Written by This morning like many other mornings, I opened my Twitter app and I checked my direct messages. I saw a message from PIDOM NIGERIA, who is a familiar face in my inbox and I opened it. Thus began a long and winding story that has occupied my entire day, and is still far from over. … Continue reading “SOS Alert: PIDOM NIGERIA Is Missing (And I Think We May Know Who Has Him)”
The date was May 15, 2023, and the venue was the ILEC Conference Centre in West London. I was preparing to deliver my keynote address at a press conference organised by the Coalition of Nigerians Living in the United Kingdom. Nigeria’s 2023 ‘elections’ had allegedly taken place a few weeks prior, and amid the flurry … Continue reading “A Story About Dele Farotimi And Why I Cannot Stand The Nigerian Law Expert”
Exactly 2 years ago, I took a decision that completely upended my life in ways I could not begin to anticipate. That decision led to a diplomatic incident involving my birth country and my adopted one, an international abduction attempt commissioned by the (now former) Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, and … Continue reading “Hotel Hokaa”
I am not a superstitious person. Far from it.In fact, I started self-identifying as atheist at the ripe old age of 17, despite living in a country that is as friendly to atheism as outer space is to swimming. I’ve never been big on any of the spiritual/religious stuff, but I do have something. Call … Continue reading “#EndSARS”
Flat 2, 58 Jagunmolu Street, Bariga, Lagos.That was my address back in 2018, when I was a fresh-faced 28 year-old finally making a name for myself in the media and journalism spaces I had always dreamed of breaking into. At the time, I was a writer on Channels TV’s hit political satire show The Other … Continue reading “The Night I Drove Home With A Dead Child In The Back Seat And What Happened Next”