A change of fortune for Nigeria’s president?
Published by The Independent (17th January, 2015) Lawrence Ebele Jonathan was a canoe-maker, struggling to survive in the Delta region... Read Full Article
My hero of 2014 sacrificed herself to save countless others
Published by The Independent (29th December, 2014) News is by nature a grim business, the most terrible and tragic tales... Read Full Article
Boko Haram, hashtag activism & how the West can really help Nigeria
Published by The Independent (12th May, 2014) Now it’s official: the Western world is horrified about the kidnapping of more... Read Full Article
Africa is refuting the usual economic pessimism
Published by The Wall Street Journal (16th April, 2014) The terrorist bombing that killed 71 people in Nigeria’s capital Monday... Read Full Article
A conflict crying out for more attention – and less violence
Published in The Independent (October 1st, 2013) The murder of Saturday lunchtime shoppers in a Nairobi shopping centre grabbed global... Read Full Article
Britain’s pathetic response to the rise of a global power
Published in The Guardian (August 9th, 2013) Despite their military name, it is hard to see how an eight-strong delegation... Read Full Article
Our image of Africa is hopelessly obsolete
Published in The Observer (26th August, 2012) Think of Ethiopia and what do you see. Perhaps a starving child, flies in... Read Full Article
Disorder, dereliction…and decency
Published in The Observer (January 29th, 2012) Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria by Noo Saro-Wira (Granta) Nigeria does not... Read Full Article
Never mind the rebranding – Nigeria needs rebuilding
Published in The Independent (July 30th, 2009) Nigeria’s minister of Information has launched a campaign to rebrand her country, attempting... Read Full Article
A wild shrine to music, history and the struggle for human rights
Published in The Independent (June 5th, 2009) We bumped our way down the ramshackle streets of Ikeja in the traffic-choked... Read Full Article