Beyond Giving: How companies can use corporate philanthropy to build stronger, self-sustaining communities
By Sam Ogbemi Daibo For decades, the relationship between companies and their host communities in Nigeria has largely been defined by projects. A company builds a classroom, renovates a health centre, provides boreholes, awards scholarships or rehabilitates a road. These interventions can be valuable. They meet real needs and often improve lives. But after decades […]
‘Pesin wey no sabi sing’: Profiling David ‘Davido’ Adeleke
I understand that the 30 Billion Family may get furious and, as it is said in internet slang, “may come for me”
A word for Babachir Lawal
At a time when the whole country is rejoicing and proud of the fact that President Tinubu embarked on a two-day trip to Rome to attend the inaugural Mass of the newly- installed Pope Leo X1V
Our leaders do not care
By SUNNY IKHIOYA They did not care in the past. They do not care now, and most likely, they will never care in the future. According to Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist, they “are the small number of individuals who, in each sphere of activity, have succeeded and have arrived at a higher echelon in the professional […]
Compulsory voting is not the answer Nigeria needs right now
By Ezenwa Nwagwu The House of Representatives recently made headlines with a proposed legislation that could criminalize non-voting in Nigeria. Surprisingly, the Bill was sponsored by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen. Since the news broke, it has stirred intense debate across the country, with many Nigerians questioning its fairness. On the […]
The globalised Izonebi Alfred who globalises Ijaw culture
By Enewaridideke Ekanpou Thoughts journeying poetically today like Jp Clark in ‘The casualties’ I must say that the Ijaw highlife musicians are not only those who are dead; the Ijaw highlife musicians also include those who are still alive.The Ijaw highlife musicians are not only those who use ultra-modern musical instruments; neither are they only […]
