Offside Musings

Last week, numerous friends, acquaintances, even strangers bombarded me with a video that showed a mob somewhere in Lagos making...

Last week, the Republican Party’s presidential candidate, Donald Trump, stunned much of the world - and, likely, himself - by...

There’s something about this year’s presidential election in the US that is oddly reminiscent of Nigeria’s 2015 presidential polls. Many...

Nigeria - or the Department of State Security (DSS), to be precise - starts an ostensible war against corruption in...

In political terms, last week was supposed to be a fair one for President Muhammadu Buhari. At his inauguration a...

Last week, agents of the Department of State Security (DSS) carried out a series of commando-style raids at the residences...

Last Friday, my wife and I traveled from New York City to Canton, upstate New York State, the location of...

On May 29, 2015, Nigerians handed the ball of change to President Muhammadu Buhari (aka Captain Buhar), a self-acclaimed wizard...

Last week, Nigeria hosted one of the central deities in the global revolution called social media - in the name...

As a novelist, I frequently experience the sensation that I could never invent imaginative events that, in their tragic or...