Nigeria

City-Status

• Akinmoju Busayo

So what does it cost a town to become a city?

Published on Jan 20, 2020 6:00AM EST

Finally, it was settled that the driver must be Idoma

• Ajibola Tolase

Everyone started to yell at him.

Published on Nov 26, 2019 9:00AM EST

King in the North

• Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

Like many others, when posting pictures of myself and friends on social media, I find myself captioning them #YaranNorthSide.

Published on Nov 20, 2019 12:00PM EST

A hazardous journey to Bauchi

• Jeff Omenyuru

Obviously I had gone off-script.

Published on Oct 2, 2019 12:00PM EDT

Sing us a Catholic song in Nigerian tongues

• Lucia Edafioka

The tune was simple enough, but to pronounce the words with the correct Izzi intonation was grueling.

Published on Jul 12, 2019 6:00AM EDT

Long Black Nigerian

• Yemisi Aribisala

It is a potion for willfulness that I am concocting.

Published on May 26, 2019 2:00PM EDT

Cat in the Freezer

• Yemisi Aribisala

There is no way to truly express the long, drawn-out, and torturous heartbreak of wishing back electricity in Nigeria.

Published on Mar 31, 2019 12:00PM EDT

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Humans of New York visits Lagos

• Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún

When Brandon Stanton asked for a guide around Lagos, I knew he was looking for me.

Published on Mar 17, 2019 12:00PM EDT

But I am rooting for this love story

• Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

He says goodbye and she says it back. But neither of them walk away.

Published on Feb 26, 2019 4:00PM EST