August/September 2022 Archives

‘Obidience’ or Sacrifice Can Peter Obi Actually Lead Nigeria?

Chukwudi Ukonne·August 25, 2022

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...

August/September 2022 Best of 2022 Nigeria Nigeria Decides 2023 Nigeria Decides 2023: Candidates vol6-no2

One Last Dance? Atiku Abubakar, PDP’s North Star

Chukwuma Junior Chinye·August 25, 2022

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...

August/September 2022 Best of 2022 Nigeria Nigeria Decides 2023 Nigeria Decides 2023: Candidates vol6-no2

The ‘Son of a Nobody’ That Became President William Ruto Wins Kenya’s 2022 Presidential Election

Wemi Moyela·August 23, 2022

Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, wins the 2022 presidential election amidst allegations of electoral malpractice and calls for annulment. Read more. Read More...

August/September 2022 Kenya News

‘Don’t Let What Is in Vogue Decide What or How You Write’ Chigozie Obioma’s First Draft

Chigozie Obioma·August 19, 2022

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...

August/September 2022 First Draft Interviews Nigeria

Reframing Population Other Perspectives on Africa’s Population Growth

Yarri Kamara·August 17, 2022

Discussion on Africa’s demography and population growth has often been handicapped by narrow and fragmented framing. But what if we reframed these discussions? Read more Read More...

August/September 2022 Best of 2022

Does ‘Creative Crowdsourcing’ Exploit Creatives? NDLEA Faces Backlash Over Logo Design Contest

Todah Opeyemi·August 16, 2022

Critics have called a design contest launched by NDLEA ‘exploitative’. The contest, where young artists compete by submitting free NDLEA logo suggestions, has received over 100 submissions, but a spokesperson for the organization has announced that it will not be revising its approach. Read more. Read More...

August/September 2022 News Nigeria

‘There’s a Story in Everything’ Aisha Salaudeen’s First Draft

Aisha Salaudeen·August 12, 2022

Multimedia journalist and creator of the I Like Girls podcast, Aisha Salaudeen, believes you can find a story in anything. Read our interview. Read More...

August/September 2022 First Draft International Women's Day - First Draft Interviews Nigeria

‘Africa Deserves a Formal Apology’ Nana Akufo-Addo Is Calling for Colonial Reparations

Wemi Moyela·August 11, 2022

Ghana’s president has recently gone viral over a ‘reparations’ speech he gave on 02 August 2022 in Accra, Ghana. Read more. Read More...

August/September 2022 Ghana News

‘A Storyteller to His Bones’ Nigerian Filmmaker and Writer, Biyi Bandele, Has Died

Tomisin Awosika·August 10, 2022

On Sunday, 07 August 2022, Nigerian author and filmmaker, Biyi Bandele, died in Lagos at the age of 54. Read more. Read More...

August/September 2022 News Nigeria

New Voices The Republic’s National Student Essay Writing Competition

The Republic·August 9, 2022

In partnership with the UNDP, The Republic is holding a national essay competition open to students in Nigeria between the ages of 16 and 25. Read More Read More...

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