Category: Cover Stories

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Kola MuhammedJuly 13, 2021

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 ...

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Kola MuhammedJuly 12, 2021

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 ...

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Kola MuhammedJuly 10, 2021

Former President Obasanjo makes clarification about the party he belongs to | The #YNaijaCover

Spending eleven years at the apex political position in the land would be more than enough to elevate anyone from ...

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Kola MuhammedJuly 9, 2021

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 ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJuly 8, 2021

LyingStar: Buhari’s INEC Commissioner Nominee and the screening saga | The #YNaijaCover

Lauretta Onochie, a Senior Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, appeared before the Senate Committee on Independent National ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJuly 6, 2021

JAMBITE: Prof ‘Dibu Ojerinde and the alleged N900m fraud | The #YNaijaCover

Do you remember sometime in February 2018, when Philomina Chishe, an official of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJuly 5, 2021

Before Things Go South: Governors of Southern Nigeria ‘strike’ a second time | The #YNaijaCover

It’s another day, the beginning of a new week in the second half of 2021, and the Governors from Southern ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJuly 2, 2021

Sunday Igboho: ‘Extend same language and energy to bandits’ | The #YNaijaCover

The Nigerian media space has been turned into some form of amphitheatre in the last one week. With the arrest ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJuly 1, 2021

Kano Hisbah accuses mannequins of ‘sexual harassment’ because why not? | The #YNaijaCover

A happy new month to you if you are reading this outside Kano. Trust you had a stress free day. ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 30, 2021

The Game of Ambush: PDP loses 3rd Governor in 7 months to governing APC | The #YNaijaCover

If you live in Nigeria; especially in Christian-dominated areas of Southern Nigeria, it near certain that you would have heard ...

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Kola MuhammedJune 29, 2021

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 ...

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Omoleye OmoruyiJune 28, 2021

BET Awards: Burna Boy cements Odogwu claim | The #YNaijaCover

It is probably time for Africa’s self-proclaimed Giant, Burna Boy, to release another album and title it “Thrice as Tall“, ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 23, 2021

No Better Time: Wizkid receives his Grammy plaque | The #YNaijaCover

To say Nigerian music has really come of age would be an understatement. From the days of Mode 9, The ...

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Ado AminuJune 22, 2021

#TwitterBan: ECOWAS Court and the victory for human rights | #YNaijaCover

As if the unconstitutional absurdity by the Nigerian Government to ban microblogging site, Twitter was not enough embarrassment, the ECOWAS ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 21, 2021

The Gut-Father: Mixed reactions trail #FathersDay message by female celebrities

First celebrated in West Virginia, U.S.A following the proposal by Grace Golden, daughter of a dedicated reverend, that a special ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 14, 2021

No Hoof, No Horse: Wole Soyinka warns of dire consequences for Nigeria without decentralisation | The #YNaijaCover

“Do I think Nigeria can continue as one? Not if it continues this way, not if it fails to decentralise; ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 11, 2021

On NBC’s plan to license social media operations in Nigeria | The #YNaijaCover

Following the controversy that trailed the deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari‘s alleged genocidal tweet and its subsequent deletion by Twitter, ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 10, 2021

The Language Professor: Yet again, President Buhari to teach bandits “in the language they understand”| #YNaijaCover

Barely one week after President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement in a tweet threatening to deal with members of the Indigenous People ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 9, 2021

Court…Stand!: Relief as Nigerian Courts open after over 2-month old JUSUN strike | The #YNaijaCover

It’s 9th June and there’s some cheering news in Nigeria. Remember that absurdity that shouldn’t have taken place in any ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 8, 2021

Twice upon a time: Are Nigerians reliving Abacha’s repression days with suspension of Twitter? | The #YNaijaCover

Fellow Nigerians, Who was Nigeria’s 10th Head of State? I’m certain it would be a hard guess for you. Who ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 7, 2021

Desperado: Malami, Lai Mohammed, the NBC and plans to enforce #TwitterBan in Nigeria | #YNaijaCover

“Subject as otherwise provided by this Constitution, a person shall not be convicted of a criminal offence unless that offence ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 4, 2021

Bird of Prey?: FG and #TwitterBan in Nigeria | The #YNaijaCover

The Nigerian social media space has served as a huge theatre all through the first week of June. From the ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 3, 2021

Language 121: Between President Buhari and Twitter on the alleged ‘genocidal’ video | The #YNaijaCover

The last 72 hours have produced much drama about the infamous statement by President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue of ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 2, 2021

United African Republic: Will a name change finally solve Nigeria’s hydra-headed challenges? | The #YNaijaCover

Ahead of a 5th alteration of the 1999 Constitution, the zonal public hearing conducted by both houses of the National ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqJune 1, 2021

Double Wahala: Death of NECO Registrar, Godswill Obioma and the conflicting reports | #YNaijaCover

Death they say is a debt every human on earth must pay. Most mysterious about this death however is the ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqMay 31, 2021

Examining IPOB’s #SitAtHome order | The #YNaijaCover

With the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria’s South East, all attention appears to be currently focused on developments in ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqMay 28, 2021

Emeka and the Brain: Can FG’s 40m reflective jackets for ‘trekking school children’ prevent accidents? | #YNaijaCover

For anyone who is a great fan of online comedy (skits) in Nigeria, chances are high that you would have ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqMay 26, 2021

Chief Kindness Officer: Garba Shehu on Buhari’s absence at late COAS funeral | The #YNaijaCover

The furore over President Muhammadu Buhari‘s absence at the funeral ceremony of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. ...

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Temidayo Taiwo-SidiqMay 24, 2021

NYSC: Clarion call or National Youth Stressful Corps? | The #YNaijaCover

For decades, the debate on the sustainability of the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has continued to fester ...

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Bernard DayoMay 21, 2021

Akeredolu fires back at Malami over open grazing | The #YNaijaCover

Following the protracted issue of invasive cattle grazing in Southwestern states by herdsmen, the Southern Governors’ Forum are resolute in ...

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