I just read Farooq Kperogi’s latest column on the appointment of Professor Joash Amupitan as INEC Chairman. As always, it’s an engaging read – witty, historically rich and provocative. But I think it also suffers from the very thing it warns against: over-interpretation through the lens of ethnicity. Kperogi argues that Tinubu’s choice of Amupitan,… Continue reading Nigeria, a Country That Turns on the Axis of Ethnic and Religious Identity
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Nigeria’s 2025 Budget: Key Figures and Real Estate Insights
The budget of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for 2025 is 49.7 trillion Naira. At the rate of 1,545 Naira to a dollar, this is roughly 32 billion dollars. There is a nice summary of the budget here. According to ChatGPT, NigeraPropertyCentre.com is a "prominent online real estate platform in Nigeria". Maybe we can use… Continue reading Nigeria’s 2025 Budget: Key Figures and Real Estate Insights
To Hell With The Prophecy (Weep Not Child by James Ngugi)
This story comes from the second chapter of Weep Not Child by James Nguigi. I think it is pertinent to attitude of some Christians in Nigeria to voting in elections. As you read, please note I am angry abouta particular mindset. This post allows me to dissipate that anger so I don’t go to sleep… Continue reading To Hell With The Prophecy (Weep Not Child by James Ngugi)
Nigeria in 1963: Kingsway
My previous blog was about a magazine - Nigeria Magazine - which I rescued recently while visiting home. This one is not any different. I am back with another advert from the same magazine and it took me down memory lane. A supermarket, called Kingsway had this advert: Although I was not alive in 1963,… Continue reading Nigeria in 1963: Kingsway
Nigeria Airways – March 1963
I found a magazine titled "Nigeria Magazine" in my father's shelf recently on a visit home. Wait for this, it was published in March 1963. That was before my parents were married. One of the things that caught my attention in the magazine was this advert by Nigeria Airways, which advertised its LONDON-NIGERIA service. From… Continue reading Nigeria Airways – March 1963
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