Nigeria, Oct. 11 -- In the jagged mountain ranges straddling Afghanistan and Pakistan, a resurgent Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (T.T.P.), are ratcheting up a relentless and d... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 4 -- Sixty-five candles, yet the flame gutters in the wind, smoke curling over a nation that learned to crawl backward. Independence, they said- but what freedom lies in a land independe... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 27 -- A friend of mine visited from Nigeria not too long ago. He runs an oil servicing company back home and arrived in Houston with the usual armour of his tribe; a MacBook, headphones... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 13 -- That day, all I wanted was a quick dash to Chicken Republic. The mission was simple: rice, chicken, and maybe a few slices of yam with stew to top up the reserves. But in the rest... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 6 -- Our one and only daughter has gone off to college. Madam and I dropped her off the weekend before. As we made the four-hour drive from Houston to Baton Rouge along I-10, the road s... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 30 -- How does one "make it big" in Nigeria? This is the central question at the heart of Femi Otedola's memoir, "Making It Big: Lessons from a Life in Business." In a country where econ... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 23 -- I was minding my own business, staring dismally at Delta's underwhelming low-budget jollof rice and resigned to the dreary choice between chicken and fish, when a man, leaning forw... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- A few days ago, a haunting image surfaced on my Facebook feed that I cannot unsee; sun-bleached human remains lying half-buried in the arid vastness of the Sahara Desert. No plaque... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 9 -- It was sometime last year that I first encountered Funke Egbemode's writing. Though I cannot recall the precise title, the thematic current was unmistakably familiar: sharp, provoca... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 2 -- In a previous essay, I explored a debilitating cultural affliction I termed the "Beggar's Mindset," a condition rooted in dependency and entitlement, perpetuated by decades of polit... Read More