NIGERIA, Nov. 27 -- Nigeria was being discussed in America like neighbours analysing your parenting skills while eating groundnut. CNN talking. C-SPAN talking. Even commentators who think Jollof is rice and stew were giving opinions.

Nigeria looked at our Senate President like a mother sending her child for salt:

"Go and talk for us."

And the response we got was pure philosophical, Yoruba-nollywood-level emotional:

"Who am I?"

Ah. Omo. My chest.

That day, Nigeria entered "Are we joke to you?" mode.

If leadership were NEPA light, that moment was Up NEPA, down in 2 seconds. If it were NIN queue, we had just reached the front when network went off. If it were Glo data, it was 12GB that finished after opening only Instagram explore pag...