Nigeria, Oct. 19 -- A voice message arrives on election morning. It sounds like an INEC official announcing that voting has been postponed. A woman at Mbiama, Kontagora, Ife or Ogoja who has arranged ... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 5 -- Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a military government. But they may have finished sc... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- If King Jaja of Opobo were alive in Nigeria today, where would he stand in a country wrestling with diplomatic pressures, economic uncertainty and deepening social tensions - and ... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- Nigeria's 2027 campaign is already taking shape. Billboards will multiply. Commissioning ceremonies will assume the choreography of state occasions. Governors and ministers will pr... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 24 -- There is something reassuring about the ritual of political rivals gathering beneath the same roof and signing their names to a common promise of peace. In a country where election... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 17 -- Politics often creates the illusion that public anger naturally produces political change. It does not. Citizens may be frustrated by rising prices, insecurity, unemployment, corru... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 10 -- Nigeria has become remarkably good at celebrating what government can photograph. Roads, bridges, and public buildings offer visible evidence of activity; they can be commissioned,... Read More