Ngozi as the best candidate for WTO
On May 14 this year, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, Roberto Carvalho de Azevedo of Brazil, announced that he will be stepping down by 31 August, a year before his…
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Dying by reverse gear
Our country is on reverse gear. A new drama of death is being enacted by reverse gear. On Wednesday 15 July at the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) base in Kaduna, a young Flying Officer, Tolulope…
Magu, corruption and wicked problems
Corruption is the Original Sin. The political philosopher Isaiah Berlin described it as part of “the crooked timber of humanity”. It belongs to the class of “wicked problems”. A wicked…
How Ghana bulldozes Nigeria
About a fortnight ago we received the shocking news that the Nigerian embassy staff buildings in Accra were levelled to the ground by a Ghanaian businessman, claiming that the edifice had…
When government goes for broke
Our government is broke. And it’s official. It has recently been revealed that during Q1, revenues stood at N950 billion while debt-servicing obligations stood at the staggering magnitude of…
Democracy and the economic statecraft of Bashorun Abiola
Friday 12 June was Democracy Day. It provided occasion for sober reflection on where we are as a country; whence we came and where we are heading. Aso Villa made all the right noises. The…
I can’t breathe!
The brazen, daylight murder of the 46-year old African-American George Floyd by police in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, will be the defining moment in American race relations. The…
Lynching Akin Adesina
The culture of lynching and genocide is deeply embedded in the gestalt of American race relations. In the Jim Crow South of the sixties, it was the norm for the KKK to hang a young…
The looming fiscal crisis and the wisdom of Obafemi Awolowo
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…
The coming antichrist and the Africans
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…