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Ghazouani at the Helm

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June/July 2025Mauritania
·June 29, 2025

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On Christmas Day this year, America's president, D On Christmas Day this year, America's president, Donald Trump, announced that the US  had ordered airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Nigeria's North West region. Months earlier, in May, we published a story that examined Trump's (potentially transactional) relationship with Africa. Swipe to read five things to consider about US-Africa relations in the time of Trump. Learn much more by reading the full story at the link in bio.
The Bushmeat System, Hunting and the Conflict of E The Bushmeat System, Hunting and the Conflict of Ethics #Onsite⚡️⁠
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Who is responsible for Nigeria's disappearing wildlife—hunters maintaining ancestral traditions, or a system that offers no alternatives? The answer is more complex than you think⁠. ⁠
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Read the story in full at the link in bio⁠
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📝: Foyin Ejilola (@foyinsaye)⁠
📷: PHOTOGRAPHY: TEMILOLUWA JOHNSON / THE REPUBLIC.⁠
🔍: Yusuf Omotayo (@yusufomotayo).
Nigeria's biggest tax reform in decades takes effe Nigeria's biggest tax reform in decades takes effect from 1 January 2026.⁠
From digital assets now being taxable to relief for low-income earners and small businesses, the Tax Reform Acts will reshape how nearly every Nigerian earns, spends, and invests.⁠
Swipe through for five things to know about the new tax law and learn much more at the link in our bio. ⁠
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📝: Martins Eke (@eke_martins)⁠
📷: Photo Illustration by Ezinne Osueke / THE REPUBLIC.⁠
🔍: Osione Oseni-Elamah (@osione_e), Yusuf Omotayo (@yusufomotayo), Wale Lawal (@wallelawal); Editors.
This Minority is No Longer a Tiny Island #OnSite⚡⁠ This Minority is No Longer a Tiny Island #OnSite⚡⁠
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Growing up, Nwanne Agwu was mesmerised by the effeminate grace of the Egedege dance troupe he watched on television. That early fascination shaped his understanding of identity in a society where such expressions are often fraught and difficult to name. In this reflection, Agwu traces that journey, from childhood wonder to the challenges, negotiations, and growth of living as an effeminate man in Nigeria.⁠
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Read the full story by clicking this image in the link in bio.⁠
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⁠📝: Nwanne Agwu (@nwanne_agwu)⁠
📸: Illustration by Charles Owen / THE REPUBLIC.⁠
🔍: Ololade Faniyi (@lolamargaret_), Yusuf Omotayo (@yusufomotayo), Wale Lawal (@wallelawal); Editors.
Today, in 1946, Stephen Biko was born. #RPUBLCHist Today, in 1946, Stephen Biko was born. #RPUBLCHistory⏳⁠
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Stephen Biko was at the forefront of the grassroots anti-apartheid campaign known as the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) during the late 1960s and 1970s. Now, nearly eight decades later, the fight against prejudice in South Africa continues, and this time, it's black Africans against other black Africans.⁠
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In August 2024, the Miss South Africa 2024 pageant was held at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria, where Chidimma Adetshina, one of the contestants having Nigerian roots, was forced to withdraw after online harassment led authorities to investigate her citizenship; something no other contestant faced.⁠
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Adenike Fapohunda writes that Adetshina's 'Nigerian-ness' made her the newest face of the Nigeria–South Africa cultural war. She contrasts Adetshina's treatment with Udeme Okon, who, also of Nigerian heritage, won gold for South Africa in the 400-meter race at the World Athletics Championships in Peru, held in August 2024 and was celebrated by the same minister who led the xenophobic campaign against Adetshina. The investigation revealed Adetshina's mother may have committed identity fraud, which xenophobes used as vindication against all Nigerians. Few spared thought for Adetshina, who had always believed she was South African-born and raised.⁠
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Fapohunda argues that Adetshina's rejection reflects South Africa's rigid post-apartheid conception of black womanhood that excludes those who differ by ethnicity or nationality.⁠
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⁠📝: Adenike Fapohunda⁠
📷: Collage by THE REPUBLIC. Ref: Chidimma Adetshina. WILLEM BOTHA / MISS SA.⁠
🔍: Peace Onafuye @yetundeandbooks, Wale Lawal @wallelawal; Editors.
Today in 1929, British colonial officers killed mo Today in 1929, British colonial officers killed more than ten women during the Aba Women's War. #RPUBLCHistory⏳⁠
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Nearly a century later, Nigerian women are still fighting for political representation, but this time, the battle is against their own government. In 1979, Janet Akinrinade and Adenike Ebun Oyagbola became Nigeria's first female federal ministers. Women's political participation peaked at 6.4 per cent in 2011. Today? Just 3.7 per cent of Senate seats and 4.4 per cent of House seats are held by women, placing Nigeria in the bottom ten globally.⁠
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Ayomide Ladipo traces this steep decline despite decades of gender policies and millions in funding. The author exposes how 'women's empowerment' has become a superficial tokenism: governors distributing 80,000 goats to women and labelling it 'economic intervention', while billions are allocated for three-day hairdressing training sessions with N50,000 grants. ⁠
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Ladipo writes that the government implements quotas for educationally less-developed states but rejects them for women, revealing a deliberate choice to maintain male dominance. 15 years after the National Gender Policy was developed, the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs acknowledges that it still lacks basic data to measure women's inclusion. Ladipo warns that the time is now for civil society and media actors to take action to reverse some of these harmful beliefs and practices. She says: 'Real power is never given—it's taken.'⁠
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Read the full story at the link in bio:⁠
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⁠📝: Ayomide Ladipo (@ayo_lad)⁠
⁠📷: Photo Illustration by Ezinne Osueke / THE REPUBLIC. Source Ref: Adenike Ebunoluwa Oyagbola / EDUGIST.⁠
⁠🔍: Yusuf Omotayo (@yusufomotayo), Ada Nnadi (@horneddaughter), Wale Lawal (@wallelawal); Editors.
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