Columnists

The value of valuation

The Irish novelist, George Bernard Shaw declared that “all professions are conspiracies against the laity.” Yes, to the extent that someone is required to acquire a distinguishing body of knowledge …

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Africa: Time for resource nationalism

Addressing the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations recently, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hit the nail on the head on the new scramble for raw materials in Africa by the West …

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Africa and UN Security Council reform

The recent proposal by the U.S. ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, supporting two permanent African seats on the UN Security Council and another for small island Latin American/Caribbean states, …

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The Nigerian drug

Let me begin straightaway by stating thus: our current political rulers’ wrong attitude towards Nigerians, and especially towards those who are truly poor – and who constitute the huge percentage …

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Nigeria’s yearning youth

The entire Lagos neighbourhood was sleeved up in darkness. Perforating and piercing noises from portable and standby generators splintered the early morning serenity. The lame-duck power-and-electricity company was predictably missing …

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