What’s Buhari's obsession with Niger Republic and using Nigeria’s scarce resources to take care of them? We have the tea.

Over 400 inmates are roaming Abuja after suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked Kuje prison and broke out more than 800 inmates. Why does Nigeria have a trend of prison breaks?

This may sound like an April Fool’s Day joke, but Lord Commander Bubu once cut down trees in Abuja to protect the naira's hopeless slide against the dollar. He's given us more than a few things that made us scratch our heads.

The 35-year-old in this story was forced out of his home after a Boko Haram attack in 2016. Subsequently, he came to Lagos to start over, and he was getting back on his feet until a government decision set him back.

A hijabi can be explained as a muslim woman who wears a hijab. We got 10 Nigerian women to share why they started wearing a hijab, and how being a hijabi is dealing with a lot of identity erasure, stereotyping, fetishization, and Boko Haram “jokes”. Halima, 22 I was motivated to start wearing the hijab […]

Let’s take a look at that list, part deux. View this email in your browser 1- 8 – 2019 This is Zikoko’s Game of Votes Weekly Dispatch. We share the most important things that happen in Nigeria every week. 5pm Thursdays. Stay woke.  LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LIST, PART DEUX. Ever since President Buhari submitted […]

Let's take a look at that list.

Hauwa Liman, a Nigerian midwife with the International Community of the Red Cross, has passed. She was 24. The 24-year-old was executed by a faction of the terrorist group, Boko Haram on Monday, October 15 after months in captivity. Nigerians are outraged. They’ve criticised the government’s reaction to Boko Haram’s threats to kill her over […]

And we are extra sad about it.

She was abducted and married against her will!