Goodluck Was Here – Salisu Suleiman
The brutal swipe of the scimitar slashes through flesh and bones, cutting through the cord of life in one cruel instant. The sand is soaked with my blood, gushing from[…]
That We May Know, and Not Play Fast and Loose with the Truth
The run up to this year’s general elections has been most unusual. So intense is the passion on both sides of the incumbent president’s re-election bid that just about every[…]
Interview · Lit Mag · Literature
Editorial #29: LitMag Romance Interviews
Late last year, we conceived an idea of interviewing everyone of the authors in the new Cassava Republic Ankara Press imprint of romance stories from Africa as a way of[…]
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“In our society we tell our daughters – get married or die trying” – Ola Nubi
For the last couple of weeks, the NTLitMag has featured interviews with the authors of newly published novels on the Cassava Republic’s Ankara Romance imprint. The interviews were conducted by LitMag contributor[…]
Rebuilding the North East after Boko Haram
After the Second World War, the United States of America – which suffered the least loss in terms of human and material resources, emerged as the pre-eminent economic and military[…]
Did Dahiru Mangal Kill The Nigerian Textile Industry? – Feyi Fawehinmi
In the mid-1980s Nigeria had 175 textile mills. Over the quarter-century that followed, all but 25 shut down. Many of those that have struggled on do so only at a fraction[…]
Integrity as Political Capital – Salisu Suleiman
On 21st of December, 2014, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP held a fundraising dinner at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. In a few frenetic hours, over N21bn was raised. One[…]
The Military and Our Freedoms
A democracy may entertain questions on how the notion of popular sovereignty may be best put to play. The range of possibilities runs from direct democracies (small communities legislating by[…]
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KOLA TUBOSUN JOINS “WE THE HUMANITIES” PLATFORM AS CURATOR
Press Release 25/02/2015, Reading, UK—Kola Tubosun: linguist, teacher and writer at Whitesands School, Lagos, Nigeria, will be joining the international humanities Twitter account, We the Humanities, as next week’s guest[…]
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“Unhappiness Can Be Extremely Relative” – Sifa Asani Gowon
For the next couple of weeks, the NTLitMag will feature interviews with the authors of newly published novels on the Cassava Republic’s Ankara Romance imprint. The interviews will be conducted by[…]