Tag: Nigeria

SOKOTO, Nigeria: On a hot afternoon in June, Fatima-Zahra Ahmad, a 22-year-old student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto, made her way to the Dandima Bus Stop, the gateway to her journey home. With a fatigued yet eager expression, she boarded an 18-seater bus,...

OYO, NIGERIA: Toyin Olukoya, 68, loves to vote. She has been an active voter in Nigeria’s election processes for some thirty years. Olukoya became passionate about voting during her teenage years when she witnessed how a single vote made all the difference she needed, “......

ILORIN, NIGERIA: A month before the 2023 general elections, Muiz Oyekola, a student at the  University of Ibadan, walks through the nooks and crannies of Gbagi Market, a local market in the capital city of Oyo state. He is there as early as 10 a.m....

The integrity of election in Africa have become increasingly important for ensuring the legitimacy of government as well as local and international support.

Solutions Journalism - rigorous and compelling reporting on responses to social problems has become very attractive to student journalists in Nigeria, they tell us why in this report.