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Looking for Gaskiya Corporation

Aisha Kabiru Mohammed·July 21, 2024

On a humid afternoon in May 2023, the photographer Eslah Yusuf and I searched for the building that housed Northern Nigeria’s oldest printing press and publishing house. Read More...

Best of 2024: Essays June/July 2024 Nigeria

What is Happening to the Naira?

Chinenye Iwuh·July 21, 2024

Is it floating? Is it sinking? With the nose-dive the naira took following the latest policy to float the currency, there has been an intense sense of distress regarding the future of the currency and the Nigerian economy. Read More...

June/July 2024 Nigeria

APC’s Unspoken Rules of Fuel Subsidy

Doyin Olagunju·July 14, 2024

During Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, the All Progressives Congress heavily criticized and campaigned against removing the fuel subsidy. Now the ruling party finds itself dealing with the aftermath of its own fuel subsidy removal. Read More...

June/July 2024 Nigeria

A Song for the Forgotten

David Emeka·July 14, 2024

Despite the existing literature, the Biafran war remains a criminally underexplored event. The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma makes that canon a little less bereft. Read More...

June/July 2024 Nigeria Reading

The Minimum Wage Debate Exposes Nigeria’s Weak Federal System

Olakunle Mohammed·July 14, 2024

The struggle to afford basic needs with a living wage highlights the governance imbalance in Nigeria. Read More...

June/July 2024 Nigeria

Flowers for Wande Coal?

Carl Terver·July 7, 2024

Wande Coal has had a mixed music career and while his latter projects may not have the same rave, there is no doubt about his legendary status, or is there? Read More...

June/July 2024 Nigeria

The Saga of the Kano Emirate

Afolabi Adekaiyaoja·July 7, 2024

In Kano, a tussle for the emirate’s throne between Muhammadu Sanusi II and Aminu Ado Bayero has revealed the shaky legitimacy of traditional Nigerian monarchs. How their once inviolable thrones, emblematic of timeless authority and cultural heritage, now teeter under the weight of modern Nigerian politics. Read More...

Best of 2024: Essays June/July 2024 Nigeria

TINUBU’S FIGHT OR FLIGHT ECONOMY

Busayo Akinmoju·July 7, 2024

One year into the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, Nigerians are faced with serious economic hardship leaving many to constantly worry about remaining in Nigeria or leaving for greener pastures. Read More...

June/July 2024 Nigeria

‘Publishing a Novel During a Global Pandemic Is Distracting’ Candice Iloh’s First Draft

Candice Iloh·July 5, 2024

Nigerian-American award-winning author of Every Body Looking, Break This House, and Salt the Water, Candice Iloh, wouldn’t change much about their 2020 debut, only that they would have celebrated it more: ‘The dream I’d had for the year my first book came out crumbled so quickly that it stopped feeling exciting.’ Read More...

First Draft Interviews June/July 2024 Nigeria

A Fanonian Perspective on Israel and Palestine

Kai Mora·July 4, 2024

The perpetual timelessness of repeating historic mistakes can only be combated with timeless, prudent and even prescient logic. Frantz Fanon’s work provides an important perspective to understand the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Read More...

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