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Homecoming Delayed President Buhari Stalls the Return of Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Yusuf Omotayo·May 14, 2023

The planned return of 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria by the University of Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has been postponed over a gazette signed by President Muhammadu Buhari giving the Oba of Benin authority over the bronzes. Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria

Ekweremadu Goes to Jail The Latest on the Ekweremadu ‘Organ Harvesting’ Conspiracy

Yusuf Omotayo·May 8, 2023

Following an organ harvesting scandal, Ike Ekeweremadu, Beatrice Ekweremadu and a doctor, Obinna Obeta, have become the first people convicted under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act. Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria

A Valiant but Flawed Effort to Gauge the Worth of a Life Book Review: People Live Here by TJ Benson

Edwin Okolo·May 4, 2023

People Live Here by TJ Benson is a novel that will inspire conversation because of its novelty and its ambition, but it will also inspire a lot of divisive commentary because of its stylistic choices and less than stellar execution. Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria Reading

Bullish Markets How Technology Can Revolutionize Nigeria’s Livestock Industry

Oluwole Hammond·May 3, 2023

Technology can play an important role in transforming Nigeria's livestock industry by improving productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. By leveraging innovative solutions, the technical, socioeconomic, and security problems prevalent in the livestock sector in Nigeria can be addressed, boosting the overall productivity and competitiveness of the sector. Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria

‘I Don’t Think in Yoruba’ Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and the Enduring Politics of Local Languages

Tito Kolawole·May 2, 2023

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour's experience of the Lagos state election raised several questions, including: do non-fluent Yoruba people face a cultural catch-22? Are they confined to either ridicule if they speak Yoruba or to coming across as out of touch if they don't? Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria

Beyond the Polls Was 25 February A Proxy Referendum on Nationhood?

David Momoh-Abraham·April 27, 2023

No presidential election has ever been overturned by Nigeria’s courts, but many strongly believe that 2023 may be the exception. Beyond the winner-takes-all royal rumble that may now ensue before an electoral tribunal, there is the larger existential question that hangs over the fate of the nation. Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria

Hot Outside Africa in the Face of a Worsening Climate Crisis

Hillary Essien·April 25, 2023

While the details of the loss and damage fund are deliberated upon, Africa continues to be battered by the effects of a rapidly warming planet. The aftermath of extreme weather events like Cyclone Freddy of 2023 on African lives and property is a real-time instance of loss and damage. Read More...

Africa April/May 2023 Nigeria

‘Let the Data Guide You’ Zainab Usman’s First Draft

Zainab Usman·April 21, 2023

Nigerian author, Zainab Usman, believes the task of economic diversification is Nigeria’s foremost development challenge. Read More...

April/May 2023 Best of 2023: First Draft First Draft Interviews Nigeria vol7-no2

The Many Sins of INEC How the 2023 Elections Exposed INEC’s Incompetence

Chike Ibewuike·April 20, 2023

During the 2023 elections, INEC had all the tools it needed to pass its own self-designed test to deliver this year’s elections credibly through technology. However, the electoral commission’s many failures have meant great losses to its credibility. Read More...

2023 Elections April/May 2023 Nigeria

Beyond Charity Rethinking Hunger Relief in Nigeria

Ayoola Oladipupo·April 20, 2023

Abundant research shows that investing in adequate nutrition is one of the best value-for-money development actions, but food security is neither seen as a catalyst for economic development nor a right Nigerians are entitled to. Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria

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