Category: Counter Culture Blog
Recommendations by South West Governors are compelling evidence of how Nigeria could truly work
The Nigerian federation is at a critical juncture where virtually every citizen agrees that the national political setup needs to ...
Usifo Ataga: It’s time the Police applied legal steps rather than ‘meet-and-greet’ rounds
The story of Chidinma Ojukwu and the late Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga is one that most Nigerians are familiar ...
Information Blackout: Protest by the Press is alarm on the danger of democracy without watchdogs
A glance at any newspaper stand across Nigeria on July 12 would have brought one striking observation – most of ...
Once again a mob calls for blood in a new blasphemy case in Northern Nigeria
A mob of young Nigerian Muslim men in Sokoto, stormed the palace of Sultan, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, on Thursday carrying ...
First cattle, now dogs: Nigeria’s unending drama of fundamental animal rights | The #YNaijaCover
It’s not every time one gets to see the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation come out to ...
The Court may have vindicated Kemi Adeosun but does the ruling erase the blot of forgery?
After the dust appeared to have long settled on the allegation of forgery of the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) ...
Are Nigeria’s Northern elites truly jittery about Southern pacts?
It is becoming a case of cause and reaction. Whenever there is a meeting of the Southern leaders, especially the ...
Southern governors are leading the charge for a restructured Nigeria and we love it
From the arrest and re-arraignment of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), nearly four years ...
Kaduna School Kidnap: Why time is ripe for state police
There would certainly be no offence taken if one has lost count of the number of times schools have been ...
Nigerians are subsidising human rights violations by Hisbah in Kano. When does it end?
It has almost become a tradition – the kind you know will happen but that you are not sure when ...
Nnamdi Kanu’s extradition is victory for the Buhari administration but that energy mustn’t burn out
After over three years of fireworks; to put it mildly, the Federal Government eventually got their hands on the self-proclaimed ...
UTME reportedly records mass failure again, and restructuring is the only answer
Participating in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is more of an indispensable necessity than just another exam checklist in ...
Three takeaways from the #June12Protests
With the escalating tensions in the country arising from security breakdown, insurgency, food inflation, rising unemployment and, of course, the ...
Nigerians are showing solidarity to Igbos with #IAmIgboToo. What does this say about us?
Adressing Nigeria’s mounting security crisis last night, President Buhari sent out a blizzard of tweets committing to combat the issue. ...
#ReleaseThe21 is the movement calling for the release of arrested LGBTQ persons in Ghana
In another turn of hostility towards the Ghanaian LGBTQ community, 21 queer persons were arrested last week in the city ...
Profile: The avenging advocacy of Iyabo Ojo
It may be her greatest performance yet. But it had nothing to do with fiction. There was drama though. Plenty ...
Is religion standing in the way of how we combat coronavirus?
In unsurprising fashion, the General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners Chapel), David Oyedepo, recently told his congregation that ...
Nigerians on Twitter are rallying for the rescue of abducted students of #GreenfieldUniversity
Nigeria’s security challenges have been mounting over the past month, and with more reports on kidnaps, banditry, and Islamic militancy ...
Buhari wanting AFRICOM relocated to Africa is a bad move
In the past week, Nigeria has felt like the Upside Down, the news cycle churning away with horrid stories of ...
Why are heterosexual Nigerians moderating LGBTQ issues on Clubhouse?
Since its launch last year, Clubhouse has gained increasing popularity in the social media space. Mushrooming with topics and communities, ...
Uber, Taxify drivers aren’t exploited only in Nigeria. It’s happening in Africa
News of Uber and Taxify drivers embarking on a strike action was first reported over the weekend, but Monday, 19 ...
7 years since the Chibok kidnap and government’s failure to protect schoolchildren
On April 14, 2014 in the remote town of Chibok, Borno, trucks belonging to the insurgent group Boko Haram invaded ...
Here’s what’s wrong with Bauchi planning a census for sex workers
Sex work has globally been a contentious issue, arising from different views on morality to religious doctrines and cultural mores. ...
The cyber harassment of women won’t stop because it’s rooted in patriarchy
While today’s world of social media has made communication easier, with a proliferation of platforms meeting different needs and purposes, ...
Buhari’s UK medical trip is once again showing the failure of Nigeria’s healthcare
Just before the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) embarked on an indefinite strike on April 1, 2021, President Buhari ...
Against homophobia in Ghana, LGBTQ Ghanaians are changing their profile pictures red on Twitter
For some time now, LGBTQ Ghanaians have been living in fear and isolation stemming from the constant attacks that Ghanaian ...
Why Nigeria’s youth must sustain activism beyond social media
Social media has formed a pseudo-reality many believe is the real deal. But, if we wanted to cause progressive change ...
The lifestyle audit is just another means to exploit Nigerians
Starting yesterday, Nigeria has made it legal to have a lifestyle audit for its citizens. Who needs a lifestyle audit? ...
Police violence continues unabated, the stories are piling
Many Nigerians have argued that the Nigeria Police Force learnt nothing from the #EndSARS protest. “They will wait, then return ...
The reactions of Nigerians to #RepealSSMPA proves that they are no better than SARS
Apparently, last year’s #ENDSARS protests haven’t taught Nigerians anything about intersectionality, or simply showing solidarity to other marginalised groups by ...