Thursday, October 10

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Nigeria’s protracted wait for fresh census

Nigerians are waiting eagerly for President Bola Tinubu to make a proclamation on the new date for the postponed National Population and Housing Census. The immediate-past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier scheduled the exercise to hold between May…

Lagos must think out of the box

Having listened to former President of the Law Society of Singapore, Gregory Vijayendren, I think if indeed we are serious and sincere about making change in this country, there is something we need to take away from here. Singapore, as…

Cash is fuel, profit is king

During the naira crisis in 2023, I could not buy foodstuffs because market women refused to collect transfer payments. The restaurant beside my house also rejected electronic transfer payments. Although in accountancy, there is no difference between cash held in…

Assessing economic policy on investments

Since the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo except, for President Umaru Yar’Adua who came in with sickness, the tradition has been that each new President goes in extensive search for foreign investment. Thanks to the civil servants who normally arrange such…

Sing, native, sing!, By Wole Olaoye

If you can’t take a joke or see the funny side of every situation no matter how stultifying, your Nigerian-ness is suspect. This is the land of the happiest people on the planet. One day, one wonder. Every frown eventually…

Tinubu’s bragging right and his 200 needles, By Festus Adedayo

President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu [PHOTO: Presidency] In Africa, when a man loses his virility, he is subject of scorn, ridicule and disdain. Male impotence or infertility is not only disdained but tabooed. In a continent where child-making is almost an obsession, Africa couched a…

The God of all things (1), By Femi Aribisala

God is behind the devaluation of the naira. The internet has spawned a panoply of conspiracy theories. We have a handful here in Nigeria. Buhari died a long time ago. The man in Aso Rock for years was not Buhari.…

Ogun: An era of transformation without affliction

The present pace and tempo of development in Ogun State calls for critical evaluation, considering the experience of the residents in the Gateway State since the inception of the Fourth Republic in particular, especially the period between 2003 and 2019.…

End of a heroic tenure at UNIABUJA, By Toyin Falola

In about thirty days, Professor Abd-Rasheed Na’Allah will vacate his office as the vice-chancellor of the University of Abuja. He was the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, becoming one of the few who served as vice-chancellors in two universities,…

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