Thursday Column

Thursday Column

A new novel, a recurrent beef and a lingering grief

My father died while I was at a Yahuza Suya Spot eating chicken with my spouse. It was on Friday, March 11, 2016. We had just been served and had take

2023: Will the bitterness end now?

I confess I struggled with what to write this week. It is not for a lack of topic, I promise. The election has been top of the news for the last few d

As we go to the polls this Saturday

Perhaps at no time has the fate of Nigeria hung in the balance as it does now. But then again, you have heard that before. You have heard it at every

Holy books and police guns for hire

Over the weekend in Abuja, something came over Pastor Uche Aigbe, as he was about to mount the pulpit for his Sunday sermon. Aside from his Holy Book,

Wanted: Someone to explain what is happening in Nigeria

Imagine you are walking down the street and you see a poster for a wanted person. This hypothetical poster will contain an APB with the following deta