Kidnap stories
The week before, as most Nigerians know, there was an attack on a train heading from Kaduna to Abuja. Fortunately, there was no fatality in that incid
Thursday Column
Thursday Column
What’s the furore over Fayemi?
The search for a black goat should begin well before nightfall —African proverb In a few months, active politicking for who will succeed President Muh
Elmina was painful like that
Last week, I visited Ghana to give a talk at the New York University, Accra Campus and hold a writing workshop at the Goethe Institute for promising G
The Ilorin video and the legend of Mr Wahidi
Before I got into secondary school back in the days in Jos, I was terrified by the legend of Mr Wahidi. My older brothers and their friends talked abo
Of cornflakes, jihads and conspiracies
It has been an interesting week in Nigeria. First, David Hundeyin’s report, ‘Cornflakes for Breakfast: The Boko Haram Origin Story’ (published in the