President Muhammadu Buhari tried very hard in his 2016 budget speech to inspire hope and optimism and lift the gloom...
Recently, the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points, taking the first step away from its near-zero...
Our foremost educationist, Babs Fafunwa, once narrated the story of a mild confrontation between a vice-chancellor of one of our...
For a long time, scholars, analysts and watchers of the global political economy have urged Nigeria to diversify its economy...
Contemporary development literature is awash with the terms “governance” and “good governance”, while bad governance is being increasingly regarded as...
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is expected to grow by 4 percent in 2016, based on International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections in...
As the year 2015 comes to a close, it is appropriate to take a few moments and reflect on the...
I am delighted to observe that His Excellency, Alex Ekwueme (GCON), our former vice-president, has written the foreword to the...
Each time a political corruption scandal breaks out in Nigeria, the latest being the so-called “Dasukigate”, the tendency is to...
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” These are among the most hauntingly beautiful...
On a few occasions when meticulous people express interest in why the Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, prefers to keep...
I fear that Nigeria may be wittingly or unwittingly entering the global sectarian crises between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, which...
Africa can still industrialize. Its relationship with China, if well harnessed, provides it with an opportunity to do so. Labour-intensive...
When people define politics as the “art of the possible”, they are being hopeful. It might be better to describe...
In many of my commentaries and books, I had criticized the security vote provisions for the executive arm of government...