Weekend Mag

Weekend Mag

Inside Igbo Ora, world’s twins capital

Igbo Ora, the capital town of Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of Oyo State is adjudged to be the twins capital of the world. To clinch this titl

Mambilla: Where Fulfulde is spoken by everyone

How an administrative decision taken by the authorities in 1940 boosted Fulfulde on the Mambilla plateau, resulting in its swift spread among diverse

Iria: Rite of passage to womanhood

Iria is a festival celebrated by the Igbani, Kalabari, Okrika and Opobo ethnic groups of River State, which marks the transition of a girl into womanh

9 years after Zaria massacre, victims in search of elusive justice

Halima Salisu’s eyes welled up with tears as she recounted the devastating loss of her three children—Yakubu, 35, Usman, 32, and Musa—in the horrific

The red ‘bullet proof’ houses of Gembu

In Gembu, many of the houses are built using red blocks, and an industry has arisen around red soils, the raw material required to make the blocks. Ho