Nigeria, April 16 -- I visited a friend two weeks ago. He had come from Kaduna for the same wedding I attended. He stayed indoors almost the entire time, before and after the ceremony, and I got curio... Read More
Nigeria, April 16 -- I visited a friend two weeks ago. He had come from Kaduna for the same wedding I attended. He stayed indoors almost the entire time, before and after the ceremony, and I got curio... Read More
Nigeria, April 15 -- In a society increasingly uneasy about what lies beneath everyday normalcy, the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohamed Buba Marwa, has proposed a bo... Read More
Nigeria, April 15 -- To imagine that Ali Nuhu, the towering icon of Kannywood could harbor a quiet anxiety beneath his calm, measured persona is to confront a profound truth: even legends are not immu... Read More
Nigeria, April 14 -- In a society increasingly uneasy about what lies beneath everyday normalcy, the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohamed Buba Marwa, has pushed forwar... Read More
Nigeria, April 11 -- It is the weekend, and a reader once wished I would confine my writings to relationships and social interactions instead of politics. I was not surprised it came from a woman; I h... Read More
Nigeria, April 8 -- As the political season heats up, a debate has emerged pitting proponents of merit-based leadership against advocates of zoning as a deciding factor. Some dismiss zoning as a polit... Read More
Nigeria, April 8 -- It was a deeply unsettling experience I had last month in Abuja, one of those moments when fate seems to assert a quiet, ruthless authority over human vigilance, as though remindin... Read More
Nigeria, April 5 -- The claim that government supports banditry is often based on the assumption that shared religious identity between leaders and perpetrators implies complicity. Those who argue thi... Read More
Nigeria, April 4 -- This isn't the best time for a reasonable discussion on Nigerian politics. However, I've been saying lately that "today's sinners are tomorrow's heroes," and it seems many people a... Read More