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
London images and shopping bag capitalism
Didn’t they say the early bird eats the choice worm? It was Black Friday in England last week and the frenetic pace
A month out of Nigeria
I AM writing these lines from a hotel room in Dubai. I commenced a month-long vacation on Saturday and in the next four
From Kano to Kogi: Consolidating development, opening accesses
In the past two weeks, I have been traveling in Kano and Kogi states. Two weeks ago, we were back in Kano
Maiduguri and the resilience of the human spirit
It was a deep crater in the road, close to the post office on Shehu Laminu way, which brought home just what
Borno: Witness to leadership in a season of killings
IF I say I was not petrified travelling through that 135km of road to Gwoza, I would be lying because that road had
Delightful Delta State
I RETURNED to Abuja on an afternoon flight from Asaba, the Delta State capital, last Sunday. We had been attending the 9th
Thought of home away from home
I AM writing these lines in a hotel room in Dubai. It is past midnight here, but still nighttime back home. I am
Tales and travails of travel
I LEFT Abuja last Friday morning to celebrate the Easter holiday in Ilorin. I had not been back home since the first
Travel, thoughts, and observations
I AM writing these lines at the Charles DeGaulle Airport in Paris. I’m on transit to Abuja, after a troubling transatlantic flight
Travelling in America
I am writing these lines around 7 am in Buena Park, California, but it is close to 3 pm on Tuesday afternoon