The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, Has ‘Joined His Ancestors’ Aged 83
On 22 April, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, died at the Afe Babalola University, Teaching Hospital in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Read more. Read More...
‘Politics Is Not Moral Charity’ Blessing Simura’s First Draft
Since the Ukraine crisis, writer and author of ‘The Age of Great Power Rivalry’, Blessing Simura, has been thinking a lot about Western diplomacy. Read our interview. Read More...
APC Will Charge Presidential Candidates 100 Million To Run for Office
APC will charge at fee of N100 million for the presidential nomination form: N30 million for expression of interest and N70 million for nomination. Read more. Read More...
Scotland Has Agreed to Return 17 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Politicians in Scotland have voted to return 17 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. So far, four Benin Bronzes have been returned to Nigeria by Western institutions. Read more. Read More...
The UK Wants to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda for ‘Processing’
UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, has announced that men seeking asylum in Britain will be sent to Rwanda for processing and a possible integration into Rwandan society. Read more. Read More...
Home, Or Not? Love, Like Jollof Rice, Is Better Homemade
I was in love with a man who felt like home. But what do you do when home no longer feels like it? Where do you run to? Where do you go? Read more. Read More...
Nationalist: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti The Radically Progressive Twentieth-Century Leader
Often understated today as the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti's achievements were exceptional, multi-faceted and far-reaching. Read more. Read More...
‘We Move’ The Subversive Economy of the Lagos Danfo
We’re always looking at African cities through the eyes of the West. But what if we looked at African cities through their own eyes? Through, for instance, the eyes of the danfo? Read more. Read More...
APC and the Dilemmas of a Ruling Party Editor’s Foreword: The Republic V6, N1
Our first issue of 2022, APC and the Dilemmas of a Ruling Party, explores the rise of Nigeria’s ruling party and Nigeria’s changing political landscape. Read more. Read More...
‘I’m a Pan-Africanist in the Most Literal Sense’ Kai Mora’s First Draft
To historian and author, Kai Mora, Sankara ‘embodies the spirit of resistance, prudence, and forward-thinking that the global Black world needs.’ Read our interview. Read More...
