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Chinese imitations popularize coral beads among Nigerian fashionista

Dec. 20 | A Nigerian couple at a traditional wedding. Photo Credit: Xsightn Nigerian women who want the ultimate status symbol used to spend up to $9,000 for a coral bead necklace. Now imitations from China that cost a fraction of the price are feeding a growing...

Confronting challenges of rapid urbanization in lagos

Dec. 15 | By Giles Omezi ; Executive Director, Bukka Educational & Research Trust The Urban Age and Cities Programme of the London School of Economics invited Governor Fashola to deliver a lecture on Nigeria’s largest city. For Lagos watchers like Bukka,...

Nigerian Nnimmo Bassey wins ‘Alternative Nobel’

Dec. 8 | Nnimmo Bassey from Nigeria (second from right) Activists from Nepal, Nigeria, Brazil and Israel have accepted the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “alternative Nobel,” at a ceremony in Sweden’s parliament. Nigeria’s...

Iranian ‘diplomat’ and 3 Northerners charged over arms shipment

Nov. 26 | Photo Credit: Reuters/ Afolabi Sotunde A Nigerian court charged an Iranian and three Nigerians for arms trafficking in connection to an arms shipment officials seized last month at Nigeria’s busiest port. The Magistrate Court in Abuja said Thursday...

That Naija slang, Madam Akunyili and her misplaced priority -1

Nov. 21 | By Edwin Eriata Oribhabor The Honorable Minister of Information and Communication Professor Dora Akunyili recently ordered that henceforth, no one should use the name Naija in place of Nigeria. She threatened that all corporate bodies using it would be...

15 years since the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa

Nov. 10 | Ken Saro Wiwa Nigeria's activist leader was executed by military dictator General Sani Abacha. Nigeria on Wednesday marked 15 years since the execution of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, whose campaign against the oil industry drew the world’s attention...

200,000 Port Harcourt’s residents at risk of homelessness

Nov. 2 | A Nigerian state government’s scheme to tear down slums for modern buildings including a hotel and theme park could leave more than 200,000 people homeless, Amnesty International warned on Thursday. Waterfront shanty settlements are being razed...

A Yoruba enclave in the heart of Igboland

Oct. 25 | By Banji Aluko Deep in the heart of the Igbo-speaking people in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State are Ugbodu and three other communities where Oluku mi, a derivative of Yoruba language, is the language of the people. BANJI ALUKO,...

The Religion of Zero Benefit

Oct. 10 | By Bernard Imarhiagbe Nigeria has become a nation of poverty amidst natural abundance and manifold blessings.  The religions represented in Nigeria have strong and useful value systems. Majority of religious followers and their institutions do not adopt...

Why Africa remains stagnant

Oct. 6 | By Chidi Nwaonu “Sometimes a thing is just what it is, a thing….when we see lightning killing people we don’t ask why, we just stay out of thunderstorms”. This quote from the ‘Virgin of the Flames’ by Chris Abani strikes me as the most...