Nigeria, March 24 -- Curses and magical beliefs are woven together in African politics. A study found out that virtually all African leaders come to power emboldened by beliefs in local magical spells... Read More
Nigeria, March 17 -- Talented filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, recalibrated a popular Yoruba folklore in his famous Agogo Ewo (the forbidden gong) movie. A supremacy battle ensued between Eledumare - God, and... Read More
Nigeria, March 10 -- We are about to witness a mud-fight between two gods of integrity. In a Nigeria where the mantra is, if you see something, say something, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Mini... Read More
Nigeria, March 10 -- We are about to witness a mud-fight between two gods of integrity. In a Nigeria where the mantra is, if you see something, say something, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating ... Read More
Nigeria, March 3 -- Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, William Butler Yeats, aptly put it in his famous The Second Coming. When things fall apart, wrote Yeats, not ... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 25 -- At plenary in the Senate last week, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, rushed naked out of the bathtub. He raised his hand up. In the Presidency's search for a scapegoat, Akpabio ... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- This is what Kurumi's Ijaye looked like after it was attacked and defeated by Ibadan forces in 1860/61: "Old people, men and women and young children were being carried to the rive... Read More
Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- The porcupine is a large rodent that is clothed with a thick coat of sharp quills. These spines protect it from rampaging predators. When it feels threatened, the porcupine shoots t... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 28 -- Northern Nigeria used to have a cult of power called the Kaduna Mafia. The Kaduna Mafia decided who would become the Nigerian president, which road to build, which to abandon, whic... Read More
Nigeria, Jan. 21 -- Big calamities seldom knock before opening the door. Calamities' sneaky essence is articulated in one song by grand old Odolaye Aremu, Ilorin, Kwara State-born Dadakuada song minst... Read More