In The National Interest: UK launch exposes deep frustrations about Nigeria, by Olu Fasan
Last week, on October 7, the London School of Economics, LSE, hosted the UK launch of my book In The National Interest: The Road to Nigeria’s Political, Economic and Social Transformation. Two LSE faculties—the Department of International Relations and the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa—collaborated to organise the book launch, which included a public lecture. […]
Rescuing Lake Chad: A call to urgent action on an existential problem (1), by Usman Sarki
“Until the 1960s, Lake Chad was the fourth largest lake in Africa and the sixth largest lake in the world: however, its surface area has since dwindled from 26,000 square kilometers (10,000 square miles) in 1963 to less than 1,500 square kilometers (150 square miles), or about 5% of its original area” -Lakepedia There is […]
Afe Babalola, Farotimi and a dangerous culture of wokeism (3), by Rotimi Fasan
Colin Kaepernick was an American National Football League player with the San Francisco 49ers. He played for six seasons. He was and still is a civil rights activist. During a game in 2016, he knelt, refusing to stand as is the custom, when the American National anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner, was being played. He was in […]
Not a good story for telecoms as year ends, by Okoh Aihe
I have had the unenviable opportunity of living in two states and the Federal Capital Territory in the past three months. All the time, my phone is my most prized item because it connects me to my base and my family. It is really cool to be able to reach out and be reached at any […]
The delay in appointing Ambassadors (6), by Eric Teniola
From last week, this is the concluding part of the narrative on the individuals who were appointed and served at different times as Nigeria’s ambassadors to different countries, including Chief Edwin Ogbu and the late Major General Joseph Garba. Mention must be made of Chief Arthur Christopher Izuegbunam Mbanefo (94) who was born on June 11, […]
Cash crunch: The way out
By Dele Sobowale Report, December 14, 2024. “Stop this cash crunch.” Daily Trust Editorial, December 16, 2024. “Recurrent cash scarcity is unacceptable.” PUNCH, December 16, 2024 “OPS fears SMEs’ collapse as cash scarcity lingers,” PUNCH same day. Cash crunch: The way out In the past one week alone, virtually every paper in Nigeria has joined the national […]
