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Leaving Nigeria After #EndSARS

Chika Jones·October 19, 2025

I knew policemen as neighbours, as fathers of schoolmates, as bullies, as murderers. Even though the protest was my first, it was nothing new. They were killing and harassing young boys; we needed to speak. Everything was the same until DJ Switch went live on Instagram that night. Read More...

#EndSARS 2025 Nigeria October/November 2025 Special Focus: #EndSARS

Is the Decline of Nigeria’s Nightlife a Blessing in Disguise?

Dorothy Fakrogha·October 19, 2025

Tinubu’s economic reforms have had an unintended consequence: the collapse of Nigeria’s once-vibrant nightlife. In its wake, a surprising twist has emerged. Young Nigerians are channelling their frustrations from dance floors to the democratic arena. Read More...

Nigeria October/November 2025

The Afterlives of #EndSARS

Ololade Faniyi·October 19, 2025

Member of the Feminist Coalition and organizer of the #ArewaMeToo and #NorthNormal movements, Fakhrriyyah Hashim, reflects on #EndSARS five years after ‘Feminists against SARS’ redefined national consciousness on police violence. Read More...

#EndSARS 2025 Nigeria October/November 2025 Special Focus: #EndSARS

What Happened to the #EndSARS Generation?

Glory Ibanga·October 19, 2025

With the #EndSARS movement and the eventual Lekki Massacre in October 2020, the realization that the lives of ordinary Nigerians could be snuffed out simply for demanding a better country transformed migration from an option for a better life into a perceived necessity for survival. Read More...

#EndSARS 2025 Nigeria October/November 2025 Special Focus: #EndSARS

‘The Human Spirit Naturally Resists Oppression’ Chibueze Darlington Anuonye’s First Draft

Chibueze Anuonye·October 19, 2025

Editor of Who Gave The Order: The History of a People’s Movement, Chibueze Darlington Anuonye, believes that 20 October 2020 stands as an indictment of the Nigerian conscience and urges Nigerians to remember that day: ‘What happened at the Lekki Toll Gate could be described as a country waging war against its citizens.’ Read More...

#EndSARS 2025 First Draft Interviews Nigeria October/November 2025 Special Focus: #EndSARS

Meet The Republic’s Founding Advertisers

Tomi Olugbemi·October 15, 2025

Earlier this year, we opened our platform to advertisers, to brands that could tell meaningful stories that share our values of progress, clarity and independent thought. Meet our founding advertisers. Read More...

Dispatch October/November 2025

After Bandung

Otobong Inieke·October 12, 2025

Exactly 70 years ago, African and Asian states gathered to imagine a world beyond empire. Their dream of solidarity—its failures and achievements—still haunts global politics. Read More...

Africa October/November 2025

A Eulogy for Dead Languages

Mwanabibi Sikamo·October 12, 2025

‘At 16 every Zambian gets a green National Registration Card (NRC). On my NRC, much of that information is either a lie, a slight fabrication, or, as with many things in life, a well-intentioned truth turned false.’ Read More...

October/November 2025 Zambia

The Betrayal of Mandela’s Apartheid Liberation Movement

Andile Zulu·October 5, 2025

Although Nelson Mandela’s presidency fostered hope for a permanent end to the woes of the apartheid era, South Africa’s non-white population have come to realize that they are still under an oppressive regime—but this time, at the mercy of the country’s ultra-rich and ownership class. Read More...

October/November 2025 South Africa

A Vision for Nigeria’s Queer Future

David Emeka·October 5, 2025

In Necessary Fiction, Eloghosa Osunde’s vision for Nigeria’s queer future requires new languages for care and intimacy—and lots of money. Read More...

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