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, Uche Mbah, Dominic Tabakaji, and Sam Tabakaji.   Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.    Copyright (c) 2023 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved.     ▶︎Subscribe to our 234Au ..read more

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 Muhammad. Copyright (c) 2023 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved. ——————————————— ▶︎Follow us @234.audio on Instagram, @234audio on Facebook, and @234audio on Twitter ▶︎Subscribe to our 234Audio YouTube channel ——————————————— If yo ..read more

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. ——————————————— ▶︎Follow us @234.audio on Instagram, @234audio on Facebook, and @234audio on Twitter ▶︎Subscribe to our 234Audio YouTube channel ——————————————— If you are interested in sponsoring or licensing this program, reach out to us via WhatsApp at +234 818 ..read more

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.   ———————————————  This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, Anthonieta Kalunta, Mariam Mohammed, Uche Mbah, Dominic Tabakaji, and Sam Tabakaji.   Special thanks to Rabia Hadejia.   Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad ..read more

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 for you how it’s possible to have invalid registrations and why the 45% number is actually consistent with what INEC has reported in the past. ——————————————— This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, Mariam Mohammed ..read more

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 Bill for an Act to Establish the Electoral Offences Commission 2022 and other related matters, INEC made their case for why we need a separate commission to investigate, arrest, and prosecute election offenders. We analyze th ..read more

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. We focused on the three mainstream presidential candidates - the APC candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, PDP’s candidate Atiku Abubakar and LP’s candidate Peter Obi. ——————————————— This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad ..read more

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 will learn. Then after all the tears are shed, you tell her that you did it because you love her. And maybe you even feel a little bad about the beating and you’re extra nice to her afterwards and she’s extra obedient after ..read more

Political campaigns cost money and that money has to come from somewhere. At the moment, in Nigeria, the candidate is responsible for mobilizing funds and party member contributions to party finances are non-existent. At the moment, political parties are not owned by the people because the people are not financing them. It’s time to change all of that. Get your PVC. Vote. Join a political party. Donate funds. Be at the table. Participate in decision-making. Demand better. ——————————————— This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, Mariam Mohammed, Lucky Usamah, Uche Mbah, Dominic Tabakaji an ..read more

The pattern of violence and kidnapping that has been sweeping across northwest Nigeria has been confusing to say the least. There didn’t seem to be rhyme or reason to it until we came across a book written by Anja Shortland. In this mini episode,  we attempt to place the events happening in northwest Nigeria in the context of protection theory and well...the situation is (to put it mildly) not good.   ———————————————  This episode was produced by Rahmat Muhammad, Anthonieta Kalunta, Alexandra Gekpe, Uche Mbah, Dominic Tabakaji and Sam Tabakaji. Executive producer Rahmat Muh ..read more