Nigeria, July 16 -- I write about three icons born in the month of July - July People - not in the sense in which students of literature are wont to think of Nadine Gordimer's novel of the same title ... Read More
Nigeria, July 9 -- This year, 2024, is clearly the year of democratic elections, the. year that democracy is put to the test in virtually every continent of the world - at least 97 elections worldwide... Read More
Nigeria, July 2 -- There is something eerily familiar about the protests that engulfed Kenya last week. Many Nigerians would easily recognise the parallels between this and the #EndSars protests in Ni... Read More
Nigeria, June 18 -- One of the highlights of the recent celebration of Democracy Day, on 12 June, was the series of anniversary lectures organised to mark the 25 years of unbroken democracy in Nigeria... Read More
Nigeria, June 4 -- One of the very easy tactics that a government adopts when it sees that it is unpopular with the publics that it governs is to create a diversion, fly a kite or invent a subject of ... Read More
Nigeria, May 28 -- Yesterday, 27 May, one of Nigeria's iconic figures in the entertainment sector turned 80: Ken Calebs Olumese, an Esan man from the university town of Ekpoma as he likes to describe ... Read More
Nigeria, May 21 -- Media Vita In Morte Sumus (In the midst of life we are in death). This is a Gregorian chant that I often recall whenever there is an accident; a sudden, shocking abbreviation of lif... Read More
Nigeria, May 7 -- It is always very embarrassing to read stories of Nigerians who go abroad to give the county a bad name. Nigeria became known as a country of internet scammers and fraudsters not bec... Read More