Today, spend 6 hours of your life listening to the Nigerian music that defined the times of the people who came before you.

As the Super Eagles begin Nigeria's quest for a fourth AFCON title, we revisit 1980, the year Nigeria won its first title. We spoke to Segun Odegbami, a star player of that 1980 team, and three fans who witnessed the historic campaign 45 years ago. ⬇️ archivi.ng/the-archivist/…

Latest: For archivi.ng, I revisit the 1980 AFCON, when Nigeria won its first title, and spoke with three spectators who were there, as well as one of the players who made the moment possible, Segun Odegbami. archivi.ng/the-archivist/…

The Green Eagles' path to Nigeria's first AFCON title in 1980 started with Tanzania on March 8, 1980, in front of 80,000 people at the National Stadium in Lagos. Source: Punch

No one comes close. Fela made the purest, most radical political art in Nigerian history. Bonus points that you can also bop to the very political music. And he did it across multiple periods when he had so much to lose, and he lost enough. He put skin in the game like mad.

Many of the "best podcasts of 2025" lists include that one podcast that was enriched by archivi.ng's archives and research. Every time you encounter it on every list, you just know it when you see it. Fela Kuti: Fear No Man.

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We've selected 6 fellows for the second cohort of The Archivi.ng Fellowship. Meet: Ameze Belo-Osagie (Mez Belo-Osagie) Chioma Onyenwe (Chioma) Festus Naphtali Adda (Naphtali Festus Adda) Kossiso Udodi (Kossiso Udodi Royce) Olamide Adio (Olamide Àdìó) Osasikemwen Ogieva (Osasikemwen Ogieva)

In 1980, the Eagles struck early against Morocco. Felix Owolabi scored just eight minutes into the game, and the team held on through a tense ninety minutes to secure a historic place in the final. History about to repeat itself?

We’re reflecting on what shaped Africa’s infosec space in 2025 and what those patterns mean for 2026. Part 1 of our infosec roundup is out. Read here: cybafrique.beehiiv.com/p/what-defined…

35 years ago in Kwara State, a night of celebration became a nightmare when a building with 14 sleeping children caught fire. One man stepped in to stop a tragedy. This is the story of Saka Daramola.

This is the most exciting thing I've written in one million years. And while the story appears to centre one man, he's only a small cog in a big, big machine we all inhabit. Read, maybe 🔫

From writing this story, heavily reliant on archival material, I landed on a hot take: if this story happened today, I’m not sure today’s media would have been able to do the kind of deep reporting that made it possible for me to reconstruct it with incredibly rich detail.

Whenever you happen to see me, ask about the million and one things on my to-do list and then press some dollars into my palms. I'll accept head pats too.

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Gowon losing this election was such a big deal in 1993 that many publications wrote feature stories about it, but if you checked his Wikipedia page right now, there's not a single mention of him running. You can catch gaps in Nigerian history like this on Archivi.ng.

In September 1975, Britain experienced what was widely described as its first classic hostage siege. At the centre of it was a young Nigerian named Franklin Davies. According to a feature story by DRUM: ▶️ Davies had left Nigeria in 1966 at 19, chasing the promise many Africans