• Tari Utele

The architecture of southeastern Nigeria unsettles the neat binary between “indigenous” and “foreign.”

• Emman Usman Shehu

The Federal Capital Territory’s green belts were designed as flood buffers and cooling lungs. But under its current leadership, they are becoming patronage spoils.

• Omole Ibukun

Nigeria’s insecurity cannot be solved by foreign airstrikes or a failing state, but by rebuilding democratic, community-rooted systems of collective self-defense.

• Garhe Osiebe

Burna Boy’s highly publicized Lagos prison visit looked like generosity, but it also looked like content. Who was it really for?

• Solace Chukwu

The volcanic temperament and irresistible brilliance of the footballing star converge as the Super Eagles close in on continental glory.

• Afolabi Adekaiyaoja

The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations marks a transition period for the Nigerian men's national team. This could be good for them (and the nation).

• Garhe Osiebe

The Super Eagles don’t suffer from a shortage of talent, but represent a country unwilling to admit that greatness is not a birthright.

• Achille Tenkiang

A dispatch from Benin City tells the unfinished story of the Museum of West African Art.

• Ifedayo Ward

The scandal around Ezra Olubi has exposed the contradictions of Nigeria’s middle-class, online feminism.

• Afolabi Adekaiyaoja

The dispute over Benin City’s museum project shows that returning stolen art does not settle the question of ownership.

• Amatallah Saulawa

As the White House hypes “Christian genocide” and floats military action, northern Nigerians are responding with satire.

• Yusuf Bangura

Trump’s threats of military action against Nigeria are not about Christian genocide, but are about rare earths, China, and the scramble to control Africa’s mineral future.

• Gopolang Botlhokwane

Davido’s appearance at 'Amapiano’s biggest concert' turned a night of celebration into a study in Afrophobia, fandom, and the fragile borders of South African cultural nationalism.

• Emmanuel Solate

A photo essay on Nigeria’s Durbars and the power of royal pageantry.

• Efe Paul-Azino

The country that once produced some of Africa’s fiercest moral voices now struggles to sustain independent thought.

• Shobana Shankar

Trump’s aid cuts have gutted HIV programs across Nigeria—forcing local women-led groups to rebuild health and dignity from below.

• Kelechi Anabaraonye

Inside the crumbling walls of Nigeria's Old Secretariat, echoes of colonial governance and national awakening meet the silence of decay.

• Ayoola Babalola

Far-right and pro-Israel actors are recasting Nigeria’s insecurity as sectarian extermination to distract from Palestine.

• Garhe Osiebe

In Nigeria, the drive to cut corners has turned food and drink into vectors of illness, sacrificing health and heritage at the altar of profit.

• Chinedu Okeke

A new opposition coalition in Nigeria claims to speak for the people, but its architects are from the same old political class seeking another shot at power.