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A horde of uniformed beggars

There are lots of uniforms in this country. The police, military, paramilitary, private security guards, immigration, customs, cleaners and whatnots.

Pointing fingers wouldn’t help Nigeria – Taking responsibility is the panacea

The most gracious of my English friends sent me a note last week about a depressing conversation he had with a Nigerian Uber driver. The Lagosian with

Nigerian leadership and the three mystic apes rule

General Zakari is well travelled as an officer and father of diaspora children

Northern prosperity

In my piece on poverty in Northern Nigeria the week before last, I argued that poverty in the region and, by extension, the country, is not so much du

If I played a dirge

If I sounded my harp, and played a dirge Would you come to me? If I wept until my eyes were flames of anger And my voice broke like a widow’s hopes Wo