Nigeria, Nov. 1 -- Olawale Brymo sang it in Down, released in 2013, and thirteen years later the song sounds less like entertainment than a witness statement. The chief, the thief, their entangled hou... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 25 -- At the weekend, I attended a fireside chat by my friend, Dr. Dotun Reju, around his book, Before the West Worked. I had eaten its pages; now the conversation was chewing through as... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 11 -- There is an old story about a lawyer who sold his well to a teacher, then returned demanding payment for the water inside it. The teacher smiled. If the water still belonged to the... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 4 -- One does not hold a gun carelessly. Fifteen years ago, when Nigeria turned 51, I borrowed that Yoruba warning to describe a country dangerously casual with the loaded weapon of nat... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 27 -- Once upon a time, there was a girl. One day she bought a book titled "How to Communicate with Fools." She skipped the preface and immediately started reading. And it's a pity sh... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 13 -- I sat down recently with Major General Lawrence Onoja, retired. We were discussing security in Northern Nigeria-banditry, insurgency, kidnapping and communities sleeping with one ... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 23 -- Jennifer Azi came to my office and, after three hours of difficult questions, uncomfortable silences and occasional laughter, asked with Nigerian sarcasm: "Do we all have mental he... Read More