Sifting
Every election season in Nigeria produces the same flood, and by now I know the shape of it before it arrives. The screenshots that are not screenshots of anything real. The video clips trimmed at the…
Sifon Bassey
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13 essays published
Published Essays
Nigeria Has Reformed Its Economy Before.It Has Never Saved It. This Time Must Be Different.
In Oslo, a quiet institution manages $1.5 trillion on behalf of 5.4 million Norwegians. It owns shares in over 9,000 companies across 70 countries. It holds real estate on three continents. In 2024 al…
Conviction
The insults started coming in around the time I made it clear I was not joining the chorus. Not aggressive insults at first, just the soft kind, the ones people deliver with a smile because they think…
The Proximity Critic
There is a particular species of Nigerian outrage that deserves closer examination. You have encountered it on your timeline, at the office, at family gatherings, or just passively in a keke or bus. I…
The Clock Is Ticking
There is a conversation happening in every corner of Nigeria — in Lagos traffic, on Abuja streets, in the markets of Aba and Onitsha, and in the lecture halls of Zaria and Uyo. It is a conversation ca…
Where Do We Go From Here
I reflect on what it means to step inside the structure I once critiqued, and why carrying the outside with me is the only thing that makes the inside worth it.
The Unravelling
On angry voices, false advocates, and the quiet difference between performing governance and doing it.
The Cost of Feeling First and Thinking Later in Nigeria
In Nigeria, decisions are rarely just decisions. They are reactions.
Budgeted Love
A case study of how Nigeria's macroeconomic conditions constrain and deplete romantic partnership formation and sustainability.
