Africa’s energy journey is often portrayed as a stark choice between climate responsibility and development. In reality, the continent faces a more nuanced challenge: finding a fair, gradual energy transition that matches its unique needs and ambitions. Technology and innovation…

The aviation business is the most regulated sector in the whole world, and the reason is not far-fetched: safety considerations. Like a one-time Director General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Dr Harold Demuren would say, “If a passenger knows that the…

Last week witnessed two important events on Africa’s existence and its future. There was the Africa Forward Summit, which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, and the CEO Forum, which was hosted in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The summit was…

In just a few days, the faces of those who have scaled the hurdles of primaries in their respective political parties will be officially unveiled. Though we can’t completely rule out a few surprises here and there, especially across the…

Inflation – the rate of increase in the prices of goods and services over a given period of time – was famously described by President Ronald Reagan as “the greatest enemy of all the people and of our hopes for…

Dr. Segun Osoba Under his influence, the University of Ife became a veritable breeding ground for a generation of trade unionists, civil society activists, lawyers, journalists and politicians who bore the imprints of his teaching into Nigerian public life for…

God occupies an exclusionary zone. The word “holy” comes from the Hebrew word “qadowsh”, which means to cut. To be holy means to be cut off, or separate from everything else. To be in a class of its own. To…

On Thursday last week, President Bola Tinubu perfectly played the role of the General of a troop going to war. He gave a pep talk to APC party troops marching state-wards for the primary election. It was a speech garnished…

What exactly is the productive structure that these subnational aviation investments are expected to support? What categories of goods are being produced at sufficient scale, value, and frequency to justify the proliferation of airports and state-backed airlines across an economy…

It is time to talk about Big Money! President Tinubu signed the 2026 Appropriation Act of a massive N68.32 trillion on April 17. Remember: Between presidential submission and National Assembly passage, the budget value jumped by a whopping 9 per…

At the Presidential Panel of the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali last week, President Bola Tinubu said something that, if he truly meant it, should keep any politician awake at night. During the session, where Tinubu spoke alongside his Gabonese…

Nigeria’s Fourth Republic will be 27 years old later this month. In that span, its dramatis personae have risen and fallen, defected and been defeated, retired with dignity or slunk away in disgrace. The Third Term Agenda of 2006 has…

Being a healthy living enthusiast drives you to work against existing protocols. This is one of those times to speak against a practice that has existed for centuries. We have talked about Tepache, a traditional Mexican fermented beverage made from…

If women continue ascending educationally and economically, while large segments of men stagnate or decline, the pool of men perceived as marriageable inevitably contracts. Because many women remain reluctant to partner with men they perceive as economically or socially beneath…

Mexican land seized by the US in 1848. Image credit: Wikipedia. So, when countries steal and plunder other human beings and their resources, can they be described as thieves or, for political correctness, should we use some other acceptable nomenclature?…