Nigeria outsources policing of corruption
Two weeks ago, on October 6th, Nigeria’s former oil minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke, was arrested in London
Nigeria
When Pelé ended a war
From July 1967 to January 1970, Nigeria was engaged in civil war. Apparently, one person could make the war pause: The G.O.A.T., Pelé.
When I was in school, being African was a diss
Here's Hipsters Don’t Dance's monthly installment of "Top World Carnival Tunes" for July 2015.
Arthur Ashe and the Military Coup
In 1976, the American tennis star, Arthur Ashe, went to play in a tennis tournament in Lagos and promptly found himself in the middle of a coup by Nigeria's military.
For Love of God
In the work of the novelist, Okey Ndibe, the influences of the United States, especially that everything is available for a price, is everywhere in Nigeria.
Flying to Frankfurt with a Super Eagle
The author writes about a fleeting encounter with the former captain of Nigeria's national football team, Sunday Oliseh.
Wasila Tasi’u is fifteen years old and out of prison
In the state of Kano, in Nigeria, last year, a 14-year-old girl, Wasila Tasi’u, was charged
Blood dripping from his head
A painful, violent story of migration captured in the song "Lagos" - for our series "Liner Notes," in which musicians talk about making music.
Why would you only watch Canada at Canada’s World Cup?
In some ways all women are the same. We bleed every moon until you hit a
Vice News and the war against Boko Haram
It’s not really about Nigeria, and it’s not for Nigerians. Rather it’s a story, popular in America, about brave soldiers fighting terrorists.
Nigerian Nostalgia
Nigeria has gotten a lot of attention on this platform in the past few weeks, with
Moment of Clarity, April 6, 2015: Nigerian (?) Soldiers Dance Skelewu
“Soldiers in Maiduguri, the embattled capital of Borno state, which has been under constant siege by
How to Govern Nigeria
The historic change that happened with the election of General Muhammadu Buhari has hopefully set the country on a way to rethink its brand of federalism.
Jonathan runs out of Goodluck
Goodluck Jonathan becomes the first incumbent president in the Nigeria's history, since the advent of democratic rule in 1999, to lose to the opposition.
The General
Twitter has declared General Muhammadu Buhari as President-Elect of Nigeria, Africa's biggest democracy.
The Mercenary Playbook
Why do Western media outlets still fantasize that Apartheid's foot soldiers will be the ones to stop Boko Haram?
Nigeria meets Brazil in the U.K.
Nigeria and Brazil have a long and intimate historical connection. Nigerian culture has provided a central reference point in
Why the US should seek closer cooperation with Iran in the fight against Boko Haram
Richard Nixon visited Mao’s Zedong’s China 43 years ago, from 21 to 28 February 1972. His stay
A glimpse of what could have been
The fantastical texture of the everyday in E. C. Osondu’s novel, "This House is Not for Sale."
5 Questions for a Filmmaker: Tunde Kelani
The legendary Nigerian filmmaker, Tunde Kelani is considered the bridge between the first generation of Nigerian filmmakers and Nollywood.