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May 1, 2020

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The Nigerian Dream
IN THIS ISSUE
⎈Big Dreams and Grand Ambitions: Nigeria's Vision 2020 by Onyenekenwa Cyprian Eneh; ⎈ Nigeria's Missing Multipliers: Women, Vision 2020 and Nigeria's Legal Blindspots by Cynthia Igodo; ⎈ The 'Lion of Africa' with Cat Claws: Nigeria's Image Problem by Fife Ogunde; and ⎈ Pseudo Hope: A Discourse — On Nigeria's Vision 2020 and Future Development by Bibiana Ossai x John Babalola. Read the entire issue.  

Editors' Picks: This Eid

Selected Reading on Culture, Religion & Islam

    • History Keeps Me Awake at Night

      Africa Will Always Have History Art and Literature in My Sleepless Pursuit of African Pasts

      Adams AdeosunJuly 10, 2020
    • This image is for our piece on Zata Iya: A History of Hausa Feminist Writings

      Zata Iya A History of Hausa Feminist Writings

      Sada MalumfashiDecember 13, 2019
    • This image is for our piece on Queerness, Colonialism, and the Power of Trust in Accra, Ghana

      Looking for Solace Queerness, Colonialism, and the Power of Trust in Accra, Ghana

      Muzz MuhammadOctober 18, 2019
    • This photo is for our piece on Between Feminism and Islam

      Between Feminism and Islam My Personal Journey from ‘Muslim Feminist’ to ‘Muslimah’

      Khadija Yusra SanusiFebruary 7, 2020
    • ‘Only Science Can Save Mankind’ Coronavirus, the Death of Religion and the Resurrection of Science

      Abdulbasit KassimJuly 3, 2020
    • COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

      ‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

      Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
    • The God of Colonization And Africa’s Post-Colonial Redemption

      Alhassan Pereira IbrahimApril 13, 2018
    • COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science

      God the Master Scientist COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science

      Abdulbasit KassimJuly 17, 2020
    • This image is for our piece on Hijabs, Respectability and What it Actually Means To Be Free

      When We Talk of Freedom Hijabs, Respectability and What it Actually Means to be Free

      Hauwa Shaffii NuhuOctober 14, 2019
    • Habiba Ahut Daggash

      ‘Question Every Assumption.’ Habiba Ahut Daggash's First Draft

      Habiba DaggashJune 3, 2020
    • Muzz Muhammad

      ‘Sometimes, Less Can Be More.’ Muzz Muhammad’s First Draft

      Muzz MuhammadJuly 29, 2020
    • Nigerian Muslim Women

      Muslim Feminism Is Here to Stay The Mutual Inclusivity of Feminism and Islam

      Wardah AbbasApril 24, 2020

Special Focus: COVID-19

Expert Roundtable

  • Dealing with National Health Emergencies in Nigeria COVID-19: Lessons from Polio Eradication

    Charles BesidonneAugust 19, 2021
  • COVID 19 Pandemic Africans used to test drugs

    Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

    Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020
  • Children and COVID-19 What Happens When a Child Gets COVID?

    Todah OpeyemiMarch 8, 2022
  • Algeria protests in the midst of coronavirus pandemic.

    Algeria’s Indefinite Pause What Will COVID-19 Mean for Algeria’s Year-long Protests?

    Temi IbirogbaApril 20, 2020
  • Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

    Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020
  • How COVID 19 affects the environment

    The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

    Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020
  • Shadow Pandemic COVID-19, Women and Girls in Nigeria

    Cynthia IgodoNovember 8, 2021
  • COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science

    God the Master Scientist COVID-19, Pandemics and Reconciling Religious Faith With Science

    Abdulbasit KassimJuly 17, 2020
  • ‘Only Science Can Save Mankind’ Coronavirus, the Death of Religion and the Resurrection of Science

    Abdulbasit KassimJuly 3, 2020
  • COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

    ‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

    Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
  • covid 19 nigeria

    Weathering the Storm COVID-19 and the Case for Universal Basic Income in Nigeria

    Oluwaseyi SomefunJune 12, 2020
  • This photo is for our essay on A monstrous Overlap

    A Monstrous Overlap COVID-19 and the New Climate Change Imperative

    Oluwaseun OguntuaseOctober 16, 2020

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From Our Latest Issue

  • Big Dreams and Grand Ambitions

    Big Dreams and Grand Ambitions Nigeria’s Vision 2020—How far?

