Of bouncy babies and terrorist teachers
In 1729 the Anglican cleric and satirist Jonathan Swift, intent on shocking…
Tracking the Sanwo-Olu train
Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital and my state of origin, is quite a…
Nigeria’s money magicians
If the case of the four teenage ritualists who decapitated17-year-old Sofiat Pelumi…
Like their movies, like their lives
Recently, two overbleached, treacherous termagants drew the curtains on their marriages on…
Nigeria: How to become rich and famous
If the case of Nigeria’s clerical rave of the moment, Evangelist Funmilayo…
Buharists should not shout betrayal
In East of Eden, a novel inspired by the Biblical Cain and…
Malam Malami’s mendacity
As is his wont, Malam Abubakar Malami (SAN), Nigeria’s Minister of Justice,…
#Bring back our drinking water
Even the most optimistic observer of Nigeria’s sorry nationhood would be absolutely…
Another December of misery
It’s Christmas once again, that season defined by the holiday mood, and…
Death by invitation
In the Nigerian novelist, Helon Habila’s Waiting for an Angel, a 21-year-old…
and then