We belabour the ‘Nigerian dream.’ We abuse the idea that life will get better, that progress is assured if we keep faith, obey the rules and work hard, that prosperity is guaranteed if we continue to tread the slow, steady … Read the rest
IN The Emperor’s Tomb, Joseph Roth chronicles the decay of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, writing that at the very end of the empire, even the street-lights longed for dawn so that they could be extinguished.
The undercurrent of modern Nigeria, where … Read the rest
Father and son
Toxic masculinity’ is the new rage. It connotes everything supposedly wrong with Nigeria’s male folk. Coined in supposedly feminist circuits, an obsession with it at the homefront highlights the workings of the misandrist mind. Yea, most of Nigeria’s self-confessed feminists … Read the rest
LASTMA official harassing a bus driver in Lagos
The mental processes of the proverbial “Lagos driver” spurred the state government to recommend psychiatric evaluation as part rehabilitation of traffic offenders, among other measures. That initiative was meant to be implemented by sterling law enforcers.
More drastic measures … Read the rest
Salome Abuh
The year 2019 presented as the umpteenth scene of Nigeria’s grotesque political drama. Its first quarter unfurled cloaked in blood and sadism of clashing tribal characters. Herdsmen plundered subsistence farms up-north, crossing the middle-belt into Nigeria’s south-lands, to rob and … Read the rest
From infancy through adulthood, the Nigerian boychild needs saving but he is repeatedly ignored. Childhood was his crystal cabinet, the window into his carefree beginning, when he dwelt in the body without ambivalence or fear. But puberty ends his trusting … Read the rest
Malcolm X
Toxic masculinity’ is the new rage. It connotes everything supposedly wrong with Nigeria’s male folk. Coined in Western feminist circuits, an obsession with it at the homefront highlights the workings of the misandrist mind. Yea, most of Nigerian feminists are … Read the rest
Nigeria's First Lady, Aisha Buhari
AISHA Buhari, Nigeria’s First Lady, makes a rousing recourse to moral nature. By urging parents to see to the moral upbringing of their wards, she addresses Nigeria’s supreme pestilence, our moral problem. Nobody pays attention to this. Save a paltry … Read the rest