Category: Thinking Through

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ToluJanuary 26, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Viola Davis is the first African American actress to score three Oscar nominations | More stories

Here are the some of the top stories from yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 25, 2017

Where is Namadi Sambo?

Namadi Sambo has never been the typical always-on-the-scene-type of Nigerian politician. It is a fact that not many Nigerians can ...

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ToluJanuary 25, 2017

#Impact365: People living with disabilities can hope for a better life with Shuga Limb Foundation

Akinloye Tofowomo a.k.a Akiin Shuga is the founder and president of the Shuga Limb Foundation. He suffered polio at the ...

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ToluJanuary 25, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris says her father was murdered, Fans lash out at MI for defending Islam | More stories

Missed out on all of Tuesday’s entertainment gists? Catch up on the biggest ones, and others that unraveled while you ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 25, 2017

The Dummies Guide to the difference between condoms and sanitary towels

You must have been hit by the “tissue”, “condom” “pad” and just all round menstrual talk that has been flying ...

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Isime EseneJanuary 25, 2017

Film review: ‘Saving Dreams’ is just unexciting

by Wilfred Okiche Brenda Jackson (Karen Simpson), an up and coming singer spends her days (and nights) toiling in Canadian ...

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Isime EseneJanuary 25, 2017

The Film Blog: We don’t know how we feel about Kenneth Gyang’s ‘The Lost Café’

We don’t know that bigger fans of Kenneth Gyang’s work exist anywhere else, at least not in Nigeria. At TFB, ...

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Isime EseneJanuary 25, 2017

Analysis: VP Osinbajo’s answers at Davos give cause for worry

by Mark Amaza For the second year running, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo led the Nigerian government delegation to Davos, Switzerland ...

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Op-ed EditorJanuary 24, 2017

The Thread: The tweet fight between Sahara Reporters and The Nation Nigeria

We bring you the fight of the night: two media houses- Sahara Reporters vs The Nation Nigeria- battling over credibility, ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 24, 2017

We have your receipts: But Governor Fayose, you said this school feeding programme will fail

This week, the office of the Vice President announced the release of over N375 million to feed a total of ...

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ToluJanuary 24, 2017

Backstory: Ken Nnamani’s journey to the APC

The news of former Senate President, Ken Nnamani’s registration as a member of the ruling party, APC may come to ...

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ToluJanuary 24, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Awilo Longomba features Yemi Alade in new track, Batman vs Superman and Zoolander nominated for worst films in 2016 | More stories

Here are some of the top entertainment stories from  yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept and are still ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 23, 2017

Understanding the Nigerian Army’s statement on the arrest of Dapo Olorunyomi of Premium Times

Earlier today, the Nigerian Army did something that would on the surface appear to have exonerated them from the allegations of ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 23, 2017

Thought Experiment: So what if Buhari had actually died?

Disclaimer: We are not one of those who wish any ill-luck on President Buhari. Spare us and just hear us out. ...

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ToluJanuary 23, 2017

#Impact365: Goldfish Initiative is providing education to children in the poorest parts of Nigeria

There’s an increasingly large population of Nigerian children who do not have access to education and are constantly being ignored ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 23, 2017

Profile: Abiola Ajimobi’s long history of behaving badly

by Wilfred Okichie It was the video seen around the world. On Friday 13, January, a disturbing video made its ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 23, 2017

Dear Nigeria Police, has anybody reminded you what your job is lately?

Dear Nigeria Police, Remember when seven – maybe more – scoundrels thought they could get away with syphoning NGN 24 ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 23, 2017

How is everything we use and eat made from pigs and cattle?

Nigerians are increasingly becoming very aware of and getting active about where what they eat, drink, wear and use come ...

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Isime EseneJanuary 23, 2017

YNaija Editorial: The presidential media team should stop demeaning its office

One of the dark sides of how the internet and social media has democratised freedom of expression has been the ...

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ToluJanuary 23, 2017

Entertainment Roundup: Big Brother Naija returns to TV as Nigerians react to house location, Justin Bieber thinks The Weeknd’s music is whack | More stories

The weekend is over! Now, catch up on all the entertainment stories you missed from Friday through till Sunday night ...

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Isime EseneJanuary 23, 2017

#InnovationSeries: Technology and my radical year of freelancing

by Edwin Okolo This feature is a part of the YNaija Innovation Special – a set of insightful stories that ...

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ToluJanuary 22, 2017

#BBNaija: It’s about to go down | Big Brother Naija hits TV screens in less than one hour

You waited 10 years for this and now it’s here! The new and upgraded second edition of Big Brother Nigeria ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 22, 2017

From Abuja to Gambia and then Trumpland | See our top 10 photos from the past week

A photo of the Mosque that was attacked in the early hours of Monday by Boko Haram suicide bombers.   ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 22, 2017

“What’s wrong with going on vacation?” | See our top 10 quotes from the past week

This week has been a mix of failures and victories co-existing in one space. For the people of The Gambia, ...

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Op-ed EditorJanuary 22, 2017

Factcheck: The defeat of Boko Haram is not a defining metric of President Buhari’s commitment to combating insecurity

On the 8th of January, Pastor Tunde Bakare stood before his congregation ( Latter Rain Assembly) to give his annual State ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 22, 2017

Analysis: Apostle Suleiman gets it all wrong with his hateful, inciting preaching

by Mark Amaza For the past 24 hours, a video has been spreading on social media showing Apostle Johnson Suleiman, ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 22, 2017

Analysis: Barrack Obama didn’t leave without helping Nigeria, or did he?

by Mark Amaza On Friday January 20th, there was a change in the baton of leadership in the United States ...

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ToluJanuary 22, 2017

Pres. Trump, Gov. Fayose, Nigerian Air Force | Here are last week’s winners and losers

Isn’t life just full of strange surprises? Our list of winners and losers from last week will leave you in ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 22, 2017

Still on the Matter: The man who named his dog Buhari

Remember the man, Joe, who got a number of people riled up in Ogun State last August for naming his ...

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RoqeebahJanuary 22, 2017

We have your receipts: Obasanjo, but you didn’t like Jonathan before

Honestly, no one recants as much as former President Olusegun Obasanjo does in all of Nigeria. On Friday, immediate past ...

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