August/September 2025
How America Determines Nigerian Fuel Prices
President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy and push to recalibrate the dollar has affected global capital flows, especially economies tethered to the dollar system. In Nigeria’s fuel sector, this manifests as dollar hegemony meets subsidy removal and state retreat, giving rise to a new private monopoly. Read More...
What Happened to Temi Dollface?
Much has been said about Temi Dollface, the creative multitasker and musical pioneer who challenged stereotypes about what was possible for women in the Nigerian music industry. Yet, the most common refrain is that she was an artist before her time. Read More...
Tinubu’s Rough Road to the 2027 Elections Post-Buhari’s Death
The death of former president Muhammadu Buhari has put President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a precarious political position where he risks losing the support of the north, which can cost him re-election in 2027. Read More...
How ‘Defending African Values’ Masks a New Colonization
The Christian supremacist groups defending ‘African family values’ are heirs of the forces that destroyed Africa’s traditions of gender diversity, communal kinship and spiritual practices. Their campaigns today are not a defence of culture, family or sovereignty, but a second wave of colonization. Read More...
The Weight of Duty
Azubuike Obi writes about the passing of his father and the weight of trying to step into his shoes as expected by society. Read More...
In Nigeria, to Err Is Human, Unless You Are Poor or a Woman
Untruth, injustice and the Nigerian way. A lesson in the difference between a ‘human’ connected Nigerian man and the everyday Nigerian/woman as reflected in the Ibom Air and Comfort Emmanson debacle. Read More...
‘Nothing Should Be Out of Bounds When Writing’ Iris Mwanza’s First Draft
Zambian-American writer and author of The Lions’ Den, Iris Mwanza, is surprised by the rise of authoritarianism in the West: ‘The rise of authoritarianism in the West and how the institutional checks and balances designed to protect against it have failed us so quickly and easily have been very perplexing. This is particularly evident in the United States, and I am having a hard time unpacking exactly how, in a democracy, we can vote away our rights.’ Read More...
August Reading 2025 Half-Year Reading from The Republic’s Contributors
Our 2025 August Reading list features the most important books so far this year based on recommendations from The Republic’s editors and contributors. Read More...
Africa’s Geopolitics Needs a Digital Upgrade
In the age of artificial intelligence, can Africa recode its global positioning? Read More...
The Hidden Cost of Travelling Around West Africa
As a West African seeking to move freely within my own region, I was subjected to extortion, while non-Africans enjoyed the very freedom that should inherently be ours. Read More...
