In 2017 while working as a fixer for Regency Foundation on a documentary about the Centre for Girls Education, I saw Amina. She was standing beside the walls of a classroom in Tudun Wada Zaria, listening to and repeating the words from the voices of other children inside a class. …

A Nigerian based NGO is activating citizens with knowledge and know-how to demand accountability at the local level. At the end of 2019, Nigeria’s parliament passed a record 10.59 trillion Naira ($35bn) budget for 2020. The goal was to fully shake the country out of the impact of a four-year…

This week was spent self-reflecting on the meaning of the term ‘technology’. When one thinks of technology, the brain is assailed by visuals of self-driving cars, lab-grown chickens, robots speaking to humans, and alien invasions. Some think of it from a point of safety, others from a point of ease…

As millions of Nigerians marched in protest for good governance, millions more fought thousands of kilometers away from their homeland through their mobile phones. Nigeria’s Independence Day was followed by massive youth protests against a brutal division of its police force: The Special Anti Robbery Squad. It began as an…

After one week of nationwide anger, the Inspector General of Police and the President of Nigeria finally gave in and came on air to announce the dissolution of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS). This was of course quickly followed up by the setting up of another unit to replace…

In January 2019 the biggest catchphrase was ‘Nigeria Decides’. This catchphrase was used extensively across social media handles during the period. It indicated that Nigerians were going to the polls to decide on their own leadership with their votes. …

Private organizations, religious groups, and the government are working together for the first time in 21 years of democracy. All it took was a global pandemic. On the 18th of March 2020, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was aired on national television, and in a nationwide broadcast to the German people…

I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. It came with news from my childhood friend, Apollos Ezeogu. He called to say his mum had passed away. She had been ill for 10 years. A long and painful journey which had included diabetes, high blood pressure, and stroke. …

Against all it's visual and its cerebral attractions, my journey into the media world was a personal one, triggered by thinking about better ways that the same things we are already doing can be done. That’s why It has been an exciting three months of poring through the work YIAGA…