Tuesday Column

Tuesday Column

The seasonal search for missing credentials

We have travelled this road before. Barely nine years ago, Nigeria was tinkering with the idea of replacing a PhD holder with a man who claimed his ce

Akpabio, Lawan and the doctrine of perpetual relevance

In the civil service, it is called insubordination – that penchant to challenge the order of a superior. In the military,  it is called treason when a

They will be back

Bob Marley was right, in ‘Talkin Blues’ he advised – never make a politician grant you a favour, they would always want to control you forever. The bu

We are all Owo, waiting to happen

 As distraction from the catastrophe enveloping the nation, our pre-occupation with the electoral process conveys the wrong impression of a nation wor

And the greatest bidder is…

Democracy is not an African concept. Yet, the continent as well as other powerless nations of the earth have been forced to embrace, adopt and adapt t