Billboard tenants: The invisible Lagosians who sleep, give birth, live in the open
In the restless megacity of Lagos, where skyscrapers rise and traffic never fully sleeps, more than 20,000 residents exist without a permanent roof. They are known, in local parlance, as “billboard tenants.” The name captures a stark reality: people who have no fixed address, no tenancy agreement, and no walls of their own. Instead, they […]
Evans, violence and the rest of us
A society that scorns the have-nots and does little or nothing to ameliorate the sufferings of its people unwittingly cultivates an army of potential nuisance, prostitutes, criminals and terrorists
Nigeria: Negotiating for unity
We can negotiate the restructuring of the Nigerian federation to suit the exigency and reality of our times
Between El Rufai’s lies and the “Restructuralists”’ realism
In an interview granted Channels Television recently, El Rufai in his usual manner sounded rash, brash, saucy, arrogant, insolent and illogical while answering questions on the groundswell of agitations for a restructured Nigeria that has gained currency in our polity recently.
“Dino Melaye should be running for president, instead”
There is no Nigerian therefore that would say that Dino is a dull Senator. No one can count him among the bench warmers who sit all days without saying either ‘aye’ or ‘nay’. I don’t think anybody has caught Dino on camera sleeping while debate is going on. Rather, Dino has helped to place Kogi West Senatorial District on national consciousness.
The cry of the Almajiri (2) by Fani-Kayode
To the people of the south-west, south-south, south-east and the Middle belt I say the following.
