Adimchinma Ibe – Treachery in the Yard
Read my review of Treachery in the Yard on Naija Stories It is not everyday you find a Nigerian writer featured in the Wall Street Journal but that was what[…]
Category: Culture and Society
Culture and Society · Politics
Pastor Adeboye’s Crusade Against Kidnapping
By Yomi Ogunsanya About three weeks ago, there was a news report in the Nigeria media to the effect that Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God[…]
Culture and Society · Technology
If we must tweet the Change we want…
It is 50 years and Nigeria, like every other country craving for a change in its affairs, has witnessed series of civil demonstrations in all its known forms: sit-ins, arm-in-arm[…]
Culture and Society · Politics · Review
Nigeria: Louis Theroux: Law and Disorder in Lagos – Review
A view of the law as imposed by the Kick Against Indiscipline Task Force and the disorder perpetrated by the chieftains of the National Union of Road Transport Workers through the protection racket network of area boys.
Author Interview – Ifelanwa Osundolire
Ifelanwa is a blogger I had come across last year doing my blog rounds. He also featured fiction on his blog and I was impressed with his writing talent. I[…]
Culture and Society · Nigeria@50
Earthing Abiku’s Limbs: The Trouble with Nigerian Literature
by Benson Eluma I have cast around for how best to characterize Nigerian literature 50 years after Independence, and I have decided to settle for the Abiku motif. Abiku or[…]
Culture and Society · Nigeria@50
Naughty at 50 – Evolution of Nigerian Notoriety on American Screens
Out of the 17 African countries turning 50 this year, information ministers for 16 them have one thing in common – they wake up every morning and thank the heavens[…]
A – Z Life Lesons by Tolulope Akanni
Tolu Akanni describes himself as “a visionary and dynamic youth with a rare and unique passion sent on a mission to bring out the best in people to the end[…]
Culture and Society · Health · World Affairs
What We Are Reading: What’s Good For The Goose…
Why does female circumcision/genital cutting/mutilation get so much attention and media while nobody seems to care that possibly the most sensitive part of the penis, the foreskin, in spite of[…]
Temitayo Ilori – Doom’s Wing
Temitayo Ilori is the self published author of Doom’s Wing, an epic fantasy novel. I was quick to ask him for an interview after reading an excerpt of the book[…]