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Kenny Oshadipe launches new musical identity 11 years after her twin's death

Nigeria, June 23 -- Over a decade after the demise of her twin sister, Taiwo, Kehinde Oshadipe, the surviving member of the musical group Oshadipe Twins, has dusted off her act and is set to relaunch ... Read More


Zambian-American writer, Iris Nwanza, launches corruption-themed novel, 'The Lion's Den'

Nigeria, June 23 -- Zambian-American author Iris Nwanza launched her debut novel, The Lion's Den, in Lagos on Saturday. The novel centres on prevailing corruption in the justice system of African cou... Read More


Many Nigerian universities are censoring free speech, clamping down on student journalists

Nigeria, June 23 -- Muheeb Moshood, a student journalist at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, UDUS, never imagined that reporting about students' struggles at the university clinic would spark a cha... Read More


Zambian bill proposes jail for unlicensed journalists. CPJ fumes

Nigeria, June 23 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday expressed alarm at a Zambian bill that could jail journalists who work without a license for up to five years if it were to become la... Read More


Israel-Iran conflict: Then Nigerian connection, By Dakuku Peterside

Nigeria, June 23 -- When Israel launched Operation Rising Lion in the early hours of 13 June, most Nigerians were asleep. The footage came in fragments - precision airstrikes, sirens over Tel Aviv, de... Read More


Nigeria's tax reforms are promising but who will hold the (new) NRS accountable?, By Edidiong Bassey

Nigeria, June 23 -- When I learnt that the Tinubu administration was inaugurating a Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, I was cautiously optimistic. As one who has spent nearly a ... Read More


Alleged copyright infringement: 'Don't make Olamide my enemy'- Yemi My Lover to Nigerians

Nigeria, June 23 -- Veteran actor Yemi Ayebo, known as Yemi My Lover, has broken his silence regarding rumours that rapper Olamide used his name in a song and subsequently avoided his calls to sideste... Read More


The grave danger of shielding local killers, By Mukhtar Ya'u Madobi

Nigeria, June 23 -- The recent brutal attacks on wedding guests in Mangu, Plateau State, and the horrific killings in Yelwata, Benue State, are grim reminders of Nigeria's escalating security crisis. ... Read More


ANALYSIS: Violent extremism erodes local climate resilience in the Sahel

Nigeria, June 23 -- The Sahel is one of Africa's most climate-vulnerable areas. The region increasingly experiences extreme weather such as floods and droughts, and ongoing land degradation, depleting... Read More


Trust, identity and the blockchain road Nigeria is taking, By Fatimah Yusuf Usman

Nigeria, June 23 -- In a world steadily gravitating towards decentralisation, secure identity systems, and technology-driven trust, blockchain is emerging as a defining pillar of the Fourth Industrial... Read More