Nigeria in Eight ‘Re’s
Every now and then, a buzzword emerges to dominate the atmosphere in Nigeria: the news headlines, opinion pages, TV and radio talk shows, beer parlours, newspaper stands, and so on.…
Every now and then, a buzzword emerges to dominate the atmosphere in Nigeria: the news headlines, opinion pages, TV and radio talk shows, beer parlours, newspaper stands, and so on.…
By Shuaib I. Shuaib Embarking on his first tour of Africa in July 2009, newly elected president of the United States, Barrack Obama delivered a speech at the Ghanaian parliament…
By Harrison Roberts The world will eat software. In 2017, this is an indisputable fact, dependence on social media and the growth of fledgling artificial intelligence are great case studies.…
This time two years ago, I was over the moon. I didn’t win a lottery. It was, in fact, something that I would have been happy to trade off for…
When former Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, told the Senate and Nigerians during a ministerial screening that he never signed a cheque while governing the state, the country erupted in…
I don’t know if protocol will permit it. But it would not be a bad idea for the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, to visit President Muhammadu Buhari at the…
– Femi Olugbile The number of almajiri children on the streets in the towns and cities of Northern Nigeria is humongous. It is said there may be as many…
Pursuant to the powers conferred on it under section 3 (2) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, 2004 the Senate has refused to confirm the appointment of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the substantive Chairman…
For Jupiter, Recession Is Indeed ‘Just A Word’ Why am I even writing about Jupiter? Well, probably because there is this heavy guilt I feel for starving him the greater…
Getting out of Lagos was a tug of war. I’d been there like forever and there was no other place I knew. At least, not since 1970 when my mother,…