The Backstory

February 25th was Election Day in Nigeria and the experiences of voters ranged from good to bad to just downright bizarre.  In this episode of The Backstory, the humans of Triple-E share their stories and and ask some really critical questions about the voting process.   ------------------   This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, John Iwodi, Anthonieta Kalunta

On January 1, 2023, former President Olusegun Obasanjo release a letter titled "My Appeal to All Nigerians Particularly Young Nigerians". This is an audio rendition of the full letter as published by PremiumTimes. ——————————————— This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, John Iwodi, Dominic Tabakaji, and Sam Tabakaji. Executive producer Rahmat Muha

On October 23rd, 2022 something weird happened. The United States Embassy in Abuja issued a security alert to its citizens. ——————————————— This episode was produced by  Anthonieta Kalunta, Dominic Tabakaji, and Sam Tabakaji. Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad. Copyright (c) 2022 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved. ——————�

On Friday, 16th September 2022, the Kano state Police Command arrested a Chinese National, Geng Quarong, for allegedly stabbing Ummukulsum Sani Buhari to death in her family home for refusing to marry him.  In this episode, we review the phases of obsessive love and how it can turn into violence. Oftentimes, there are red flags which we tend to ignore.   —————�

Two weeks ago, INEC tweeted that 45% of voter registrations, that’s over 1.1 million, which happened within a 6 month period were invalid and would not be included in the voter register for the upcoming general election. Twitter went crazy, everyone’s conspiracy theory antennae went up, and INEC has been on the defensive ever since. In this episode, we will try to break down fo

It’s no secret that in Nigeria, electoral offences happen. There’s vote buying, ballot box snatching, bribing of INEC officials, disorderly behavior at a political meeting, illegal voting, threatening a person with violence…these and so much more have been defined as election offenses in our laws and they come with penalties. Last month, as part of a public hearing on the Bil

Campaigns for Nigeria’s general election will commence later this month and we want to help you keep track of what three presidential candidates are saying about how they will handle certain issues. For this episode, we’ve compiled clips and social media posts of what three candidates have said or posted since January 2022 about how they will tackle insecurity in our country. W

In August 2018, 13-year-old Ochanya was interviewed on camera by journalists and she alleged that she was repeatedly raped by her uncle, Andrew Ogbuja, and his son, Victor Ogbuja. Ochanya was diagnosed with Vesico-Vaginal Fistula (VVF) and on Wednesday, the 17th of October 2018, she died. Before she died, Ochanya was leaking urine and feces as a result of damage she suffered to her

It’s okay to discipline children but maybe it’s time to rethink how we do it in Nigeria and across Africa. In this episode we talk about how our tolerance for domestic abuse later as adults can actually be set by how we are disciplined in our childhood.  Imagine this.  Your child does something wrong. So you beat her because you’ve decided this is the only way she w

Politicians and political parties need money to fund campaigns. Regulating how politicians and political parties raise funds and how they spend those funds is important because If you leave it up to the politician and political parties, anything goes. In this episode, we take a closer look at our Electoral Act and we noticed that it has been  diluted, watered  down over t