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 […]

On a Youtube podcast I posted a few days ago, I briefly discussed conflicts  that destroy or undermine relationships. One such conflict recently occurred in my life and it revolved around religion. In a nutshell, a former friend and I are no longer on speaking terms because she took offence when I politely refused to share […]

This seventh edition of my special yearly forecast might be the last. I’ve enjoyed  doing it – the hits and the misses – especially the big hits.  From twice forecasting that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar would lose (2019 and 2023, he’ll lose again in 2027), months before the election, to predicting that at least five […]

Mark Twain, the American writer and humourist, famously said: “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics.” This aphorism is truer in Nigeria than in virtually any other country. Put bluntly, one must be utterly gullible to believe official statistics in Nigeria. The unreliability of official data in Nigeria is known universally, with […]

Last week, we talked about why communication goals fail. The vagueness problem. The motivation trap. The unrealistic expectations. The lack of accountability. If you recognized yourself in any of those patterns—and most of us do—then you already know that simply setting another goal in January won’t change anything. What changes things is setting goals differently. This […]