Category: Specials
Chude Jideonwo: Why DJ Switch is the Culture Icon of 2020
I cannot forget that evening in October when a dear friend rushed into the room to show me the video ...
Editorial: Why we chose ‘#EndSARS Protesters’ as YNaija Person of the Year 2020
Perhaps, like no other year in recent times, 2020 came with an unfathomable number of shocking developments within 12 calendar ...
Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine) is Y! Africa Person of the Year 2020
The editorial board of Y! Africa is pleased to announce Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, as its pick for Person of the Year ...
‘The #EndSARS Protesters’ is YNaija Person of the Year 2020
The editorial board of Y! (TV and Online) is pleased to announce the #EndSARS Protesters comprising all campaigners, promoters, online ...
Here’s the popular vote winner for YNaija Person of the Year 2020 | Editors’ Pick to be announced on 30th December
Since December 1 when we announced the nominees for our Person Of the Year Award, it’s been a huge wait ...
Profile of His Excellency; Seyi Makinde | Nominee for #YNaijaPOTY2020
Seyi Makinde, 53 Seyi Makinde’s election as executive Governor of Oyo state last year was expected to kick off a ...
Profile of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; The Woman for the Job | Nominee for #YNaijaPOTY2020
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, 66 Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is in the business of making history. An economist and permanent fixture on ...
Profile of Olasunkanmi Opeifa; the Tutor General | #YNaijaPOTY2020 Nominee
Olasunkanmi Opeifa, 34 When you do your work diligently and with consistency you might get to stand before kings. Or ...
Sim Shagaya profiles Ezra Olubi and Shola Akinlade; King of Payments and Purveyors of Hope | #YNaijaPOTY2020 Nominee
Ezra Olubi, 34 and Shola Akinlade, 35 In a year in which Nigeria was convulsed by what appeared to be ...
Kola Oyeneyin profiles Sam Adeyemi | #YNaijaPOTY2020 Nominee
Sam Adeyemi, 53 What would Jesus do? We speak of shaking tables more freely today than at any other time. ...
Voices of a Generation: #EndSARS Protesters | #YNaijaPOTY2020 Nominee
Reviewed by ‘Gbenga Sesan October 2020 will always be one for the history books. For almost three weeks, young Nigerians ...
Victor Oladokun profiles Akinwunmi Adesina | Banker of Africa and #YNaijaPOTY2020 Nominee
What a year Akinwunmi Adesina has had. At the beginning of the year, it seemed that he had everything going ...
Ifreke Inyang profiles Israel Adesanya; the Last Stylebender | Nominee for #YNaijaPOTY2020
One of the simple pleasures of being Nigerian is watching your compatriots excel in their chosen fields. Naija to the ...
Edwin Okolo profiles Davido; the hitmaker | #YNaijaPOTY2020 Nominee
David ‘Davido’ Adeleke (28) Being a popstar is hard work. Davido makes it look easy. Since he burst onto our ...
Wilfred Okiche profiles ‘Winner of Winners;’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | #YNaijaPOTY2020 Nominee
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 43, is practically the most recognisable Nigerian alive. The responsibility of representing a diverse, multi-ethnic entity of ...
Review: Does ‘A Day In The Live: Wizkid’ bring the Starboy closer?
With the Coronavirus pandemic upending traditional music industry structures globally, artists, their management and record labels have had to figure ...
Profile: The courageous defiance of DJ Switch
It was the livestream that traumatised an entire country. Streamed, shared and viewed countless of times since the fateful night ...
Profile: Why Akinwunmi Adesina is the real deal
“The future beckons us for a more developed Africa and a much stronger and resilient African Development Bank Group. We ...
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 ...
The menace of street harassment and reclaiming women’s bodies in public spaces | The YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture
Street harassment can be defined as all forms of unwanted comments, contact and actions forced on strangers in public. It ...
At the Frontlines: Dein Tamuno speaks on working in a Rape Crisis Centre | YNaija #RapeCulture Special Series
“…for those of us who are Human Rights Defenders. We however, not just know our rights, we realise more than ...
Holding fort for the girls and women who cannot speak for themselves | The YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture
Violence against women and girls is pervasive and normal in Nigeria. Gendered ideas and norms are a rite of passage ...
Gender-based violence ends with you: An interview with Anita Kemi DaSilva-Ibru | The YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture
“We live in a patriarchal society where women are subjugated, and men are seen and treated as the more dominant ...
Period Stigma is Rape Culture: An interview with Karo Omu of Sanitary Aid for Nigerian Girls | The YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture
“Your whole life is a whole joke. There are jokes about girls getting stained, jokes about how girls behave and ...
Damilola Odufuwa: ‘Women-only spaces are vital to surviving a patriarchal world’ | YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture
“It is very lonely being a feminist. It is very lonely being the odd one that thinks differently about the ...
‘Why we must document and legitimise female desires’ – Interview with Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah | The YNaija Special Series on #RapeCulture
“I’m one of those people who believes that pre-colonial Africa was way more accepting of women’s sexuality and desire. We ...
‘At the intersection of feminism and femininity, I only find push back’ | The YNaija Rape Culture Special Series
Satan Drives a Sedan I don’t like White anymore. When I loved white, the last thing I owned of ...
Purity Culture is Rape Culture and we must bring the church to task | The YNaija #RapeCulture Special Series
Since time immemorial, the burden of men’s misbehavior has always been put on women and the church itself has helped ...
#EdoDecides2020: 19 odds that would determine the outcome of the September 19 Governorship Poll
The political atmosphere in the country has been largely charged in the build-up to the all-important September 19 gubernatorial election ...
Rape Culture endangers Muslim women too | The YNaija #RapeCulture Special Series
“Islam gave women rights thousands of years before the West! Islam protects and cherishes women!” These are some declarations ...