Image caption, Guests and dignitaries looked on as protesters stormed the Museum of West African Art in Benin City on Sunday Nigeria's stunning new Museum of West African Art (Mowaa) has found itself in the crosshairs of local power politics on the week it was supposed to - but failed - to open its doors to …
It was a story that spread through the Nigerian digital landscape with the speed of a wildfire fanned by a Harmattan wind. Headlines blared, social media posts multiplied, and talk show hosts dissected the latest “security alert”: the British government, in an official advisory to its citizens, had declared 12 states in Nigeria unsafe for …
Image caption, Nyesom Wike is widely regarded as one of Nigeria's most powerful government ministers A young Nigerian soldier has been widely praised on social media after footage of him standing his ground against a powerful government minister went viral. The soldier, identified as Lt AM Yerima, was part of a unit that prevented Federal Capital …
Every now and then, a new wave of hysteria washes across Nigeria’s political landscape — often imported, poorly digested, and then regurgitated by individuals who think WhatsApp broadcasts count as PhD-level research. The latest flavour of nonsense borrows from the American “Trump-style” threat politics: exaggerated claims of religious warfare, persecution fantasies, and fear-mongering designed to …
Emperor Wike In the grand theatre of Nigerian politics, Nyesom Wike never misses his cue. His latest press conference, staged with all the theatrical pomp of a Roman emperor granting audience to trembling subjects, was no exception. Perched loftily above the journalists—who gazed up as if awaiting crumbs of imperial wisdom—Wike radiated Abuja-Emperor energy. If …
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