The ten-day #EndBadGovernance protests ended recently with different lessons for different persons, for the organisers, the government and the citizens. Where I stand is that I support the exercise of …
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Time to dismantle mobile revenue collection joints in Southeast
What may look like the military, police, customs, and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) checkpoints randomly located almost per kilometer distance in the southeast roads are indeed avenues to collect …
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Every nation in the world must introspect on its development trajectory. A time of adversity often presents the best opportunity for serious-minded nations to adequately reflect on their missteps to …
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Medical experts have hailed the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment granting financial autonomy to Local Government Areas (LGAs) as a catalyst for functional primary health care centres, social health insurance schemes …
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Across Africa, the percentage of female entrepreneurs remains low, highlighting a critical gap in the continent’s entrepreneurship landscape. A 2024 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum revealed that economies …
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There is one thing missing in the picture painted by the Federal Government on the proposed Ministry of Livestock Development. When President Bola Tinubu recently set up the committee for …
Read More »The morality and legality of a permanent African seat on the UNSC
However imperfectly executed, democracy, within the contextual paradigm of popular representation by ordinary people, is the prevailing global political orthodoxy. Swathes of Africa, Australia/Oceania The post The morality and legality …
Read More »NIBSS and AI in Nigerian banking: Security, efficiency and liability – Part 2
Recently, the functioning of algorithms used by banks and financial institutions has become increasingly opaque and difficult to review. This lack of transparency has led to erroneous, arbitrary, and unfair …
Read More »Reconstructing the educational system in Nigeria: Role of private sector – Part 2
Now, the sad reality with Nigeria is not that these three legs have been paralysed. The sad reality is that these three legs have been amputated by habitually bad judgment …
Read More »Islamic estate planning: Key considerations under Sharia law
Estate planning is an essential aspect of financial management and succession planning. For Muslim families, this process must align with Sharia (Islamic) law, which provides specific guidelines on the distribution …
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