Friday Column

Friday Column

Politics and the institutional disconnect in Nigeria

On Monday, the Northern Union organised an anniversary lecture to honour Senator Olusola Saraki, five years after his death.  The theme was natio

African dictatorship and the coup that claimed it wasn’t

Today, former Zimbabwean Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa would be crowned President as had always been planned by the regime. He is eminently qualif

MainaGate and a Presidency working at cross purposes

My good friend Garba Shehu made what would have been the joke of the year on Wednesday but the theme was too serious to be funny. He blamed the Goodlu

MainaGate and a Presidency working at cross purposes

My good friend Garba Shehu made what would have been the joke of the year on Wednesday but the theme was too serious to be funny. He blamed the Goodlu

More on teachers failing while their students “pass” exams

Today, I continue with my discussions from last week about the paradox of students passing exams while even their teachers cannot pass the same exams.