The privatisation of the rails in the UK is manifesting an interesting paradox: it has all but been taken over by rail companies which are state-owned enterprises of the countries of origin.... Read more
Without oil, Nigeria could be in a terrible shape. With oil, Nigeria is no less in trouble because oil is the subject underpinning the greatest internal and external threats to Nigeria’s sta... Read more
The 2019 presidential contest evokes two fears for many. One is the fear of those who believe that President Buhari could destroy the country with his management of diversity considered to b... Read more
This is the second of a series of reports on power and probity in the aftermath of May 2019 when there should be new members of the elite in government across Nigeria. Probity has remained a... Read more
Might Nigeria miraculously be returning to those glorious days from mid 1966 to late 1079 when knowledgeable, patriotic and confident technocrats took nationalist positions in shaping public... Read more
Even the most dismissive of the progressives in Nigerian politics must have got the message that even as there might not be anything approximating a Marxist Moment in Nigeria yet, the seed h... Read more
By Jeff Rudin Mention the word Eskom and the standard response, once the eye-rolling and hair pulling is over, is near-unanimous cries of “restructure the monopoly! Break it up! Involve the... Read more
