On face value, co-opting Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu and other captains of industry into the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) looks like a brilliant idea.
Dear Mr. President, As a concerned Nigerian-American, I am writing you this open letter with a heavy heart. I have lived the past 40 years in a country that strives …
Wole Soyinka is by every intellectual and academic classification an iconic figure. His reputation blossomed after he won the Nobel Laureate in 1986 having distinguished himself as a literary genius. …
The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has just approved a 300% pay rise for the Chief Justice of Nigeria and other Judicial officers, according to the news. This …
This article was first published in August 2023, three months after the Tinubu administration was inaugurated. It is reproduced here on the administration’s first anniversary as a matter of public …
Between Dom Ikeogu’s table-shaking essay, “Is Onitsha the Extravagance Capital of Nigeria?” and the many rejoinders that followed it, I have been thoroughly enlightened and entertained these past few weeks. …
I did not set out to stoke the fires of controversy when I penned the article titled “Is Onitsha the Extravagance Capital of Nigeria?” It was, for me, a deep …
I had studiously refrained from lending a voice to this subject discussion, not for lack of interest, but a colossal waste of intellectual energy on a topic encapsulated with misguided …
I can see that Ikeogu’s Million Dollar question is not only raising dust, but a sand storm. Like a bloodhound I smell blood. Ikeogu! Ike ogu; we don’t need the …
Before the Ozo title was gifted me by my father, titled relatives and acquaintances of mine were fond of telling me that once I took it, I would eschew my …