ARTS & CULTURE
A song drops in Lagos. Diaspora networks carry it faster than any label can. That’s Nigerian culture.
THE COOKBOOK THAT MADE HISTORY
Ozoz Sokoh just became the first Nigerian cookbook author to win a James Beard Award. Sokoh’s debut book, Chop Chop, won the 2026 Emerging Voice in Books honour at the James Beard Foundation Awards. It’s one of the most prestigious recognitions in food writing…
FOUR DAYS FOR TINTED WINDOWS
A 21 year old streamer spent four days in a police cell over a car with tinted windows and no number plate. The man accused of building a fake federal agency is still waiting on his day in court. Habeeb Hamzat, known online as Peller, was stopped by police on the…
WHAT ACTUALLY WORKED THIS WEEK
A Nigerian conservationist just won one of the hardest awards in the world to get. She did it by doing the long term, unglamorous work Nigeria’s institutions keep failing to do. Rachel Ikemeh has spent thirteen years rebuilding a corner of the Niger Delta most of the…
STUDENTS FROM THIS IS LAGOS
Lagos gave secondary and tertiary students a competition. They made things. The government noticed them. The second edition of the Lagos Schools Arts and Crafts Competition was held this week at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa. The theme was This Is…
THE TOURNAMENT WITHOUT US
The 2026 FIFA World Cup starts on Thursday 11 June. Nigeria isn’t in it for the second consecutive tournament. Nigerian players are on at least six of the forty-eight squads. The conversation this opens is one the diaspora has been having quietly for months. The Super…
REMA IN LA
The Super Eagles didn’t make it to the World Cup. Nigerian music is headlining the opening ceremony. Make of that what you will. On June 12, eight days from now, Rema performs at the FIFA World Cup 2026 opening ceremony in Los Angeles. SoFi Stadium. Katy Perry on the…
WHAT THE BIAFRA WAR LEFT IN THE FAMILY
Meji Alabi is 37, born in London to Nigerian parents. He directs Beyoncé videos. He went back to interview his grandfather about the war. The result is now on BBC iPlayer, in Igbo, Hausa, Pidgin, Yoruba, and French. There’s a version of Nigerian history that exists in…
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