MOST Nigerians are tense and not at ease. The reasons are plausible. The scourge of hunger, spiralling inflation, insecurity, and…
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ON Sunday, August 15, 1971, the United States economy was literally facing a firing squad. The Dollar was in a…
THE impact of insecurity in Nigeria is significant, encompassing substantial losses in terms of lives, economic setbacks ,and the emergence…
NIGERIA lately has been lucky, though, for the wrong reasons. Money has metaphorically been falling from the sky when the…
NIGERIA, a country with a rich cultural heritage and abundant natural resources, has grappled with the complex interplay of greed,…
IT is cultural in Nigeria to wish your loved ones a prosperous new year. There is nothing wrong with having…
THE passing 2023 was a year of significance for Nigeria’s political and economic landscape. Reflecting on the year underscores the…
THE world is moving into a new financial epoch. The era of physical currency is fading, making way for the…
NIGERIA faces unprecedented economic uncertainties and desperately needs to “bend the curve” on most economic indices. Even the optimistic people…
JOHN Dewey, an American philosopher of the 20th century, argued that “we do not learn from experience … we learn…
IN 1961, the Prime Minister of Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, enjoined Justice Adetokunbo Ademola to “never waiver from the truth”…
IN his famous drama, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare penned one of the most recognisable descriptions of greatness: “Be not afraid…
THE integrity issue in Nigerian politics and public life has been a topic of discussion and concern for many years.…
STATISTICS should help settle arguments, in theory. We assume they provide stable reference points that everyone – no matter what…
IT is most unlikely that you will visit China and not notice its great industrialisation success. China’s mesmerizing success in…
INDEED Naira, the Nigerian legal tender, has no religion, tribe or tongue. It is common to all of us as…
THREE recent developments are the focus of people with a keen interest in the political affairs of Nigeria at the…
HUNGER is widespread and chronic in Nigeria, and its prevalence is one phenomenon that statistics cannot fully capture; not even…
NIGER Republic is Nigeria’s next-door neighbour. She is not the best neighbour Nigeria would desire but, as a sovereign nation,…
TO be precise from the onset, it is apt to posit that the centrality, omnipresence and ubiquitous nature of petrol…