Last Friday, I stated that I wondered if any Oyo Yoruba person could disregard other tribes without disregarding a certain percentage of their root. I shall proceed to utilise this …
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Measuring national progress, NBS data, and scepticism
Recent reports from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have become a focal point of criticism and scepticism, especially by the politic The post Measuring national progress, NBS data, and …
Read More »Beyond COP29 and its inconvenient outcome
As the years go by, climate change becomes more popular among the masses because of two things. First, it is now difficult to deny the climate emergency. Every nation is …
Read More »War of GDP size: Nigeria returns to the battlefield
The Nigerian Government has announced its plan to rebase the country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2025. The move is expected to change the methodology …
Read More »MKO Abiola Stadium: How not to keep a legacy, monument for sports
When the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, which was constructed by the President Olusegun Obasanjo-led administration at the cost of $360 million, was opened for the 2003 Africa Games, followers of Nigerian …
Read More »Task before the next council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University
On September 12, 2024, the now defunct external members governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Anambra State, published an advertisement for the position of Vice Chancellor of NAU …
Read More »NDLEA boss urges stronger fight against drug cartels amid HQ relocation
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), has urged personnel of the agency to remain focused and …
Read More »Strengthening Nigeria’s local foundations for global health security
The world is still reeling from some of the after shocks of the COVID 19 pandemic. In its wake, several other health emergencies have also emerged, calling up the need …
Read More »Olajumoke returns, this time as a parable
Like many Nigerians, I have sometimes briefly wondered about Olajumoke Orisaguna, the bread hawker who became famous after stumbling onto the active photo set of celebrity photographer TY Bello in …
Read More »My thoughts on the proposed regional government in Nigeria – Part 2
By creating a 36-state structure, it spawned an unwieldy bureaucracy in which hundreds of state governments rely on federal allocations to survive. Many are not economically viable on their own …
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