With 70 percent of its people under 30 years, Nigeria needs to harness the strength in its youthful population.
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Africans rising Why #ENDSARS protests are different, and what lessons they hold for Nigeria
Although the Nigerian government has announced the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, protesters have not let up. They are now calling for wider reforms.
Politics and Society COVID-19: how lockdowns affected health access in African and Asian slums
Slums are a challenge for controlling the pandemic. Strengthening their fragile healthcare provision would help mitigate the effects of COVID-19 and future pandemics.
Politics and Society #EndSARS: Nigerian youths are reopening the files of violence in the country
The Nigerian government believes in the use of violence more than it upholds human rights. The #EndSARS protestors who are mainly the youth are clamouring for a stop to police brutality which is still ongoing.
Politics and Society Nigeria’s VP Yemi Oluleke Osinbajo, a man with a tarnished image and legacy
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo who started his tenure with the support of Nigerian youths is finding himself on the wrong side of history as the #EndSARS protests continue.
Politics and Society Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests also concern counter-terrorism
The nationwide campaign for accountable, responsible policing could help address violent extremism.
Politics and Society Young Nigerians rise up to demand a different kind of freedom
For young Nigerian protesters on social media and on the streets, #ENDSARS is as much an expression of a will to modernity as it is a yearning to be treated with dignity.
Africans rising Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests are a stern warning to the older generation in power
The #EndSARS protests in Nigeria represent a unity of mind among young Nigerians trying to reclaim their country from the older generation.
African identities How young, queer Nigerians use Twitter to shape identity and fight homophobia
Despite same-sex relations being criminal, social media is a space to come out and speak back to homophobia for the Nigerian tweeters in the study.