Achieving Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development
In Africa, we have experienced one of the best economic growth since late 1990’s and into the twenty first century. This growth story is not seen in just some few countries but rather sweeps...
Much is often made of the hundreds of billions of dollars that Nigeria has frittered away since huge deposits of crude oil were discovered within its boundaries. A contemptible, uncreative elite, its obsession with conspicuous consumption matched by its...
Few weeks ago when I started writing about the abducted Chibok girls, I laid down what I like to call some ground rules or maybe facts of the matter as it is. I did not expect it to go...
The Special Court for Sierra Leone made its final major decision on 26 September 2013 when its Appeals Chamber upheld the 50-year sentence handed down to former Liberian President Charles Taylor. The court, ruling in April 2012, found Mr....
On Friday June 13th 2014 when the World witnessed one of the finest sporting artistry on display in the football pitch in far away Brazil, the World's fifth largest country, during the encounter between the Senior World Cup defending...
Immediately I heard that Nigeria’s former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has gone back to eat the food from the same pot he had rejected, my first reaction was “This is politics, where there is no permanent enemy and...
I will like to start by expressing my sincere gratitude to the Lagos Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) for inviting me to speak at this propitious occasion and before these men and women of high- standing.
It...
The recent reactions from certain quarters purportedly claiming to speak on behalf of Igbo/Biafran people in regard with the attempt to make a public announcement by the pro-Biafra freedom group known as Biafra Zionist Federation (BZF) at the studios...
In many parts of the world, the third Sunday of June is earmarked for the celebration of the vital contributions of fathers and father figures to human progress. Father’s Day, as it is known, seeks to extol the sacrifices...
1. Which of the PDP presidential candidate hopefuls is implicated as late NSA Andrew Azazi inferred, that after being deprived in the PDP primaries, went on to upgrade Boko Haram to its today level of sophistication? Atiku? IBB? Gusau?...