In no particular order, here are a few thoughts to consider, if you are still trying to decide whether Nigeria is a country or a game. In September 2023, four …
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Health benefits of Noni plant (2)
That there is a cholera outbreak in the country is no longer news. Let us educate ourselves a little about cholera. A bacterium called Vibrio cholerae causes cholera infection. Contaminated …
Read More »Minimum wage and Tinubu’s NEC cameo
I, too, wanted to storm out of the football viewing centre like the others. It was the quarterfinals of the 2008 African Cup of Nations, and Ghana was giving the …
Read More »Lagos residents need potable water
IT is a cruel irony that Lagos, a coastal city, cannot provide adequate potable water for its residents. The Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, should revamp the existing water infrastructure, create new …
Read More »Barau, open grazing causes terrorism
This is a direct response to the opposition to the move by the National Assembly to ban open grazing of animals nationwide as put up frantically by the Kano state …
Read More »To break the free fall of Super Eagles
The resignation of Finidi George as the Coach of the national football team, the Super Eagles, has naturally raised the poser, again, as to whether a foreign, or an indigenous …
Read More »Kano games of the throne – History repeating Itself
“If you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains; If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains.”—- Cicero With …
Read More »The misnomer of palm oil importation and food inflation
The report that Nigeria is spending $600 million yearly to import palm oil should be disheartening to the generality of citizens, who knew the country to be foremost globally in …
Read More »Unpacking the logic of labour union activism in Nigeria – Part 2
The Oronsaye Report that the Tinubu Government recently committed to, holds many possibilities, but also many unintended likely consequences. The Report, issued in 2012, is already twelve years unprepared for …
Read More »Mobile money, card as Africa’s access to global finance
Mobile money has exploded across African economies as an enabler of financial inclusion by bringing in large swaths of the population that remained unbanked into the fold to participate in …
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