As usual, I am an ordinary citizen, and like many Nigerians, I remain naturally optimistic about the possibilities of a better tomorrow, even if such hopes are not always realised. Hope is part of our national character. We endure setbacks,…

Financial engineering education occurs near banking hubs like New York, London, and Hong Kong, which can mean relocation for graduate students from Africa. But picking up and moving thousands of miles away was not an option for Temilola Oyewale in…

My thesis in this piece is that Nigeria urgently needs a developmental state and a renegotiated terms of engagement with development partners (especially with such multilateral institutions like the World Bank and IMF, while deploying economic diplomacy with bilateral institutions)…

In 2016, the presidency announced what might have been a turning point in Nigeria’s anti-corruption history: 300 companies and influential individuals, including retired and serving military officers, were indicted by a committee investigating contract awards by the Office of the…

Months ago, I stumbled on a 15-second clip of a kindergartner leading what appeared to be a race at her school. Behind the phone camera was her father, cheering her on. “Go, Piper! Go, baby, go! Go! Go!” Bolstered by…

I call on the government of South Africa to secure the lives and property of our citizens and to do all it can to enhance the respect, fraternity and support that both of our nations have traditionally accorded to one…

In the emerging narrative of leadership transition in Yobe State, the growing prominence of the echelon party decision in the state yesterday to nominate the immediate past Secretary to the Yobe State government, Alhaji Baba Malam Wali, mni, as the…

Let us celebrate the grace and good health that God Almighty has poured upon Hon. (Dr.) Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, as he marks another year of life on May 1. As the scriptures remind us in Psalm 92:14, those rooted in purpose…

I received a call from a reader who expressed disappointment over a statement I made in my article titled Wonders of Nature: My Personal Experience. In that piece, I wrote, “This is not in any way a ploy to bring…

As you read this, the door to crossing from one political platform to another is already swinging shut, even if the lock has not yet been snapped by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The tempo of who runs for what…

I sat through the opening address at the inauguration of the Nigeria Revenue Service headquarters with a mix of curiosity and cautious optimism. Nigerians mostly regard government speeches as leaning heavily on ceremony and praise, but this one felt different.…

For too long, many family businesses in Nigeria have judged success by one standard: survival. Stay open. Keep the founder’s vision alive. Keep the family united. Make a profit. Pass something down. But the Lagos Business School Family Business Initiative…

Mother tongue is sweet. I know because mine is. The honey in the mother tongue oozes from its picturesque encapsulation of nature’s simplest wonders to life’s most complex pursuits, passing down wisdom from generation to generation, like no other tongue.…

Some journeys enlighten, and there are journeys that indict. My recent visit to Odeda Local Government, my very own local government area, during my holiday in Nigeria, did both at once. What should have been a quiet homecoming became an…

I received this message from a young lady some time back: “After my dad died some years back, my mother didn’t want to stay in the village anymore. She said that she didn’t want to stay alone. And we began…