    Onyenekenwa EnehMarch 23, 2020

Nigeria’s Missing Multipliers Women, Vision 2020 and Nigeria’s Legal Blindspot

Cynthia IgodoApril 6, 2020

Pseudo Hope: A Discourse On Nigeria's Vision 2020 and Future Development

Bibiana Ossai and John BabalolaApril 3, 2020

The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem

Fife OgundeMarch 20, 2020
This photo is for our piece on Nigeria's Border Closure

Closed for Business Lessons from Nigeria's Border Closure

Abdulrasheed IsahFebruary 10, 2020
This photo is for our piece on Moving Beyond the Semantics, The Biafran Genocide Claim

Moving Beyond Semantics Examining the ‘Biafran Genocide’ Claim

Amarachi IhekeFebruary 21, 2020
This photo is for our piece on Nigeria and the US visa ban

A Wake-Up Call? The Recent Travel Restrictions on Nigerians

Zainab UsmanMarch 9, 2020
Nation Forgotten - Nigeria’s Neglected Pensioners

Nation Forgotten Nigeria’s Neglected Pensioners

Wole OlayinkaMarch 13, 2020

Introducing 'First Draft'

Our New Column Featuring Authors on Books, Reading & Writing

    • Introducing ‘First Draft’: Our New Column Authors and Prominent Figures on Books, Reading and Writing

      The RepublicFebruary 4, 2020
    • ‘Writer, Write.’ Moyosore Orimoloye's First Draft

      Moyosore OrimoloyeFebruary 5, 2020
    • This photo is for our piece on Ore Ogunbiyi's First Draft

      ‘Editing Feels Like Taking Vitamins.’ Ore Ogunbiyi’s First Draft

      Ore OgunbiyiFebruary 12, 2020
    • This photo is for our piece on 'The Lesson is in the Design' Merlin Uwlaka Interview

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      Merlin UwalakaFebruary 19, 2020
    • This photo is for our piece on ‘The Story Comes With Its Own Style’ Sada Malumfashi's First Draft

      ‘The Story Comes With Its Own Style’ Sada Malumfashi’s First Draft

      Sada MalumfashiFebruary 26, 2020
    • This photo is for our piece on Political theorist Ẹniọlá Ànúolúwapọ́ Ṣóyẹmí’s First Draft

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      Ẹniọlá Ànúolúwapọ́ ṢóyẹmíMarch 4, 2020
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      Dominique OtigbahMarch 11, 2020
    • Joshua Segun-Lean's First Draft

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      Joshua Segun-LeanMarch 18, 2020
    • Moyosore Orekoya First Draft

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      Moyosore OrekoyaMarch 25, 2020
    • Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún

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      Kọ́lá Túbọ̀súnApril 1, 2020
    • Saratu Abiola

      ‘Are the people in this story I’m telling recognizably human?’ Saratu Abiola’s First Draft

      Saratu AbiolaApril 8, 2020
    • Oreva Olakpe

      ‘Write Something Every Day’ Oreva Olakpe’s First Draft

      Oreva OlakpeApril 15, 2020

Economic Issues

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    The Grind Goes Online Work in the Digital Economy

    Marie EhinomenSeptember 18, 2019
  • currency union

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    Oluwaseyi VincentMay 11, 2020
  • A Common Currency for West Africa Why ECOWAS Needs the Eco

    Abdulrasheed IsahJuly 8, 2019
  • This photo is for our piece on Nigeria's Sovereign Wealth Fund.

    Who’s Afraid of Saving Money? The Political Economy of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund

    Daniel OlikaSeptember 16, 2019
  • Towards a Communiversity Knowledge Creation in Local Nigerian Communities

    Anselm AdodoAugust 17, 2017
  • Where are African Victims? In the Emerging Working Class Anti-Globalization Discourse

    Moses E. OchonuJuly 6, 2017
  • Why Is Tax Collection Low in Nigeria? Historical and Cultural Explanations for Nigeria’s Low Domestic Resource Mobilization

    Paul JegedeDecember 14, 2020
  • This photo is for our piece on Nigeria's unchecked population growth.

    A Disaster Waiting to Happen? Nigeria’s Unchecked Population Growth

    Barakat AkinsikuNovember 22, 2019
  • Two Windows COVID-19 and the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility

    Gbolahan BadmusNovember 23, 2020
 

International Issues

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    Oreva OlakpeAugust 8, 2017
  • The Evolution of the Base Nation How the US Military Lost Its International Appeal

    Obinna ChukwuJuly 18, 2017
  • This image is for our piece on Queerness, Colonialism, and the Power of Trust in Accra, Ghana

    Looking for Solace Queerness, Colonialism, and the Power of Trust in Accra, Ghana

    Muzz MuhammadOctober 18, 2019
  • Algeria protests in the midst of coronavirus pandemic.

