Yes, TWOTS is primarily how I keep tabs on changes in Nigeria while I’m away from the country. But sometimes we do venture to other places. I had the immense pleasure of attending my first ever World Cup last week in Qatar to see 4 games in 5 days. Qatar…

No point complaining that I didn’t read as much as I would have liked in 2021. That virus refused to go away so I spent the greater part of the year inside my house where it is hardest to read a book. But I feel like I learnt quite a…

As they say about London buses — you wait 3 years for a TWOTS and then all of a sudden, 2 come along in quick succession. I was very privileged to be a guest speaker at The Platform this year themed ‘Nigeria: What Sets Thou?’ My talk was titled ‘A…

My longest stay away from Nigeria is now over. After 3 years, TWOTS is back following the usual whistle-stop trip to Nigeria that took in Lagos and Abuja. If you’re new to this, the TWOTS back catalogue is here. 1.First covid. Cases are clearly rising in Nigeria again but it…

There is a sense in which much of African postcolonial history can start to feel boring once you have read more than two stories. Early in Professor Brian Peterson’s very enjoyable and richly sourced Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa, he tells a story of how, in the…

What a horrible year for reading. Everything was going well until something happened last year and then from March, I stopped going to the office (I still haven’t been there since). This completely disrupted my reading because over the years, my commute time has been my dedicated reading time. …

Challenge is trying to pin down what I read in 2019 and not confuse it with what I read in 2018 because I can’t seem to tell both years apart these days. Old age does that to you, rumour has it. The Best One The prestigious and highly sought after Aguntasolo Book of…

*Clears cobwebs* This place has been quiet for a while so I thought to share my thoughts on something I don’t too much about. After all, what is the internet for if not for having strong opinions on things you don’t know? Some magic recently happened in Nigeria. Ia a…