Chimamanda Adichie: The Miraculous Deliverance Of Oga Jona

Now, this is just class! Chimamanda presents an admixture of sarcasm, craft, depth, all woven around the theme of constructive criticism. Oga Jona....from me to you, I say, "governance is intensive, but can be also simply straightforward" Dear Readers, I present to you...a grand slam of an article!....enjoy....

As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt it. A strange peace, a calm clarity. He stretched. Even his limbs were stronger and surer. He looked at his phone. Thirty-seven new text messages – and all while he was asleep. With one click, he deleted them. The empty screen buoyed him. 

Reflective: Five (5) Lessons from #EkitiDECIDES

Sayo Aluko

 

It's been almost a week now, and the dust still seems settling. A shocker for a distant few, an expectation for the proximal many, the Ekiti state gubernatorial election in south-west Nigeria came, saw, and "conquered". These below are 5 major realities, lessons sort of, that I've basically tried to decipher from the election as a whole.

Rauf, Rochas, Ibikunle, NIGERIA, and Hope.

Sayo Aluko

In the course of the past three weeks, I've had to visit three Nigerian cities, Abeokuta, Owerri and Oshogbo and as my journeying drew to a close, I was able to conclude from all I saw, that, as per thriving well as a country, Nigeria has huge hopes after all.

Without emotive equivocation and over-analytic sentiments, the governors of these 3 states are actually governing.