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The Dramatic Story of Nigerian Modernism

Scholar and curator Chika Okeke-Agulu joins the Art Angle to talk about the meaning Nigeria's 1960s art upsurge.
Iowa Public Radio

Germany returns looted artifacts to Nigeria to rectify a 'dark colonial history'

Germany has returned 22 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria as part of a larger effort by Western nations to seek reparation of stolen artifacts from Africa. The Benin Bronzes are sculptures and plaques looted ...
Yale Environment 360

Street talk: Exhibition explores the literary pulse of early post-colonial Nigeria

In the early 1950s, as Nigeria approached independence from Great Britain, a vibrant literary culture developed in the vast and lively market of Onitsha, a city on the eastern bank of the Niger ...
Wall Street Journal

Nigeria Reverts to Its Old Colonial Anthem

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson and Dan Henninger. Photo: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Nigeria ditched its indigenous national anthem in May and ...
Sahara Reporters

Court Fixes January To Rule On Killing Of 21 Nigerian Coal Miners By British Colonial Police In Enugu's Iva Valley

The Enugu State High Court has fixed January 29, 2026, for ruling on the substantive application and a preliminary objection challenging its jurisdiction to hear a suit seeking compensation for the ...
The Nation Newspaper

Ganduje blames colonial masters for Nigeria’s faulty foundation

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, at the weekend, attributed the challenges facing the country to the faulty foundation laid by the colonial masters. Speaking as a guest speaker at the launch ...

The world ‘starting to sit up’ and look at Christian murders in Nigeria

Aid to the Church in Need National Director Bernard Toutounji says the murders of Christians in Nigeria are not a “new” ...