David Hundeyin

In the 18th century, a movement began in Europe that would shortly sweep the world and permanently alter the course of modern human history. It was not recognised as one singular, cohesive…

India’s first-ever prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru famously believed that manufacturing its own railway components, airplanes and guns was central to maintaining the country’s hard-fought…

In April 2013, I stepped out of my airport taxi at the National Youth Service Corps headquarters at Tigris Crescent, Abuja. I was there to officially register in person for the NYSC program…

In June 2013, at the Ido-Osi NYSC orientation camp in Ekiti State, I had my first encounter with the Nigerian army in its true form. My camp commandant, a certain Lt. Col Gold decided to…

Once upon a time, horses were one of the most devastating instruments of war. During the Anglo Boer War of 1899 to 1902 in South Africa, Boer cavalry units mounted on horses that caused such…

A quick quiz, if you please: Do you remember a time when an underachieving African country hit 7 percent annual economic growth and everyone agreed that this growth was narrow-based,…

Abubakar and Chukwuma are both Nigerian citizens. This is an incontestable fact. Abubakar was born in Gusau, Zamfara State and Chukwuma was born in Ekwulobia, Anambra State. Due to their…

The scene is that of a hurriedly built and averagely maintained public establishment somewhere in Lagos. It is on an untarred street, which may possibly have been tarred once upon a time,…

One thing I have learned over the past 3 years is that dead people are just awful. I really do mean that. They absolutely suck. This point cannot be made without giving special emphasis to…

Last month the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a new set of guidelines that underlined the fundamental difference between a prosperity-focused economy and…