Henry Okelue: The race against the Ebola virus (Y! Fiction)

Ayokunle Odekunle: A letter to my unborn child (Y! FrontPage)

by Ayokunle Odekunle *I wrote this article as a University undergraduate in 2009. I still feel the same…* Hello sweetie, I am staring into the dark now, reminiscing, and thinking of how life was and how it is now. I also am trying to imagine how it would be during your own time, when... Read More

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Deji Asiru-Balogun: About feeding your parrots (Y! Superblogger)

by Deji Asiru-Balogun Parrots don’t need grit and it has been known to cause impaction when too much has been consumed. Parrots don’t eat hard seed hulls that need to be broken down by the digestive system; they hull their seeds with their beaks before eating them. Hiya, The best diet for parrots consists mostly... Read More

(Y!Superblogger), deji asiru balogun, pet, ynaija

Dele Momodu: Why today’s election is a battle for the soul of Yorubaland

by Dele Momodu This is the reason for the declaration of war in the South West. If our security forces showed the same level of preparedness and seriousness in the States ravaged by terrorism Nigerians would have felt extremely secured. Fellow Nigerians, as you read this, the battle for which political party controls the State... Read More

APC, Dele Momodu, opinion, PDP, ynaija, Yorubaland

Opinion: Who will buy Osun State at the 2014 election bazaar? | #OsunDecides

by Oluwasegun Somefun The fight between Mr Iyisola Omisore and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola represents the quandary man could face when he wants to prove to a woman that he truly loves her. Political gladiators have started beating the drums of war and singing proverbial songs. Some followers are busy dancing to the peculiar melody while... Read More

#osundecides, Iyiola Omisore, Ogbeni Aregbesola, oluwasegun somefun, opinion, ynaija

Tolu Ogunlesi writes | What happens if victims believe the Ebola solution lies in churches?

by Tolu Ogunlesi In Liberia, where more than 300 people have been infected in the Ebola outbreak, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf this week called for a three-day stint of fasting and prayer to ask for divine intervention against the disease. In crisis situations, rumour mills – long a prominent feature of daily life in Nigeria... Read More

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Tunji Andrews: Africa needs to be Putin-ised (Y! PolicyHub)

by Tunji Andrews Putin has become the poster boy for standing up to the status quo in this decade. Africa Rising: the feel-good catch phrase that has been touted in recent years to make Africans believe that finally, they had been accepted into the exclusive club of global elite. Think it to be reality or... Read More

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Michael Orodare: Is this generation ready for leadership? (Y! Politico)

bu Michael Orodare With we the likes of Ariyoh in power, I have come to the conclusion that it seems this generation is not ready. I think we prefer office of the SA social media and advocacy, SA student/youth affairs among others, those are the areas where our strength seems to lie. Anywhere I go,... Read More

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Japheth Omojuwa: Dear Nigerians, salt and water cannot cure Ebola! (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa First it was bitter kola, now it is salt and water but a search through google would clearly show that none of these cure Ebola. This is 2014 but going by the ease of gullibility and Nigeria’s ignorance per capita, this might as well be 1714 in Nigeria. Many reasons account for... Read More

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Akin Osuntokun: Why APC can no longer win as the ‘Yoruba party’

by Akin Osuntokun With a whiff of imperial hauteur, the Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, publicly belittled his Ondo State counterpart, Mimiko, and charged ‘he (Mimiko) knows I’m committed to removing him from his seat and by God’s grace I will remove him’! The McPherson Constitution was introduced to Nigeria in 1950 and served... Read More

Akin Osuntokun, APC, opinion, wither, ynaija, yoruba party

Sylvester Akhaine: Why the Osun election matters to us

by Sylvester Akhaine What is the plot of the irredentist centre under the watch of President Jonathan? The plot is to subvert the above values by huge monetary inducement, all foul stratagems and in particular the use of force I write this piece on the gubernatorial elections holding in Osun state. Its objective is basically... Read More

opinion, osun election, sylvester akhaine, ynaija

Opinion: Dear Ms. Chika Amalaha, you don’t need the drugs to win

by Raymond Inkabi Now in as much as there is that burning desire to win a competition, the use of performance enhancers is a very bad idea. When I learnt that 16 year old weightlifter Ms. Chika Amalaha had won gold in the women’s 53kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, I was... Read More

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Grace Efezokhae: The man who never lied, never existed (Y! Superblogger)

by Grace Efezokhae These set of people are just dumb, they just want to feel among. Abeg, if you want to lie, lie with your common sense intact not all these kind of crap: If we take a slow ride down memory lane we will remember how telling a lie as a kid was kind of... Read More

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Adedunmade Onibokun: Sue that nuisance, dude! (Y! Legal)

by Adedunmade Onibokun Note that there are 2 types of nuisance, Public nuisance, which is a crime and actionable by the Attorney – General is committed where a person carries on some harmful activity which affects the general public or a section of the public So everyone knows one person or the other who... Read More

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Tunde Leye: Baba Risi’s Court – Osun Decides (Y! Fiction)

by Tunde Leye Omisore jumped up with hands behind him until he got to the microphone and then dramatically brought out two cobs of roasted corn, took a bite from each and waved them in the air. Baba Risi surveyed the crowd and smiled. Rosco had done a good job mobilizing and organizing this... Read More

