In Nigeria, prayer is the opium of the poor
When things get worse, we don’t rise to the occasion and actively seek a solution, we only raise the volume of our prayers.
Their children attend Harvard
heir children attend Harvard
Ni irọwọ irọsẹ
You, government-owned institution
Ni tipatipa
Yet you fight your people because of them
Are you crazy?
Naira’s journey through birthday wish lists and lace wigs
The indomie generation can no longer afford indomie. The millennials reminisce about when the naira used to be ₦130 against the dollar in 2004. A UK-used iPhone XR is ₦310k, ₦140k more than its price in 2021. Nigerian Twitter is cheering the Naira on to fight back as if this is another AFCON match against Cameroon, and economic analysts are backtracking from their favourable predictions of the Mayday policy.
A brief list of things to leave behind this year
By: Edwin Mamman Congratulations! You ended 2023; it didn’t end you. Your village people called several times, but it went to voicemail. […]
Why it is so hard to write about Nigeria
Here, we don’t lament. We endure; we suffer and smile because we understand suffering is a global phenomenon. Lamentations are for the weak. Besides, we do not have the luxury of time to lament.
I have taken my oath: No oat-meal for you
You guessed right!
I am a Nigerian politician
A proud member of the noble profession of politics
Where we weave our dreams on your backs
After all, we’re the champions of the masses and paragons of virtue
Media’s marvelous makeover: From honest messengers to political puppetry
The landscape of journalism and media ownership has taken a dramatic turn, steering the media away from its once-independent stance. Independence is so last season; being a puppet has never been so chic.
A message from the camp director
We are glad to see that so many of you could make it. About ten or twenty of you were kidnapped on their way here, but their parents are already busy gathering the ransom, so there is nothing to be scared of. That’s why we keep telling them to fly rather than drive, but some people prefer the road scenery to their lives. Shameful.
Letters to Nigeria and planning a party through rough times
Even Amaka is married now. She got married during that eight-month-long strike, a new record for ASUU if you ask me, and she is already an expecting mother. She sent me an invite, but I was too busy trying to work my way to Yankee. Believe it or not, even I caught the japa syndrome. Almost all of our friends have fled for ‘greener pastures’ in another man’s land. It’s funny really.
Lyricism for Nigerian male pop stars, sexism for women?
It shouldn’t still be possible to listen to music with misogynistic messages without being worried about the kind of messages they could possibly be putting out there, especially as stories have feet that travel farther than a Nigerian politician’s thirst for a second tenure.