Offside Musings

Brothers and sisters, if you are or have ever been a local government councilor or chairman, a commissioner, a special...

On January 21, I was having drinks and talking literature with some friends at 805 Restaurant in old Kent Road,...

I have argued before that the Nigerian state appears organised around the principle of inflicting maximum emotional aggravation and, often,...

I’ve known for a while that Nigeria was in sorry shape, but not even that knowledge prepared me for a...

One of the rituals of my childhood was writing down New Year resolutions. Under instruction from our parents, my siblings...

A few days ago, a friend sent me a video of a choir made up of members of Nigeria’s security...

President Muhammadu Buhari should admit, today, not tomorrow, that his so-called war against corruption is unserious, tiresome, illegitimate, hypocritical, and...

On November 8, 2016 Americans elected Donald Trump as their 45th president. By the time you’re reading this, Mr. Trump...

I have said this before: One of the hardest tasks is to predict how Nigerians would react in any given...

Except in extremely isolated cases — for example, as an act of self-defense — it is morally indefensible for individuals...