During my first year as a student in London, precisely in December 1963, I had been invited by a pen friend, Bessie, to spend the Christmas with her, her husband, mother, and daughter in their farm in Coventry. I found my hostess and her husband very good and friendly and …
Aminu Baba is young and ambitious. Having amassed wealth he now wants power. He wants to govern his home State, Mandiki, to replace the corrupt incumbent, Alhaji Sanni, who has misruled the State. He asks his lifelong friend, Jalo Tijani, for his view. But Jalo is alarmed and advises …
`Oga, what is the colour of your money?’ That was the question a puny little policeman in the usual black uniform and oversized boots asked me at the airport. It was a question I cannot forget. No, it was not the usual policeman’s attempt to extort money from me. It …
Even though the Bight of Biafra has now been renamed and is off the map of the world ostensibly to remove the memory of Nigeria’s Civil War from the map of Nigeria, Biafra that was once a country will ever remain in history records. I was once a proud Biafran. …
