Nigeria: Three Stories, One Message
Three – maybe three and a half – stories go to the heart of why Nigeria appears stuck in a rut. And for some strange reason, all of them are…
Three – maybe three and a half – stories go to the heart of why Nigeria appears stuck in a rut. And for some strange reason, all of them are…
Nigeria’s once-proud national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has become a liability to the nation it was meant to serve. This transformation from a gem of…
This was tough to write. My heart resisted it, but I yielded to my head. The petrol in my car, a 2.0-litre 2012 Tokunbo Camry, was at half-tank the day…
When the Israeli-Hamas war started one year ago, it didn’t look like it would last long. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s promise to avenge the deaths of over 364 Israelis…
Several good things happen in the bedroom, often the place of rest and renewal. Sometime in 2004, Sam Nda-Isaiah and his wife Zainab conceived the idea of a newspaper there.…
A nation is not like humans. Its lifespan is unlimited, unknown and indeterminable. If Nigeria were human, at 64 years, it would be winding down, in or preparing for retirement.…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had barely finished announcing the result of last Saturday’s Edo governorship poll when I got a call to eat the humble pie. Senator Adams…
By his admission, Senator Adams Oshiomhole is a lousy product vendor. In the real commercial world, his premises would have been closed and his products banned. But in politics, crime…
In the streets of Lagos, where vendors once boasted of fresh produce and cheap fuel, the chatter now centres on survival. Nigeria, a country rich in natural resources, is sinking…
For some years, I have travelled to a small but beautiful place called Vomperberg in the Schwaz district of Austria. One of the highlights of my visits would be to…