We met in my secondary school days. We were just friendly then. After the certificate examination, each of us attended different higher institutions. Incidentally, we finished schooling the same year.  As fate would have it, we were posted to the northern state of Kaduna. We met in camp, and our friendship began at a chummier level. At…

Photo credit: Premium Times Nigerians have various exciting records. I’m surprised that the Guinness Book of Records publishers have yet to award the Nigerian people an award for setting the highest number of records. I hope they aren’t trying to be like the organizers of the whistle-blower policy who insisted that the guy must go…

I’m always pained when I have to write about the governance of my country, Nigeria. The cause of my pain is, to the discerning, so fundamental. But then, if we realise the fact that a degree, on its own, doesn’t emancipate anyone, the cause of my pain should be more manifest. Instead, emancipation comes from…