One of the most frequently asked questions (FAQ) about dear our country by those in the diaspora is on insecurity. My general answer has always been that the state of our insecurity is not as bad as what it is being orchestrated to be. While it is a vague answer, deliberately so, it is not […]

There is a war story that is not told as often as I would like. Many call it a Christmas story because it happened on a Christmas eve. However it is called, an incident which showed our common humanity occurred on the Christmas eve of 1914 during World War 1. The German forces were arraigned against […]

I ‘grew up’ with the Lagos-Ibadan Express Way or is it the other way round? I was young, enjoying my first car around the time it was declared open to traffic in the 70s. Living in Lagos with parents in Ilesha meant I had to use the road quite often. Beyond that familial obligation however, was the […]

After several years of military rule and autocratic governance, Nigerians have become accustomed to uses and abuses of raw, naked power. We lived and worked under decrees that were at times vindictive, at times self-serving, at times confusing and often times oppressive. I remember a Military President declaring that he was not only in office, […]

To me, and to many like me, all babies are beautiful irrespective of the place, or the circumstances of their birth – they could be born in a palace or a hut; in a private hospital or a manger; through rich parents or vagrants; in chilly winter or steaming summer for all I care. These wonders of […]