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EFCC’s failure: Olukoyede is shadow-boxing with blame-shifting
Like Bola Tinubu, the president who appointed him as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede is full of hot air on tackling corruption in Nigeria....
Opinion
EFCC’s failure: Olukoyede is shadow-boxing with blame-shifting
Like Bola Tinubu, the president who appointed him as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede is full of hot air on tackling corruption in Nigeria....
Editor | Feb 17, 2025
Opinion
IMF/WTO: Nigeria’s economy suffers from corruption, disregard for rule of law
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) both have a remit to monitor and review the economic developments and policies of their members....
Editor | Feb 05, 2025
Opinion
Trumpian World: What Nigeria can expect from Trump’s second presidency
Last week, on Monday, January 20, Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. Eight years ago, on January 20, 2017, Trump was inaugurated as America’s 45th president.....
Editor | Jan 27, 2025
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Peter Obi and the imperative of speaking truth to power in Nigeria
Everyone is familiar with the famous saying: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” That saying, attributed to Edmund Burke...
Editor | Jan 20, 2025
Opinion
Nigeria needs a truly representative and accountable democracy
There are two models of democracy. One is a direct democracy; the other is a representative democracy. In the former, citizens elect people as “delegates” to the legislature to formulate laws......
Editor | Jan 13, 2025
Opinion
Nigeria's path to food sovereignty lies in agroecology and family farms
Nigeria’s food future is at a pivotal moment. In a significant development, the government recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brazilian meatpacker...
Editor | Jan 10, 2025
Opinion
Tinubu squandered 2024; sadly, the omens are not good for 2025!
At the beginning of every year, analysts look back at the past 12 months – reflecting on what worked and what didn’t – and look forward to the next 12 months – prognosticating on what might and might not be...
Editor | Jan 06, 2025
Opinion
Dele Farotimi: Afe Babalola should seek the truth, not vengeful retribution
Most of those who have commented or are commenting on the Dele Farotimi-Afe Babalola saga have not read the book at the heart of the story: Farotimi’s ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System...
Editor | Dec 23, 2024
Opinion
Okonjo-Iweala, Kemi Badenoch: The duo whose great feats shame Nigeria!
The strength of any country consists of its natural resources, human resources, and capital assets, namely, the economic wealth that delivers higher living standards. The first two determine the third. If a country can successfully harness...
Editor | Dec 16, 2024
Hunger
Hunger: Deliberate policy choices drive starvation in Nigeria; it’s outrageous!
Recently, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) published the results of the General Household Survey Panel, which showed that 63.8 percent of households face severe food insecurity and are skipping meals...
Editor | Dec 09, 2024
Tax reforms
Tax reform bills: Tinubu shuns national consensus for radical policy proposals
There is hardly anyone who will disagree that Nigeria needs a fundamental tax reform. This, after all, is a country with one of the most cumbersome tax regimes in the world, where tax laws and regulations...
Editor | Dec 02, 2024
Opinion
From Darkness to Light: Celebrating Côte d’Ivoire’s Remarkable Journey to 95% Electrification
There are moments in life when you witness progress so transformative that it feels worth pausing to celebrate. For me, one of those moments is now, as I sit in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire—a city that is not only bustling with life...
Editor | Nov 30, 2024
Opinion
Yorubanisation: Tinubu puts Nigeria’s fate entirely in Yoruba hands. How perverse!
Shortly before the 2023 presidential election, I wrote a piece in this column, titled “Think, Yoruba, think! A Tinubu presidency would harm your race” (BusinessDay, February 20, 2023). The premise of that thoughtful......
Editor | Nov 25, 2024
Opinion
Addressing Nigeria’s cost of living crisis: A strategic, sustainable approach
The rising cost of living presents a formidable challenge for the people of Nigeria. However, this challenge is not unique to Nigeria....
Editor | Nov 20, 2024
Trump
Donald Trump’s comeback: The triumph of economic self-interest over morality
There are two views of human behaviour. One is that people are primarily motivated by self-interest—what’s in it for me? The other is that people are primarily influenced by deeply ingrained......
Editor | Nov 19, 2024
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