‘Obidience’ or Sacrifice Can Peter Obi Actually Lead Nigeria?
A former governor of one of Nigeria’s most electorally volatile states, Peter Obi, is no left-force tyro. Regardless, he faces almost impossible odds of winning the election. Read more
August/September 2022
One Last Dance? Atiku Abubakar, PDP’s North Star
The journeys of PDP and Atiku, its two-time presidential flagbearer, are as interwoven as they are similar. The 2023 election will likely be their ‘last dance’ together, this author writes. Atiku has no doubt reshaped PDP, but have the years shown a match made in Heaven or a pairing doomed to fail? Read more
The ‘Son of a Nobody’ That Became President William Ruto Wins Kenya’s 2022 Presidential Election
Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, wins the 2022 presidential election amidst allegations of electoral malpractice and calls for annulment. Read more.
‘Don’t Let What Is in Vogue Decide What or How You Write’ Chigozie Obioma’s First Draft
Author of 'An Orchestra of Minorities' and 'The Fishermen', Chigozie Obioma wants to destroy Africa’s ‘unconscious sense of inferiority’. Read our interview.
Reframing Population Other Perspectives on Africa’s Population Growth
Discussion on Africa’s demography and population growth has often been handicapped by narrow and fragmented framing. But what if we reframed these discussions? Read more
Does ‘Creative Crowdsourcing’ Exploit Creatives? NDLEA Faces Backlash Over Logo Design Contest
Critics have called a design contest launched by NDLEA ‘exploitative’. The contest, where young artists compete by submitting free NDLEA logo suggestions, has received over 100 submissions, but a spokesperson for the organization has announced that it will not be revising its approach. Read more.
The Umpire’s New Clothes What the New Electoral Act Means for INEC
The 2022 Electoral Act is Nigeria’s most ambitious and farthest-reaching iteration of its electoral act. The act is largely reflective of 12 years’ worth of delayed updates, but what will this new act mean for INEC? Read more
‘There’s a Story in Everything’ Aisha Salaudeen’s First Draft
Multimedia journalist and creator of the I Like Girls podcast, Aisha Salaudeen, believes you can find a story in anything. Read our interview.
‘Africa Deserves a Formal Apology’ Nana Akufo-Addo Is Calling for Colonial Reparations
Ghana’s president has recently gone viral over a ‘reparations’ speech he gave on 02 August 2022 in Accra, Ghana. Read more.
‘A Storyteller to His Bones’ Nigerian Filmmaker and Writer, Biyi Bandele, Has Died
On Sunday, 07 August 2022, Nigerian author and filmmaker, Biyi Bandele, died in Lagos at the age of 54. Read more.