Yvonne Ndege

Draw­ing a glob­al au­di­ence, Niger­ian cin­e­ma high­light­ing is­sues close to the so­ci­ety’s heart.

Maria Saro-Wiwa says she is proud of Niger­ian en­vi­ron­men­tal­ist’s fight against Roy­al Dutch Shell and for democ­ra­cy.

Gov­ern­ment urged to play a role – to over­haul school cours­es, cre­ate fi­nan­cial in­cen­tives and up­grade in­fra­struc­ture.

In south­ern Nige­ria, cit­i­zens al­lege oil com­pa­nies are in­flu­enc­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions of spills to avoid re­spon­si­bil­i­ty.

Op­po­si­tion says there are ma­jor prob­lems with the elec­toral roll and ac­cus­es pres­i­dent’s par­ty of vote-med­dling.

Peo­ple are pa­tient­ly wait­ing for re­sults from the first de­mo­c­ra­t­ic par­lia­men­tary elec­tions since its in­de­pen­dence.

An in-depth look at the shad­owy group as vi­o­lence con­tin­ues to wrack the West African coun­try’s north­east.

Thou­sands of sol­diers have been de­ployed in north­ern Nige­ria, but many ques­tion whether peace will re­turn to the re­gion.

Thou­sands from Boko Haram’s home state now live in wretched con­di­tions in neigh­bour­ing Niger.

Hu­man­i­tar­i­an or­gan­i­sa­tions and me­dia re­main re­strict­ed in ar­eas where fight­ing takes place against Boko Haram.