Nigeria, such a warm and beautiful nation

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari arrives at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja after health checks in a London hospital, on June 19, 2016. The president Buhari, 73, left Nigeria on June 6 for tests on what the presidency described as a "persistent ear infection" that forced him to pull out of a series of engagements. [AFP]

On a trip to Nigeria, I took advantage of an agreement between our governments to apply for a visa on arrival. On arrival, I immediately asked for the immigration office. I found it was a small room with a smattering of immigration officials, and a horde of applicants. Luckily, on that day Kenyans were given priority. My compatriots and I were thus herded to the front of the room where we waved our passports in the official’s face, hoping she would pick us out in the melee.