Global Connection

Global Connection

Welcome Netflix, another thief of time (I)

The other day I got a call from one of those salesgirls at DSTV. When she asked if I had a few minutes I replied that I didn’t but I was polite and di

Forget it, the Nigerian project is irredeemable (II)

Let us leave ASUU for now. They have backed down from their strike threat. I hope they get all they legitimately deserve. I learnt from someone high u

Forget it, the Nigerian project is irredeemable (I)

Yes. Be alarmed. That is the whole idea. I have many cogent reasons for thinking this way, but the most prominent is that there is no elite consensus

Nigeria’s rice bubble

The bubble was created by the people, amplified and accelerated by the government.  Profited by hardboiled bloodsucking politicians and many more pred

How the sex-for-marks phenomenon damages Nigeria (II)

Last week we considered some of the larger implications of the sex for marks saga that has denuded Nigeria’s academia. This week we look at the balanc