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Ife Adebayo: What is Nigeria’s biggest problem? (Y! Politico)

by Ife Adebayo We need many more champions of good governance; we need many more Nigerians that can move this nation forward, people that will pick up a cause and be a champion for it. In the words of the respected African Poet and Novelist, Chinua Achebe, he said “One of the truest tests of... Read More

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Olanrewaju Odesomi: The chosen one’s dilemma- Episode 3 (Y! Fiction)

by Olanrewaju Odesomi If the Governor was dead, politically, one man stood to gain the most – his Deputy. Or, maybe he was turning Paranoia like Michael, and the Governor was actually not murdered. But, he knew what he saw, and certain things do not add up. -Read Episode 1 of this enthralling story [HERE]... Read More

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Alkasim Abdulkadir: Boko Haram and the abysmal rise of the likes of Reem Riyashi (Y! FrontPage)

by Alkasim Abdulkadir In conclusion, as narrated by Abu Huraira, Prophet Muhammad PBUH observed that. He who killed himself with steel (weapon) would be the eternal denizen of the fire of hell and he would have that weapon in his hand and would be thrusting that in his stomach forever and ever In February 2012... Read More

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Theophilus Ilevbare: We should be worried that young girls are now Jihadists

by Theophilus Ilevbare Islamic Jihadists in Nigeria have joined the global terror trend. It is an increasingly disquieting and disturbing twist to the war against terror. Boko Haram has adopted the Palestinian model of Jihadism in its recruitment of teenagers and little girls as suicide bombers in crowded places. On 27 January 2002, Palestinian anti-Israeli... Read More

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Dipo Awojide: Increase the Budget on Education, Research/Development and Training. (Y! PolicyHub)

by Dipo Awojide We are not doing enough to make us more competitive as a nation. It is important that we continually increase investment in education, research and development, and training. Contrasting the British and the Nigerian education system reveals how much work we need to do in Nigeria before we can measure up. Those... Read More

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Opinion: Fellow Africans, the West owes you NOTHING!

by Kayode Oladein The President of the US owes you nothing. His job is to protect American interests. He is their CEO and they are the shareholders of USA PLC. Dear African, The West owes you nothing. Nada. Zilch. It’s as simple as that. When you are ready to make progress wake up. Until then... Read More

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Nana Nwachukwu: The Internet, justice and copyright (Y! Legal)

by Nana Nwachukwu Illegal transfer of intellectual property is considered as intellectual theft in the UK even if you are sharing what you downloaded from UC Browser via WhatsApp. Copyright owners face a major problem based on the right granted them by Article 8 of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and Section 5 of the Copyright... Read More

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Bayo Oluwasanmi: Oby Ezekwesili is the wrong enemy

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Few Nigerians have spoken with more passion and eloquent conviction than Ezekwesili about the plight of the abducted Chibok girls. Despite the soaring rhetoric of critics, she would not succumb to the dyspeptic Jonathan administration. April 15, 300 school girls were abducted in Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram faction of... Read More

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Eky Shirley: Life is too short (Y! Superblogger)

by Eky Shirley Things happen each day, many of which are beyond our control. Let us treasure every moment and everyone in our lives. So this is a story that was shared with me and I thought it worthy of note because of the lessons to be learnt from it. It may be cliche,... Read More

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Umari Ayim: An angel and a reflection- Episode 14 (Y! Fiction)

by Umari Ayim The sound of the door opening cuts me short and I turn towards it. I feel the familiar flutter of my heart at the sight of Richard at the door. I give him a smile but he does not see it. His eyes are on Jude and he is regarding him coolly.... Read More

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Debo Adejugbe: This is a broken generation (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe If the President could put politics aside and commiserate with the ElRufai family on their painful loss, but as an unknown foot-soldier you make fun of someone who just lost a son; you should hang your head in shame. When you consider yourself pretty good at writing nonsenses, like many of us do, there... Read More

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“The Financial Reporting Council is not through with Sanusi” | The Executive Secretary is not backing down

by Chi Ibe Mr Obazee replied that if Sanusi sued as the CBN governor, the CBN would act on his behalf but if an individual sues in his own name then he cannot be suing on behalf of the organization and further iterated that the issue was for the court to decide. If you thought... Read More

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Kelvin Erhonsele: Workplace Discrimination and the Law (Y! Legal)

by Kevin Erhonsele Discrimination often occurs when a person is treated less favourably than other people because of a protected characteristic defined by the law. Such characteristics may be disability, gender, race, religion, age or marital status. Prior to ‘Nigeria’s’ encounter with the western world, paid employment in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was virtually... Read More

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Bunmi Olaniyan: The citizen activism we saw in Nasarawa (Y! FrontPage)

by Bunmi Olaniyan I realised that rather than celebrate and revel in that much touted political revival ushered in by social media as a new platform for political participation, we seem more invested even pathologically enmeshed in the malevolent side of social media. For those who have followed my consistent Political stance and train... Read More

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