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From Abuja to Hangzhou (2): Thrills, frills and the Chinese ‘smart life’, By Max Amuchie
The tour of Hangzhou was quite revealing and enriching. As I noted in the first part of this experience, we ha…
Beyond the CBN circular: Why Nigerian banks need AI-native AML, not just automated AML
When the Central Bank of Nigeria set firm deadlines for banks to move from manual, batch-based anti-money laun…
Open letter to Mr President: Start the dance on electricity. The privatisation failed. The owners are billing darkness.
Your Excellency, I write not to insult anybody. I write to end a national pretence. In April this year, our re…
Dolly Parton gave us a coat of many colours, By Owei Lakemfa
Parton was a beautiful storyteller, writer and composer with ten Grammy Awards from fifty-five nominations. He…
The insult that led to the creation of Osun State, By Temitope Lakisokun
Oshun Division was created in 1951, the same year in which the Egbe Omo Oduduwa gave birth to the Action Group…
The subsidy trap: What Nigeria would be reversing, By Akeem Bello
The pain of reform is real, but reversing an unsustainable system may cost more than sustaining it Countries o…
The long game: What will Tinubu leave behind?, By Adeola Akinremi
To be honest, Tinubu’s quiet tech revolution is easy to underestimate. But it is not going unnoticed. Washingt…
Fuel subsidy debate: Between economic reform and political expediency, By Ehi Braimah
My view is that Nigeria does not need a return to an inefficient subsidy regime merely because petrol is expen…
OPINION: N4.65tn Recapitalisation: Are Banks Financing Nigeria’s Economy Or Govt?
Five months after the Central Bank of Nigeria’s banking recapitalisation window closed, Nigerians are justifie…
Itauma chases Tyson’s history and fights to save his soul in first world title bout
Filip Hrgovic singing to the press is a stark contrast to the brooding Briton who is grappling with the blindi…
From policy institute to parade ground, By Nuhu Mohammed
The NIPSS experience, as recounted in this memoir, serves as a cautionary tale about what happens when leaders…
Nigeria’s sovereign cloud: Beyond data control to digital independence, By Fom Gyem
A credible sovereign cloud ecosystem could stimulate investment in data centres, fibre networks, renewable and…
BBNaija: What the numbers really say
Until just a week ago, I was indifferent to the social media noise about Big Brother Naija (BBNaija, for short…
Dotun Oladipo: Why does sudden death take the good and spare the wicked?, By Yushau A. Shuaib
Why does sudden death sometimes appear to pick the good ones — even those, like Dotun, who had just observed t…
The children we sent abroad, the old age we bought, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
If there is a way out of the sentence we have written for ourselves, it will not come from the children we sen…
Samuel Chukwueze: Battling for starting spot at Milan, By Fidelis Nwagwu
Following the Torino game, Fabio Capello, writing for La Gazzetta dello Sport, was among those to praise Chukw…
Red lines in the corruption of Nigeria’s political and electoral system, By Jibrin Ibrahim
If the repositories of official data of the country are being dragged into the campaign, the danger is that th…
Is judicial adjudication in electoral matters new in Nigeria?, By Fola Aiyegbusi
Recently, a former head-of state and president at two different times in our contemporary political history ma…
The credit system that can’t see most of Africa: What banks need to change
There’s a noticeable paradox in South Africa’s credit market that illustrates a challenge across the continent…
IGP Disu: Changing the narrative, By Tunji Wusu
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, recently welcomed the brave officers of the Nigeria Pol…
Waiting for an African agricultural revolution: Africa’s farmers are not the problem. The system around them is
For nearly 40 years, Africa has been trying to engineer an agricultural revolution. What makes the continuing …
Why enduring organisations earn the right to monetise: Introducing the DAM Framework
In my previous article on What Successful Expansion into Africa Increasingly Requires, I briefly introduced th…
The real AI advantage: Building defensible AI for an unpredictable future
The organisations best positioned to succeed with artificial intelligence will not be those that eliminate unc…
WEC Nigeria return: energy Journalists Isa, Wunti to lead new era of global engagement
The Association of Energy Correspondents, Abuja (AECAF), has thrown its weight behind the new leadership of th…
Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III: A Sultan for all seasons, By Azu Ishiekwene
Abubakar III has done more for inter-faith unity and understanding than any Muslim spiritual leader I’ve known…
Fuel subsidy: Let’s debate the real solution to Nigeria’s cost-of-living crisis, By John Okiyi Kalu
Government does not have to keep petrol artificially cheap forever. It needs to make transport, electricity, f…
Geregu Power and bandit capitalism?
In 2005, Nigeria enacted the Electric Power Sector Reform Act to “establish the legal framework for the format…
Nigeria’s Paris Club debt deal: A factual rejoinder to Donald Duke, By Jide Akintunde
Obasanjo’s credit was never in danger and did not require Duke to vandalise everyone else’s contribution. Dona…
The real cost of Nigeria’s electoral culture
The August 15, 2026, Osun State governorship election should leave Nigeria with more than a winner and a loser…
The costly trap of taxing assumptions
Imagine building a tech startup from your bedroom in Yaba, scaling it to serve thousands of African creators, …
When everything depends on the CEO, the organisation is weaker than it looks
There are organisations where the chief executive is copied on almost every email, approves routine purchases,…
Mobilising capital for infrastructure development in West Africa
Infrastructure has long been recognised as the foundation upon which economic growth, regional integration and…
Can Tinubu’s Economic Reforms Deliver Inclusive Growth?
In recent times, the performance of President Bola Tinubu’s government and its economic reforms has been quest…
Lumpen politicians can neither fight corruption nor rebuild Nigeria, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu Yusuf
The way forward in effectively tackling the high-level corruption and criminality, as Ibrahim rightly pointed …
The Iran war’s long shadow over Nigeria’s FX and cross-border trade
The war between the United States and Iran began in late February, triggering a conflict that quickly rattled …
The problem was not enterprise, the problem was infrastructure
The first time I met Francis Adedeji was in 2017. I had travelled to Kolawole, a farming community in Ondo rea…
INTERVIEW: Tinubu Will Come Third Or Fourth In 2027 – Gololo
Haruna Gololo is a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a prominent voice in Northern Nigeria a…
Nigeria’s productive chaos: How we turn enterprise into national prosperity
Why Nigeria’s next economic breakthrough must turn human energy into organisational productivity The conversat…
Appraising the security challenges in the North-West, By Samuel Aruwan
Last week, yours sincerely was in Gusau, Zamfara State, as one of the panelists and resource persons at the No…
Why women’s voice should be heard, By Sam Akpe
It started with visible empty seats. Then, suddenly, the rotunda of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — designed…