Olayemi Olaniyi 
Guest An Evolutionary Take on Peter Obi and ADC Coalition Party
I want to approach the bombshell news of Peter Obi teaming up with his former boss, Atiku Abubakar…
Read MoreWhy African Intellectualism Needs to Move Beyond Decolonisation
More than 60 years after independence, decolonisation remains appealing to large swaths of Africans. Writers and other creative…
Read MoreNigeria Needs More than Entertainment and Religion
By John Oguntiloye A 1990-1991 study referenced by Wikipedia ranked Nigeria as the country with the highest church…
Read MoreNigerian Lecturers are now Dancing on TikTok
My friend John made a laughable prediction during one of our many conversations last year. On this auspicious…
Read MoreA Response to Why Ideas Don’t Work in Nigeria
By John Oguntiloye Every time I write about Nigeria, there is a constant urge to begin with how…
Read MoreWhy Ideas Don’t Work in Nigeria
Nigeria is a fascinating place to the foreign observer. But more so to its citizens who live within…
Read MoreWhy I Don’t Want Sharia in Oyo State
Usually, when you say anything critical of Islam as a non-Muslim, you get accused of not knowing what…
Read MoreNaija to the World: Deconstructing the Myth of Nigerian Exceptionalism
A few months ago, I joined a WhatsApp group created for prospective volunteers for an African Union initiative.…
Read MoreKemi Badenoch, Davido, Tayo Aina and the Overton Window of Nigerian Patriotism
Nigeria is hardly a nation of patriots. From the outside, you may be mistaken to believe Nigerians are…
Read MoreReflections on Kwame Nkrumah and Pan-Africanism
I was in Ghana recently for a peace forum. I made new friends and reconnected with old ones.…
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