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MAY 24 2026

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Our latest issue, Nigeria in the World, explores how Nigeria moves through the world and how the world, in turn, shapes and misreads Nigeria. Across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, it traces the political, cultural and economic encounters that define this relationship and their consequences at home.
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MARCH 22 2026

WALE LAWAL•MARCH 22 2026
Our latest issue, 100 Years of Ladi Kwali: Stories from Another Nigeria, celebrates Kwali’s artistic legacy and shines a light on the Nigeria that often goes unseen and unheard. Spanning all six geopolitical zones, this magazine uncovers the deeper worlds that sustain Nigeria’s creativity, resilience and hope.
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MARCH 22 2026

WALE LAWAL•MARCH 22 2026
Last year, when Nigeria announced a posthumous pardon for Ken Saro-Wiwa and twelve other Ogonis, it was framed as a gesture of closure. Noo Saro-Wiwa does not see it that way. In this conversation, she explains why a pardon, without exoneration, cannot undo the violence of the past or resolve the political struggle her father left behind.
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AUGUST 24 2025

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AUGUST 24 2025

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MAY 22 2025

WALE LAWAL•MAY 22 2025
‘Who Dey Fear Donald Trump?’ assesses Africa’s global positioning in the new Trumpian era of multipolarity.
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MAY 22 2025

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FEBRUARY 21 2025

WALE LAWAL•FEBRUARY 21 2025
‘Demas Nwoko’s Natural Synthesis’ celebrates Nwoko’s artistic and architectural impact and the rise of African architecture.
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FEBRUARY 21 2025

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FEBRUARY 16 2025

WALE LAWAL•FEBRUARY 16 2025
How have the Ogoni people been able to come to terms with the execution of the Ogoni Nine, and deal with the unresolved environmental crisis caused by oil exploration till this day? What does the crisis in Ogoni and the Niger Delta more broadly tell us about what it means to be Nigerian? The seventh episode of the second season of The Republic is now available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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FEBRUARY 9 2025

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FEBRUARY 2 2025

WALE LAWAL•FEBRUARY 2 2025
Following the murders of the Ogoni chiefs, Rivers State military administrator, Lieutenant Colonel Dauda Musa Komo, and the Abacha regime finally had their way in to disrupt MOSOP. On May 22 1994, Komo held a press conference, where he accused MOSOP of the murders. But how did the government decide who to arrest? The fifth episode of the second season of The Republic is now available wherever you listen to podcasts.