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The End of Empire? Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Has Died

Wale LawalSeptember 8, 2022

Twenty-five when she became queen, Queen Elizabeth II’s reign saw a declining, brutal British Empire and declarations of independence that have continued till date in former British colonies across Africa and the African diaspora. Read more.

August/September 2022NewsUnited Kingdom

The Inevitability of Bola Ahmed Tinubu The Unsurprising Candidacy of APC’s Presidential Nominee

Afolabi AdekaiyaojaAugust 30, 2022

Convincing Nigerians to ignore the controversies of his past, his wealth and his choice of running mate will be the crowning achievement of Tinubu’s career—not becoming president. Read more

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Abacha Returns (Again) Why the US is Returning $23 Million to Nigeria

Todah OpeyemiAugust 25, 2022

In recent years, the recovery of Abacha-related funds has been a recurrent fixture in successive administrations. With Nigeria’s present economic challenges, many Nigerians believe the recovered funds may help improve affairs. Read more.

August/September 2022NewsNigeria

One Last Dance? Atiku Abubakar, PDP’s North Star

Chukwuma Junior ChinyeAugust 25, 2022

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

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The ‘Son of a Nobody’ That Became President William Ruto Wins Kenya’s 2022 Presidential Election

Wemi MoyelaAugust 23, 2022

Kenya's deputy president, William Ruto, wins the 2022 presidential election amidst allegations of electoral malpractice and calls for annulment. Read more.

August/September 2022KenyaNews

Reframing Population Other Perspectives on Africa’s Population Growth

Yarri KamaraAugust 17, 2022

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

August/September 2022Best of 2022

Does ‘Creative Crowdsourcing’ Exploit Creatives? NDLEA Faces Backlash Over Logo Design Contest

Todah OpeyemiAugust 16, 2022

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.

August/September 2022NewsNigeria

The Umpire’s New Clothes What the New Electoral Act Means for INEC

Adekunle AdewumiAugust 15, 2022

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

August/September 2022Nigeria