By the end of this year, or even earlier, the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nigeria’s ruling party, may control 30 or more of Nigeria’s 36 state governors. Currently, the party has 29 state governors in its fold. Of these 29, only 21 are APC governors b...

It was the silence that finally broke him. James, a CEO I have advised for years, sat in his meticulously organised office, staring at a quarterly report filled with green arrows and bullish metrics....

Nearly a decade ago, I worked on a gas infrastructure transaction that, on paper, had everything going for it. It was strategically important. Demand was identifiable. Long-term contracts were in place. Reputable lenders and development institutions were...

Leadership development in many Nigerian organisations is often treated as a search exercise: recruit externally, hire seniors, promote rapidly and hope competence appears....

Respect is earned and not demanded by true leaders. This is a quote you may have seen before. However, you can put it on a motivational poster, you can say it in a meeting,...

Technology is often celebrated as progress by default. Faster systems, smarter tools, more efficient processes....

At the centre of the story is a paradox: an effort to shut down a complex development agency by explicitly excluding the very people who understand how it works. Former staff barred in the name of “objectivity”. New contractors were brought in to dismantl...

Hardly anyone disagreed that Nigeria needed a new tax regime. The erstwhile tax rules were complex and cumbersome, their administration ridden with corruption and inefficiency. So, when, in August 2023, barely four months in office,...