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“The Labour of our Heroes Past:” But who truly are these heroes?

The aftermath of the #EndSARS protest has revealed some shocking news Nigerians are finding difficult to wrap their heads around. The latest shocker being a statement about former Head of…

Bernard Dayo 5 years

Epic dramas like ‘Ajoche’ and ‘Ojukwu’ don’t have gay characters because the showrunners are homophobic

There's currently a renaissance of epic dramas in our television landscape, and independent platforms like ROK 2 on DStv/GOtv are the biggest dispensers. Since launching in April and by design,…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

‘Ojukwu’ season 1, ep 4 recap: The Great Priestess makes an entrance

Last night's episode of Ojukwu began ominously by introducing us to the village's Great Priestess, whose head is half-shaved and fanned up like a black crow's wings. She arrives the…

Oludolapo Adelana 6 years

The YNaija Cover – the 2nd of October

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Bernard Dayo 6 years

Three takeaways from the season premiere of ROK’s new drama ‘Ojukwu’

Last week, ROK 2 announced their new drama Ojukwu and, with a title like that, the bar was seemingly raised. Ojukwu is coming at a time when Nigerian viewers are…

Bernard Dayo 6 years

If you love ‘Ajoche’ on Africa Magic, you will love ROK’s new epic drama ‘Ojukwu’

Back in April, ROK Studios launched two television channels ROK 2 and ROK 3 on DSTV, which were efforts to churn out more content and discover new talents. In particular,…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Peregrino Brimah: Grading Buhari’s speech

by Peregrino Brimah My dear citizens, 1. "I am very grateful to God and to all Nigerians for their prayers. I am pleased to be back on home soil among…

Azeez 7 years

The YNaija Tracklist: Provide evidence of your agreement with Ojukwu | IPOB tells Buhari | FG may increase remuneration of certain agencies – Osinbajo | More stories

From the papers this morning - a tracklist. Provide evidence of your agreement with Ojukwu | IPOB tells Buhari - YNaija FG may increase remuneration of certain agencies – Osinbajo…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Kayode Ogundamisi: Nnamdi Kanu’s nuclear weapon and Biafra’s road to self-destruction

Sadly, it isn’t the so called “marginalisation” that may lead to another civil war in Nigeria. It is IGNORANCE. The weapon of FEAR is being deployed across the Nigerian space.…

Roqeebah 7 years

What do you think about Nnamdi Kanu’s Secret Service?

Last night, a video of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu inspecting "a guard of honour of the Biafra Secret Service (BSS) in Umuahia, Abia made its way online. We have…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: 3 reasons the Nigerian state failed; One way to save it

by Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema Why did the Nigerian civil war break out on 6 July 1967? The problem, if you ask me, began well before the coups of 1966.…

Editor 7 years

And the Truth about Nnamdi Kanu shall set us free

by Alexander O. Onukwue If there is any author out there drafting a novel to be called A Man of the People, it is arguable that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu would…

Omoleye Omoruyi 7 years

MASSOB visits Arewa, insist on peace

The leader of MASSOB, Ralph Uwazurike, has called for peace as he meets with Northern groups in Kaduna. Uwazurike, who led a delegation of Igbo leaders from the South East,…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: Biafrans should sit down; all of us are victims

by Olalekan Waheed ADIGUN One of the most beautiful things I appreciate about humans is the memory. I remember vividly, as a six or seven-year-old boy, my stepmother (now late)…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Opinion: 50 years after, Biafra struggles with a growing ideology

by Femi Tunde Okunlola The day broke and the skies cleared, but the typical bustle was missing in many parts of the Eastern parts of Nigeria. To a visitor; not…

Roqeebah 7 years

The YNaija Cover this morning – the 31st of May

Follow these links to read our cover stories and analyses on YNaija today:

Roqeebah 7 years

Even Ojukwu did not want a second Biafran War, or did he?

Wondering what all the Indigenous People Of Biafra thought about as they observed today's Sit-at-Home order. Were there family arguments about the usefulness of the agitation? Or heated debates about…

Omoleye Omoruyi 7 years

The Late 5: These are the stories that drove conversations today

These are the top five stories that drove conversations today. 1. Anyone earning N30,000 can own a house under Buhari’s administration – Osinbajo Acting President Yemi Osinbajo said the Federal Government’s…

Tolu 7 years

Biafra@50: This is the 1967 speech with which Ojukwu declared the secession of Biafra

On this day in 1967, the sovereign state of Biafra was birthed by a declaration made by the Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria at the time, Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

Femi Fani-Kayode: 50 years on | An ode to Biafra, the land of the rising sun and Nigeria’s inconvenient truth (Part 1)

by Femi Fani-Kayode "O Igbo arise! O Igbo arise! O Igbo arise! Let the chains of subjugation be broken, let the yoke of slavery be shattered and let the…

Ezinne 7 years

The Thread: “We are greater together than apart” “Nigeria must be treated as a love affair” | OBJ, Osinbajo speak on #Biafra50

30th May 1967 will mark 50 years since the late Colonel Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu announced the secession of Eastern Nigeria and the establishment of Biafra. What followed after was a civil…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

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