Nigeria’s Dismal Outing in Tokyo By Austin Isikhuemen
The games are over. We came 74th with only a silver and a bronze medal to show for our efforts. A sad commentary on our state of affairs. Download the first chapter…
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Benefit Derivatives by Austin Isikhuemen
Our very own Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes office as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation a few weeks hence. I do not know her personally. But I have meant her and exchanged…
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My Dad Called Politics “Manafiki” by Austin Isikhuemen
He called it manafiki. That’s what he called politics. I was too young to understand at the time. That manafiki is not an English word. How could it be when my father,…
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My 20 Bests and Worsts Of 2020 by Austin Isikhuemen
The year 2020 winds up by midnight today. Below I attempt to chronicle events, occurrences, and statements that, in my humble view, were the best or the worst of this annus horribilis. …
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Nigeria’s Insecurity Conundrum – Making the Corpse Walk by Austin Isikhuemen
Making the corpse walk is a title from James Hadley Chase’s stable. I have borrowed it to address the state of inertia Nigerians have found themselves in since the country entered the…
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Legal Justice, Social Justice and Trump’s Pyrrhic Victory
The verdict is out. Trump was not convicted. Forty-three Senators – all Trumpublicans voted against his conviction. Though the majority of the senators – fifty-seven – voted to convict and bar trump…
