A persistently irritating headline in Nigeria’s political news today rotates around the high school certification or otherwise of General Muhammad Buhari. This is not only a distraction from the relevant issues and questions, but it is also a debate brought about by a totally arbitrary and irrelevant insertion during the drafting of the 1999 Constitution. … Continue reading
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PERMANENT VOTERS’ CRAZE | by Ayo Sogunro
One night, about two months ago, I was driving to my then Akoka home through the University of Lagos compound when I stopped to give an old woman a lift from the back gate into the main campus. Ordinarily, I don’t stop on Lagos roads to give lifts to total strangers, but the woman had … Continue reading
IN SHORT, NIGERIA CAN FUCKING DRIVE YOU NUTS
I would not have thought writing was capable of being an addiction until I created this, my fifth blog. It was not a deliberated decision: it was simply an urge to “re-express” myself. Like a bored drug user seeking new highs, my current writing-boards just didn’t seem to be adequate avenues for self-expression anymore. There’s a … Continue reading
Ayo Sogunro 