Obadiah Mailafia

In terms of financial wizardry and sheer genius in economic statecraft, the only master I bow to is the legendary sage, Obafemi Awolowo. Former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon once…

This is an imaginary essay. I would urge my readers to take it with a grain of salt. I was recently taken by dream-vision to the Infernal Kingdom. There, I beheld Satan sitting on a golden…

Last week, a Citizen Dialogue event was hosted by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Budget to examine the fallouts from COVID-19 and the implications for management of the economy.…

The announcement of the appointment of Ibrahim Gambari as the new Chief of Staff to the President came to many as a surprise choice, especially coming after the demise of his predecessor,…

The novel coronavirus pandemic has been the biggest global economic shock since the 1929 Wall Street Crash. In fact, its ramifications might be even bigger, given that, unlike the 1929…

The history of our planet has been a titanic struggle between viruses and human beings. Viruses probably played a role in the disappearance of dinosaurs that failed to adapt to a changing…

During late night of Friday 17 April, the world received the shocking news of the passing of Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. He was age 67. A few weeks earlier, he…

Black swans are rare, unpredictable, large-impact occurrences. The theory of complexity provides a good framework for understanding black swans and for learning how better to cope with…

Evolutionary biologists tell us that viruses have been with us since the beginning of time. Civilisation itself has been a struggle between humans and viruses. Conspiracy theories abound.…

The late French agronomist, René Dumont, once lamented that African nations have no purpose. I would imagine he was starting from the premise that the majority of our countries emerged as…