A post on X says INEC’s voter register carries more than 20 million AI-generated voters. A news site has since turned it into a headline. The post and the story built on
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Creators from Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria took center stage at the Voices in Motion Creative Summit 2026, made possible by Swiss Sportswear brand On. The summit explored the power of owning African storytelling and the opportunities shaping Africa’s creative economy. Held
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News & Developments
Men, women and children marched in Zamfara under the #TinubuMustGo slogan a day after bandits killed five police officers, as the APC
Nigeria's gig economy is worth about $5.18bn, but manufacturing's share of GDP fell to 7.72 per cent in Q2 2026 and 800-plus
Applications for Love Island Nigeria close on 14 November at loveislandnigeria.com.
INEC's ICT director says some registration officers used their own logins to add questionable records to the voters' register.
Music
Nigerian artists earned over ₦60bn from Spotify in 2025, up just 3.45% on 2024, while local streams rose 170%.
Keziah Mallam drops “Rulebreaker” featuring President Zik, the first song from her upcoming self-produced project.
The Ibadan singer FOLA has built his name on collaborations. Here are eight features that tell the story, from his 2024 breakout
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Technology
OPay’s Wall Street debut lasted a day. The Nigerian fintech priced its NYSE IPO at $19 a share on Thursday, raising about
Flutterwave is moving from payments into banking. Here is the plan, the licence it holds and the markets it targets next.
Google Wallet and Google Pay are live in Nigeria. Here are the four banks supported, what you can do with it, and
Aries Media Ventures Fund I backs Aktivate, HustleSasa and Book Mahali. Who is behind the new African media-tech fund and what it
Identity & Sex
A step-by-step guide to giving head on a penis and on a vulva, with positions, technique, common mistakes and how to keep it safe.
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Nigerians keep asking Google if masturbation causes infertility. Here is what the
Google Trends shows Nigerians searching for pregnancy tests, the morning-after pill, masturbation,
It’s been hyped, doubted, and argued about for decades. Here’s what’s actually
Business
Nigeria's gig economy is worth about $5.18bn, but manufacturing's share of GDP fell to 7.72 per cent in Q2 2026 and 800-plus
Nigerian artists earned over ₦60bn from Spotify in 2025, up just 3.45% on 2024, while local streams rose 170%.
OPay’s Wall Street debut lasted a day. The Nigerian fintech priced its NYSE IPO at $19 a share on Thursday, raising about
Flutterwave is moving from payments into banking. Here is the plan, the licence it holds and the markets it targets next.
Fashion & Beauty
COSATU says cheap Chinese apps could cost South Africa 34,000 jobs by 2030. Nigeria already bans okrika, and the bend-down boutique is
When Nigeria’s football federation announced it was leaving Nike for Adidas, the headline figure was $8.5 million a year, which the federation
Following its recently announced collaboration with Adidas, Lagos-born skate and streetwear brand WAFFLESNCREAM (waf.) is kicking off a series titled 3D-12, a
In 2012, after years of skating streets that were never built for it, Jomi Marcus-Bello, Nifemi Marcus-Bello and KC Obijiaku set out
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OPay’s Wall Street debut lasted a day. The Nigerian fintech priced its NYSE IPO at $19 a share on Thursday, raising about
Flutterwave is moving from payments into banking. Here is the plan, the licence it holds and the markets it targets next.
Google Wallet and Google Pay are live in Nigeria. Here are the four banks supported, what you can do with it, and
Aries Media Ventures Fund I backs Aktivate, HustleSasa and Book Mahali. Who is behind the new African media-tech fund and what it