Again, A Bizarre Joke in Niger Speaks French
Not only are military coups becoming frighteningly frequent in West and Central Africa, virtually all of them, it appears, also speak French. For the fifth time in three years in…
Not only are military coups becoming frighteningly frequent in West and Central Africa, virtually all of them, it appears, also speak French. For the fifth time in three years in…
In contemporary Nigeria, the concept of the rule of law seems to have lost its essence and meaning. Over the decades, the rule of the powerful has permeated society, leading…
When I first voted in an election in Nigeria in 1983, the Internet was just newly born. It had not even been properly named. Forty years later when I…
There’s a trending video from nine years ago. If you watched it casually, you might in fact think that it was done yesterday. It was a clip of Ugandan President,…
President Bola Tinubu’s first move on the first day of his presidency was not only his best move but also his worst move. Beset with perennial corruption, every Nigerian understood…
You may have seen it. The list, of course. Those who think that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not moving fast enough to appoint ministers have offered to help. They…
I’m not sure what breaks the heart more: her insistence on her innocence or the prospects of a future that now hangs in the balance. For a young adult with…
It seems the world can no longer party without Nigerian music. At CNN’s Juneteenth celebration in California, USA, this week, Nigerian musician, Davido, illuminated the event. Two weeks before that,…
Those familiar with road travel before fancy luxury buses and jeeps displaced wooden-back Bedford light trucks, famously called mammy wagons, might remember this ubiquitous message in cursive, bright colours scrawled…
Within minutes of the release of the video of President Bola Tinubu signing the students’ loan bill into law, it was trending on Twitter as was the name of Chief…