Fayemi and the Usual Suspects: The evil that walked the rugged landscapes of Ekiti was not Segun Oni. The evil was a brand of regressive political system that President Obasanjo promoted since 2003. The guy was said to be a gentleman, Segun Oni, personable and humane, but so was Chris Ngige, who, however, would get an Abiku redemption, partly because [...]

Though identity, as a category of self perception and self-determination, is considered unhelpful and mischievous because of its tendency towards entrenching xenophobia and ghetto mentality in globalised discourse, but one might be persuaded, in the light of recent ethno-religious violence in Jos, and especially the politics of responsibility that attends it, that what can be indeed helpful for Nigeria’s federated [...]

These days whenever you walk into a bar, you are almost always certain people will be watching or arguing football, European. The debate on the soccercolonisation of Nigerian youth consciousness is more or less foregone. But the tragic thing is that virtually all informal discursive space has been insidiously compromised because of this collective hysteria for European football. I mean [...]

Nigeria has always been a country of fantasized greatness since the collapse of the first republic. But the rebranding antics of the minister of information have added a risible dimension to the fantasy ride. This is not because the branding project is not necessary or even desirable, but because the project is geared towards a mere white wash; a spread [...]