    Algeria’s Indefinite Pause What Will COVID-19 Mean for Algeria’s Year-long Protests?

    Temi IbirogbaApril 20, 2020
  • currency union

    Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa

    Oluwaseyi VincentMay 11, 2020
  • John Magufuli’s Baby Fever What the President of Tanzania Gets Wrong about Population Growth in Africa

    Christopher Olaoluwa OgunmodedeJuly 30, 2019
  • Is the World Getting Smaller for Nigerians?

    Is the World Getting Smaller for Nigerians? International Airlines Threaten to Halt Operations in Nigeria

    Chukwudi UkonneAugust 30, 2022
  • Western Sahara, Crimea and Russia’s Interest in Morocco

    The Kremlin’s North African Gateway? Western Sahara, Crimea and Russia’s Interest in Morocco

    Dylan YachyshenJuly 31, 2020
  • The New Mobility Apartheid? The Case for Vaccine Cosmopolitanism

    Promise Frank EjioforMay 26, 2021
 

Historical Issues

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    The Civil Soldier The Political Legacy of Olusegun Obasanjo

    Chukwudi UkonneAugust 4, 2021
  • Who Was Afi Ekong?

    Tomisin AwosikaAugust 26, 2021
  • Afro-Literati The Nardal Sisters and the Négritude Movement

    Kai MoraAugust 1, 2022
 

Political Issues

  • This photo is for our piece on The Roots of Violence, Anglophones in Cameroon

    The Roots of Violence Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis

    P.J. KponyoMarch 2, 2020
  • Muhammadu Buhari addresses the nation on coronavirus

    ‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

    Hakeem Onapajo and Jelili AdebiyiMarch 30, 2020
  • The Bellwether State What Ekiti State Can Tell Us About the 2023 Election

    Adekunle AdewumiJuly 6, 2022
  • Ukrainian Authorities Have Been Accused of Preventing Africans From Fleeing Ukraine to Poland

    Tomisin AwosikaMarch 1, 2022
  • Lagos State Judicial Panel Updates Summary and Highlights of Lagos State Judicial Panel Sessions

    The RepublicNovember 2, 2020
  • Cosmic Anger #EndSARS and the Making of a Movement

    Joshua Segun-LeanOctober 26, 2020
  • This photo is for our essay on Rethinking African Progress | African Development and the Significance of Sacrificial Generations

    Rethinking African Progress African Development and the Significance of Sacrificial Generations

    Abel GaiyaSeptember 7, 2020
  • The Task That Must Be Done Restructuring for One Nigeria

    Elado OsuobeniMarch 15, 2022
  • Money Miss Road? On Political Financing in Nigeria

    Anie AnokuruMay 9, 2019
 

Social Issues

  • Abortions in Nigeria

    The Pressing Need Expanding Access to Safe Abortions in Nigeria

    Timinepre ColeApril 27, 2020
  • Black Orpheus and the Organic Intellectual Remembering Abiola Irele and Raufu Mustapha

    Adekeye AdebajoMarch 1, 2019
  • Books As Ammunition How I Found Solace in Rereading Buchi Emecheta’s ‘Second Class Citizen’

    Ope AdedejiMay 17, 2021
  • mpho matsipa

    ‘I Take Slow Time Very Seriously.’ Mpho Matsipa’s First Draft

    Mpho MatsipaSeptember 24, 2021
  • Two Benin Bronzes Have Officially Been Returned to Benin, Edo State

    Tomisin AwosikaFebruary 22, 2022
  • ‘Writer, Write.’ Moyosore Orimoloye's First Draft

    Moyosore OrimoloyeFebruary 5, 2020
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    ‘Words Matter’ Dr Jumo Ayandele’s First Draft

    Dr Olajumoke (Jumo) AyandeleMarch 11, 2022
  • Let the Photo be Taken (1974-2017) A Conversation with Mozambican Photojournalist Naita Ussene

    Nafeesah AllenJanuary 15, 2020
  • A Day Without Women The #WomensMarch and Feminism in Trump's America

    Chidinma Irene NwoyeFebruary 23, 2017
 

Technological Issues

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    Charles BesidonneFebruary 22, 2021
  • COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

