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Explainers, analyses, and essays on government policies, and political trends and movements around the continent

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

In Starrgirl, Ayra Starr does not ask you to reconsider Ayra Starr. She assumes you already know who she is and expects you to keep up. The title alone sends listeners a message before they press play. Her first two records were titled around age — 19 & Dangerous introduced a fearless, fast-talking teenager; The […]

Anjola Akinmade

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1 month ago

“Starrgirl”: Ayra Starr Trades Becoming for Being

The Rising Violence Against Opposition and the Growing Threat to Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections

The build-up to the 1964 general election and the election itself were some of the infamous moments in Nigeria’s political history. As the election loomed, the mating dance between the major parties engendered new alliances. Disagreements between the Northern People’s Congress (NPC)  and the National Convention of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC), especially over the 1962/1963 census, […]

Favour Bamijoko

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6 months ago

The Rising Violence Against Opposition and the Growing Threat to Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections

2027 Elections: Nigeria is at a Difficult Crossroads

As the 2027 elections approach, it is shaping up to be a referendum on this administration’s performance. The central question is no longer just about reform, but about lived experience. Has the pain brought any meaningful gain, and is there a credible alternative path that could have produced better outcomes?

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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6 months ago

2027 Elections: Nigeria is at a Difficult Crossroads

Tabi Thinks Twitter is The Best Worst Social Media Platform

Tabi is a pop culture critic, humorist, and writer for her Substack newsletter Party’s Over, where she crafts prose, essays, and short stories probing the cognitive dissonance between natural instinct and social conditioning. In this version of Obasanjo’s Internet, she reflects on her day to day Internet habits and the evolution of her relationship with […]

Oluwamayowa Idowu

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6 months ago

Tabi Thinks Twitter is The Best Worst Social Media Platform

Online Gender Based Violence: The New Frontier of Nigerian Misogyny 

Gender based violence is often only thought of in physical terms: domestic abuse, financial abuse, and sexual abuse, because these forms are tangible, generally easier to track, and often receive more public awareness. However with the rise of social media and online spaces, gender based violence has taken on a more evasive form, harder to […]

Naomi Ezenwa

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6 months ago

Online Gender Based Violence: The New Frontier of Nigerian Misogyny 

Open for Trade, Closed at the Border: Nigeria’s Visa Contradiction

Earlier this month, CNN’s international correspondent Larry Madowo posted a video from Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport, where he had just paid a $80 non-refundable visa fee to enter Nigeria from Nairobi. In the clip, he questioned why Nigeria continues to charge visitors from African countries that, in some cases, have removed similar barriers for […]

Naomi Ezenwa

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6 months ago

Open for Trade, Closed at the Border: Nigeria’s Visa Contradiction

Four Thoughts on the 2026 AMVCA Nominations

For 12 years, the AMVCA has stood as the preeminent award show in the African film industry since its inception in 2013. Organized by Multichoice, the AMVCA has evolved over the years, but not without some definitional challenges. Yearly, the nomination and award night raises questions and conversations around the AMVCA’s identity crisis, its inability […]

Seyi Lasisi

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6 months ago

Four Thoughts on the 2026 AMVCA Nominations
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