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The last sentence of Bolaji Abdullahi’s memoir, ‘The Loyalist’, is one of the most thoughtful I have ever read: “Some relationships can only be saved through an amicable divorce.” Several

Obafemi Hamzat’s tale is, in many ways, that of a Lagos political tradition that prefers the patient man to the noisy one, the understudy to the showman, the one who

Chika Unigwe’s latest novel, ‘Grace’, has many a remarkable simile, but one strikes me nearly the most because it references the trouble with Nigeria. “Why hadn’t she thought to invest?

I will always remember Daniel Bwala’s recent appearance on Aljazera English. Even from snippets of it, I felt pity for him. Serious pity. I will remember his shellacking because it

The spirit of ranting envelopes me this moment. And the following are the messages it is delivering through me. There are betrayals that are loud and there are betrayals that

My dear country Nigeria faces evolving security threats: banditry, cybercrime, urban kidnapping, and community conflicts driven by economic distress. These are not challenges that require a strong police chief. They

I have no idea where you are. Nasir El-Rufai says you are dead. But, by some supernatural means, I hope this gets to you. Your father named you Abubakar Idris

At every point in history, every society produces men and women who speak with the confidence of those who have solved life’s deepest puzzles. They write books, command pulpits, build