Nigeria’s rising misery index
AS Nigerians battle the ongoing economic quagmire, survival is gradually becoming a thing of concern to many homes, businesses and…
Using universities to drive change
Government policies in Nigeria are rarely informed by rigorous research. More often than not, it does appear that planning is…
Terrorism without bombs
What happened in Nice, France, last week, shocked the world because it was basically tangential and bereft of the expected…
Consumers’ woes in austere times
THE temptation is strong for a triple alumnus of the Obafemi Awolowo University and a former President of its Students’…
Of loving, giving and caring
The word love as it is used by so-called lovers is most intricate and intriguing. A word that is full…
Impeachment: That Anenih’s intervention and the imperative of wise counsel
Nigeria is in worst economic projections since the Biafra war of 1967-70, according to a latest report on BBC Television…
Ojo Maduekwe: A friend remembers
We’ve all heard the maxim: To avoid arguments “don’t discuss politics or religion” But take a closer look at that…
Why Ogun should reintroduce emission control
In November 2012, some stakeholders in Ogun State, including the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Road Transport Employers…
Constituency projects: Of wealth distribution and corruption
ON resumption from a three-week Sallah break, our legislators focused on three issues — all about themselves. Immunity for their…
Addressing the challenges of business development
Businesses are important for wealth creation and development of any society because they undertake huge risks to innovate, create and…
Why Nigeria must not lose the Igbo
I have tried to measure the contribution of Igbos to the development of the Nigerian project and the conclusion I…
Shinkafi: Goodnight to a silent benefactor
An English poet , John Donne seems to have captured my mood over the recent death of Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi…
Improving US anti-corruption policy in Nigeria
Corruption is endemic in Nigeria. It drains billions of dollars a year from Africa’s largest economy and most populous country.…
Nigerian lives also matter
I wholeheartedly endorse the inauguration of a Special Military Task force by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, July 13, 2016…
Economy: In support of CBN gov, Godwin Emefiele
Reading severally through the article by the veteran economist, Henry Boyo in two national newspapers of Monday, 11th July, 2016,…
Why can’t we live in peace?
On a global scale, a monster is on the loose. This monster called “conflict” is running uncensored across the length…
Slain Oyo lawmaker as soldier of democracy
ELTON John once sang :’Like a candle in the wind, never knowing who to cling to when the rain sets…
Of liberation and Brexit
T HE result of the referendum of June 23, 2016 regarding Britain’s continued membership of the European Union is the…
Kanu Agabi at 70
IN my tribute to Senator Uche Chukwumerije, I had posited that “Every age, every generation produces an iconoclast, an eclectic…
Developing an effective tax policy
EVER since crude oil was discovered in Nigeria on January 15, 1956, the country has never remained the same again.…
