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Movie Review: Iyore

African movie reviewer, Adenike Adebayo, reviews the movie 'Iyore' She describes the movie as a really good one with a high calibre of actors and actresses. She also pointed out…

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Radio Biafra: The President must do something

Not everyone can remember what it was then but some of our grannies and great grannies would remember the feeling of war but even for those who remember, the mention…

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Wats The Fuss: Gender roles, the male perspective

Gender roles are sets of societal norms dictating what types of behaviors are generally considered acceptable, appropriate or desirable for a person based on their actual or perceived sex. In…

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YNaija TV: Does a career woman have to cook for her husband?

 

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The real situation with the Nigerian economy and its debts

Nigeria is in deep wahala. Our debts are rumored to be about N11 trillion and in the 2015 budget, it was revealed that the country had a deficit of N911 billion. But…

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Abang Dove: School of Parenting I

As children, most people were faced with lots of difficulties as a result of parental deficiencies while growing up.  Some were as a result of the fact that they became…

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Opinion: Why Buhari will fail if fuel subsidy is not removed

by Dave Lafiaji Just as many other Nigerians have done at one time or another, I have sketched in this discussion, what I do believe are the pathways the Buhari…

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Rotimi Fasan: It is time to Buhari to stop crawling

by Rotimi Fasan It may be too early in the life of this administration to begin to criticize it for being too slow. But Buhari must be careful not to…

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Bayo Oluwasanmi: Contraband lawmakers and N84.64 Billion counterfeit wardrobes

The contraband lawmakers in the National Assembly are like people who sit on a throne on the skulls of their enemies, the poor Nigerian captive wretches. The contraband legislators represent…

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Opinion: Nigerian leaders are “debt monsters”

"Sure to be judged is the king  Who builds his palace using injustice,  And treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms.  He makes his countrymen work for him for…

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Uche Onyebadi: The Charleston Shooting and apartheid

by Uche Onyebadi  There is hardly any plausible explanation of Roof’s love for the obnoxious apartheid system than the fact that he must have been indoctrinated into that racist philosophy…

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Presidential Spokespersons: Between publicity and communication

By Yushau A. Shuaib Before the eventual announcement of Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu as spokespersons to the newly elected President Muhammadu, there had been wide speculations that either of…

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Seun Obasa: There was a Finance Minister…

by Seun Obasa The 2015 General Elections three months ago signaled the end of one political era in Nigeria and the start of one, and for the past couple of…

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Opinion: 5 reasons Buhari should not accept ‘Bayajidda’ title

by Imam Ghazali Umar  I hope the president will act timely to avoid political hullabaloo that may follow his turbaning as ‘Bayajidda’ by an emirate that appointed people like Saminu…

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Notes on domestic violence and sexual exploitation in Nigeria

by Dolapo Aina According to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s dictionary; domestic violence is defined as violence between members of the same family. It can also be defined as violence that/which…

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#HistoryClass with Cheta Nwanze: Nigeria needs a Magna Carta

In Latin, the dominant language at the time, Magna Carta, means “Great Charter,” and it is the most significant influence on the historical process that led to the rule of…

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Of Time And Essence: Breaking the sickle cell cycle

Many people have lived with sickle cell all their life. They've never known anything else. They have the most severe form of sickle cell disease. While not all, many have…

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Kingsley Charles: The scourge of mobocracy

A fortnight ago, a man died. With his tongue clenched between his teeth, his charred body of mangled limbs lay sprawled across the sun-baked tarmac, in a tiny pool of…

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Leading Ladies Africa Interview – Kelechi Anyadiegwu

African fashion is taking centre space on the world stage, largely due to the fact that it is readily more accessible than ever before. Kelechi Anyadiegwu, Founder of African-fashion themed…

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Stop comparing Rachel Dolezal and Caitlyn Jenner

YNaija prides itself on being accepting of all perspectives and we welcome all submissions. Some we agree with, some we don't. Excuse me as I get a bit meta. As editor,…

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Wats The Fuss: Gender Roles

Gender roles are sets of societal norms dictating what types of behaviors are generally considered acceptable, appropriate or desirable for a person based on their actual or perceived sex. In…

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Is NairaStake a nairaSCAM?

Earlier this week, we received an anonymous tip about certain shenanigans at Nairastake, an Enugu-based online betting startup. Good day, Trust your day is going well. i write to you…

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The other side of #UndressNASS

The N9 billion allowance issue has been generated a lot of controversy and discourse. So far, the other side of the fence hasn't put forth rational justification. Until today, however. NASS…

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88% of Nigerians believe the Buhari administration will tackle corruption

Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, conducted a Quick Poll on Buhari's administration and the pertinent issue of corrpution. In the poll conducted via Twitter, she asked respondents questions on…

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How do you fix a problem like underemployment?

by Kayode-Alli Abiodun “To be of use in this world is the only way to be happy” Hans Andersen.  One is compelled to agree with the thought of the Danish author…

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Movie Review: While You Slept

Prolific African movie reviewer, Adenike Adebayo, reviews the movie 'While You Slept.' She describes the movie as controversial and very conversational. She also refers to it as a home video…

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Mavis Nduchwa: The cofoundHER interview

A real estate and hospitality graduate turned TV presenter and now farmer, Mavis Nduchwa has done it all. Mavis’ journey to entrepreneurship goes as far back as when she was…

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African Union proposes one passport, one currency: Is the world coming to an end?

Before anything, let's be clear on the headline - it's a joke. Anyway, word on the street is that the African Union plans on introducing a singular currency and passport in…

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Federal legislators to earn N395billion in 4 years

The N9 billion that will soon be released to the newly inaugurated National Assembly members has created a lot of controversy and discourse across board. Several opinions and speculations to…

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Check out the 10 most hilarious memes about the N’Assembly’s “wardrobe allowance”

Nigeria’s newly sworn-in legislators are expected to receive N8.64 billion as 'wardrobe allowance' next week. This comes to a sum of N21.5 million each for the country’s 109 Senators and…

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