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#EndSARS: Two Years After, 10 Nigerians Tell Neusroom What They Remember About the Protest

The EndSARS protest of October 2020 was a defining moment for many Nigerian youths. Although…

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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, October 7, 2022, presented the 2023 budget to the National…

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It was evening on Thursday, July 28, 2022. The fury of the day’s sun had…

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“I will be back shortly. Alabaa sent me on an errand.” With those words, Idowu…

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The January 15, 1966 coup led by an Igbo military officer – Kaduna Nzeogwu, altered…

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Ikoli Harcourt Whyte – The Nigerian music genius who disgraced disability to become the father of Igbo church music 

Before his tragic death in an auto crash in 1977, Ikoli Harcourt Whyte was one…

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King Gezo of Dahomey: West Africa’s most notorious slave-trading monarch who had an all-female army

Historians perceived him as a notorious slave-trader who terrorised several communities in Nigeria and Benin…

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Explainer: What Is Restructuring And Why Are Nigerians Asking For It Ahead Of 2023 Elections?

Since Nigeria’s transition to democracy in 1999, there has been a growing call for restructuring.…

How False Medical Report Is Increasing Number Of Sickle Cell Children

Opeyemi Afolabi had a deep-seated dislike for parents who knew they were both carriers of…

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Shortly after the Nigerian civil war broke out on July 6, 1967, following the declaration…

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Mustapha ‘Tafa’ Balogun, Nigeria’s 11th indigenous Inspector General of Police, who died on Thursday, August…

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“Good morning. Sorry to ask, if I introduce you to a platform where you would…

Chidera Ezekiel: How 19-Year-Old Delivery Rider Died In Ikoyi Prison Over Missing ₦45,000 Bicycle

Two years after he moved to Lagos, 19-year-old Chidera Ezekiel got a job as a…

Kunle Adeyanju: How Death Of Childhood Friend Inspired London To Lagos Charity Ride

It was American writer, Mark Twain, who said “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often…