Is it the ‘Mandate of Heaven’ or the Chinese Communist Party at work or do the two have the same meaning? This should not be such a stupid question in that, up to 2012 and even i... Read more
In addition to banditry, kidnapping and generalised insecurity, the magnitude of corruption in Nigeria is back in the news with the 2020 corruption perception index ranking the country worse... Read more
Those who think former colonial powers are no longer pressing direct buttons in the affairs of their ex-colonies would have to think twice. A former Deputy High Commissioner of Britain to Gh... Read more
That any society in which the highest bidder is always the winner must, sooner than later, pay a price for that is, unarguably, the second of the two messages COVID-19 pandemic has sent to a... Read more
This is the second and concluding part of Yusuf Bangura’s tribute to Thandika Mkandawire with whom he worked closely for eleven years. It is the sort of stuff journalists like to call explos... Read more
To what extent it would be right to crucify them is open to debate. That is those caustic Nigerians going about saying that the Ethiopian Airline reminds them of how Nigeria’s inability to o... Read more
The double-edged nature of exposing corruption is manifesting at the global level as a World Bank report on corruption among elite of neediest countries is attracting its own controversy. In... Read more
The Federal Government of Nigeria has formally acknowledged that there are 90 million Nigerians living in poverty. The figure compares fairly well with those of other institutions concerned... Read more
It is difficult to write about burial of women/mothers in Idomaland without being essentialist about it. From Ekiti or Oyo State in the Southwest of Nigeria to Jigawa or Katsina State in the... Read more
By Professor Stephen Onyeiwu The author of this piece published originally as “Buhari failed to fix Nigeria’s economy. But he may still have the edge”, (https://theconversation.com/africa) w... Read more
