The Road to 2023 Editor’s Foreword: The Republic V6, N2
Ahead of Nigeria's 2023 election, this issue explores the presidential candidacy of Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Read more. Read More...
Month: August 2022
The Inevitability of Bola Ahmed Tinubu The Unsurprising Candidacy of APC’s Presidential Nominee
Convincing Nigerians to ignore the controversies of his past, his wealth and his choice of running mate will be the crowning achievement of Tinubu’s career—not becoming president. Read more Read More...
Is the World Getting Smaller for Nigerians? International Airlines Threaten to Halt Operations in Nigeria
The constraints on airlines have certainly affected the lives of ordinary Nigerians, who already navigating tough economic conditions and stringent travel restrictions as a result of their nationality. Read more. Read More...
Fela’s Renegade Children? The Potential for Resistance in Afrobeats
The global rise of Afrobeats has created the need for renewed engagement with the genre’s roots, patterns and political potential. Read more Read More...
‘I’ve Never Considered Myself as Having a Writing Style’ Ntsika Kota’s First Draft
Author of ‘and the earth drank deep’ and a winner of the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Ntsika Kota, had never seriously considered publishing his writing. Read our interview. Read More...
Abacha Returns (Again) Why the US is Returning $23 Million to Nigeria
In recent years, the recovery of Abacha-related funds has been a recurrent fixture in successive administrations. With Nigeria’s present economic challenges, many Nigerians believe the recovered funds may help improve affairs. Read more. Read More...
‘Obidience’ or Sacrifice Can Peter Obi Actually Lead Nigeria?
A former governor of one of Nigeria’s most electorally volatile states, Peter Obi, is no left-force tyro. Regardless, he faces almost impossible odds of winning the election. Read more Read More...
One Last Dance? Atiku Abubakar, PDP’s North Star
The journeys of PDP and Atiku, its two-time presidential flagbearer, are as interwoven as they are similar. The 2023 election will likely be their ‘last dance’ together, this author writes. Atiku has no doubt reshaped PDP, but have the years shown a match made in Heaven or a pairing doomed to fail? Read more Read More...
The ‘Son of a Nobody’ That Became President William Ruto Wins Kenya’s 2022 Presidential Election
Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, wins the 2022 presidential election amidst allegations of electoral malpractice and calls for annulment. Read more. Read More...
‘Don’t Let What Is in Vogue Decide What or How You Write’ Chigozie Obioma’s First Draft
Author of 'An Orchestra of Minorities' and 'The Fishermen', Chigozie Obioma wants to destroy Africa’s ‘unconscious sense of inferiority’. Read our interview. Read More...