    ‘Where is God in All of This?’ COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

    Abdulbasit KassimJune 19, 2020
  • Africa’s Energy Deficit A Crack in Africa’s Geopolitical Foundation

    Otobong IniekeApril 26, 2022
  • Africa’s Misinformation Struggles The Impact of Misinformation on Africa and African Media

    Christopher AjuloSeptember 6, 2019
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    Charles EbikemeJuly 20, 2022
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    Emeka Joseph NwankwoSeptember 7, 2019
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    Oluwaseyi SomefunJune 12, 2020
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    Osivue Itseumah and Mubarak AbdulfataiMay 24, 2021
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Today in 1976, Black History Month was celebrated Today in 1976, Black History Month was celebrated for the first time. #RxHistory⏳

On 1 February 1976, the month of February was celebrated as Black History Month for the first time in the United States of America, dedicated to honouring and celebrating the ‘often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans’ throughout American history.

Also known as African-American History Month, the celebration was born out of ‘Negro History Week', an initiative developed by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). ASNLH, founded in 1915 by historian, Carter G Woodson, and minister, Jesse E Moorland, was dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by Black Americans and other peoples of African descent.

Since 1976, every US president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history.

The theme of this year’s Black History Month is, ‘Black Resistance’ which explores how African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression—in many forms—from America’s earliest days into the 21st century.
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📝: Wemimo Ogunmoyela
 📷: 1) Dancers in a jazz club, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb, Library of Congress.
2) President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (center right) and others look on, August 6, 1965. LBJ Library photo by Yoichi Okamoto.
3) Department of the Army. Maj. Charity E. Adams and Capt. Abbie N. Campbell inspect the first contingent of African American members of the Women's Army Corps assigned to overseas service. England, February 15, 1945. NARA.
4) Senior preparatory class of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, before 1906. Library of Congress.
5) Portait of Captain William T. Shorey and family, Oakland, CA 1898. Black History Album / FLICKR.
6) Former enslaved families in post-civil war South America.
What Does Chatham House Have to Do With Us? #OnSit What Does Chatham House Have to Do With Us? #OnSite⚡️

Have you wondered why Nigerian politicians keep making their way to Chatham House? What is Nigeria’s history with Chatham House?

In our latest online essay, associate editor at The Republic, Afoma Dike, discusses Chatham House and its involvement with Nigeria. She discusses the reasons why it may appeal to Nigerian presidential hopefuls and what the persistent interest in the London-based institution indicates regarding the mindset of our potential leaders.

According to Dike: ‘The fact that a “neutral forum” must be sought outside of Nigeria, can only be a reflection of a deep mistrust of the country that many of the speakers themselves have pledged to snatch from the jaws of corruption. In a very divided landscape, the colonial power is still seen as a mutual arbiter. It is very telling also that most meetings in the lead up to Nigeria’s independence in 1960 were held in London. History continues to repeat itself. An unfortunate legacy of the Buhari years might be an increasing pivot towards placing more importance on foreign institutions than on national ones. This was made evident through Bola Tinubu’s avoidance of the Arise TV debate, when compared with his determined presence at Chatham House, despite his evident ill-preparedness.’

Read the full essay at the link in bio.
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📝 : Afoma Dike, Associate Editor
📷 : Chatham House / CHATHAMHOUSE. ORG
Today in 1985, President P. W. Botha offered to fr Today in 1985, President P. W. Botha offered to free Nelson Mandela from prison. #RxHistory⏳
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On 31 January 1985, South African president, P. W. Botha, offered to free Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress (ANC), from the prison sentence he had been serving since the conclusion of the Rivonia trial in 1964. This was on the condition that he renounced violence, and violent protest, as a means to bring about change in South Africa. Mandela refused the offer.
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The ANC is a political party in South Africa that originally attempted to use non-violent protests to end apartheid. Mandela joined the ANC in 1944 when he helped to form the ANC Youth League. After the ANC was banned in 1960, Mandela and others founded an ANC military wing. He and other wing leaders were jailed in 1964 when police found their headquarters.
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In response to the offer by President Botha, Mandela stated that the ANC only adopted violence as a means of protest ‘When other forms of resistance were no longer open to us'. Mandela called on Botha to renounce violence, dismantle apartheid, legalize the ANC, free political prisoners, permit exiles to return to South Africa, and grant Black people the right to free political activity.
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On 3 February 1990, President F. W. de Klerk lifted the ban on the ANC and released Mandela from prison on 11 February 1990. Mandela immersed himself in official talks to end white minority rule and in 1991 was elected the ANC president. He was inaugurated as South Africa's first democratically-elected president on 10 May 1994.

