Nigeria's Superstition Epidemic: A barrier to progress, by Prof Sola Adeyeye Alas, the average Nigerian mind has been buffeted and drowned by gales of superstition and supernaturalism. In my second year at Ilesa Grammar School, I was smitten by love for a girl who was at St. Margaret School, Ilesa. I felt that I had little chance of winning her hand in love. It occurred to me that I could become most popular if I could win the 100 yards race for junior students. I knew that St. Margaret girls would come...