Notes from Atlanta

Notes from Atlanta

Legislative Immunity: What angry Nigerians are getting wrong

A lot of ignorant social media commentators are beating up on the Nigerian Senate for passing “Bill Number 8,” which grants legislative im

Fiery Kenyan politician Miguna Miguna has captured Nigeria’s imagination

Nigerian cyberspace is being lit up by a wildly viral video of Kenyan politician Miguna Miguna brutally taking down his political opponents in a telev

The intellectual case against Nigeria’s break-up (IV)

One of the biggest germinal tragedies of Nigeria, as Chinua Achebe has pointed out in his The Trouble with Nigeria, is that Nigeria has never had the

Guiding political philosophy for a democratic Nigeria (IV)

First, on the issue of corruption Obasanjo and the PDP took a position that the federal government can create institutions to fight corruption against

The intellectual case against Nigeria’s break-up (III)

What I have said about the Yoruba people (see part II) is also true of many other ethnic groups in Nigeria. But, for reasons of space, I will only hig