I am quite taken aback by the linear, Naira centric thinking, patriotic blackmail attempts led by the ‘Buy Nigeria save the Naira’ crusaders and I have...
There has been renewed talk lately about the need for Nigerians to patronize locally made goods, (someone should have added… and services!). Championed by Senator Ben...
Following the recent Supreme Court judgement, which upheld the election of Mr. Nyesom Wike as Governor of Rivers State, some leaders of the All Progressives Congress...
When the call came on Sept 13 2013, to serve the Nigerian people as DG National Center For Women Development, I took it as a call...
Two recent conversations reminded me of the extent to which the lives of “ordinary” Nigerians—that is to say, most Nigerians—have been gravely debased. Let’s start with...
‘I set my goals and objectives in accordance with my vision. I study them and strategically execute them. My detractors discuss my successes and failure because...
Late last month, President Muhammadu Buhari sent two executive bills to the National Assembly that border on the government’s commitment to strengthen the fight against corruption....
After 40 years of active engagement in the Public Sphere in Nigeria I have seen and heard enough to understand why someone can say Nigeria is...
Today, I begin a new journey of public discourse on this page, a journey of self-discovery, soul- searching dialogue, inter-generational and intra- generational conversation, regional and...
Last Monday, organised labour made good on the threat to ground the country in protests against the latest hike in electricity tariff. If anyone was in...
As the President Muhammadu Buhari administration grapples with Nigeria’s hydra-headed problems which it inherited from the previous government, pundits are lamenting on the capacity of the...
Tumbling crude oil prices—with some analysts expecting the price per barrel to hover for some time around $30—is the gravest handicap Nigerians have faced in a...