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The harsh truth about Nigeria in the early 1980s was that it was still the desperately poor country that Nigeria has always been

Nigerians are complicit in the utter mediocrity of their government. This seemingly stems from the failure to understand the difference between “representative” and “direct” democracy. In a…

Football supporters in England in a state of exasperation with the selection and game plan of their team’s manager like to chant “you don’t know what you are doing”. While wishing them well,…

They were visionaries and they articulated their mission statements with vigour. “The rich, and the highly-placed in business, public life, and government, are running a dreadful risk in…

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…

In times past, formalists or early grammarians described word classes or parts of speech with regard to forms. Considering these somewhat inadequate generalisations, nouns are said to end in…

There is a video circulating on social media. Two nubile young women, stark naked, are shown, with a naked young man in the ambience of a family that is clearly well to do. The girls look to…

Welcome to this weekend. As an HR person I am very concerned about people and these times have brought out the best and worst of people. I want to speak to the individual today from my blog…

Many organisations have difficulty assessing the effectiveness of a leader, which is because organisational politics prejudice most assessment measures, coupled with the absence of any…

It is no longer news that the quirky presenter of “Quest means business” on CNN tested positive to COVID-19 a couple of months ago. Ditto the CNN reporter, Cuomo. They have made their…