Let basketball breathe again, by Patrick Omorodion
What goes around, they say, comes around. In 2017, the sports ministry, then headed by Solomon Dalung, brought out guidelines for elections into sports federations with an instruction that those which had their own constitutions should organise theirs. The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF was one of those which had a constitution approved by the Nigeria […]
Super Eagles: When Nigeria battles quiet success, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Modern football does not reward romance alone. It rewards organisation mental strength and the ability to win ugly when necessary
Women Who Buy Men: Unmasking sugar mummies, by Stephanie Shaakaa
A conversation we have deliberately avoided. Not because it does not exist, but because it thrives in silence. Not because it is rare, but because it is discreet
Wike’s Politics of Gbas-Gbos, by Emmanuel Aziken
Wike’s politics of gbas-gbos — the brand of raw confrontation that blurs party lines, intimidates institutions, and thrives on public spectacle — appeared, until recently, immune to political boundaries. For years, Nyesom Wike operated in a space where allegiance to party mattered less than allegiance to power. He fought PDP leaders while funding APC victories. He governed […]
As Lagos goes up, by Muyiwa Adetiba
The recently opened coastal highway also opened up a few more things than the road itself. It opened the eyes of many Nigerians to what is possible. A friend and professional colleague, who in the almost fifty years that we have known each other, has consistently been a sworn enemy of all that is bad in governance […]
Government, Nigerians, and taxation, by Adekunle Adekoya
LAST week, I discussed here that the governments of Nigeria will have to do more to enable Nigerians pay tax the way the government wants them to pay it. The new tax laws which came into effect January 1, despite the furore over what was passed and what was gazetted is supposed to be a step in […]
