Atiku’s Early Victory The Results of the PDP Presidential Primary Election
On Saturday 28 May 2022, former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, was announced the winner of the PDP presidential primary election. Read more.
April/May 2022
‘Our People Are Our Greatest Asset’ Lucy Quist’s First Draft
Technologist and author of The Bold New Normal, Lucy Quist, was drawn to stories about complex social change from an early age. Read our interview.
Brutish Museums Germany Wants to ‘Loan’ Namibian Artefacts to Namibia
On 24 May 2022, the Ethnological Museum of Berlin announced that it will send 23 ancient items of jewellery and other artefacts to Namibia on 27 May 2022 on an ‘indefinite loan’. Read more.
Spectres of Famine The Ukraine War and the East African Grain Trade
By misdiagnosing the structural forces that sustain food insecurity in North and East Africa, popular opinion succumbs to a shallow understanding of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Read more.
The Monkeypox Outbreak What You Need to Know
Since 13 May 2022, more than 100 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 12 countries across Australia, Europe, and North America. Read more.
‘A Novel Is an Endurance Sport’ Zainab Omaki’s First Draft
Writer, PhD Candidate and author of ‘Who’s Writing Who? Literary Cultural Appropriation and Ethnicity in Nigeria’, Zainab Omaki, thinks it is difficult to disagree with fiction. Read our interview.
What Is Going On in Burkina Faso? What to Know About the Eight Men Trapped in a Zinc Mine.
On 16 April, eight miners went missing after heavy rains caused flash floods at Trevali Mining Corporation’s Perkoa Mine, Burkina Faso. Read more
Reading Soiled Palms Michael Peel’s ‘A Swamp Full of Dollars’
If the Nigerian state were an oil well, Michael Peel provides a bold, deep dive through its crude content in ‘A Swamp Full of Dollars’. Read more.
Two Students Have Been Charged in Court Over the Killing of Deborah Samuel
On 16 May 2022, two students, were arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court in Sokoto, over the killing of Deborah Samuel. Read more.
Young, Gifted and Radical The Figures Behind the Zikist Movement
Zikists were ahead of their time in espousing national interests over ethnic interests. Even today, Nigeria has yet to catch up with the vision the Zikists had in 1946. Read more.