In this work, set in Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power, and Jos, the city where the author grew up and lived for decades, nothing is contrived but carefully plotted so that before a major development is unfolded, signs precede it; before someone is killed, we would’ve been shown the instrument of murder.
Tag: June 12
Ultimately, A Journey in Service is less an honest reckoning with history and more an exercise in self-justification. It offers some insight into Babangida’s thinking but fails to confront the full weight of his administration’s failures, making it a disappointing, incomplete and highly selective account of his legacy.
“And he realised that all that was visible through the window was unfathomable emptiness occasioned…
As we celebrate Democracy Day, we must look back and appreciate the labour of Nigeria’s…