My June 12 Musing – Frank Ofili
I woke up this morning to read my oga, Richard Akinnola’s Facebook update to the effect that he won’t be making any posts on the happenings that surrounded the annulment of the historic presidential...
Category: Opinion
Majek: A rainmaker and his unique augury – by Louis Odion, FNGE
Cassock is no ordinary apparel. Neither are handcuffs choice ornament. So, when by mid 80s a fresh-faced minstrel from a cultural cauldron like Benin City spotting this unlikely fashion combo burst onto the big...
Reinvention, Recovery, Resurgence: Changes and how brands adapt – by Emeka Oparah
The Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of NIMN The Executive Committee Distinguished members Ladies and Gentlemen Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my thoughts with you on this auspicious occasion of the...
President Buhari: Five years on – by Ugo Egbujo
It has been five years of President Buhari. The second leg has started like the first. A few months after being sworn-in in 2015, oil prices crashed. The new president faced an economic challenge...
COVID-19: Can Africa Afford Lockdowns? – Chukwuma Soludo, CFR
This piece summarizes my contribution to an African debate. From Johannesburg to Lagos, Cairo to Dakar, Kinshasa to Kigali, Nairobi to Accra, etc the debate on how Africa should respond to the global coronavirus...
Wanted: vaccine against academic Covid-19 – Louis Odion, FNGE
On a good day, Abimbola Adelakun is a compelling read. But writers do have dry days, when the muse fails the quill abysmally. Such must have been the misfortune of the columnist in her...
Why are Nigerians still so poor? – Abimbola Adelakun
Less than a year ago, we were told that Nigeria had achieved food security. According to reports at the time, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) based his directive to the Central Bank...
Now that Abba Kyari is dead – Simon Kolawole
On January 18, 2020, when I first read of the new coronavirus on the BBC website, my heart missed a beat because of what China means to the world. The headline was: “New virus...
Abba Kyari: A Death – Reuben Abati
Aso Villa, Nigeria’s seat of presidential power is bereaved. On Friday, April 17, 2020, it recorded its first major casualty of the Corona Virus disease, in the person of the President’s Chief of Staff,...
The in-coming Class Captain – Tim Akano
“On December 26, 1991, the Soviet Union died and something new was born…something utterly new- a unipolar world dominated by a single superpower unchecked by any rival and with decisive reach in every corner...
