The words you choose shape how people hear you, by Ruth Oji
Why vague language undermines your authority—and what to do about it Imagine a senior manager presenting quarterly results to the executive team. Her data are solid, and her analysis is sound. But every few sentences, she says something like: “We had some problems with vendor compliance, and people were not happy about the delays.” Later, over […]
A Broadband Roundtable gives hope for fresh investment and opportunities, by Okoh Aihe
On a day that the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, called a roundtable on broadband with the various industry stakeholders, I couldn’t be there but was connected virtually through the same technology that was enjoying appreciable focus and some kind of understandable admiration because of its near infinite possibilities. I had to demonstrate that the future of […]
How the Igbo should respond to the demolitions in Lagos, by Rotimi Fasan
In this concluding part of last week’s discussion, I continue from where I stopped by noting that the moment traders from other markets in Lagos were relocated to the Trade Fair Complex, from then was the vision that animated the establishment of the Complex corrupted. The influx of traders from different markets in Lagos signaled its […]
INEC Chairman, by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
“None of us is as smart as all of us.”-– Ken Blanchard Last week, the Council of State, a constitutional body whose advice the Nigerian President is not compelled to accept, endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s nomination of Professor J.O. Amupitan from Kogi State as the next Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Senate […]
Beneath the surface, by Dakuku Peterside
Beneath the surface is where the real story lives. Headlines, viral clips, social chatter, and quarterly numbers show only the tip; underneath lie the forces that shape public life—motives, systems, identities, and the quiet routines of every day. Looking deeper is not mysticism; it is a practical method that links facts to understanding and understanding to […]
The supreme powers of the President(8), by Eric Teniola
From last week concludes the narrative with the report of the Sub-committee on the Executive and Legislature of the Constitution Drafting Committee of 1975.The report defined how the powers of the Nigerian President could be operated. Their report is as follows: “In the deliberations of the Sub-Committee, what has been uppermost in our minds is how […]
