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If Nigerian Musicians Were Football Stars

Wizkid Made in Lagos Album Cover

The Nigerian music industry is the Hollywood of Africa. In the last decade, the industry has experienced a surge of talented individuals coming through its ranks. Lyrically speaking, the Nigerian music industry can compete with their contemporaries in Europe and America. Such is the level of progress the country has made music-wise over the last … Read more

Lekki Toll Gate Massacre: Timeline of Denial By The Nigerian Government (infographics)

African man folded fist tied with the Nigerian flag

It’s been 10 days since the Lekki Toll Gate Massacre, and the only thing that has come out of this ugly event has been litanies of denials from the Lagos State Government and the Nigerian Army as to the fatalities and their involvement in the shooting. October 20, 2020 was indeed a black Tuesday in … Read more

What’s next for #EndSARS? Letter To All Peaceful Protesters

African folded peace on the Nigeria flag

Dear Comrades, Over the last couple of weeks we’ve tasted what it feels like to be united, regardless of tribe or belief. We’ve enjoyed a brief moment of what true governance with proper accountability and transparency represents. The Feminist Coalition revealed to us that running a successful Government in Nigeria isn’t rocket science, and that … Read more

Nigeria: A Country at War With Its Future

#EndSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate Lagos

“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither push nor reproach evil doers, we are simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby … Read more

Thugs Attack. Prison Break. What Next from the Nigerian Government?

Nigerian man waving the Nigerian flag during the #EndSARS protest in Nigeria

The #EndSARS protest against police brutality in Nigeria has gathered weight over the last couple of days with celebrities, Nigerians in diaspora, renowned personalities and the international community lending their voice in what has been a movement of the people calling for the end of police brutality and government’s culture of silence. It should be … Read more