For many, US President Donald Trump embodies the ultra-conservative attitudes that hold great sway in Nigeria, and is perceived as a bulwark against what they see as the emasculation of America – and themselves – by the likes of feminism and political correctness.
Read MoreThe police and the military are birds of a feather. One is to minority communities in the US what the other is to black and brown countries worldwide.
Read MoreAfricans flying international routes describe the abysmal service they’ve experienced aboard airplanes and in airports.
Read MoreFrom 1967 to 1970, Nigeria and Biafra were locked in an internecine conflict that claimed more than one million lives and displaced countless others.
Read MoreIn Nigeria, prospective visa applicants can expect to pay unofficial fees thanks to shady dealings.
Read More“There isn’t a single person who can go through life without a single mark on their body, so why do we stare at people with scars as opposed to just seeing it as a norm?”
Read MoreNigeria has a history of artistes using creative methods to question power. Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti notoriously lampooned the military government in his music. Still, for many of Nigeria’s satirists, criticising those in power also comes with more indirect difficulties today.
Read MoreThe idea of starting Cassava Republic, a Nigerian publishing firm dedicated to African literature, came to Bakare-Yusuf when she traveled to Nigeria as a visiting academic from the UK. She was shocked by the narrow range of literature in the bookshops and the non-existent libraries in the homes she visited.
Read MoreWith general elections less than a month away, Nigeria held a much-awaited presidential debate on 19 January. Voters around the country tuned in for two hours on Saturday evening to hear what their next president had to say about governing Africa’s most populous nation.
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