Read More

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October 5, 2017

Water in a Basket IV: Relief is here, more to come

I am glad I experienced one of the few times reliefs were brought to the community, that faithful day in the afternoon, the news spread like wild fire. As though like everyone was expecting a guest. On bikes, in keke-napeps, and on feet proceeded to a muster point where trucks carrying all sorts; bags... Read More

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October 5, 2017

Water in a Basket III: Sewese’s fish business is sinking

Sewese, 37, is a civil servant at the Ministry of Information with a fish farming business on the side. Having gone without receiving remuneration for her day job for about 8 months, Sewese had lived satisfactorily with the revenue from her fish farming. She reared cat fish which are then sold to retailers and wholesalers.... Read More

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October 5, 2017

Water in a Basket II: Susan is too distressed to be stressed

Since the floods, Susan, 31, and her mother-in-law, 55, have lived in the IDP camp at the Ultramodern International market. Together with 3 of her kids and 2 brothers-in-law, the women have shared one of the 300 store-turned-rooms set aside for flood victims inside the market complex. The ultramodern market on Owners Occupiers road in... Read More

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October 5, 2017

Water in a Basket I: No one is even talking about rebuilding our homes yet

“Thank God no life was lost!” There are six structures in Moses’ compound – about 5km into Welfare Quarters, well known as a sodden area in Makurdi. Two of the buildings belong to his younger brother, who wasn’t around when the houses got flooded. “Thank God no life was lost”, Moses, a businessman... Read More

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October 5, 2017

Editor’s note: YNaija presents conversations with survivors of the Benue flooding to inspire you

We would have loved to say that it is with excitement that we bring you another one of YNaija’s citizenship stories but you’ll agree that it is extremely difficult to be excited about the plight of Nigerians in Benue State right now. There hasn’t been much cause for positive excitement in Nigeria’s food basket for close... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

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November 26, 2016

Chinaza Attamah is the winner of Y!/YNaija.com’s Nigerian Voices | October edition

After another month of collating entries from across Nigeria, the editors of YNaija.com have announced the winner for the month-long writing competition ‘Nigerian Voices’: Chinaza Attamah. He wins with his piece ‘Where the Spirit goes’. Launched in August, the essay competition seeks to share its readers’ unique experiences in their own words – stories told... Read More

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October 30, 2016

The Thread: “Think twice before you ask a journalist to pull down that story” | Chude Jideonwo takes everyone to school

An Editor-in-Chief has come to judgement! So, our own Chude Jideonwo went on a rare Twitter thread-storm yesterday. The sum of it? He has had it with folks who reckon it’s a right- and not a privilege- to have their stories pulled down from online news sites, simply at their say so. He has decided to... Read More

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September 30, 2016

5 reasons to be at the Lagos Yard Sale Independence Day Exhibition

Are you an upcoming creative designer and wants to build more brand awareness? Do you own an SME and wants to enlarge your customer base? Are you launching a new line of products and wants valuable on-ground feedback from your customers? Or you are looking for an avenue within Central Lagos to purchase locally produced items at... Read More

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September 5, 2016

Editor’s note: Why YNaija.com is telling stories you don’t hear about – from across Nigeria

This morning, we begin a story series on YNaija.com called ‘We Survived Boko Haram’. Over the past month, we have sent a reporter to the North-East of Nigeria to tell stories you don’t usually read, or hear – in between the din of breaking news, news as porn, and then as commodity. This reporter went... Read More

Citizenship, Featured

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September 5, 2016

SPECIAL SERIES: Sharing the stories of hope, strength and survival from North-East Nigeria

by Eromo Egbejule In an age where social media has made it increasingly urgent for newsrooms to break the news at, well, breakneck speed, and in a country where media budgets are crippled by a lack of depth, there is also the temptation to leave the story in their barest forms – simply sensational headlines,... Read More

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Founder of RED, Adebola Williams unveiled as Globacom brand ambassador

Media personality and co-founder of RED (owner of Red Media Africa, YNaija.com, The Future Awards Africa, StateCraft Inc amongst others), Adebola Williams has joined the list of brand ambassadors of the national telecommunications operator, Globacom. He is the first non-entertainment brand ambassador for a telecoms brand in the country. A statement released in Lagos by Globacom on... Read More

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YNaija2015.com & the Co-Creation Hub present The #OsunDecides Election War Room | Tolu Ogunlesi, Chioma Chuka, ‘Yemi Adamolekun, Ayokunle Odekunle, others lead analysis today

by Kolapo Olapoju YNaija2015.com, Nigeria’s leading political blog has announced a novel approach to covering elections in Nigeria – with The YNaija2015 Election War Room. The war-room kicks off with the Osun governorship elections today, 9 August 2014. It is presented in partnership with the Co-Creation Hub and EnoughisEnough Nigeria. “The mandate of the... Read More

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December 9, 2013

#RubbinMinds: Don’t take sides between D’banj and Don Jazzy – Cool FM OAP, Dotun speaks

by Oge Okonkwo Cool FM on-air personality, Oladotun Ojuolape Kayode popularly known as “Do2dtun” was on the hot seat on Y!TV’s Rubbin’ Minds yesterday. The OAP talked about the entertainment industry and shared his thoughts on various personalities in the industry. The Cool FM OAP who recently tied the knot with Taiwo Oyebanjo, music star, D’banj’s younger sister had... Read More

Election reporting just got a makeover! YNaija launches YNaija2015 – a political platform focused on 2015 elections

… Chioma Agwuegbo is announced as editor by Isi Esene Election reporting just got a makeover! YNaija launches YNaija2015.com – a political platform for young people focused on 2015 elections …Chioma Agwuegbo is announced editor The editors of Y!/YNaija.com, reputed as The Internet Newspaper for Young Nigerians, have announced another first – the launch of... Read More

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January 6, 2013

It’s ON! YNaija.com presents Y! Politico – See our first seven columnists from the PDP, CPC, ACN & LP

YNaija.com, the Internet Newspaper for Young Nigerians, has launched a new opinion series called Y! Politico – which will present and document the voices and perspectives of young people in and around politics. Y! Politico joins other popular opinion columns on YNaija.com including the Y! FrontPage, Y! Arena, Y! Superbloggers, and 30 Days, 30... Read More

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