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Obi of Onitsha laments rising poverty, insecurity in Nigeria
The Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, has lamented the growing hunger, poverty and insecurity in Nigeria. Achebe…
Sound Sultan’s Mathematics Song: A Musical equation and warning Nigeria still needs
There is a kind of song that doesn’t simply play. It confronts. It calculates. It holds up a mirror to…
‘Ebun’: A film telling deaf stories in a hearing world
The upcoming short film, now in post-production, follows the journey of Sadé, a young deaf girl navigating life in Lagos.…
Jungle Fame, City Silence: Where are the Winners of Gulder Ultimate Search today?
The jungle never lies. Its silence is heavy, its echoes eternal. Somewhere deep in Nigeria’s wilderness, where the shadows of…
The disputed history of Who first called it “Nollywood”
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, as flickering images from Nigeria’s chaotic video film industry began spilling onto satellite…
The Two deaths of Legendary Rapper Dagrin
It began with a sound. Not music this time, but the sharp, crushing screech of metal folding against metal on…
When Joke Silva risked everything to marry Olu Jacobs
There are some choices in life that arrive not with trumpets and applause, but with whispers in the dark, heavy…
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