Dive into the Nigerian news and politics stories that you should be paying attention
Transport for London (TfL), the governing body for transportation in the city, has just published a list of embassies with outstanding Congestion Charge debts accumulated from 2003 to 2023. The table details the total sum owed by each embassy, raising questions about how these charges are calculated and the potential consequences. What are Congestion Charges? […]
5 months ago
Two students of the University Of Ibadan have been detained by the police for being on school grounds during a campus lockdown. Many more have returned home or found themselves squatting due to the abruptness of the lockdown, which is in response to students protesting the hike in school fees. From about ₦40,000 per session, […]
1 month ago
In this profile, we dig into the rise of Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to the position of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.
1 month ago
President Bola Tinubu on Monday, 26th June 2024 announced the appointments of Mohammed Mohammed as the new Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi as the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS). These appointments follow the resignations of Ahmed Abubakar, the former NIA Director-General, and Yusuf Magaji Bichi, the […]
2 months ago
Sometime in July 2023, Natalie* had her worst fears confirmed. At around 8:30 p.m., she arrived at a family-trusted hospital for the first phase of her fibroadenoma removal surgery. Given the procedure’s minor nature, the operating room was sparsely staffed. Natalie did not feel safe around men, having survived a sexual assault incident at 9, […]
2 months ago
The #EndBadGovernance protesters may demand the resignation of President Bola Tinubu after at least 13 Nigerians were reported killed by security operatives as the protest against bad governance and hunger enters day two. Dubbed “Ten Days of Rage”, fatalities have been confirmed in Niger, Kaduna, and Borno states following clashes between protesters and security forces. […]
2 months ago
Nigerians across the federation have trooped out en masse to protest against the escalating cost of living and economic hardship in the country. The protest which started three days earlier in Niger State saw Nigerians made their frustrations by carrying placards that highlighted their discontent with the state of the country. The Federal Government ahead […]
2 months ago
Onyeka Onwenu is easily remembered for her music and activism. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s when she began singing commercially with her rich, innocuous vocals, exploring a melange of heartwarming themes across different genres—soul, disco, highlife, gospel, etc., she won the hearts of people at home and abroad, rose to the status of superstardom and […]
2 months ago
By Lucas Ledwaba It’s early December, yet the farms’ landscape in Onverwacht, near Polokwane in Limpopo, northeast South Africa, is a dull brown and dry. Red dust rises into the sky as a hot wind sweeps in the late morning. Usually, the land looks green at this time of the year, but the rains […]
3 months ago
President Paul Kagame has secured 99% of the votes cast in the provisional results announced by Rwanda’s National Electoral Commission in Monday’s presidential election. This outcome was highly anticipated as Kagame, the country’s longest-serving ruler, sought to extend his three-decade tenure in power. Ahead of the elections, major opposition figures were disqualified from running, leaving […]
3 months ago
In response to the increased criminalization of free speech, on July 10th, a group of civic space defenders and Nigerian journalists have begun a campaign with the slogan #DontPoliceMySpeech in Abuja. The campaign is a demand for the abuse of power and the misuse of the Cybercrimes Act by Nigerian authorities to come to an […]
3 months ago
The rise in online journalism in Nigeria can be directly linked to the increase in internet access. Since the telecommunications sector was deregulated in 2001, internet usage in Nigeria has grown significantly. As of 2021, internet penetration in Nigeria was at 55.4%, and as of August 2023, mobile internet subscriptions had reached 220.7 million, according […]
3 months ago
On Sunday, June 30th, 2024, students of the College of Medicine University of Lagos flooded Twitter with alarming accounts of sexual assault pervasive within the College of Medicine, using the hashtag #EndSACultureInCMUL. The online outcry revealed the shocking prevalence of these incidents, sparking urgent calls for action and reform of the school sexual assault policy […]
3 months ago
