Dele Olojede, the Pulitzer-prize winning Nigerian journalist, returned recently to Nigeria to set up a newspaper. First he wanted to rediscover the country he left 21 years ago so he travelled from south to north and back in a week. These are excerpts from e-mails he sent along the way.
Lagos to Ilorin
Once we’d negotiated the treacherous Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, we headed in the direction of Ife, before turning off on to the back country road that leads to Oyo.
