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Exploring a new model for cooperation between business and society
The hand-me-down capitalism models Africa inherited from her colonial masters have failed to yield a prosperous continent despite its vast resources. Therefore, Africa is in desperate need…
Our youth and the protests – Looking beyond End SARS
The youth are not our enemies; let us remember this before we do anything rash such as using brute force to quell their protests. They are our children that have come of age. Their flaws are…
The amazing activism and nationalism of Dr. M.T. Akobo and Prof. Kimse Okoko
In what is obviously one of the greatest moments of cold chills which any human community could have felt, the Niger-Deltans and Nigerians are, this season, reminded of man’s pitiable duel…
Lekki shooting: Why Nigerians should be worried beyond President Buhari, death tolls
Tuesday's shooting of unarmed, peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos has drenched the country in blood, drained hopes of quick resolutions of the issues, and more importantly…
New electricity tariff: It’s time for DisCos to embrace greater automation
Following a meeting between federal government officials and the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, Nigeria’s government has extended the suspension of…
ENDSARS Crisis in Nigeria must not be allowed to go to Waste. Nigeria needs a REBIRTH
“Do not Let a Crisis go to waste”, wrote former Mayor of Chicago and ex-President Barak Obama’s campaign strategist, Rahm Emmanuel in 2008. That cry is still as relevant now as it was then.…
#ENDSARS: National security and a new national conversation
After the senseless killing of unarmed and peacefully protesting Nigerian youths, both President Muhammadu and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo can no longer claim plausible deniability, because…
Will strategy-based banking predominate? (1)
Some things are permanent in their construct. The sun always rises in the East and, every time sets in the West. Contrasted with the sun, the market environment suffers sheer impermanence.…
Why is #EndSARS the hill the Nigerian government wants to die on?
The 14th of October 2020 marks the seventh day Nigerians will be out protesting against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The Nigerian government is not used to being opposed for more…
Only SARS?
The centrality of security in an economy cannot be over stressed. This explains my taking out time through this medium to key in into the trending issue of Special Anti-robbery Squad,…