In 1970s Lagos, Fuji was more than music—it was a movement. At its center stood two men: Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, the pioneer who turned Islamic wéré chants into a modern...

Long before the courtroom verdict was sealed, Ramon Abbas—better known to the world as Hushpuppi—had already become a ghost of two lives. One was lived in the glow of Instagram,...

For ten years, a familiar face anchored millions of Nigerian mornings. Morayo Afolabi-Brown’s voice carried not just questions but convictions, her laughter softened hard debates, and her silences often spoke...

Lagos in 1993 did not sleep easily. The city was loud, restless, vibrating like a drum stretched too tight. Taxi horns blared through Marina, market women haggled in Mushin, and...

The story that unfolded in Auchi was not just about one woman’s accident. It was about Ruth, whose life was violently upended in an instant. It was about Phyna, once...

Ayinla Omowura’s voice was the pulse of Abeokuta. From the dusty motor parks to the smoke-filled beer parlors, his Apala carried the stories, frustrations, and secrets of a city that...

Few individuals in Nigeria’s religious history are as controversial as Temitope Balogun Joshua, more commonly known as Prophet T.B. Joshua. He was, to millions, a powerful man of God characterized...

Across the centuries, the story of kings has rarely been told in straight lines. In the Yoruba heartland, where crowns carry both divine sanction and political weight, monarchs have risen...

In the turbulent 1940s, when British colonial power still held Nigeria in a tight grip, one man discovered that the stage could be as dangerous as the streets and as...

Afrobeat did not emerge in isolation; it was forged in the turbulence of postcolonial Nigeria, where music, politics, and power constantly collided. At the centre of this collision stood Fela...