News Summary

• eLDee the Don's return to music has supplied a new soundtrack for Nigerian conversations about dating, money, and gender.
• In contemporary Nigerian slang, “billing” refers to requesting or expecting money, gifts, or material support from another person.
• The ideal successful man is often imagined as someone who can spend freely: at clubs, in restaurants, on fashion, travel, cars, and romantic partners.
• Economic hardship does not produce a particular kind of woman, but Nigeria’s difficult political economy does shape the practical stakes of romance.