On a humid morning in Uyo, Nigeria, Ubokobong Amanam shows off the lifelike prosthetic where his fingers once were. The skin bears tiny wrinkles, and the nails are naturally shaped. …
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‘The world’s memory’: why Nigeria is burying its history under a mountain in Svalbard
A decommissioned coalmine near the north pole is the last place you’d expect to find Indigenous stories from rural Nigeria, but deep below the Arctic permafrost of Svalbard a storage …
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‘At 2am, it feels like someone’s there’: why Nigerians are choosing chatbots to give them advice and therapy
On a quiet evening in her Abuja hotel, Joy Adeboye, 23, sits on her bed clutching her phone, her mind racing and chest tightening. On her screen is yet another …
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A snakebite death is the latest high-profile tragedy in Nigeria: they all connect to map a system in collapse | Cheta Nwanze
The death from a snakebite of singer Ifunanya Nwangene in an Abuja hospital last Saturday, allegedly after a frantic and failed search for antivenom, sent a familiar shudder through Nigeria. …
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Death of Nigerian singer after snakebite highlights crisis of ‘preventable’ fatalities
In a last message to her friends, Ifunanya Nwangene wrote: “Please come.” The 26-year-old singer and former contestant on The Voice Nigeria had been bitten by a snake while asleep …
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‘They told us to leave. They didn’t tell us where to go’: the demolitions destroying homes and lives in Lagos
It was 12.30pm when amphibious excavators escorted by armed police roared through Makoko, crushing wooden shacks built on stilts. “It was the second time this year,” says Augustine Agpoko, 42, …
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‘You feel obligated’: African workers on the pain – and pride – of the ‘black tax’
From Senegal to Somalia and Egypt to South Africa, credit alert notifications from fintech apps such as Western Union or WorldRemit often set the mood for the rest of the …
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Nigeria’s big tax gamble: great in theory but people are already checking their pockets | Cheta Nwanze
Let’s not mince words. Nigeria’s new tax regime, which landed on our heads this January, is the most ambitious attempt to reshape the state since, well, since the last time …
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From childhood staple to luxury food: how Nigeria’s jollof became too expensive to eat
In Lagos, the holiday season is well under way. For weeks, the roads have been jammed with traffic, concerts headlined by Afrobeats superstars are drawing crowds, and choice spots are …
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Meet Dr Happi. With $100m and a steely determination could he save the world from the next pandemic?
Winning the world’s health lottery is a lonely business in the current climate. “It’s like being an orphan in a space where there used to be many kids playing – …
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