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Former Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, Has Died

Tomisin Awosika·January 12, 2022

Nigerian politician, Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, who served as the governor of Oyo State from May 2007 to May 2011 has died. Read more. Read More...

January 2022 News Nigeria

Former Nigerian Leader, Ernest Shonekan, Has Died

Tomisin Awosika·January 11, 2022

Ernest Shonekan, interim head of state of Nigeria from 26 August to 17 November 1993, died this morning at a hospital in Lagos. Read more. Read More...

January 2022 News Nigeria

Women Who Lead Feminist Protests and Politics in Nigeria

Chioma Okafor, Dr Olajumoke (Jumo) Ayandele and Dr Olubukunola Oyedele·January 10, 2022

For protests such as #EndSARS where women play prominent leadership roles, gender stereotypes that assign leadership roles to men encourage dampen these protests at a much faster rate than protests led by men. Read more. Read More...

December 21/January 22 International Women's Day - Essays Nigeria vol8-no2

Detty December in Nigeria: ‘People are Tired of COVID-19 Protocols’

Todah Opeyemi·December 24, 2021

In Nigeria this year, much of ‘Detty December’ may be fuelled by an unlikely source—growing apathy towards COVID-19. Read more. Read More...

December 2021 News Nigeria

Black Soot in Rivers State: ‘Government Have Failed to Protect Citizens’

Todah Opeyemi·December 22, 2021

In Rivers State, efforts to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic could be rendered futile due to a long-running air pollution crisis—black soot. Read more. Read More...

December 2021 News Nigeria

Who Was Tanimowo Ogunlesi?

Tomisin Awosika·December 21, 2021

Tanimowo Ogunlesi was a women’s rights activist, teacher, and founding member of the women’s section of Obafemi Awolowo’s, Action Group (AG). Read more. Read More...

December 2021 Editors Picks: Independence Day Gender International Women's Day - Icons Nigeria

Why Is Everyone Talking About the 2021 Electoral Amendment Act? RxNews 20 December 2021

Chiamaka Dike·December 20, 2021

Nigeria’s elections are expensive and inefficient. An electoral amendment act proposes possible improvements, its deadline passed yesterday and there’s no indication it has been signed. Read more. Read More...

December 2021 News Nigeria

Are Nigerians Dancing to a ‘Cult Anthem’? RxNews 17 December 2021

Todah Opeyemi·December 17, 2021

Criticism of the ‘Ameno’ remix has coincided with a documentary on cultism in Nigeria that The BBC’s Africa Eye aired on 13 December 2021. Read more. Read More...

December 2021 News Nigeria

A Barrel of Rotten Apples How a Judicial Crisis Has Flourished Under Buhari’s Watch

Tosin Osasona·December 15, 2021

The problems of the judicial system in Nigeria predate both the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and even this current republic. Read more. Read More...

December 21/January 22 Nigeria

Feminism vs Womanism Scanning Buchi Emecheta’s Oeuvre

Sujarani Mathew·December 10, 2021

The liberation of the Black woman and the proclamation of this side-lined group as essential and complex parts of womanhood is the ultimate theme of Emecheta’s writing. Read more. Read More...

December 21/January 22 Nigeria vol5-no4

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