Insights
Promises, promises, and more promises
It was refreshing to hear President Muhammadu Buhari admit late last month that his government had the responsibility to take...
Why the world mocks us
Diplomatic relations between Nigeria and South Africa (post-apartheid) have always been marked by tensions. Last week, the relationship was tested...
The lucrative job misnamed kidnapping
Nigeria is truly a viable market for any kind of business, legal or illegal. That is why the world is...
The good life that ends in misery
There was national outrage late last week when officials of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced they...
Is revolution in Nigeria’s best interest?
Last week’s tepid response to the call for nationwide civil disobedience (otherwise dubbed revolution) has raised important questions about the...
A nation challenged by rising food import bill
There is something patently mystifying when President Muhammadu Buhari said last week that Nigeria had no business importing food to...
Planning with statistically flawed census data
There are two major challenges, among many, that have exposed Nigeria’s inability to manage itself. The first is the failure...
2019 Elections: INEC blames social media
The chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, should be pitied, not ridiculed. Months after INEC bungled...
Living on hope, waiting for a saviour
One metaphor that fittingly describes present-day Nigeria is the one that depicts the country as a badly behaved, accident-prone child....
Is Buhari on top of national security?
President Muhammadu Buhari’s body language and promises to respond forcefully to widespread abductions and murder of citizens by herdsmen have...
