By Obadiah Mailafia In terms of financial wizardry and sheer genius in economic statecraft, the only master I bow to is the legendary sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. I believe he was an extraordinary statesman and…
Nigeria: The epicentres of coro-politics… I remember General…
by I.K Muo Lagos is known for its traffic madness, caused by the quantum of human and vehicular traffic, disequilibria with some of the roads and the key one, driver-indiscipline. One day, about 20 years…
Up-bringing doesn’t make dictators; political systems do
by Chris Akor Last week, Remi Adekoya, a respected BusinessDay columnist wrote an interesting piece titled: “Why are Nigerian leaders so dictatorial?” His main argument was that Nigeria’s system of excessively harsh and punitive parenting…
Escaping the Looming Abyss (II)
The Ship is sinking fast, so able bodies to the oars – Jude Abaga SKIPPING A FEW STEPS: The ideal approach while recommending reform should be to support the recommendations with the basis, rationale…
On the shape of Nigeria’s post-COVID-19 future
by Cheta Nwanze The diversification of the Nigerian economy has already taken place without we realising it because oil which we all talk about actually contributes about 7.32 percent to GDP. In 2018, the agricultural…
Escaping the Looming Abyss (I)
‘The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is’ – Winston Churchill As someone who has routinely warned about grave dangers if drastic changes were not made to Nigeria's…
Reflections on the post-coronavirus international economic order
by Obadiah Mailafia The novel coronavirus pandemic has been the biggest global economic shock since the 1929 Wall Street Crash. In fact, its ramifications might be even bigger, given that, unlike the 1929 crash, our…
Buhari’s COVID-19 exit strategy must focus on saving…
by Olu Fasan Most countries responded to the coronavirus pandemic by prioritising public health over economic health. They introduced widespread lockdown and social-distancing measures. Scientific and medical experts say that only such measures could save…
Nigeria: Why the economy must not be destroyed…
by EVANS WOHEREM, PHD The world entered into the year 2020 with great expectations and could not foresee the crisis that it was entering into – the Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) crisis. The novel virus…
Why Amotekun has not taken off, by DAWN
By Kehinde Olatunji The Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission has explained that the Coronavirus outbreak halted the take-off of Amotekun corps. The commission described as unfortunate the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, saying it…