Fisayo Soyombo
The enemy within

The enemy within

Nigeria: repressive government vs recalcitrant journalists The Buhari regime’s efforts to muzzle the press threaten to set Nigerian democracy back by decades I was in Lagos chewing roasted corn a little past 6pm one...

Rewriting the rule book

Rewriting the rule book

With every new election cycle, Nigeria is inching closer to producing its own Emmanuel Macron or Justin Trudeau. That hope is fuelled by the confidence with which the younger generation are aspiring to the highest...

Running out of road

Running out of road

Lagos is arguably the most challenging Nigerian state to run, but it is also the most attractive in which to run for governor “Wherever you are in this country, in fact on this continent, there’s no place like Lagos,”...