The “Mythification” of Our Memories
Segun Toriola’s jaw-dropping defensive play against Singapore’s Ning Gao in which he successfully went through a 41-shot rally in the second match of the men’s team table tennis semi-final was,[…]
Lunatic Liu And The Quality of Corruption – Feyi Fawehinmi
To achieve a great leap, a generation must be sacrificed – Liu Zhijun I’m continuing my education on China and I recently came across a story that I thought worth[…]
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Our Books of 2014
When we asked writers and authors to tell us what books they read in 2014, we were not exactly expecting only books published in 2014. We however wanted to hear[…]
No oil? Give them gas! – Salisu Suleiman
It was a period of suffering and tumult, with the people rebelling against the monarchy. Upon being told that the citizens had no bread (which was a staple) to eat,[…]
Budget 2015: Hopes and Delusions
Actions, it turns out, do speak louder than words. In the immediate aftermath of the fall in global oil prices, the consensus amongst most commentators was that Nigeria would be[…]
February 14, 2015 and the Space for Ideas
Across our political space, one gravamen is repeated to the point of monotony: how money now dominates our politics. The conversation around this takes place with varying degrees of sophistication.[…]
Call for Submissions | My Books of 2014
For a special end of year issue of the NTLitMag, we invite readers and writers to send in a write-up of between 100 and 600 words titled “My Books of[…]
A soldier, a poet and a sailor – Salisu Suleiman
When a poet, a soldier and a sailor found themselves in the captain’s cabin on a ship that is adrift, listing inexorably towards the rocks an ultimate disaster, what manner[…]
Subsidy? Cross-…? Counter-subsidy?
In its time-lapse response to the bottom falling out of the global oil market, the Nigerian government announced a series of measures, under the rubric of a new “austerity programme”[…]
July’s Testimony
by Joy Isi Bewaji July in Lagos is hot and sticky. A month of moping frustration and the sun licking at the last gloss of Vaseline on your skin,[…]