Nigeria’s AfCFTA strategy: Ambition, progress and challenge of delivery
By Ehi Braimah In my last article, I wrote about Biashara Afrika, the premier continental business forum that brings together African heads of state, ministers, policy makers, SMEs, investors, and entrepreneurs to accelerate the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) implementation and explore intra-African trade collaborations. It was the summit’s third edition, which held in […]
Nigeria, much of Africa helped build foreign football market, why won’t we build ours?
By Paul Lucky Okoku Arsenal’s 22-year triumph is worth celebrating — but Nigeria must also ask why we pour so much passion, money, and identity into foreign football while our own league struggles for attention. Support abroad, but do not abandon home. No nation builds greatness—whether in football, education, healthcare, or industry—by outsourcing its passion, […]
Institutionalising creativity: China as case study — Building ideas challenge and bank for sustainable development
By Victor-Bandele Dada In the twenty-first century, the wealth of nations is increasingly determined not simply by natural resources, geographical advantage, or industrial output, but by the ability to continuously generate, organize, and apply ideas. The global competition for development has gradually become a competition of intelligence, innovation, and creativity. Nations that succeed in transforming ideas […]
The Henry Nwosu many didn’t know
By Paul Okoku There are football legends everyone knows. And then there are the Henry Nwosus only a few of us were privileged to know long before the world discovered them.. Today, I speak not just as a former teammate…Not just as a fellow Nigerian international…But as a childhood opponent…A ball boy brother…A street football companion…A […]
Moving management sciences from theory to transformational practice
By Professor Mondy S. Gold The University of Port Harcourt, in collaboration with the African Policy and Research Consortium, hosted a high-level academic gathering today focused on repositioning management sciences for the complexities of the 21st century. The keynote address, titled _“Advancing Management Sciences in Multidisciplinary Settings: From Theory to Transformational Practice,”_ was delivered by […]
Why battle over Dangote Refinery reflects Nigeria’s economic future — Energy expert, Dan Kunle
The recent Dangote Refinery battle for survival in Nigeria is a critical reflection of Nigeria’s broader economic direction, according to energy expert, Dan D. Kunle. In a statement to newsmen on Monday, Kunle noted that the battle transcends petrol imports, regulatory issues, or conflicts between private interests and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). […]
