#EndSARS protests are currently ongoing across different cities in Nigeria. Remember that many celebrities had tweeted that they will be leading #EndSars protests.  Amidst celebrity promises and tweets against SARS brutality, groups of young Nigerians have also decided to conduct their own protests to #EndSARS in the country. Read: SARS Was Created When The Police […]

The Ondo election will be happening this Saturday, October 10, 2020. A total of 28 Governorship and Deputy Governorship candidates have been approved to contest in the election. Here’s what you need to know: When Is The Election? The Ondo State Gubernatorial election will hold on October 10, 2020.  Who are the frontrunners? Rotimi Akeredolu […]

Let’s start with when you joined the military.  The middle of 1977. That’s when I stepped into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).  That was your first job?  No. After my school cert, I worked for an insurance company. My salary was ₦91, and after working there for one year, I moved to a bank on […]

That video was a mess.

“A Week In The Life” is a weekly Zikoko series that explores the working-class struggles of Nigerians. It captures the very spirit of what it means to hustle in Nigeria and puts you in the shoes of the subject for a week. The subject for today is Chizzy. A trader in Yaba in his twenties. […]

Traveling by road in Nigeria should be listed as a type of punishment. The stress, pain and discomfort involved are just on another level. And the journeys somehow always last longer than they should because there’s so much landmass to cover and there are police checkpoints to waste precious time at. If you’ve been traveling […]

Step1: Always be prepared to run.

Have you ever been stuck in a relationship with a person you loved or at least believed in, and they just never passed up a chance to show that they did not give one crumb about your existence? Birthdays – maybe a flash. Valentine’s Day – radio silence. Anniversaries – LOL. If you can relate […]

When did ‘youth’ get a new meaning? View this email in your browser 25- 7 – 2019 This is Zikoko’s Game of Votes Weekly Dispatch. We share the most important things that happen in Nigeria every week. 5pm Thursdays. Stay woke.  LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LIST. Not like we’re counting, but two months post-inauguration, three […]

It takes a lot to surprise the average Nigerian. Honourable senators breaking into fights on TV? Routine. The president announcing that he’s journeying abroad for healthcare inaccessible to the regular guy on the street? Irritated, but not surprised. But every time word gets out, of a policeman assaulting a citizen for using an iPhone, or […]