Tolu Ogunlesi A few weeks ago I sat in a taxi in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. “I think I’ve driven you before,” the driver said. How long ago, I asked. Two years, he confidently replied. And then a claim that stunned me: “I’ve still got your number saved.” Indeed he did. My name was saved as “TOLU TRANSCORP” — Transcorp being the city’s sole Hilton hotel, the center of Abuja’s social life, and the place where, two years ago, this driver took me. I had no such recollection, but his evidence sufficed. For me, that story perfectly illustrates Abuja’s sedate, small-town…

Onyiorah Paschal Chiduluemije The recent massacre of scores of fellow Igbo and brethren in our homeland by the invading and marauding Fulani herdsmen and the seemingly implicit endorsement of their cruelty by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government (judging of course by what could arguably be regarded as a mere formality condemnation on the part of the Presidency that reluctantly had to speak on this nasty development following public condemnation of his almost notorious indifference and/or taciturnity on matters concerning increasing Fulani herdsmen bestiality under his watch) is not just heart-rending, but also it is an indication that there is indeed a…