Read more on African history at the link in bio.
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📝: Etashe Okpola and Chiamaka Dike.
📷: 1) Nelson Mandela meeting with President P. W. Botha. Cape Town. 5 July 1989, From L-R: unknown, Nelson Mandela, Niël Barnard, P. W. Botha, Kobie Coetsee. TERS EHLER.
Who is the Governor of Osun State? #RxNews📡 Th Who is the Governor of Osun State? #RxNews📡

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal annulled the 16 July 2022 elections

On Friday, the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo declared former governor Adegboyega Oyetola to be the duly elected governor of the state over Ademola Adeleke, who emerged victorious in the 16 July 2022 elections.

The majority judgement, read by Justice Tertse Kume, said Oyetola scored the majority lawful votes of 314,931 against Adeleke’s 290,266. Kume held that the tribunal observed over-voting in 744 polling units, spanning ten local councils including Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, Ejigbo, Ila, Ilesa West, Irepodun, Obokun, Olorunda and Osogbo.

On 16 July 2022, INEC winner of the Osun governorship election. The returning officer, vice chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced that Adeleke won with a total of 403,371 votes over Oyetola who got 375,027 votes and won in 13 local government areas. Oyetola moved to nullify the election, claiming it had been marred with ‘irregularities’. On 05 August 2022, actions at the Election Petitions Tribunal in Osogbo, the state capital, began.

Both parties have since responded to the tribunal’s decision to annul the July 16 polls. Adeleke, who intends to appeal, has described the judgement as ‘a miscarriage of justice’, while Oyetola has voiced his satisfaction with the tribunal’s verdict.

Read the full story at link in our bio.
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📝: Hillary Essien, Senior Associate Editor
📷: Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke / PREMIUM TIMES
Today in 2010, the MEND ended its truce with the N Today in 2010, the MEND ended its truce with the Nigerian government. #RxHistory⏳
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On 30 January 2010, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) called off its unilateral truce and threatened an ‘all-out onslaught' against the oil industry in Niger Delta.
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MEND is one of the largest militant groups in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The loose coalition of armed groups emerged in late 2005 to early 2006, targeting the oil infrastructure in the area, and abducting and holding oil workers for ransom. Although the group claims to be fighting for local control of oil resources in the region, it has been accused of engaging in criminal activities, committing acts of extortion, and stealing oil for its own benefit.
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On 25 October 2009, MEND declared a truce to foster meaningful dialogues with oil executives and government officials in Nigeria. However, three months later, the group called off the truce, citing the lack of commitment of the Nigerian government towards returning ownership and control of Niger Delta lands to its people. The announcement was made at the time when Nigeria was grappling with uncertainty over the health of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua who was receiving treatment in Saudi Arabia.
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Since the emergence of militant groups in the Niger Delta region in the 1990s, several factions have emerged, with groups like MEND renamed to the Reformed Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta (RMEND). According to a 2020 report by Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta, more than 1013 people died from militant-related conflicts in the region in 2019.

Read more on African history at the link in our bio.
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📝: Etashe Okpola and Chiamaka Dike.
Crude oil spills from a pipeline in the Niger Delta. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde
Race as powerful fiction. #Onsite⚡ - After 16 ye Race as powerful fiction. #Onsite⚡
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After 16 years of living in the Middle East, Andile Zulu returned to South Africa. On one occasion, a close friend revealed to Andile that he did not like Black men, because they are not attractive and are aggressive. In this Black Atlantic essay, Andile writes about the experience:
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‘In my undergraduate years I saw the white gaze recreated in the vicious faces of policemen surveying a crowd of protesting university students. It caused a burning itch in the mind when white joggers offered nervous, strained smiles as I passed them on an empty street. No, this sensation was not new but in that particular moment the sting felt harsher. Through that confession, my close friend who I had a huge crush on, reminded me of a chasm that existed between us, an asymmetry that turned us into hostile strangers  One that was erected by the past and alive in the present. Luke’s confession was just one manifestation of Apartheid’s numerous legacies. Is it surprising that those who often only see us as their servants, savage criminals, as angry mobs or clowns for their entertainment, would fail to see Black as beautiful?’
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📝: Andile Zulu
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