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Lockdown Care Package: The Reading List

April 10, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

What a time to be alive! As we come to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it’s making on the world as we know it, there’s cause for

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WhatsApp is playing its part in curtailing the spread of Fake News

April 8, 2020 by Stephanie Oyinki

As coronavirus continues to redefine the world as we’ve known it, one of the key tools of misinformation has been instant messaging platform, WhatsApp. The platform owned by Facebook’s Mark

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How Congress Spends Your Money

March 24, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

Have you ever wondered how congress is really spending your money? This is something that a lot of people have thought about! When they pay their taxes, what are they

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Youth Party Wants To Build A Bold Revenue Plan for Nigeria

March 19, 2020 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

In the midst of everything going on in the world, it might have gone under the radar but Nigeria is a country in the middle of a fiscal crisis. With

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Explaining the Abule Ado explosion

March 16, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

On Sunday, February 16, 2020, at about 9 a.m., many residents of Lagos reported hearing a loud blast that shook them, reaching environments such as Surulere and Obanikoro. The loud

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Measuring Crowns for New Nigeria

March 13, 2020 by Culture Custodian

by Afolabi Adekaiyaoja We live in a time where the tight bonds of society and tradition are being loosened, and in many cases replaced on a daily basis. From gender

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Kiki Mordi investigates eviction of Tarkwa Bay residents on What Happened To Tarkwa Bay

March 9, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

A little over a month after the forced eviction of residents of hundreds of people living in Tarkwa Bay, journalist, Kiki Mordi, has shared a trailer from a documentary that

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Lagos Confirms First Case of Coronavirus In Sub-Saharan Africa

February 28, 2020 by Tomi Idowu

The World Health Organization has classified Nigeria and 12 other African countries as high priority due to high number of visitors from China

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BBC Africa Eye exposes vicious system of torture in Nigeria

February 10, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

In its latest investigative effort, BBC Africa Eye has exposed a vicious system of torture used by branches of the Nigerian police and armed forces. The 17-minute video traces the

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African Leadership University Launches Scholarship Program with Patoranking

February 6, 2020 by Tomi Idowu

Creating the next generation of African leaders.

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Africa Practice launches campaign to remember victims of African armed conflicts

January 29, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

In the past decade, nearly two million Africans have lost their lives to armed violence on the continent. Violence on the continent claims at least one life every three minutes.

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The new proposed US travel ban: An Explainer

January 24, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

Earlier in the week, the president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, announced new economic and geopolitical plans while addressing reporters at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

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What is happening at Tarkwa Bay?

January 23, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

For hundreds of people living in Tarkwa Bay, Tuesday morning began in a fairly routine manner. Children going to school, families having breakfast, prayers being said, and tentative but important

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Oxford English Dictionary Adds 29 Nigerian Words in Latest Update

January 23, 2020 by Tomi Idowu

Danfo, Okada, Tokunboh, Buka and other Nigerian English mainstays are now a part of the English language.

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Kiki Mordi, Fisayo Soyombo win People Journalism Prize for Africa 2019

January 20, 2020 by Wale Oloworekende

Investigative journalists, Kiki Mordi and Fisayo Soyombo, have been selected as the inaugural winners of the People Journalism Prize for Africa 2019 (PJPA). Soyombo was chosen for his undercover investigative