In just two decades, primary school enrolment in two of the world’s poorest countries — Niger and Burkina Faso —...
Last year was a memorable one for the global economy. Not only was overall performance disappointing, but profound changes –...
By many accounts last year was a wasted year for businesses in Nigeria. And it could not have been better...
It’s been 14 years since President George W. Bush declared a “global war on terror.” Today, after spending $1.6 trillion...
In four days’ time it will be 15th January, 2015, fifty years after Nigeria’s first military coup d’etat, to be...
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Everything! In a letter to the prime minister of Malaysia during that country’s crisis in 1998, Paul Krugman, Nobel prize...
In 1973, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, following a period of American preoccupation with Vietnam and China, declared a...
Public service is the institution that drives the activities of government, all over the world. It consists of the civil...
Architects at the drawing board of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) identified gender equality and women’s empowerment as key to...
We certainly are living in interesting times depending on whether you are living in a country that is benefitting from...
November’s terrorist attack in Paris and the influx of refugees into Europe are but the latest symptom of sharp political...
The law is always referred to as the last hope of the common man. But recently, few elements in the...
I work at Nigeria’s largest seaport.” “Really? Congrats. Apapa Port is really a nice place to work.” “Maybe it is but...
A well laid-out and concise appeal process should be put in place to enable taxpayers who believe the FIRS has not...