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Ẹ Ò Ní Rí Ìdààmú O! (May You Never Experience Life’s Troubles!)

A good friend of mine, while going through an experience that shook him deeply, once told me that his mother's daily prayer for him...

Aiyedatiwa: From Classroom Teacher to National Education Award Honouree

Yesterday, as I watched Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa receive a national award for his contribution to education, I found myself reflecting on the remarkable...

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Ẹ Ò Ní Rí Ìdààmú O! (May You Never Experience Life’s Troubles!)

A good friend of mine, while going through an experience that shook him deeply, once told me that his mother's daily prayer for him...

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Ẹ Ò Ní Rí Ìdààmú O! (May You Never Experience Life’s Troubles!)

A good friend of mine, while going through an experience that shook him deeply, once told me that his mother's daily prayer for him...

Nigeria Must Turn 27 Years of Democracy into Tangible Gains

Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a...

Aiyedatiwa: From Classroom Teacher to National Education Award Honouree

Yesterday, as I watched Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa receive a national award for his contribution to education, I found myself reflecting on the remarkable...

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The Fast Lane: When the Pursuit of Wealth Becomes Self-Destruction

A high percentage of the youths of this generation want to live life in the fast lane. Life in the fast lane means moving...

When Investors Leave: The Lessons of Uber’s Nigeria Exit

There are  economic signals that look modest on a government spreadsheet but should sound like alarm bells in the corridors of power. Uber’s departure from Nigeria...

Abdulrasaq’s Silence Speaks Louder Than Wike’s Attacks

How many people noticed how Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara State gave the garrulous Nyesom Wike, Federal Capital Territory Minister, the silent treatment over...

BAO: The Friend Who Kept Pius Adesanmi’s Legacy Alive

Those who say that a picture speaks a thousand words are not wrong. This picture, taken at Carleton University a week ago, exemplifies that....

Why Atiku’s advocacy of returning to fuel subsidy could undermine Nigeria’s economic reforms

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar's new policy shift toward bringing back the fuel subsidy is a welcome return to proper political debate and the path of...

Ogun Governance: Remi Tinubu’s Visit Puts People-Centred Development in Focus

Government is ultimately judged not by the number of projects it announces or commissions, but by how effectively those projects improve the lives of...

Mbah’s Political Masterstroke Leaves Opposition Reeling in Enugu

Ordinarily, the appointment of new members is a routine, standard administrative action in the life of a government. It could entail filling existing vacancies or...

A Letter to Mandela: When Ubuntu Forgets Its African Neighbours

Dearest Madiba, How is the afterlife? I hope this letter finds you somewhere between the izinyanya and a privileged seat beside Qamata, drinking celestial beer...

Beyond the Rent Debate: Hamzat’s Promise to Tackle Lagos Housing Crisis

  The recent furore generated by the comments attributed to the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate and Deputy Governor of the state,...

The Unwritten Rules That Shape Workplace Success

It was that year when the 'small fish' swallowed the 'big fish'. The organization where I worked then had acquired this bigger institution, and...

The Real Scam is Ignorance, Not Formal Education

In Nigeria today, formal education often looks like that old uncle nobody wants to invite to the party — respected in name, but left...

Abiodun’s Political Carnival: PDP, ADC Leaders Defect to APC in Ogun East

The Oba Adetona Pavilion in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, was filled to capacity on Friday as thousands of supporters gathered to witness the defection of...