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‘Hope is a Word’ is a film about resistance through self-expression: In Nigeria’s Niger Delta, where oil extraction has poisoned the land for decades, poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey nurtures …

AI has achieved what no colonial power ever managed with this efficiency: it made Africa’s most creative people doubt themselves first, surrender their creative terms second, and pay for the …

On Sunday May 17, 2026, we flew from Lagos and landed in Lome, the capital of Togo in the West African sub-region for the third edition of Biashara Afrika, the …

When a wheelchair user can cross the street unaided, dignity is created. When an elderly woman can comfortably shop within her neighbourhood, inclusion is achieved. When pedestrians feel safe and …

While Nigeria celebrated 93% AI adoption, no one asked the only question that matters: whose values are encoded in the models we are so enthusiastically feeding our minds into? PROLOGUE …

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws ― Tacitus Fighting Corruption is Dangerous has given me a glimpse into why our country is held down by a …

I Modern society often prides itself on its scientific advancement and technological sophistication, yet even science, for all its achievements, has not completely resolved the deeper questions surrounding human consciousness …

PROLOGUE — THE DAY A MACHINE WEPT ON DEMAND The moment we called what AI does ‘creativity,’ we surrendered the most sovereign territory of human existence — without a negotiation, …

The 2025/2026 Nigerian Professional Football League season rounds off this weekend in Nigeria. That means that it’s been 36 years since the mission to lift Nigerian football was embarked upon …

What is the difference between back pain and kidney pain? And what treatment is available for kidney pain in particular? It’s easy to confuse kidney pain and back pain. Kidney …