Weeks ago, bandits shot down a fighter jet in northern Nigeria. This comes amid questions over the Nigerian Air Force's readiness to curb insecurity and a slew of deals by the Nigerian government to upgrade its airpower. Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jet On July 18, "bandits" shot down a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter …
Sir Victor Uwaifo, Joromi and Gaiterboy has rested in the Lord. Tribute cover by OluJazz (video)
Summer in the city: A Igoni Barrett on a rainy bus ride in Lagos By A Igoni Barrett
It had been raining all day the way an old goat pees, in fits and starts, with bleats of sunshine in between. This was a weekday in July 2007, the magical year I moved to Lagos, and only a few months into the nine-to-five that lured me over. The excitement of waking up every day …
Donald’s Plot Against America by Mary L. Trump
Now, he and his GOP enablers are peddling the Second Big Lie: that January 6 was just legitimate protest. It’s the crucial ingredient in convincing America to return them—and him—to power. I felt as though I had stumbled across a crime scene so violent that I couldn’t process it, let alone synthesize the images in …
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A short video that provides the fuller picture of the Atlantic slave trade by David Allen Green
One of the projects on which I am working is a history of the law of slavery in practice. You may think that you know the broad outlines of the story of slavery – at least in respect of the Atlantic slave trade. But this short video – for which both script and animation are …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 