Nigeria

CSDI Graduates 38 Storytelling Trainees

By Precious Orunduyi & Ifeoluwa Adeyeye The Centre for Storytelling and Development Initiative (CSDI), on 13 September 2025, concluded its 12-week Storytelling for Development Programme 2025. The virtual graduation ceremony held on Saturday marked the end of the programme, which…

Apps, pimps and algorithms: How technology is advancing Nigeria’s digital sex trade

By Juliet Buna She sat at the edge of a bar stool, tired eyes scanning the busy bar in Mokola, Ibadan, Oyo State, in South-West Nigeria. The sound of Afrobeats filled the air, and her half-filled glass of beer sat…

“Even on my wedding, I was called an addict” -Lingering stigma ex-drug users face in Nigeria

By Sulyman Pakoyi  Olajide*, 50, sat in his tricycle as he recounted his experience. It has been almost a decade since he quit using drugs; however, the experiences still linger, fresh in his memory. Olajide was just 10 when he…

Twice Neglected: The untold story of people with disabilities battling drug use disorder

This story explores the complex intersection between disability and drug abuse in Nigeria, revealing how structural neglect, discrimination, and social exclusion push many PWDs into substance dependence and total silence.

Edo mob killing: Did armed Hausa youths kill six Igbo men in the north?

By Emmanuel Oluwadola Claim: Multiple Facebook accounts claim that a group of armed Hausa youths invaded an Igbo market in the North, and killed at least six men. Full Text The recent gruesome killings of some Northern travellers went viral…

Nigeria’s quiet rebellion against corruption

By Emmanuel Oluwadola “I believe things should be done the right way,” says *Mr Adewale, a Nigerian IT manager caught between the anvil and the hammer, forced to either reject cash bribes or run for his life. In 2017, he…
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