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    Nigeria’s official language is English. Why do its citizens have to prove it? 

    By Muhammed Akinyemi
    April 29, 2022
    The UK  requires Nigerians to take an English test to study or immigrate there. Critics say it must be cancelled or at least reformed.  ...
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    Is it time to gatekeep Afrobeats?

    By Doyin Olagunju
    April 8, 2022
    Fears around cultural appropriation are valid but gatekeeping is out of touch with the modern music marketplace.  Lately, Afrobeats, Nigeria’s biggest music export, has ...
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    “Only Ukrainians, not Blacks”: Fleeing African students face racism

    By Ope Adetayo
    March 3, 2022
    Those fleeing Russia’s invasion speak of discrimination by both officials and fellow refugees and of a lack of support from their governments. Initially, Wasiu ...
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    For persons with disabilities, it takes a “special initiative” to get vaccines

    By Femi Amogunla
    March 3, 2022
    Seeing that getting access to COVID-19 vaccines was such a tall order, one polio survivor decided to do something about it.  Sitting in his ...
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    Nigeria: The cautionary tale of the fateful 2020 strike that never was

    By Immaculata Abba
    February 22, 2022
    Just days before #EndSARS, Nigeria’s labour congress disappointed many by calling off what had promised to be a similarly momentous protest. On the morning ...
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    Nigeria’s tech sector needs recruits. Young people need jobs. And yet…

    By Shola Lawal
    February 10, 2022
    Why are young Nigerians struggling to get jobs in its booming tech sector? Over the past decade, Lagos, Nigeria’s swarming economic capital, has seen ...
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    Nollywood has been mediocre for long enough

    By Dika Ofoma
    January 27, 2022
    Nigeria has the talent and appetite for ambitious and original films, but it needs to cultivate a homegrown cinema culture to make this a ...
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    “The scramble for Lagos” and the urban poor’s fight for their homes

    By Ope Adetayo
    January 26, 2022
    Nigeria’s smallest yet most populous state continues to destroy informal settlements in defiance of the courts. On the night of 8 April 2017, the ...
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  • CultureEditor's PicksNigeria

    Burna Boy claims to be a politically conscious “African Giant.” He’s not.

    By Wilfred Okiche
    December 17, 2021
    Instead, he may be a giant of marketing or of missed opportunities.  For years, Burna Boy has been carefully crafting his image as a ...
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    What well-trodden routes to power tell us about Nigerian politics

    By Afolabi Adekaiyaoja
    December 16, 2021
    Why does Nigeria elect former military heads of state and ex-governors as president? Will this change? There is a high chance that Nigeria has ...
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