Tag: YNaija Essays
#YNaijaEssays: It’s been 100 years of breakthroughs in Sickle Cell care, but we still have a long way to go
Sometime in 1910, a young black dental student Walter Clement Noel from the island of Grenada studying in Chicago had ...
#YNaijaEssays: Will Nigerian entertainment ever grow up?
It has been 89 years since the world’s first television broadcast. It may not have looked like the future then, with ...
#YNaijaEssays: Forget about religious extremism, Nigeria’s real problem is ‘I beta pass my neighbour’
Recently, a video surfaced of Nigerian designer, Tope Abiola of Frock it and Rock it where she suggested that instead ...
The YNaija Cover – the 22nd of August
Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: #YNaijaEssays: Youth is messy and confusing, but thankfully we ...
#YNaijaEssays: It is time we squared up and deconstructed the concept of childhood
Over the weekend, a tweet with an image from a children’s book was shared widely on Nigerian Twitter. Picture courtesy ...
#YNaijaEssays: A written history of Nigeria’s great film epochs
If we’re being factually accurate, then Nigeria’s first contact with film was in 1903 when Herbert Macaulay invited Balboa and Company ...
#YNaijaEssays: The West wants the spoils of colonialism, guilt free and served on a platter, but if Africa will progress, there has to be a reckoning
As a presidential candidate, Macron painted a striking picture of a progressive thinker on western imperialism and other sundry African ...
#YNaijaEssays: Music is always political and protest music especially so
Falz’s This Is Nigeria seems to have become the de-facto counterpoint to Childish Gambino’s genre-bending self-examination as a black musician ...
#YNaijaEssays: Robbery and Fraud – Nigeria’s favourite side hustle
Last weekend, the internet went crazy about Yahoo boys, after information surfaced on the internet that some suspected yahoo boys ...
#YNaijaEssays: The intrigue, drama and politics of #BBNaija (READ)
As we are down to the last week of Big Brother Nigeria’s third season that has been trailed with controversy ...
#YNaijaEssays: These four Nigerian women have defied the odds
Nina Simone’s life and legacy looms across the world, and indeed Africa, to which she returned when she was at ...
#YNaijaEssays: How does an opposition party rise to prominence?
The beauty of democracy is not exactly in the numbers or in the outcome of an election, but in watching ...
#YNaijaEssays: Donald Trump has found an unlikely ally in Nigeria
The man who promised to drain the swamp The single most polarising event in the last decade happened over the ...
#YNaijaEssays: Joro Olumofin, Oloni, are part of literature’s most profitable industry
Before ever Joro Olumofin and his motley crew of assistants ever thought to put out that first Instagram post doling ...
#YNaijaEssays: Beggars are all around us but do you really see them?
Lagos is besieged by beggars There is a slight wrinkle in Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s plans to transform Lagos into mega ...
#YNaijaEssays: Ignored by the government and abandoned by its famous sons, chaos is brewing in Nigeria’s Middle Belt
The North’s Hidden Belt In contradiction with its famous slogan, ‘Food Basket of the Nation’, Benue’s lands have been haemorrhaging ...
The September Standard
- Unlock a Healthier You: Essential Resources for Holistic Well-being
- How Your Diet Could Be Making Your Snoring Worse
- Celebrating Nigerian Trailblazers: Inspiring Women in Fashion
- Silk: Unraveling Threads of Elegance and Innovation
- Grammy Awards 2024 Red Carpet Fashion: Hits and Misses that Stole the Spotlight
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