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Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of Nosa Asemota | https://twitter.com/nosasemota] As monikers go, “TPain” is not a term of endearment. (I don’t know what, if anything, Faheem Rashad Najm would…
The more I study the Word of Wisdom contained in the Holy Book, the more I wonder, not just how the Creator does what He does, but why He moulded and shaped some people and things the way He did.…
The word “image” is used here to mean what appears strange, something that isn’t what Nigeria’s “two major religions” originally stand for. One strange image was represented in the holy book of one of two major religions: “Nebuchadnezzar the king…
Here is what happens every single time a Nigerian “big man” and the common man enter a contest of wills: the ethically bereft Nigerian police is more than likely to fight the battles of the rich and powerful than to…
Thomas Carlyle, a Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher, in whom the spirit of the prophet was believed to have dwelt richly, once said, “The greatest service any man could do his generation is to see something clearly and then spend…
As farmers protest across Europe, blockading cities, smashing through police barricades, and dumping manure, European politicians are falling over themselves to promise increased trade barriers against African food and agriculture imports. But how has locking out Zambian cotton, South African…
Thomas Carlyle, a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher, in whom the Spirit of the Prophet was believed to have dwelt richly once said, “The greatest service any man could do his generation is to see something clearly and then spend…
Maybe you’ve seen television footage or newspaper reports of President Bola Tinubu meeting with Aliko Dangote of Dangote Group and AbdulSamad Rabiu of BUA Group, leading members of the cement cartel, whose pricing has become skittish. That tells you that…
On the State of the Economy in Nigeria, the escalation of prices of foodstuffs, goods and commodities generally, the hardship on the citizens and the “ebi npa wa” slogan. Since his assumption of office, the President, Bola Tinubu, removed the…
It is getting tough in Nigeria and many are feeling the heat. On Sunday, a woman was sharing her experience with her friend. I was speechless throughout the conversation. She told her friend how she got to the shop where…
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. — Virginia Woolf Nigerians are angry with their government at all levels. According to the ace Nigerian novelist, Buchi Emecheta, “A hungry man is an angry…
As farmers protest across Europe, blockading cities, smashing through police barricades, and dumping manure, European politicians are falling over themselves to promise increased trade barriers against African food and agriculture imports. But how is it that locking out Zambian cott,…
The state of the Nigerian airspace infrastructure has raised a lot of concerns among aviation stakeholders. It wasn’t as if the country’s airspace was not safe, so many issues like inadequate navigation equipment, and poor radio communication among others raise…
Revelations from the recent Monetary Policy Committee meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria were alarming. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, announced that $26bn in untraceable funds had flowed through Binance Nigeria Ltd in the past year. These findings, in addition…
The Oronsaye’s Report, a landmark document outlining the reform of government agencies in Nigeria, stands to be significantly influenced by the integration of Artificial Intelligence technologies. As the world increasingly embraces digital transformation, the potential impact of AI on government…
If someone says something is ‘gooder’ than the other, the person must be a peculiar user of English language. He can be faintly literate. He can be a comedian, just as he can be drunk. Whatever his situation, the expression…
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