Life Imitating Art? The Uncanny Parallels Between Conclave and the Election of Pope Leo XIV
By Emman Usman Shehu During a much needed down-time in Abuja, two weeks after the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, I finally sat down to watch Conclave (2024), the Oscar-winning film adapted from Robert Harris’s 2016 novel. Like millions worldwide, I was drawn to this cinematic window into the Vatican’s secretive papal election […]
Nigeria: Between Freedom of Expression and Freedom after Expression
By Blaise Emeka Okpara Freedom of expression is the most endearing aspect of democracy. Fundamentally, it is the singular piece distinguishing democracy from every other system of government. Section 39 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), which guarantees this freedom, is a domestication of the Universal Declaration of […]
