An Open Letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
We are not even angry anymore. Anger takes energy. And we’re too exhausted for that now.
We are simply tired.
Tired of adapting. Tired of surviving. Tired of clenching our teeth and pretending things are fine. Tired of being told to tighten belts that no longer exist. Tired of selling properties to pay school fees. Tired of eating once and calling it intermittent fasting. Tired of telling our children “next week” when we don’t even know if we’ll make it to next week.
Life Imitating Art? The Uncanny Parallels Between Conclave and the Election of Pope Leo XIV
By Emman Usman Shehu During a much needed down-time in Abuja, two weeks after the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, I finally sat down to watch Conclave (2024), the Oscar-winning film adapted from Robert Harris’s 2016 novel. Like millions worldwide, I was drawn to this cinematic window into the Vatican’s secretive papal election […]
Pope Leo XIV: The American Shepherd in Rome
By Stephanie Shaakaa For over two thousand years, the papacy has been shaped by the bloodlines of Europe,an uninterrupted stream of spiritual authority flowing from Rome, passing through German, Polish, and Argentine hands. But today, the tide of history has turned: for the first time ever, the Roman Catholic Church has elected an American pope. […]
