Shagari Street
by Dami Ajayi It always begins with a song. Then memory sets in. Soon you are coursing down familiar roads, back streets, broken waters. Suddenly, you are back here[…]
Saro Wiwa’s Waiting War
(for Ken Saro Wiwa) By Emmanuel Uweru Okoh My keen cry to Kenule: I, Fubara, of disjointed Fishnet and gaping boat, from the land of kernel Back feeling and staggering[…]
Faded end of Soludo’s polymer economics – Salisu Suleiman
If you have ever listened to Professor Chukwuma Soludo bring abstract economic concepts to life with PowerPoint slides extravagantly peppered with charts and projections, you’d understand how he managed to[…]
Lessons From Our Nascent Online Retailers
The emergence of the online retail business in Nigeria was always going to upset a few established practices. One big question centered on how online retailing would play in the[…]
Boko Haram: Now that everyone’s beard is on fire – Salisu Suleiman
It is said that when you notice a neighbour’s beard on fire, give him a bottle of beard oil while you sprinkle water on yours; in other words, when you[…]
Where Is The Economy Headed
There is this local quirk which never ceases to amuse (and amaze) me. A robust capacity for mimesis ensures that no sooner is the sod turned on some groundbreaking activity,[…]
IG: Are tinted glasses your real problem? – Salisu Suleiman
“All glass fitted to a vehicle shall be clear and transparent to enable persons outside the vehicle to see whoever is inside the vehicle and the glass shall in no[…]
Discovering The Local Online Retailer
One advantage of shopping on-line is the sheer convenience of it all. It used to be something one did from a straight-backed chair across from a personal computer. And that[…]