Career: Five Great Bosses, 5 Great Lessons – by Frank Ofili
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...
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The Economic Consequences of State Capture
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...
Open Letter To Alhaji Atiku Abubakar – Frank Ofili
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...
Tariffs: Will Africa Take This Chance? – Kelechi Deca
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...
Crossfire: Senator Nwaebonyi Vs Dr. Ezekwesili – Frank Ofili
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...
How The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans – Jeffrey Goldberg
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling – By Jeffrey Goldberg The world found out...
Rivers State’s Political Chess Game: The Supreme Court, Fubara’s Counterattack, And Nigeria’s Looming Democratic Crisis
The Supreme Court ruling must have felt like the final whistle to Wike’s camp. His loyalists likely popped champagne, thinking the game was over. “We got him!” they must have cheered, in the same...
River State Political Conundrum: Political, not Legal Solution (part 3) – Richard Akinnola
It would be disingenuous for anyone interested in the Rivers state political crisis to dismiss the Ijaw angle to it. It is part of our ethnic politics. Since 1999, this is the first time...
River State Political Conundrum: Political, not Legal Solution (part 2) – Richard Akinnola
Still basking in the euphoria of its Supreme Court judicial victories, within two days, the Rivers State House of Assembly had written three letters -two to the governor and one to the chairman of...
River State Political Conundrum: Political, not Legal Solution (part 1) – Richard Akinnola
A year ago or thereabouts, in one of my interventions on the political crisis in Rivers state, l posited that despite a flurry of litigations, the crisis would not be solved judicially but politically....
