Introspective

Call Me Tony: A Parable of Corporate Nigeria

By Temitope Lakisokun The argument over the young trainee who addressed UBA chairman Tony Elumelu by his first name has become a surprisingly revealing debate...

The Myth of New Year Resolutions: Why 2025 Won’t Magically Save You

As we inch closer to the dawn of 2025, the air is thick with the buzz of "New Year, New Me" proclamations. Across the...

The Ageless Myth: Is Age Really Just a State of Mind?

The concept of aging has long been considered a biological certainty, as though an unavoidable countdown is inscribed within our very DNA. Yet, mounting...

It’s Time to Take it To the Next Level!

This it! The Whole world is going crazy and you need to prepare yourself to go through incredible tough times for a long time...

Prince Lawrence Ezeh: An unsung humane personality

Over the years, many a personality has endeared themselves not only to their immediate native villages but also to their communities, the less privilege...

Going Digital: Heeding Elders’ Advice

About 20 years ago my Aunt had enjoined me to eat cold eba with hot stew but I never really attached significance to it...

The Househelp and the Death of Mrs Foluke Joseph

According to Ayo Ademokoya’s news story which circulated widely on social media, Mrs Foluke Joseph, the 41-year-old mother of three was murdered by her...

Taunting the Critic

Self-appointed guardians of political possibility who desire to mask their untenable neutrality when moral issues are on the dock would always essay to dry-clean...

Welcome to America; Bye Bye, Nigeria

“Until you know how African you are, you don’t know how American you are” - Robert Farris Thompson As a newbie in the nation of Samba, there...

Drop the Glass

Once upon a time a university professor walked around on a stage while teaching weight and weightlessness to an auditorium filled with students...

A Disease Called Broklysis!

In the history of creation, it is one of the deadliest diseases ever to strike mankind. There are many people recorded in the Bible who were afflicted by this disease. When this disease strikes a man, it can rattle the brain, dry up the blood...

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The President’s Palliatives

Not long ago, Adeola Olatunde (not his real name)...

Okonjo-Iweala-Adeniji Saga

I am sure that President Obasanjo, in his own mind, probably believed he was doing something praiseworthy and proper by his decision to offer Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala the job of Federal Minister of Finance on the terms and conditions that are totally out of sync with our country's crumbling financial status and circumstance...

At Last! Nigeria Bows to Indians’ Economic Miracle

After 48 years of independence from colonialism, Nigeria is today owned and controlled by few Indian businessmen whose reach, influence and power could grind our economy to a halt...

China’s Unstoppable Rise: A Cultural and Technological Powerhouse Africa Must Learn From

For decades, the world has been fed a one-sided...

Global Recession: It’s Implications On Nigeria's Economy and The Way Forward

Economists are often, occasionally unfairly, ridiculed as people who are good at theory but struggle when faced with the challenges of the real world as currently  being witnessed  globally. In times of economic prosperity, this isn’t a major problem, but when times are as bad as they are now, policy makers and politicians have to sit up and listen...

Prospect of a New Nigeria is certain – Dr. Suleiman

…says all hands must be on deck The Director of...

Jonathan and 2015: An early farewell to governance

Today, Nigeria has never been more polarized and divided as a country. For the first time since the end of the Civil War, a few disgruntled people are calling for the break-up of the country because they feel they are receiving the short end of the stick...

What Are You Thinking?

Don’t envy every rich man or anticipate being like all. Not all wealthy men should be role models,  because many of them acquired their wealth by infringing on the rights of  other people. It is not wealth when you debased the integrity of the other person to skyrocket...

Before President Bush Dies Politically!

This is wishing the 43rd president a safe and sound retirement and the 44th a safe and sound presidency. Both are great men in their own rights, history will remember them for good or bad...

To Bridge the Gaps Between Gross Government Debts in ECOWAS

By Benjamin Boakye As Nigeria and Ghana stand together to...