Category: Opinion

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...

Dear Hilda Baci Congratulations on your achievement of the unprecedented feat of cooking the biggest pot of Jollof Rice ever. With this feat, I believe you have now put paid to the Jollof argument...

I am not a great fan of Peter Obi. I am on record for once describing him as a shop economist. Still, I think he is a far better economist and resource manager than...

Many a time and oft we’ve seen instances of prominent individuals, whose station in life would ordinarily seem to preclude them from rash and untoward behavior, let themselves and others down. It could be...

Oligarchs Are Warping Markets and Corrupting Economies Around the World – By Elizabeth David-Barrett Since returning to office, U.S. President Donald Trump and his benefactor, the tech billionaire Elon Musk, have taken a chainsaw...

Dear Waziri Adamawa Greetings sir, I come in peace with good tiding (depending on how you see it, of course). Your Excellency sir, in view of all that has been happening in our political...

It is okay to complain about the likely impacts of the ongoing global trade wars of tariff and counter tarrif, but it is not okay not to see opportunities therein. I belong to the...

At a time of extreme provocation, leaders are expected to maintain the strictest standards of tolerance and self-control. By getting so emotional and joining the fray in an uncontrollable public uttercation, you effectively lower...