Digital transformation and Africa’s internet economy
EVERY industry or region around the world is embracing rapid technological advancements to gain a competitive edge or to advance…
Lagos and improved access to housing
OVER 48 units of Greater Lagos LBIC Apartments in Ogba-Ijaiye, Pen-Cinema of Agege, were recently inaugurated as part of the…
2023: Which way Nigeria?
The search for “the way forward” from the days of the various military interregnum to the present fourth republic under…
My response to the defence headquarters
I read the response from Defence Headquarters (dated 9. 7. 2022) to my video about the insecurity in the country…
Of Abiodun and Ogun’s political tendencies
SINCE the return to democratic rule in 1999, the Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has been arguably the most…
6 reasons youths lack interest in teaching profession
It would not be a mistake to refer to the teaching profession as the king of all professions. This is…
The flourishing sex trafficking in Nigeria
THE disclosure in a report by the United States (US) State Department that Nigeria has more than 305,000 refugees in…
Thabo Mbeki on need for an African reawakening
Africa falls short of the benchmark for excellence in significant areas of human existence, such as governance, leadership, and citizen-centred…
Ogunbiyi: Resourceful leader and entrepreneur
SOME years ago, captains of Nigeria’s foremost banks and a very rich audience which included representatives of major embassies gathered…
Osoba: Star boy @ 83
IT was 11: 15am. Date was May 25, 2021. Olusegun Osoba, an Ẹ̀gbá , Ogun state , High chief, politician…
Nigerian federalism: fruitful or futile?
Federalism is a mixed or compound mode of government that combines a general government (the central or “federal” government) with…
Traffic laws: Escaping the yellow box trap
PASSING through major intersections and roundabouts in Lagos, one would notice a yellow crisscross road marking sign. The crisscross lines…
Responsibility to protect and Zamfara’s ‘self-defence’ democracy
ZAMFARA State, the hotbed of banditry/terrorists in Northwest Nigeria announced last week the deregulation of weapon ownership to willing and…
2023 elections and divine intervention
A column in one of the most patronised national dailies with the topic. ‘In 2022, Politicians ‘partying’ as if it’s…
Does capitalism push citizens into poverty?
THERE are four major economic systems around the world through which the factors of production are owned, controlled and deployed.…
The blunder in not having state police
THE non-inclusion of state police in the constitution was an error. It was a grave omission. The lapse occurred in…
On bullying and presidential candidates
IN this season of politics where we are getting set for drama, melodrama and comedic display from various sets of…
Women, marginalisation question and Adamawa’s valorous example
THERE is a sense in which the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) showed a darling example in its recently held…
On Nigeria’s political economy
In Nigeria, we do not hate capitalism but the cruel actors that operate it. Actually, capitalism in itself has never…
Massacre at the Morocco-Spain border
JOURNEYS to and through Europe for refugees and migrants, especially Africans, remain fraught with danger. Europe and border controls are…
