I’ve seen and listened to many responses – some direct, others indirect – to my article1 on the problems of Nigeria’s foreign policy, which looked at Nigeria’s assigned role in BRICS as a ‘partner member’ and its new-found love of France.

Women everywhere were angered by a viral video showing four armed policemen surrounding a woman sitting on a beach in Nice, making her remove her long-sleeved outer shirt and scarf.  This scene, calling to mind other violations and humiliations women endure daily, was made no less ugly by th