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Who wants to live under perpetual terror?, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- For the first time in a long while, I saw fear in the eyes of federal legislators last week after President Tinubu's directive for the withdrawal of police orderlies attached to cer... Read More


Reinventing Nigeria, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Nov. 24 -- It is not yet doomsday in Nigeria. There is still some chance to rescue us from ourselves, even if the buffeting winds of killings and maimings and outright erasure of human settle... Read More


Is Rambo coming to dinner?, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Nov. 10 -- "O deity, save me if you can; if not, just leave me as you met me", Teacher Abel soliloquised when he learnt of President Trump's threat to invade Nigeria to rid the country of Isl... Read More


The 'villagification'of Festac Town, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Oct. 27 -- "This is a sprawling slum with more than its fair share of brothels and shacks. This is no place to raise children at all!", said Tamuno, as he drove through Festac Town's First Av... Read More


Nigeria's undeclared war, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The United States of America recently declared that there was a religious war, specifically the persecution of Christians, going on in Nigeria. The Nigerian government promptly den... Read More


When kings behave like plebeians, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Oct. 6 -- In Africa, kingship has been considered sacred from time immemorial. We invented the Divine Right of Kings before Europe copied and popularised it. We ascribed ultimate power to the... Read More