Nigeria Village Square

What Happens After (During) the State of Emergency?

Many who have quite rightly praised President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in the north-eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe — strongholds of Boko Haram’s wasting war against a secular Nigeria — will be forgiven for

The Achebe I knew

Indiscipline pervades our life so completely that one may be justified in calling it the condition par excellence of contemporary Nigerian society”- Chinua Achebe, The Trouble with Nigeria.

Who Are The Yoruba People? (Part 2)

“The Yoruba are ancestors of the black Cushite migrants and settlers that did not go to Africa…”

Dakingari, prudence and good governance

xperts in policy and diplomacy know that there is a wide gulf of difference between a progress report or a situation report

Something Cheerful In Kano

During the last Easter period, I paid the usual perfunctory visit to Jos to see my parents and of course meet old friends; that is the few who still obstinately dare to call that beautiful piece of real estate home.

Chinua Achebe (Ugonabo Ogidi ) Goes Home

People from all walks of life will be heading to Ogidi to mourn the one they loved so much