Israel-Gaza War
Let me say this: Israel has made its point, and that is that there are consequences to attacking it. The point has been made, and it is loud and clear. Having said that, I...
Category: Profile
On Religion – Frank Ofili
Africans! Or more specifically, Nigerians! Some believe that by just identifying with Israel they have joined the list of God’s chosen people. Odiegwu! Who is to tell these people that God created everybody and...
The Cemetery Worker Who Used to Be a Multimillionaire – Obande Friday
What is your name and where are you from? My name is Abiodun Yinka. My parents are from Shagamu in Ogun state but I was born and brought up in Obalende, Lagos state. My...
EXECUTIVE ENCOUNTER 3 – By Frank Ofili
Parts 1 and 2 of this story dwelled on my anxieties, my experience and the strategies I employed to survive my very first face-to-face meeting with my Chief Executive Officer as a lowly placed...
EXECUTIVE ENCOUNTER 2 – by Frank Ofili
On returning to my office, I spent the next 30 minutes or so wondering how I was going to handle myself. It dawned on me that I just might be in for a thorough drilling by the GMD, and...
EXECUTIVE ENCOUNTER 1 – by Frank Ofili
The call came in the forenoon of an otherwise ordinary Tuesday seven years ago. I was engrossed in a particularly explosive mail from top Management. The mail laid out the details of an impending...
Olabode Agusto, Founder, Agusto & Co.
Bode Agusto is a chartered accountant with over three decades of experience. He founded Nigeria’s leading credit rating agency, Agusto & Co, serving as the company’s Managing Director from 1992 to 2003. He started his...
How a monarch with pistol intervened when I was abducted – Ngige
The True Story of My 2003 Abduction Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige keeps unenviable record of being the first civilian governor to have survived what is best described as a “civilian coup” in Nigeria’s political history,...
Governor Okowa is right – Frank Ofili
He should have no apologies, or regret, giving his daughter political appointment, though decency, morality and public expectation may dictate otherwise. But these are not Holy Writ. Neither are they laws. Nor unconstitutional. There...
The terrorism of WhatsApp groups – by Frank Ofili
If somebody does not save me soon from the terrorism of WhatsApp groups, I’m going to embark on my own equivalent of a combined Operation Lafiya Dole and Python Dance. Haba! You wake up...
