This opinion piece was originally published at http://www.akinblog.nl/ presaging a hopefully intelligent debate on the issue of wife-battering and society’s response to that issue. A tabloid frenzy On Twitter and Facebook, my fellow Nigerians are getting excited over a case of apparently atrocious conduct which has left some taking sides and expressing interesting viewpoints. The detail of the matter makes [...]

Tragedy is a depressant, often leading people overcome by emotions to the wrong  and often very hasty resolutions. Like all observers of the aftermath of last week’s presidential elections in Nigeria, I was saddened by the loss of innocent lives in the north as a result of a mad frenzy of sadistic unemployed youths convinced that their candidate won. In [...]

It didn’t take me long to locate him at Rayfield where he teaches in a private school. Once upon a time, he was in Riyom, a local government that has now made a name for itself in the spots of unrest around the state. On my way there, there were at least ten military checkpoints along the way so I [...]