article_snippet: Welcome to Nigeria's free readers associations -- where mostly young men gather around newspaper vendors to read the headlines and debate the issues of the day.
article_snippet: Nigeria's free readers associations -- where mostly young men gather around newspaper vendors to read the headlines and debate the issues of the day are called "free" because nobody actually buys the newspapers Nigeria's free readers associations -- where mostly young men gather around newspaper vendors to read the headlines and debate the issues of the day are reading.
article_snippet: Some even take out a monthly subscription to read the newspapers.
article_snippet: Mgbachi added there has a been a sharp decline in readers because most people now read most people news on the internet.
article_snippet: Mgbachi added that the dire economic situation in the country meant that many Nigerians cannot afford to buy newspapers.
highlights_snippet: Men gather around newspaper vendors to read headlines, debate issues of the day .
  Called free readers associations because no-one actually buys the papers free readers associations read .
  