BREAKING: The Unraveling — If Nigeria Breaks Apart, Who Wins, Who Starves, and Why the World Will Not Let It Happen

My comment section has become a referendum. Week after week, as I write about reforming Nigeria, about holding Abuja accountable, about a united nation finding its conscience, the replies arrive like a verdict already rendered. “You are wasting your time.”

“The Lugard experiment is finished.” “The South is done with the North.” “The Fulani want to rule us all.” “Biafra is the only answer.” I read them, every one. And I understand the exhaustion behind them. But understanding exhaustion is not the same as endorsing dissolution. Because what my commenters want — and what the geopolitical and economic reality of the 21st century will actually deliver — are two very different things.

Let me tell you what breaking up Nigeria would actually look like. Not the fantasy. The autopsy......>>