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How ‘Ojuelegba’ Took Wizkid to the World

Patrick Ezema·October 8, 2024

Ten years after its release, Wizkid’s ‘Ojuelegba’ endures as the anthem that connected Lagos to the world, and the propeller for Wizkid’s international rise. Read More...

Nigeria October/November 2024

Why Is Food So Expensive in Nigeria?

Scholastica Akaeze·October 6, 2024

In Nigeria, food prices are skyrocketing. For many, food has become a luxury rather than a basic necessity. Here’s what’s causing Nigeria’s food inflation and what we can do about it. Read More...

Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria October/November 2024

‘Research Is My Favourite Part of Writing’ Osione Oseni-Elamah’s First Draft

The Republic·October 4, 2024

Nigerian writer and Republic’s business and economics editor, Osione Oseni-Elamah, says it is disheartening that many people still refuse to listen to the communities most affected by climate change: ‘I came across an article about the Niger Delta floods in which residents attributed rising water levels to climate change and pollution. Disturbingly, several commenters dismissed these claims, questioning how villagers could understand climate change.’ Read More...

First Draft Interviews Nigeria October/November 2024

Nigeria’s Unfinished Quest for Economic Independence

Osione Oseni-Elamah·September 29, 2024

In the 70s, Nigeria tried to achieve economic independence by launching Africa’s most comprehensive industrial indigenization programme. Why didn’t it work? More importantly, what did we learn? Read More...

August/September 2024 Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria

Madam Has Interest

Ololade Faniyi·September 29, 2024

Despite their purported mission of advancing women’s interests, in Nigeria, institutionalized structures such as the first lady’s office and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, more often reinforce than challenge patriarchal norms. Read More...

August/September 2024 Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria

Is Nigeria Better Served with Parliamentary Governance?

Afolabi Adekaiyaoja·September 29, 2024

Could a return to the parliamentary system provide the governance Nigerians yearn for? Read More...

August/September 2024 Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria

The President’s Lau Lau Spending

Yusuf Omotayo·September 29, 2024

Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came into office, his economic policies have worsened the cost and standard of living of Nigerians. While the president’s rhetoric suggests he understands the sacrifices Nigerians are making, his lifestyle and the excesses of those around him, suggest otherwise. Read More...

August/September 2024 Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria

How October 1 Became a National Treasure

Yinka Adetu·September 29, 2024

Ten years since its release, Kunle Afolayan’s October 1 remains a brilliant cinematic exercise at using Nigeria’s independence story to investigate deeper, systemic issues rooted in our country’s colonial experience. Read More...

August/September 2024 Nigeria

Nigeria Needs a New Progressive Movement

Abel B. S. Gaiya·September 22, 2024

Nigeria needs a new progressive movement; one that is not domain-constrained and disuniting like the Izala Society and Christian Social Movement of Nigeria, not extremist and exclusionary like Boko Haram, not tactically constrained like SERAP, not discrete like the End Bad Governance protest movement, not ideologically constrained like the Obidient movement, and not diachronically and synchronically constrained like Nkrumahism. Read More...

August/September 2024 Best of 2024: Essays Nigeria

Listening to Five Years of Burna Boy’s ‘African Giant’

Fortune Akande·September 22, 2024

Five years after its release, Burna Boy’s fourth studio album, African Giant, continues to resonate with listeners. Has it earned its place as a modern classic? Read More...

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