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Justina Asishana

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Justina Asishana

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AFRICA

The jury is out on Nigeria’s mobile courts

The mobile courts introduced during the Covid pandemic have remained, but defence lawyers and their clients don’t agree they are fair

  • Justina Asishana
3 min read
A general view of a classroom at Kuriga school in Kuririga on March 8, 2024, where more than 250 pupils were kidnapped by gunmen. (Photo by HAIDAR UMAR/AFP via Getty Images)
AFRICA

Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis

Nigeria has a mass kidnapping problem, and March has been an especially horrific month

  • Justina Asishana
5 min read
A worker monitors newly bottled beers on the production line at the InBev beer factory in Ogun State outside Lagos, Nigeria. File photo by STEFAN HEUNIS / AFP/via Getty
AFRICA

Nigeria booze ban bruises spirits

A prohibition would reduce alcohol consumption but it will also cost people their jobs and state income

  • Justina Asishana
3 min read
More than 70% of adults surveyed in 25 countries perceive the spread of online misinformation, the global economy and terrorism as major threats in 2025, a new report from the Pew Research Centre shows.
ANALYSIS

Tech is already being used to manipulate us

From Egypt to South Africa, fake accounts, bots and generative AI are manipulating African politics. And 2024 is a record year for elections

  • Justina Asishana
  • Marian Ansah
4 min read
Massacre aftermath: Men armed with guns and explosives attacked St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo during the morning service on Pentecost Sunday. No arrests have yet been made. Photo: AFP
CHURCH ATTACK

Nigerians reel after attack on church in Owa

On Pentecost Sunday, gunmen opened fire on congregants, killing 40 and injuring 87 people

  • Justina Asishana
  • Rahaman Adekunle Yusuf
3 min read