Having a long term view to things requires a sophisticated understanding of how the world has and continues to evolve. I ...
It has been three decades since that Chinua Achebe’s ‘The Trouble with Nigeria’ appeared. That is the book in which ...
A few people fell as one girl screamed; “I knew I should have left for London today. I knew ...
We begin this week with the recent media chat held last week by the President. Many Nigerians tuned in and ...
One of the greatest challenges of your person is that you care more about what the feelings of those ...
At that time I remember thinking to myself: with bomb disposal expertise like this, who needs bombers? Last week I ...
A few weeks ago, Farouk Lawan was the darling of many Nigerians, an example of what legislative powers should be. ...
As a people we must come to realise that we are on our own. We must come to see that ...
It’s tough to keep up with shocking news in Nigeria. I don’t even understand how things spiral anymore. Something really ...
I always wanted to use a Soyinka play as the title of my Thursday junk, thanks to the bees in ...
Tragedy is an opportunity to do better, to create better systems and a better world. What do I add to ...
I was meant to meet Tosin on Monday, but she never made it to Lagos; instead, I will be attending ...
As someone who has been close to death and dying more than I really should, I don’t believe this culture ...
I need to state how much I hate myself right now for even discussing an election that is 3 full ...
And so here we are, on Democracy Day, Mr. President is suffering from the withdrawal that often comes from aspirational ...
It was a speech lacking the conviction of a man speaking from the mountain top; and was filled with the ...
This democracy is closer to kleptocracy than it is to any genuine democracy I have seen elsewhere. To say otherwise ...
It’s twice as hard to get a job that’s paying them So I ain’t paying attention to what you’re saying. ...
The announcement that Arsenal FC will be in Abuja this year, already shows that we might be in for even ...
We thank Tony Abulu for his patriotism; but it is easy to recite the National Anthem when the government pays ...
It is time to start a rigorous data based conversation about the future of Nigerian girls and it is our ...
“Payment of N999m to unnamed entities 128 times to the tune of N127.872b” The above line is one of the ...
They may never have heard of Twitter, or the term ‘Occupy Nigeria’, but they, like me and the multitude of ...
We in the belly of the beast And she thinking about abortion – Lil Wayne (Abortion) It ...
“Hard to be humble when you stunting on a jumbotron” – Kanye West A few weeks back, I ...
What really surprised me was how much the governor missed the memo. He failed to understand the call for change ...
“The way we run shit See we’re kind of like the government, So just repect my conglomerate” -Busta ...
What are you up to this time? I’ve seen you making frantic phone calls and generally appearing busy Oh boy, ...
Public health has to be the responsibility of public administrators. A government that forces its citizens to fester in ...
Last week I wrote about the “Stay-outers” versus “Engagers” conundrum: the questions that many well-meaning (emphasis on that) young Nigerians ...