Last night a uniformed man holding a gun told me, “I fit shoot you and nothing go happen.” To be fair, it was said in jest. I’d said something cynical about him wasting his time where he was, and he’d have been better off servicing Burna Boy. We both laughed…

As I tend to do with my write-ups on this platform, I made a thread out of yesterday’s on Twitter last night. I typically don’t engage on my threads because for the most part, most people on social media aren’t good faith discussants. But yesterday, I engaged a few people…

You can always find data points for anything. This map is from a presentation that SBM Intelligence made to INEC, the army and the police after the 2019 elections. Note the places in which you had state-backed actors engaging in violence. Opposition strongholds. Today’s nonsense in Alaba was the same…

There are some who call me choice names such as “alarmist”, “doomsday prophet” and “naysayer” for pointing out the many issues in Nigeria. I’ve accepted that cross. Nothing will change if we all console ourselves that “it is well” when things are clearly getting a lot worse. State failure in…

This chart from SBM Intelligence shows that you are actually more likely to be lynched in Southern Nigeria. It should be food for thought for Southern Nigerians. It should be food for thought for someone like me, who is a parent. Imagine sitting in your house, and your child goes…

I was in Oxford a few weeks ago and met with a Professor there who does quite a bit of work on and in Nigeria. Naturally, we go talking about a country he apparently loves, and his sadness at Nigeria’s failure to work was very clear. In all the things…

One of the best pieces written about Nigeria’s Igbo problem by a non-Igbo person was recently republished by David Hundeyin in his BusinessDay NG column. There are two parts to it, here and here. I highly recommend that you read it. Reading the article, no one should be surprised about…

I visited Stonehenge today. In researching about it before coming, I learned that the place attracts more than a million visitors a year! Look at it this way: an adult ticket to Stonehenge is £22. You are encouraged to make a £5 donation as well, but let’s stick with the…

Now that pretty much everyone and his cat has declared to run for President in 2023, I think it is time for those of us that would be the ones casting votes to take a realistic view of the lie of the land, and ask ourselves uncomfortable but necessary questions. …