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Belongings of Halima Ali Maiyanga and Maryam Ali Maiyanga, two of the young women kidnapped by Boko Haram in a boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria, in April 2014.

‘The Stolen Daughters of Chibok’: the impact of the abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls 9 years on

Conflict & Justice

Author and human rights activist Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode documented the heartbreaking stories of the Chibok families nine years after the Boko Haram abductions that gripped the world’s attention.

A man used his mobile phone to read headline news on Twitter inside an office in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, June 7, 2021.

Nigeria’s indefinite Twitter ban sounds the alarm on free speech

Social media
A man is shown bending over in the back of a delivery truck lifting a burlap bag.

How Africa risks reeling from a health crisis to a food crisis

COVID-19
Malala

Malala calls for a ‘state of emergency for education’ in Nigeria

Culture
Members of the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign celebrate news that Boko Haram extremists have released 21 young captives.

Nigeria’s #BringBackOurGirls campaign celebrates 21 returnees

Conflict
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

In Nigeria, many stayed up late for the drama, not the content of the US presidential debate

Global Politics

One Nigerian is surprised by what seems “debate-worthy” in the US presidential election.

In a market in Abuja, a vendor named Abba shows me a puny tomato that was selling for 10 times the usual price. Some Nigerians have been calling tomatoes “Buhari’s gold,” after the president.

How a tomato shortage has Nigerians questioning their reliance on oil

Development

Tomatoes are a prized staple in Nigeria, but there’s a severe shortage and prices are soaring. At first, many people has conspiracy theories about what caused the shortage.

Nigerians are speculating that when President Muhammadu Buhari visits the White House on July 20th President Obama will try to persuade the African leader to repeal Nigeria's Same Sex Prohibition Law.

Nigerians fear Obama will push gay rights in the White House during meeting with nation’s new leader

Culture

The legalization of gay marriage in the US has sparked increased homophobia in Nigeria. Now fear is growing that Obama may bring up the issue during the Nigerian president’s trip to the White House later this month.

A bus advertising an American visa lottery in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos.

Nigerians vie for a life-changing slip of paper

Lifestyle

When immigrants are granted visas, their lives are transformed, and so are the lives of the circle of people around them.

A girl and her mother rescued from Boko Haram in Sambisa Forest by Nigeria's military arrive at a camp for the displaced.

An uncertain welcome awaits hundreds of Nigerian women and girls freed from Boko Haram captivity

Conflict

Nigeria’s military has secured the release of hundreds of women and girls captured by Boko Haram. Many of those rescued are pregnant.