Dele Ogun’s “Culprits: The People and the Paper That Made Nigeria” is not a history book. It is a murder investigation. And the body is still warm. For two hundred years, we have been told that the Fulani jihad was a religious reformation. For a hundred years, we have been told that the 1914 Amalgamation…
The Biafra secession was declared precisely fifty years ago. Most people are aware of what led to that action. While it lasted, the Igbo suffered so much. At the end of the day, General Ojukwu had to flee. He was possibly acting in accordance to a reggae song, ‘He who fights and runs away lives…
I am going through a feverish period. Since there is no one with me, I just started toying with various things which my illness might result into. If one is going to meet his God, he should not lie. OK! I was thinking of the grim reaper, death. The Yoruba even celebrate death by referring…
Once upon a – not too long ago – time, one olori ebi had to retire. You know life is just like the army barracks. Soldiers go and soldiers come, but the barracks remain! Even before the predecessor left office, the successor’s name had been announced. Now, there were so many anti-people things that were…
For two hundred years, we have been told that the Fulani jihad was a religious reformation. For a hundred years, we have been told that the 1914 Amalgamation was an act of administrative convenience. For sixty years, we have been told that Nigeria’s problems are our own fault, tribalism, corruption, laziness. Dele Ogun’s “Culprits: The…
Nigeria is said to be a secular state. That’s theoretical! However, in practice, the Nigerian state is religious. Or how do we explain the fact that apart from having churches and mosques, government involves itself with the staffing of these bastions of religiousity. In the past, government was sponsoring religious pilgrimages. I’m told that even…
Oh, how I wish I could tell whoever offends me to forget it. You see, when a person is brooding over a certain person’s misdeed to them, they end up suffering much more than the offender. In any case, the latter might not even know! How long do we have to spend on earth? The…
