Maiduguri truly surprises
I have been coming to Maiduguri, over the past couple of decades. It’s a city that I have an intimate familiarity
EGYPT: TRAVEL IN THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS
The last time I visited Cairo, the capital of the Arab Republic of Egypt, was five years ago, in September I had
Kashim Shettima, Senator Na’allah’s Plane And A Kaduna Trip
He received the tragic message this morning. Kashim Shettima’s friend, Engineer Umar Zubair, died suddenly today in Kaduna, and the Janaiza prayer
Kashim Shettima, Dutse, and Emir’s coronation
We landed at the Dutse Airport at 11:05hrs. For me, this was a moment of poignant remembrance. Between 2013 and 2014, I
Port Harcourt: Of Flyovers, Billboards, And More
I arrived in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, January 10th, 2023, for a 48-hour visit. The last time I visited, three years ago,
IT’S A LONG DRIVE TO BIRNIN GWARI
We landed at the old Kaduna Airport Terminal this windy afternoon, and waited for the plane that brought His Excellency Bola Ahmed
Light And Shade In Borno
The flight to Maiduguri, last week Tuesday evening, had been delayed for more than three hours. And at a point, not a
To and from Dutse by air
Early on Monday morning, I arrived at the Abuja airport to do a flight to Dutse, the Jigawa state capital. I
Ilorin to Lagos by road
I am typing these lines somewhere in Ikeja, Lagos. I arrived on Sunday to attend the funeral ceremony of Funke’s mother. Funke
Travel in Borno: In the heart of insurgency (2)
IT is amazing to always behold the resilience of the human spirit. And in my Borno sojourn, the human spirit was asserting
Travel in Borno: The pains of the insurgency
In the end, the return journey by road from Maiduguri to Abuja, took fifteen hours! It was certainly one of the scariest