According to the Nigerian Tribune, “12 street urchins were arrested” recently for “smoking India hemp.” Street urchins is the word they use for “area boys” and India hemp is their term for pot. But they weren’t the only ones causing trouble. Over 200 “miscreants” were also busted last week in a 3AM raid, many of whom weren’t from the area and reportedly “came to the state to seek greener pasture.” Considering how fucked up things are in Lagos, I can’t even imagine how bad conditions in their hometowns are.

South African photographer Pieter Hugo‘s photography exhibit Nollywood opens tomorrow at the Yossi Milo Gallery. Third largest film industry after Hollywood and Bollywood, Nollywood produces 1000 low-budget straight-to-video films a year. Tragic, raging, and rooted in traditional story telling, the Nigerian film industry’s focus lays on the supernatural, the symbolic, the melodramatic and the macabre. Read more »
Nigeria’s version of the FDA doesn’t fuck around when it comes to policing counterfeit pharmaceuticals: “Henceforth lifetime jail term or death penalty would be pronounced on manufacturers and distributors of fake and substandard drugs in Nigeria.” |Vanguard|
























