These Cartoons by Mike Asukwo Aptly Describe Everything About the Nigerian Political Scene
October 6, 2015
The desire to own a gun in Nigeria is gaining momentum with the spike in insecurity, but what does it take to get a gun licence if you want to defend yourself (or become Makanaki)?
What’s Buhari’s obsession with Niger Republic and using Nigeria’s scarce resources to take care of them? We have the tea.
The 2023 presidential election is eight months away, but the potential winner will be decided this week as parties pick their candidates ahead of the deadline for primary elections. How does that process work and what’s the role of delegates?
Since time immemorial, well 1999 actually — Nigeria has celebrated its escape from pasty colonialists and military berets with a grand Democracy Day celebration. This day is usually characterised with a much needed public holiday, parades and the inauguration of successful candidates in the year’s elections. May 29th, 2019 was no different, only it kind […]
This week’s subject on Abroad Life left Nigeria in search of a soft life, and although he had a rocky start in Ireland with the worst roommate ever, he’s beginning to enjoy his stay.
The electricity workers’ strike that left millions of Nigerians in darkness lasted only as long as a Fela song. But what were the issues? And is this the end of darkness?
They’re mostly 70+ and in charge of a country filled with an abundance of young people. When will it be the turn of the leaders of tomorrow?
Animals in Nigeria must live in dread of being accused of a crime they didn’t commit because termites are the latest to be featured in a corruption story and there’s ₦17.2 billion involved this time. What’s the tea?
This is the story of how terrorists played Buhari like a JJC in Oshodi Underbridge.
You might think only two political parties are stressing your life as a Nigerian, but there are actually 18 of them. How did they come to be, and what’s their origin story? We’ve dug up the stories of the biggest ten, so we can gist you.
If the logos of Nigerian political parties could speak, what would they say?
A high court found Uduak Akpan guilty of killing Iniobong “Hiny” Umoren and handed him the death penalty. But what exactly does it mean to be on death row in Nigeria?
This week’s subject on Abroad Life left Nigeria for the US in 2014. Last year, she moved to Canada. Why? The US has too much immigration wahala. She thinks more Nigerians should come to Canada because “things work” there.
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? It’s the same thing that happens when Nigerian soldiers clashed with police officers in Lagos traffic. How did it end?
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