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Will 2023 be the year for Jersey drill or Nigerian cruise? We look at the new pop genres about to burst through to the mainstream

The damage caused by climate change over this past year was at times so immense it was hard to comprehend. In Pakistan alone, extreme summer flooding killed thousands, displaced millions and caused over $40 billion in losses. Fall floods in Nigeria killed hundreds and displaced over 1 million people. Droughts…

Dozens also injured when driver ‘loses control’ of vehicle and smashes into crowd in southeastern port city of Calabar.

Thousands had gathered to watch a bikers' parade at the Calabar carnival in Nigeria on Tuesday when a car ploughed through leaving bodies scattered along the road

2022 has been an eventful year in Nigeria. For one thing, it’s been the precursor to the country’s general elections, which are due to be held in the first quarter of 2023. That’s a massive endeavour on its own. What is more, electoral campaigns and related activities are happening against…

New literary festivals are springing up in Nigeria, inspiring an evolving community of more book-loving Africans.

In a street in a poor neighbourhood of Lagos, a bare-chested young man, Gift Eze, holds his screaming partner, helping calm the rage within and stop him fighting.

More than Nollywood films, Afrobeats is arguably Nigeria’s strongest cultural export since the turn of the millennium. It is a hugely dynamic music category that incorporates a range of moods, languages, styles, and existing genres. To understand its impact, a cultural connoisseur has equated good Afrobeats music with well-made, smoky…

Predicting the outcome of national elections can be a mug’s game. Polls are often wrong, and second-guessing how people will vote months down the line can leave even the most savvy election specialist with egg on their face.