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While Abuja argues about poison letters and passport seizures, Kebbi State is hosting the Argungu Fishing Festival. Thousands of fishermen in open water, competing for prizes, in a tradition that has run for over 80 years under every government Nigeria has had. It has...
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Wizkid’s 14-year-old son just released his debut EP. Afrobeats is now generational. Boluwatife Balogun dropped his first EP this week. He is fourteen. His father has been publicly supportive. Afrobeats has been Nigeria’s most consistent global export for a...
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Jesutomiwa’s story reveals both Nigerian resilience and system failure Jesutomiwa works as a waste picker in Lagos. He graduated from university with a degree. He’s also a visual artist building a creative career using salvaged materials. His story has...
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Bite-sized: Wizkid and Asake’s “Jogodo” broke Spotify Nigeria’s all-time single-day streaming record with 1.388 million plays in 24 hours. No government support. No infrastructure help. Just two Nigerian artists creating music that moved...
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Bite-sized: Guinness World Records confirmed yesterday what chef Hilda Baci accomplished last September in Victoria Island, Lagos: 8,780 kilograms of jollof rice qualifies as the world’s largest rice serving. Third Guinness World Record for Baci. While...
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Bite-sized: Nigerian singer Destiny Boy died this week at 22 years old. The Fuji music community is mourning. He was young, he had momentum, and now he’s gone. Another young creative lost. The details are still emerging, but the pattern isn’t new:...