Thursday Column

Thursday Column

A horde of uniformed beggars

There are lots of uniforms in this country. The police, military, paramilitary, private security guards, immigration, customs, cleaners and whatnots.

A State of the Nation Undressing

It has become customary for African leaders to repudiate in the strongest terms the people whose votes and support they desperately sought to gain acc

Jos happened, again

Something happened in Jos last week. Again. A people provoked by some grave injustice poured onto the street and in the mid-morning sun hacked to deat

For those who want to be president

To become president of Nigeria, or its dictator or supreme commander, or any such fancy title, it seems all one has to do is to not want to become any

Abba Kyari: Nigerians running out of heroes

One of the most iconic images in world history is that of a man whose name no one knows for certain, whose identity and fate remains to this day a mys