By Ayo Onikoyi Veteran Nigerian singer, songwriter and producer Ajibola Oluwamuyiwa Danladi, popularly known as Danny Young, has been inducted into the Recording Academy’s Class of 2026, marking another major milestone in his more than two-decade career in the music industry. The Recording Academy, the organisation behind the Grammy Awards, announced Danny Young as one […]

Brethren, let’s thank God for a new day.  For us, it should be a time to move forward. Moving forward means moving from the point you are now to a new point.  Indeed a new status. It also means, it is time to make up your mind to shift from stagnation to motion. It could […]

“Legislators have the first place in the temple of glory; conquerors come behind them” – Voltaire, 1694-1778, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 126 When one of the world’s leading philosophers made that remark in the eighteenth century, democracy was a new idea. What another sage, half a world away, in America, described as “the government […]

By Bunmi Sofola Angela was in her mid 30s when she became broody.  “I began to wonder if I’d ever settle down, and become a mum”, she said.  “To say I’d live life to the full so far would be an understatement.  My 20s and the majority of my 30s had consisted of mild partying, travelling […]

Regulatory overlap among government agencies is increasing the cost of doing business, discouraging investment and eroding consumer confidence, financial analyst Kalu Aja and lawyer and public policy commentator Ilemona Onoja have said. Speaking during an X Space discussion on The Cost of Regulatory Uncertainty in Nigeria’s Economy, the duo argued that overlapping regulatory mandates create […]