By Frank Ofili I had been awake since about 1:00 a.m. when a friend in the United States called with startling news: the U.S. had reportedly launched an air strike against terrorist hideouts in...
In Nigeria’s contemporary political discourse, the word defection has become a recurrent theme — especially as incumbent opposition state governors and key political figures abandon their parties for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)....
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....
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...
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...
Over the past two decades and half, I have had to work with several bosses but these five stood out. They are what one would call great bosses. They helped me become everything I...
