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Is There Such a Thing as Nigeria Without Nigerians?

Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- I often observe how many people choose to play the ostrich by burying their heads in moral comfort to attack, Nigeria for what they perceive as disappointment, failure, crisis, lack... Read More


Igbo Doctors for Igbo Patients?

Nigeria, Feb. 2 -- When the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) introduced centralized posting for housemanship training, the intention was reformist and corrective. The policy was designed t... Read More


Making Sense of the Role of a Nollywood Actor in a Coup Scare

Nigeria, Feb. 1 -- Many Nigerians were caught between disbelief and confusion when news broke that a cleric, and later, a Nollywood actor was among those arrested in connection with an alleged coup pl... Read More


Nigeria's Coup and the Ethics of the "Good Lie"

Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- Nigeria's recent coup scare and the reactions it provoked have once again exposed the uneasy relationship between truth, power, discretion, and what many quietly describe as the "g... Read More


Abba Yusuf's Kano Fall: When Power Fails to Belong to the People

Nigeria, Jan. 24 -- When someone casually typed, "Finally, the much-talked-about Almighty Kano has fallen to the APC," it felt like a curtain drop. Weeks of suspense, anxiety, partisan arguments, and ... Read More


Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the Limits of Fiction

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- The recent tragedy involving the literary giant Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, following the loss of her young son at Euracare Hospital in Lagos, unsettled many beyond the immediate cir... Read More


Who Wouldn't Want to Be a Professor?

Nigeria, Jan. 19 -- I remember someone who was once offered a job as a Lecturer and rejected it outright. He laughed it off, declaring that such a life was not for him, and those around him joined in ... Read More


The Thin Line Between Precision and Tragedy

Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- A thin line often separates success from failure, and sometimes that line is so narrow that it hides in plain sight. Kano has dominated the news in recent days, momentarily eclipsi... Read More


The "mad man" I know

Nigeria, Jan. 14 -- A conversation just erupted online, particularly within a WhatsApp group, sparked by a news caption that read, "Akwa Ibom lawmakers propose 10 years imprisonment for women sleeping... Read More


Ali Pantami and misplaced creativity?

Nigeria, Jan. 11 -- That question has hovered over one of the most talked-about stories in recent weeks, following reports that Professor Isa Ali Pantami, a respected Islamic scholar and former Minist... Read More