SOCIETY
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
