The ongoing Central Bank of Nigeria-inspired recapitalisation for banks has serious implications for the banking sector, the equity capital market, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation of Nigeria and northerners. The recapitalisation will make the banking sector stronger and enhance its…

Rotimi was a precocious polymath from an early age. It was close to impossible to find a subject under the sun on which he was not reasonably informed. He could easily have been home-schooled but, Nigeria being what it is,…

It is difficult to guess what was on the mind of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in deciding at this time on an increase in electricity tariffs specifically targeted, in this instance, at Band A Customers of the Electricity…

“We regret voting for Tinubu in 2023. We won’t repeat such a mistake again, say Northern Elders”. That was the banner headline carved out by the media from the latest intervention of the Northern Elders’ Forum, NEF, in Nigeria’s political…

In June 1987, he set up his own chambers, known as Messrs Ahmad O. Belgore & Co, in Kano, where he provided free legal services to those with genuine cases but no finances to prosecute them. He was a compassionate…

Whether real or imagined, none of the metonyms for “Lagos boy” is complimentary. The “Lagos boy” moniker once came up in the late 1980s. Commodore Olabode George, then military governor of Ondo State, had just been removed from office after…

Palestinians mourn their dead relatives in Gaza. Picture credit: AP/Hatem Ali. Only the cruel can deny the horror of Gaza and claim that what we are witnessing there today is anything other than mass murder, ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity,…

What is God’s prophecy about you and me? In 1996, God gave me a prophecy in a dream. I had a video shop in Victoria Island, Lagos, and I was flipping through the account book. Suddenly, I opened a page…

A cross-section of students who matriculated in AUN, including 37 Chibok girls. It is the 14th day of April again, a day that will live in infamy as the day regular girls attending a public school in a peaceful rural…

Uli attained global recognition on account of the unfortunate fratricidal war that engulfed Nigeria between 1967 and 1970. It was the host of the famous or dreaded airstrip, depending on which side of the divide one was, that was the…

I write the concluding part of this essay by confirming my support of Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works, to change Nigeria’s road transportation narrative. In the first part, I invited him to look deeply into himself because, metaphorically, the…

Former US President, Ronald Reagan, is known for taking regular breaks at his 688-acre property in California, Rancho del Cielo. The ranch served as his sanctuary. There, he could relax, ride horses, and escape the confines of the White House.…

A reader sent me some chats. I would like us to benefit from it. He said, “I stopped bread and all pastries two months back completely. I also cut out starchy carbs to a very low level. I noticed I…

Today, we raise a toast to a man’s exceptional profile in courage. In the ongoing struggle against judicial malfeasance in contemporary Nigeria, Chidi Odinkalu embodies the fusion of both “Ogbuagu” and “Aare Ona Kakanfo.” May divine protection accompany his courageous…

Mary Katambi, one of the Chibok girls who graduated from AUN with AfDB president, Akinwumi Adesina, and AUN founder, Atiku Abubakar. When I asked one of the Chibok survivors what her AUN education meant to her, she said words that…