In Nigerian Pidgin, the phrase “no be beans” translates to a task far from trivial—a Herculean endeavor. For Professor Tanko Ishaya, Vice-Chancellor of the University of...
By Prince Charles Dickson
Let me start by saying I am not shallow… The easiest and most attractive national pastime is buck-passing, especially with the bunch of leaders that...
By Prince Charles Dickson
Fuel Station Palaver Setting: A scorching afternoon at a seemingly endless fuel queue in Lagos. Mama Ade and Papa Emeka are neighbors, stuck in their cars,...
We fight all day and make love all night We arrange the Place, and then we scatter it again See every time I look at you,...
By Prince Charles Dickson
“If goat dey chop yam, na who open barn door we go ask.” In the bustling streets of Nigeria, where the aroma of suya (spiced grilled...
By Prince Charles Dickson
The owner of the body does not say that he is in no pain, while we insist on commiserating with him for his sleeplessness and his...
By Prince Charles Dickson
I’m on a train that has been standing in the middle of the fields for a while. The driver eventually comes on the intercom. Driver: “Ladies...
