‘There Is A Great Deal Of Ruin In A Nation’
Nigeria’s GDP figures were released yesterday. For people who like to watch horror movies, the numbers were like a dream come true. There was blood everywhere. The infographic below gives[…]
Author: Feyi Fawehinmi
Short Story: Nigeria Over A Barrel
Ibe Kachikwu Studios put out their latest movie yesterday starring Ibe Kachikwu, of course. The video is quite good and you can watch all 11 minutes of it below by[…]
Buhari 365 Part 3: The President and His Shibboleths
This is the third of a 3-part series on Buhari’s 1st year in office. The focus will be on 3 broad areas — corruption, insecurity, economy — that Buhari and the APC were elected[…]
Buhari 365 Part 2: Death And The King’s Herdsmen
This is the second of a 3-part series on Buhari’s 1st year in office. The focus will be on 3 broad areas — corruption, insecurity, economy — that Buhari and the APC were elected[…]
Buhari 365 Part 1: La Corruzione Fantastico
This is the first of a 3-part series on Buhari’s 1st year in office. The focus will be on 3 broad areas — corruption, insecurity, economy — that Buhari and the APC were elected[…]
When Drones Collide With Nigerian Culture – Feyi Fawehinmi
The busybody in charge of public relations at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) — one Sam Adurogboye — spoke to the press a couple of days ago about drones In recent times, RPA/UAV[…]
The Word On The Streets XV: The Foreign Currency Edition
If you’re not hip to TWOTS, you can run through past editions here. Your correspondent flew under the radar for 4 days in Lagos last week. Here’s what I saw[…]
Swap It, Don’t Break It – Feyi Fawehinmi
Imagine you are China. You sell a lot of stuff to the world. In fact, your whole economy is based on selling things to the world. You have an incentive[…]
Ajaokuta — The Beginning
As you’ve probably seen in the news, steelmaking in Britain is facing an existential crisis. After losing about £5bn in total, TATA are understandably fed up and have now thrown[…]
What I Learned From Reading *Made In Africa*
From a policy point of view, this is potentially the most important book concerning Africa that will be released this year. And timely too, given the collapse in commodity prices[…]