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…
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Power
Authority, influence, domination, resistance, and how power operates in everyday systems.
The Gods of the Green Umbrella
During a widespread banking application failure that leaves local ATMs useless, the neighborhood turns to Mama Joy, a local Point-of-Sale (POS) operator, to withdraw cash. Leveraging her monopoly on liquidity, Mama Joy extorts the desperate crowd under her green umbrella by hiking transaction fees by twenty percent. Tunde, needing cash for his daughter’s medication, reluctantly pays the exorbitant ransom for his own money. The story highlights the "oppressor mindset" trickling down the Nigerian social structure, critiquing how ordinary citizens often weaponize slight advantages against their neighbors rather than challenging the system that created the scarcity.
The Cost of Feeling First and Thinking Later in Nigeria
In Nigeria, decisions are rarely just decisions. They are reactions.
A State With Power, yet in Darkness: a Critical Analysis of Electricity Supply in Akwa Ibom State
A major challenge within the electricity distribution system is the alleged non-payment of electricity bills by individuals in positions of authority, a practice that undermines revenue collection and shifts the burden onto ordinary citizens.”