They were like, oh, they are giving me two days. If I don’t make my payment in two days, they are going to close the place.
WE DON’T KNOW HOW THE TAXES ARE CALCULATED
We don’t have a formula — like this is what we are earning and this is what we are required to pay.
SURVIVING AREA BOYS IN OSHODI
When you are taking your goods from the market to the bus stop or taxi, they will stop you at several points.
THE ART OF TAXING POVERTY
Postcards from Nigeria’s business owners suffocating under the weight of arbitrary and excessive taxation.
NOT YOUR LAGOS
Revisiting encounters with ethnic profiling, violence, and disenfranchisement in Nigeria’s 2023 elections.
‘THUGS CAME OVER TO BEAT PEOPLE’
In the 2027 election, I will still vote. I will never allow anybody to intimidate me. Voting is my right.
I’M YORUBA, BUT THEY SAID ‘GO BACK TO ANAMBRA’
“You must do whatever we ask you to do. Whoever we tell you to vote for, that’s who you must vote for, if you like your life.”
‘THIS ONE IS OMO IGBO, THEY SHOULDN’T VOTE’
That experience made many people feel unsafe and discouraged because elections are supposed to be peaceful and open to everybody.
MANY PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
Nigerians, we forget easily. Before you know it, life returns to normal.
THE THREE POLICE OFFICERS DID NOTHING
This is my country; I will fight for it. I will be voting in 2027 regardless of what happened in 2023.
