Nigeria Village Square

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Reading the interview Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) gave to Daily Trust which was published on Wednesday the 22nd of May 2013, I am compelled to raise historical issues that put the former military Head of State's words in perspective.

Whatever Sonala is writing about – people, places, events or ideas – he brings with him clarity and profundity. He explains things in ways and manner that is simple, yet engaging and educative. There is not a complex subject he cannot make simple and