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The People’s Republic of Lagos 5 Aug 2013 | 12:35 pm
By Tolu Ogunlesi (Originally published on August 17, 2011, in Ongoing Concerns, my column in NEXT) * Benin Republic, through its debonair president, Boni Yayi, has declared itself Nigeria’s 37th st...
[Throwback] Achebe Wuz ‘Ere 10 Jul 2013 | 05:41 pm
On 15, October 2004, Chinua Achebe wrote an open letter to President Olusegun Obasanjo, explaining why he was turning down the National Honour offered him. In light of the tragic goings-on in Rivers....
A Caine Prize diary 8 Jul 2013 | 12:06 pm
by Tolu Ogunlesi Originally published in NEXT (site no longer available) * An intimately-laid-out setting awaited me when I walked into the 17th century Old Schools Quadrangle of Oxford’s Bodleian ...
President Yar’Adua’s Interview with The Guardian (April 2009) 3 Jul 2013 | 02:32 pm
The full piece, as published by The Guardian, in April 2009 Interviewers: Editor/Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Debo Adesina Editorial Board Chairman, Reuben Abati Abuja Bureau Chief, Martins Oloja * ....
Understanding Nigeria: You Have Two Cows 16 Jun 2013 | 01:13 pm
By Tolu Ogunlesi (Originally written and published in October 2010) ABIA You have two cows. No, you had two cows – until both were kidnapped. The kidnappers demand a ransom of five billion naira. You ...
One year today, since Dana Flight 992… 3 Jun 2013 | 04:21 am
One year today, since Dana Flight 992 crashed in Lagos, killing all 153 persons on board, and an estimated ten persons on the ground. I knew at least 3 people on that flight quite well – one secondary...
Introducing: The ‘Gidiopoles’ Project – via @Gidiopolis 27 May 2013 | 06:49 am
GIDIOPOLIS (Ghi-di-oh-puh-lis) (noun) An urban sprawl of 16 million persons, all united by a singular pursuit of ‘hustle’, and the lack of underground rail. Sometimes also known as Lagos. * So this is...
#BBLive: Ten Minutes With CrackBerry’s Kevin Michaluk 17 May 2013 | 12:50 am
Orlando, Florida | Thur May 16, 2013 (photo taken May 15) So I got ten minutes with Kevin Michaluk, the founder of CrackBerry.com, the world’s leading BlackBerry site (and online community). And I ask...
Attend the GOTNI Emerging Leaders Conference – Abuja, Nigeria (June 2013) 16 May 2013 | 06:23 pm
“There is no other time than now to invest in the leadership capital skills of Nigerians, if we must make progress as a nation.” LINUS OKORIE, President, Guardians of the Nation International (GOTNI)...
US of America – Day 1: Lagos – Atlanta – Orlando 14 May 2013 | 09:48 am
It’s almost midnight here in Orlando, Florida, so this will be a brief post (I’m sitting typing at the now-deserted CrackBerry stand, tired – hence the inability to think up a better title for this po...
