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He embodies the raw, unfiltered, chaotic rhythm of youth, a generation unwilling to be scripted by the old guard, impatient with hierarchy, hungry for immediacy and determined to…

Food and fuel have become prohibitively expensive and many Nigerians can no longer afford the basics

Since Bola Tinubu became president last year, there have been several attacks on members of the media, rights group says

With the prosperity of the 1970s a thing of the past, the International Monetary Fund-authored austerity of the 1980s gave birth to the hybridised fuji music

This extract from the book Ten Cities details the evolution of the club scene in Nairobi, with a focus on the mid-1990s

Too many Nigerians are stuck in prison for longer than allowed by law – sometimes for crimes they did not commit

Can Nigeria’s #EndSars protests restructure electoral politics? Or will they simply become a dramatic, but ineffective interlude, to the status quo?

Most people recover from Covid‑19 quickly, but Long Haulers in Nigeria are turning to one another for support

Such campaigns can draw attention to the widespread presence of the very behaviour they are trying to stamp out — and subconsciously encourage people to view it as appropriate

Photos of citizens draped in the bloodied flag have spread around the world in the month the country should be celebrating 60 years of independence

‘Nigeria kills its people. Nigeria has always killed its people.’

“They say people disappear, young men with dreadlocked hair, with tattoos, or even just carrying a laptop in a backpack,” writes Elnathan John in a reflective essay about Nigeria.

Abi Daré’s debut novel has been described as a celebration of girls who dare to dream

‘Akurakuda’, a graphic novel by Olalekan Jeyifous and Wale Lawal is set in a futuristic Lagos that acknowledges the resilience of dispossessed people

The reason may be that the messages reinforce popular perceptions that corruption is pervasive and insurmountable. In doing so, they encourage apathy and acceptance rather than…