How Ghana bulldozes Nigeria
ABOUT a fortnight ago, we received the shocking news that the Nigerian embassy staff buildings in Accra were levelled to…
Obafemi Awolowo and the struggle of the Middle Belt
A fortnight ago, a bill was proposed by Honourable Kpam Sokpo (PDP, Benue) for enshrining the Six Geopolitical Zones into…
The revenue crisis and the challenge of government
It has become a truth, universally acknowledged, that Nigeria currently faces an unprecedented revenue crisis. A report on the Medium-Term…
Democracy and the legacy of Bashorun Abiola
Friday 12 June was Democracy Day. It provided occasion for sober reflection on where we are as a country; whence…
I can’t breathe!
The brazen, daylight murder of the 46-year old African-American George Floyd by police in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, will…
Lynching Akinwumi Adesina
The culture of lynching and genocide is deeply embedded in the gestalt of American race relations. And this, despite the…
The looming fiscal crisis and the wisdom of Awolowo
In terms of financial wizardry and sheer genius in economic statecraft, the only master I bow to is the legendary…
The coming Anti-Christ and the Africans
This is an imaginary essay. But it fits in with the economic, geopolitical and spiritual realities of our world today.…
Managing the economy after the pandemic
Last week, a Citizen Dialogue event was hosted by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Budget to examine the fallouts…
Reflections on the post-coronavirus international economic order
THE novel coronavirus pandemic has been the biggest global economic shock since the 1929 Wall Street Crash. In fact, its…
Viruses and Civilisation
THE history of our planet has been a titanic struggle between viruses and human beings. For billions of years, viruses…
What does a Chief of Staff really do?
DURING last year, I had the honour of being received by Abba Kyari, the larger-than-life Chief of Staff to President…
Building economic resilience in a time of adversity
In ancient times it was widely believed that the genus of birds known as black swans did not exist. They…
The perfect storm and the re-alignment of global economic power
The novel coronavirus pandemic has turned our world upside down. It is the ultimate “perfect storm”. Evolutionary biologists tell us…
A destiny among the nations (part 2)
THE late French agronomist, René Dumont,was one of those rare Europeans that were genuinely passionate about Africa’s development. He was…
A destiny among the nations (part 1)
I am delighted to be Guest Speaker at this colloquium to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Honourable Kudla Satumari…
Should our traditional institutions be privatised?
THE furore over the removal of the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II from the throne of his forebears may…
Poetry and the wealth of nations: Odia Ofeimun @ 70
THE poet Odia Ofeimun’s seventieth birthday comes up on Monday, March 16. When I was a first-year undergraduate at Ahmadu…
Manias, panics, pandemics and world economics
THE Coronavirus, (COVID-19), began in the in Chinese industrial city of Wuhan in December. It has brought the Chinese industrial…
The IMF article IV visitation team and the economy
Last week the boys from Washington were in our country under the framework of the IMF Article IV Visitation exercise.…
