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  • Insecurity ahead of Nigeria's 2023 elections has left no geopolitical zone unaffected. Credit: Atiku Abubakar.
    NigeriaPoliticsTop story

    The insecurity ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 elections is unprecedented

    By Idayat Hassan
    December 21, 2022
    What will this mean for the running and credibility of the polls? Nigeria’s elections in 2023 will mark 24 years of unbroken democracy, the ...
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  • A view of Lagos from on high. Credit: Tim Cocks.
    NigeriaSocietyTop story

    Lagos is unique but not in the way people think

    By Tim Cocks
    December 20, 2022
    The aspects of Lagos that are often vilified are exceptional only in their scale. When I say I’m travelling to Lagos, people only familiar ...
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  • Those who migrate (or Japa) in Nigeria often keep plans secret until they are complete.
    NigeriaSocietyTop story

    Why are Nigerians keeping migration plans secret from their friends?

    By Kingsley Charles
    November 8, 2022
    Many relationships have suffered as people planning to leave Nigeria only inform their nearest and dearest once they’ve already gone.  On the morning of ...
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  • The main presidential candidates in Nigeria 2023: Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Kwankwaso, Peter Obi (clockwise from top left).
    NigeriaPoliticsTop story

    Old faces, new hopes: Meet the candidates in Nigeria’s 2023 elections

    By Idayat Hassan
    August 31, 2022
    Four men lead the race to be Nigeria’s next president. Who are they and what do they stand for? When Nigeria goes to the ...
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  • Renters struggle to find suitable homes and pay rent in many cities in Nigeria, such as Lagos. Credit: Naparazzi.
    EconomyEditor's PicksFellowsNigeria

    What will it take for monthly rent payment to work in Nigeria?

    By Immaculata Abba
    July 27, 2022
    Nigerians currently have to shell out a whole year’s rent in advance. Many renters want this to change, but landlords will need reassuring.   Renting ...
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  • Dating apps are popular ways in which people in Nigeria find dates.
    NigeriaSociety

    “The minority of the minority”: Dating while queer…and with a disability

    By Oluseye Fakinlede
    June 17, 2022
    Three queer people in Nigeria share their stories.  Taiwo When Taiwo* was five-years-old, he was struck down with chronic malaria. For treatment, he was ...
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  • Students graduating from Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria. Credit: Rajmund Dabrowski/ANN.
    Editor's PicksNigeriaPolitics

    “We copy it from them”: How campus politics sets scene for big man politics

    By Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga
    June 16, 2022
    Nigeria has one of the lowest rates of female political representation in the world. This culture is established and reinforced early. One morning before ...
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  • Voters cast their ballots in Nigeria's 2019 elections. Credit: Commonwealth Secretariat.
    NigeriaPoliticsTop story

    Nigeria elections 2023: And so the countdown begins

    By Idayat Hassan
    June 9, 2022
    Two familiar candidates will compete for the presidency amid some familiar problems but under a new electoral framework. Now that Nigeria knows the dates ...
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  • CultureNigeria

    How to become an overnight Afrobeats star? Tiktok

    By Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi
    June 1, 2022
    The viral-making app has provided some unknown artists a route straight to global stardom. In March, a Nigerian music miracle happened. Finesse by producer ...
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  • CultureGuineaNigeriaSociety

    Have you seen Dakan, the Guinean queer classic? It changed my life.

    By Dika Ofoma
    May 25, 2022
    In the face of caricatures and erasure, filmmakers must defy the odds to tell authentic stories of queer lives. The first time I saw ...
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