Politics & Society, The Novel & Its World, National Memory & History.

WEEK 20: A NEW NIGERIA – THE FINAL VISION

📌 THE JOURNEY SO FAR Over the past 20 weeks, we have traced Nigeria’s trajectory from colonial creation…
WEEK 19: NIGERIAN YOUTH – THE LEADERS NIGERIA DESERVES

📌 THE FACTS (What Actually Happened) Nigeria possesses one of the youngest demographics globally: over 70% of the…
WEEK 18: THE NIGER DELTA – ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION

📌 THE FACTS (What Actually Happened)The Niger Delta is Nigeria’s economic engine—and its greatest environmental crime scene. For…
WEEK 16: THE ROLE OF THE NIGERIAN DIASPORA – CAN THE ABROAD BUILD AT HOME?

📌 THE FACTS (What Actually Happened) Nigeria has one of the largest diasporas in the world. Over 17…
WEEK 15: NIGERIA’S FUTURE – CAN SPECULATIVE REPAIR BUILD A NEW NATION?

“We do not merely look back at history to remember where we came from; we re-examine it to…
Speculative Repair: A Framework for Reimagining Nations

A Global Editorial Review The Question We Must Ask Every society carries wounds. Some are visible—crumbling infrastructure, empty…
THE SPECULATIVE REPAIR CIRCLE

The Abacha years were not just a dictatorship. They were a system designed to make resistance impossible. And…
WEEK 12: THE STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM – WHEN THE IMF CAME CALLING

By 1985, Nigeria faced economic collapse after an oil boom, leading to General Buhari’s ousting by General Babangida,…
Speculative Repair – WEEK 11: THE 1979 CONSTITUTION – THE PROMISE THAT LIED

After Nigeria’s civil war, military rule persisted under General Gowon until his 1975 coup. General Mohammed’s 1979 constitution…
The Ghost in Our Breadline: Why the 1967 War is Every Nigerian’s Problem

In “The City He Never Returned To,” the author reflects on their parents’ escape from the Nigerian Civil…