Snap — Unedited Ramble – Feyi Fawehinmi
It’s normal for there to be a lot of hand wringing among young people in Nigeria when something like Emmanuel Macron happens. A 39 year old guy sets up a[…]
Category: Politics
Food Security: What Manner of Country?
In a Whatsapp group with some friends who all qualify as middle-class Nigerians, one person said he has had to increase his ‘allocation’ for feeding at home. A bag of[…]
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The Price Club: The New Nigerian Naira
I feel like the last year has been one maddeningly long and unending conversation about the exchange rate of the Nigerian Naira. In all that time, I always found it[…]
‘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[…]
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[…]
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[…]