Ghanaian President Nana Akuffo-Addo’s last day in office was January 6, 2025. His country’s economy had crumbled at his feet. Even when newly sworn-in President John Dramani Mahama had not been adjudged an effective leader, Ghanaians see him as a sort of saviour. For them, anybody or group but Akufo-Addo and his cronies, was good […]

IT is no longer news that Nigerians are going through the worst cost of living crisis in the history of the country, the news Nigerians are looking forward to read about or hear is that prices of foodstuffs are coming down. But that is beginning to look like a far-fetched hope as there seems to […]

There are two models of democracy. One is a direct democracy; the other is a representative democracy. In the former, citizens elect people as “delegates” to the legislature to formulate laws and policies but retain the powers to decide directly themselves what laws and policies they want. One notable example of a direct democracy is Switzerland, […]

I trust you have been applying strategic pausing in your speaking and writing engagements. I had noted that this week’s article will cover other pertinent areas of deploying silence. Recall that silence isn’t just about how we present information; it’s also a powerful tool in how we receive it. This week’s article thus focuses on how to […]

No Nigerian old enough to know what the times say will forget 2024 in a hurry. It was a frightful year; the year when all the negative effects of the policies President Bola Tinubu had put in place to address the country’s many problems were most jarring in their effect. The pump price of petrol (the […]

On January 1, 2025, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu delivered his new year address to the nation. His address presented a message of hope and prospects for better days for the nation.  The President’s address can be divided into three heads. These are: Achievements in 2024, Concern in 2024 and […]

The tech industry promises to be very interesting this year. It will bring excitment, it will also inflict pain. Nations will go after each other and try to sabotage each other’s growth where possible. Others will expand growth and dominance and even extend it to conquest as manifest display of strength. The weaklings will lap up […]

“The right perspective asserts itself” -E. D. Morel The corridors of governments in Africa are littered with the frag ments of abandoned policies and the debris of aborted projects. Existential projects like water transfers do not readily find acceptance either because they seem too costly or are inherently long-term in nature, thus, liable to be […]

Healthcare reflects societal advancement, influenced by economic, social, and political conditions. From ancient civilizations to modern nations, healthcare development mirrors societal priorities and governance. Delivering healthcare services signifies a state’s commitment to citizens’ welfare, fostering national growth by improving human capital and productivity. Healthier populations drive economic output, workforce participation, and innovation. Healthcare advancements bridge […]

From last week, cntinues the  narrative of how the minority question gave birth to the appointment of the Willinks Minority Commission and its relevance to the Niger Delta which has always been considered a special area in Nigeria.  Although the commission did not recommend the creation of states as strongly advocated by the minority ethnic groups, […]

By Dele Sobowale “We discouraged (the government) from borrowing and the Nigerian desk and the World Bank suffered the consequences. “If you check, you would see that if the World Bank country director does not lend, it is either he is demoted or removed. But, it is our responsibility to make sure that the lending […]

The Left Movement in Nigeria gained two of its best known leaders in 1973. Edwin ‘Eddie’ Ikechukwu Madunagu was a 27-year-old postgraduate student of Mathematics, specifically Differential Equations and Functions of a Complex Variable. He was in the University of Lagos, UNILAG, and had joined the Nigerian Youth Action Committee, NYAC. In UNILAG, that same year, […]

Fifty-seven years ago almost to the month, celebrated Kenya political scientist, Ali Mazrui, observed that “for some reason a disproportionate number of the historic acts of violence in Africa since independence have tended to happen in the months of January and February.” He had good reason for this.  In January 1961, the Belgians and the Americans […]

57 years ago almost to the month, celebrated Kenya political scientist, Ali Mazrui, observed that “for some reason a disproportionate number of the historic acts of violence in Africa

I want to glorify the name of God for making me see 2025. Not all those that started 2024 with us are alive to see this first Sunday of 2025. That you are alive reading this, is enough to be thankful to Him. I thank God for the wisdom to always think out a topic […]