Dear Lagos Elite, I get it. Makoko, Oworonshoki, Bariga, etc., assault your senses. They are slums. They are dirty. They are not pretty. We’d prefer high-rises overlooking the waterfront. They’ll be n...
A democracy rarely collapses in a single dramatic moment. More often, it is slowly redesigned—clause by clause—until citizens wake up one day to discover that elections still happen, but accountabilit...
Last week, I shared a travelogue describing my visit to Taraba State, where distance is measured not in kilometres but in neglect and where a road becomes a referendum on citizenship. I anticipated in...
“Ultimately, one hopes this crisis will not end in mutual global destruction, but in a managed transition—where an old world order gives way to a new one without catastrophe. President Donald Trump ha...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 20 January 2026 that marked what could possibly be the most stark admission from a Western leader in deca...
In my view, the world is rapidly sliding back toward an era reminiscent of Viking ideology—a time when law and order were weak or nonexistent, and global affairs were governed largely by the crude doc...
President Donald Trump’s recent military operation in Venezuela, in which President Nicolás Maduro was captured and flown to the United States on drug-trafficking and “narco-terrorism” charges, has na...
Eight years ago, on April 12, 2017, my family and I were plunged into a darkness for which no words ever truly suffice. It was a grief born of medical negligence—the avoidable death of our 18-year-old...
True power does not scream for attention – it is called humble triumph. In a world where nations often flex their muscles on the global stage, South Africa stands apart. Despite multiple wins on the i...
Paul Biya’s latest victory feels less like a fresh mandate than the next episode in a very long-running show. At 92, declared winner of Cameroon’s October presidential vote, Biya has now extended a re...