Thursday Column

Thursday Column

A strange week of national shame and glory

This has been a strange week. Strange even by Nigerian standards. There has been the regular drama, like the Bishops of the Unveiling, which has been

ASUU, the vilification of Ngige and Nigeria’s shambolic education system

There was some isolated uproar in Ebonyi State on Tuesday this week. In Abakaliki, the capital, some enraged parents decided to protest Tricia Academy

Ritual killings, religion and Nigerians

Sometime in 2018, a grandmother in Benin City, who somehow remained nameless in news reports, carried her Bible and went by her daughter’s house so th

Prisoners on the loose, bullets for the president and guns for all

If there is any doubt left about the utter state of insecurity and impending anarchy in the country, events this week cleared that doubt, completely a

David and Goliath Ekweremadu: From saving Angel to ‘Frenemies’

At the opening of Chike Emembo’s solo art exhibition, “Blackouts,” at the Orisun Art Gallery in Abuja’s Central Business District last weekend, one pa