It started with visible empty seats. Then, suddenly, the rotunda of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — designed for elite class activities — got thronged with quality audience. It was a well-planned, well-attended, and brilliantly executed event, with a theme…

Last week, yours sincerely was in Gusau, Zamfara State, as one of the panelists and resource persons at the North-West Security Summit, themed “Appraising the Security Challenges in the North-West,” at the instance of the Inspector General of Police, Olatunji…

Rockson A. Igelige, Esq Everyone who encountered Rockson knew how passionate he was about intellectual property rights and entertainment law. Long before these emergent areas of law became familiar, even to lawyers here in Nigeria, he had gone to the…

L-R Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu The APC and President Tinubu know that the Atiku solution to subsidise production as a way of lowering the pump price and bringing down the cost of living is a bold idea and they…

Afrilition offers a critical and creative discipline for the incredible future that is unfolding. Building this and other systemic frameworks makes the foundation of tomorrow robust and adaptive, not in competition but in offering an authentic alternative for humanity. Afrilition…

The intendment of the NHSRII for improved health outcomes is that a doctor should finish a call, hand over and go home knowing a rested colleague has taken over. A locum should have a clear contract, regular pay and an…

Nwabueze George (CREDIT: Nwabueze George FB page) Ghosts. Fake, fraudulent, dubious things are not new in Nigeria. The crisis of transparency in Nigeria’s public sector payroll system began, for example, as far back as the 70s, and became even more…

The Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’ad III There are leaders who enter a room determined to be heard, and there are leaders whose presence settles the room before they have spoken. His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad…

There is something reassuring about the ritual of political rivals gathering beneath the same roof and signing their names to a common promise of peace. In a country where elections have too often been accompanied by intimidation, inflammatory rhetoric and…

After a fashion, an economy is like a latex balloon. Squeeze air out of a part of it, and it shows up in a new bulge elsewhere. Without blowing up the balloon, the air it contains remains unchanged irrespective of…

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. To entertain Atiku’s hollow promise is to invite national economic suicide. The old import subsidy regime was not merely a pricing mechanism; it was a black hole of rent-seeking, round-tripping, and monumental corruption that starved…

Don’t spend your entire career simply climbing the corporate ladder, while remaining unknown outside your office. Don’t retire with decades of experience that nobody can benefit from because you never documented, taught or shared it. Don’t allow your knowledge to…

Mr Tony Elumelu, chairman Heirs Holdings When honour paves the way, doors automatically swing open before you. Throughout my life, countless high-level doors have opened simply because I chose to honour the individuals occupying those positions of influence. For many…

The logical question the ninety‑day committee must answer before drafting a single page is simple: What is the relationship between its new mandate and the frameworks that already exist? Is the new Strategic Defence Operations Plan intended to replace NACTEST,…

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke Water can run uphill if there’s adequate propulsion; let no one see impossibility where potentialities are hiding in plain sight. Yes, a rose by any other name will still smell as sweet, but we…