On 7 December 2025, an attempted coup took place in Republic of Benin. A group of soldiers briefly announced on national television that they had overthrown President Patrice Talon and suspended the constitution. The...
Distinguished Senator Ned Nwoko, I write to you with sincere respect, but also with deep concern, as an Anioma son who has watched—over many decades—our people’s aspiration for statehood evolve, endure, and remain unfulfilled....
Few figures in African football have left a legacy as sweeping, symbolic, and transformative as Stephen Okechukwu Keshi—fondly known across the continent as The Big Boss. Born on 23 January 1962 in Azare, Bauchi...
Dennis Rodman has always lived at the intersection of brilliance and bewilderment. He was not just a basketball player; he was a cultural event — a human plot twist who forced the world to...
If the global community of people of African descent was fashioned into an integrated economy, it would present an unparalleled opportunity for deepening trade, mobilizing investment, and creating shared prosperity. All that has been...
Let us start off with the assertion that robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), or automation penetration in Nigeria and Africa is still relatively low. However, in recent years, Africa has begun embracing the Fourth Industrial...
What are the legal frameworks within which a human resource practitioner must operate in Nigeria? Every HR professional in Nigeria must know this, at least much of it. It is part of what makes...
On August 19, 2021, Tesla chief executive officer, Elon Musk, announced Project Optimus during Tesla’s first AI Day. One year after on September 30, 2022, he unveiled the prototype of Optimus at Tesla’s second...
At about 3.38pm on Tuesday 11 November 2025, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike, had an open confrontation with Naval officer Lt Ahmed Yerima. The incident occurred at Plot 1946, Buffer Southern...
With part two, we continue the examination of John Maxwell’s “21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership” vis-a-viz Nigeria’s leadership experience. In this part, we shall examine laws 3, 4 and 5. As in part one,...
In 1998, John Calvin Maxwell, author, speaker, pastor and leadership consultant, committed to writing, his thoughts on leadership. The result was the book he titled “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”. The 231-page book...
I have felt it; you most likely have felt it too. We all have felt or experienced it in one way or another at some point in our career journey — that subtle twinge...
What is the relevance of “in view” in a CV? It is commonplace these days for job seekers to insert in their CVs the words “in view” after their (assumed) educational qualification. It is...
I drive into a filling station to top my tank. It was an NNPC station somewhere at Ejigbo, Lagos. I ask the lady – about 25 years old – to pump in N20,000 worth....
Let us take it as an assumption that Nigeria is a man. Let us take it for granted that the man, Nigeria, was born on 1st January 1914 by Northern and Southern Protectorates. The...
Algeria and Morocco are both seeking to fill the power vacuum that has emerged in the Sahel – long a theater for great-power rivalry. Each has a vision of bringing the region into its...
