Category: Thinking Through

INVESTIGATION: MMM, the ponzi scheme that saved a thousand lives, then killed a thousand more

by Festus Iyorah Charles Ibekwe (not real name) has lost everything: his school fees, his pocket money and the hope of getting money from his mother. When the 20-year-old, second-year…

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Why Gambia’s election chairman is a true African hero

The first we heard from this good man was on the 28th of November when he boldly expressed his disappointment at the ECOWAS boycott of the Gambian elections which held…

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YNaija’s 12 days of Christmas : Wizkid’s International Status

In a lot of ways, 2016 has been a very stressful year. Hopefully, it hasn’t been as stressful for you as it has been for our dear nation, Nigeria. Still,…

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The Dummies’ Guide to what exactly is happening in Aleppo

On the left is what Aleppo looked like pre-2011 and on the right, is what it looks like in 2016 after a 2013 attack. All over the world, ordinary citizens…

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Timeline: Trump, Soyinka and the U.S green card

by Dolapo Adelana The candidacy of Donald J. Trump as the presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the American elections came as a surprise to many. Not many ever…

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YNaija Editorial: Where’s the new National Youth Policy?

In 2001, when youth development policies and programmes of the Federal Government were still handled by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Youth Development, the Olusegun Obasanjo administration drafted a…

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YNaija Editorial: Mr. President, we’re going to need you to resign

  The fact that Nigerians (not even those who like him or feel sorry for him) cannot trust this president, and do not believe that he has the capacity to…

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