Category: Counter Culture Blog
How NLC fell from its glorious perch of ‘people-centered’ activism
When it took the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) about three days to respond to the most recent hike in fuel, ...
Why resignation is alien to the African political culture
In July 2019, Theresa May declared: “…I tried three times. But it is now clear to me that it is ...
Gaffe by Nigeria’s Commodity Exchange boss highlights either cronyism or outright incompetence
The nature of events and circumstances that have greeted 2020 means that when individuals, corporate bodies and the government take ...
Africa is proud of Okonjo-Iweala and Harris but is the society ready for what their careers demand?
When women break free of gender and social restrictions to attain lofty positions in their careers, they easily become societal ...
Silence, denial and the characteristic tactics of oppressing #EndSARS protesters
If there was a way to qualify the reaction of the government to the issues that birthed the #EndSARS protests ...
How the ICC investigations can help the #EndSARS movement
A lot has transpired in the course of getting justice for victims of the #EndSARS movement. From what started as ...
The LCC boss has confessed but there are obvious time gaps | #EndSARS
As proceedings of the Lagos judicial panel continue in the wake of the #LekkiShootings, the latest development involving the long-awaited ...
This is why the government, maybe not the police, is the problem | #EndSARS
For years since the clamour to #EndSARS began, before it eventually became a full-blown movement, the central idea has always ...
Northern governors join push for social media regulation and the reasons are obvious
There seems to be something about social media that Nigerian leaders are wary about and the latest move from Northern ...
How the success of the US Navy Seal made a mockery of us
Despite all kinds of scrutiny that security agents have been subjected to in the past weeks owing to the #EndSARS ...
There’s riot police to control chaos but IGP Adamu wants officers to ‘fight back’ instead | #EndSARS
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has been the subject of national and international scrutiny in the past weeks as the ...
Let’s examine if we should blame the #COVID19 palliatives ‘looters’ for being greedy – or not
It was a historic moment when the very generation that was thought to be more concerned with social profiles than ...
Desmond Elliot needs to be reminded that Nigerian youth are not the problem
Desmond Elliot is back in the headlines and this time, he is on about erosion of culture on the part ...
Why a youth-only political party might not be the best idea
by Adewale Alabi During the #EndSARS protests, there was a lot of exemplary coordination and strategizing that the youths involved ...
Minister Fashola must think we are in ‘the era of the dumb’ so this is what we must do
Indeed, the latest reports of former Lagos governor and the current Federal minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola “discovering” ...
Sanwo-Olu, Obiano are singing the songs #EndSARS protesters want to hear, but we are not there yet
Who would have known that it will take 7 whole days before forces in government places begin to take action? ...
#EndSARS: Banning the protests doesn’t signify the government’s commitment to fulfilling their promises
It is day 8 of the #EndSARS movement and while protests are still going on strong in cities like Lagos ...
#EndSWAT: Young Nigerians are ready to probe and dismantle existing harmful systems in the country
A recurring conversation in this movement that has entered its sixth day of peaceful protests and a number of reactive ...
#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: Celebrities should not be holding meetings on behalf of the people | #SARSMUSTEND
Popular figures, Davido, D’Banj, Segalink, Ubi Franklin, Korede Bello, and a bunch of others, were in a private meeting with ...
#EndSARSProtest: The struggles of women and queer people also matter
Nigerians struggle with the idea of intersectionality. We find it difficult to consider other people’s voices that intersect with ours; ...
#EndSARS: This is a fearless generation and there are many more causes to be fought
We can all agree that to be a young Nigerian today is to be in a constant state of awareness. ...
#YNaijaEndSARSupdates: The distractions are crawling out but here’s why we must focus on the problem at hand
As the heat around the #EndSARS intensifies, there is the conversation around the reason why people are protesting and calling ...
#EndSARS: We are finally seeing increased participation from people with huge platforms
During the Black Lives Matter movement that broke out in America and quickly sparked off a chain of global protest ...
Here’s why Igbo apprenticeship is not as rosy as many make it seem
At any given time, you might find a Twitter thread or an article detailing the brilliance of the Igbo apprenticeship ...
#EndSARSnow: Will this wave of protests against SARS mark an end to this menace?
In the past three days, the heat of the people’s concern over the recurring acts of assault, extortion, illegal and ...
Lil Frosh: What role do enablers play in gender based violence?
If you look closely at the fabric of each case of gender-based violence, away from the primary perpetrator (who is ...
#Nigeria60andUseless is a heartbreaking illustration of how Nigerians truly feel about the country but there’s more…
It’s another October 1st. The routines play out again. Speeches and tweets from the President, brands changing their logos for ...
Senator Elisha Abbo will be paying for his crime, the sort of justice system women need
It is not a regular phenomenon to see a high-ranking government official being held accountable. There has been an interesting rise ...
Why are Nigerians taking Rema’s emotional outburst as fodder for bants?
All of Monday, social media saw a frenetically outspoken side of Rema in a string of tweets, some cryptic, others ...
To dismantle rape culture, we must dismantle misogyny: Closing The YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture
In my work and life as a feminist and woman, one question which I always ask myself is this: “Is ...