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Fuels are not just for transportation in Nigeria, many people also use fuel to power their generators in order to get electricity at home and also run their businesses.
Business, Finance & Economics
Nigeria’s low-income communities bear the brunt of faltering economy
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tablescape of assorted Nigerian foods
Food
A food writer celebrates the tastes of her hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
Surfing instructor Godpower Tamarakuro Pekipuma in Lagos, Nigeria.
Sports
‘Walking on water’: Surfing makes waves in Nigeria
Supporters of Nigeria's Labour Party's Presidential Candidate Peter Obi, chants during an election campaign rally at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. 
Elections
‘This is my only hope’: Young Nigerians gear up for presidential election
Customers who had waited for many hours stand outside a bank in the slim hope of being able to withdraw some cash, in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. 
Elections
Millions of Nigerians prepare to vote amid chaotic cash shortage
Burna Boy performs at State Farm Arena on Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Atlanta. 
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Afrobeats is the party’: The rise of African beats in global music
In this April 26, 2017, file photo is a Twitter app icon on a mobile phone. 
Social media
Nigerians eagerly await lift of monthslong Twitter ban
A man used his mobile phone to read headline news on Twitter inside an office in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, June 7, 2021.
Social media
Nigeria’s indefinite Twitter ban sounds the alarm on free speech
Nigerian Femi Kuti sings into a microphone
Music
Femi Kuti and Made Kuti continue Afrobeat legacy in two-part album
People hold banners as they demonstrate on the street to protest against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, Oct. 19, 2020.
Nigerians in the diaspora join #EndSARS protests
A man is shown in a white shirt and wearing a backpack with his arms raised.
Protest
Nigeria protesters break curfew amid gunfire, chaos in Lagos
A man is shown bending over in the back of a delivery truck lifting a burlap bag.
COVID-19
How Africa risks reeling from a health crisis to a food crisis
A largely abandoned street is shown with the metal wall at the base of a building empty of the normally packed market vendors.
COVID-19
Famously boisterous Nigerian mega-city Lagos adjusts to coronavirus lockdown
People are seen waiting for a bus at a bus-top in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 13, 2020.
Burning tires and sore feet: Lagos bristles under bike ban
A family of men sit on a porch and cry with their heads down.
Health & Medicine
In Nigeria, Twitter therapists and ‘tuk-tuk’ counselors make up for a gap in mental health care
Food
Meet Nigeria’s small but growing vegetarian and vegan community
Signs advertise jobs on the wall of a bridge in Ikeja district in Lagos, Nigeria, Aug. 10, 2016.
Jobs
Lagos’ megacity dreams are a nightmare for many working people
A school girl holds a Nigerian flag as she joins a parade marking Nigeria's 54th Independence Day in Lagos October 1, 2014.
Education
Nigerian girls often still drop out of school to work, despite the country’s increasing wealth
Teju Cole was born in the United States and raised in Nigeria.
Books
Nigerian-American author Teju Cole wants us to rethink what it means to travel
A chef poses with a handful of rice inside a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwin, on Jan. 11, 2011.
Economics
Nigeria seizes shipment of fake plastic rice as food prices soar
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Economics
In the slums of Lagos, poor residents end up battling the authorities to survive
Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti
Music
Seun Kuti, son of Nigerian music icon Fela, has a message for the world’s elites
Teju Cole was born in the United States and raised in Nigeria.
Arts
Teju Cole considers why racism is not someone calling him the ‘N’ word
Nigerian naira notes
Technology
One of the top ‘Nigerian prince’ email scammers has been caught
U.S. First lady Michelle Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Global Politics
In Nigeria, ‘it’s unanimous’ — Michelle Obama for POTUS
Girl drenched in water
Arts
This isn’t a photo. It’s an oil painting by a Nigerian artist who hopes his works will draw attention to African arts.
A student at Goverment Secondary School Garki washes her hands, as school resumed in Abuja, Nigeria, in late September.
Health
Here’s one reason Nigeria has halted the spread of Ebola
An immigration officer wears a face mask at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja August 11, 2014.
Health
Ebola’s spread to Nigeria presents a whole new level of risk
Medical staff put on protective gear in the Kenema government hospital before taking a sample from a suspected Ebola patient in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
Health
Decontee Sawyer remembers the life of her husband — the first American victim of Ebola’s latest outbreak
Medical staff take a blood sample from a suspected Ebola patient at the government hospital in Kenema, July 10, 2014.
Health & Medicine
Tensions mount between healthcare workers and Ebola-infected communities in West Africa
Environment
Living with long-term oil pollution in the Niger Delta
Every Day is For the Thief  includes photos by the author, Teju Cole.
Arts, Culture & Media
This book by Teju Cole may just help you understand what drives Nigeria’s corruption
Every Day is For the Thief  includes photos by the author, Teju Cole.
Arts, Culture & Media
This book by Teju Cole may just help you understand what drives Nigeria’s corruption
A Sunday service at the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Melrose, Mass. includes gospel singing, a live band, and dancing.
Lifestyle & Belief
This African church hopes to spread across America ‘like Starbucks’
Rob Ford cartoon
Global Scan
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t get Rob Ford out of office — again
Under an open-air pavilion built to seat a million people, children sleep on mats spread out on the cobblestones while their parents enter their 6th consecutive hour of worship.
Lifestyle & Belief
Evangelical Christianity is big in Nigeria — 87 football fields big
Analog Africa owner Samy Ben Redjeb (Photo: Caitlan Carroll)
Arts, Culture & Media
Flight attendant turned record label owner spins songs of 1970s Ghana
Nigeria grinds to a halt as general strike enters day two
Arts, Culture & Media
Armchair Travel: Take a Trip to Nigeria with Writer Chinelo Okparanta
Immigration, Race and Hair, Through Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie’s Eyes
Conflict & Justice
Tragic Fireworks Explosion in Nigeria
Arts, Culture & Media
Banana Island Instead of Boardwalk: African City Gets Own Version of Monopoly
Global Politics
Zimbabwe’s Capital on the Move
Global Hit
The Band Really Was on the Run: McCartney in Lagos
Lifestyle & Belief
Islamist Group Claims Responsibility for Cell Phone Tower Attacks in Nigeria
Arts, Culture & Media
Rocket Juice and the Moon Release Self-Titled Album
Islamic Militants Step Up Attacks in Nigeria
Global Politics
Nigeria’s General Strike Called Off
Conflict & Justice
Musician Seun Kuti Protests Against Fuel Price Rise in Nigeria
Nigeria: Music in Protest, Protest in Music
Conflict & Justice
Nigerians Protest Against Rise in Fuel Price
Business, Economics and Jobs
Trains from Canada
Arts, Culture & Media
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Arts, Culture & Media
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Global Politics
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