Can Nigeria build new millionaires through Dangote IPO?
By MOSHOOD OSHUNFUREWA Nigeria has a long, painful, and largely unreported history with shares. The promise of ownership has repeatedly been used to separate ordinary citizens from their savings, and the consequences have rarely been visited upon those responsible. Between 2007 and 2009, an estimated N800 billion was funnelled into private placements that promised future […]
E-Invoice: Zacch Adedeji brings new tax solutions
By Arabinrin Aderonke Atoyebi Good things are coming for the tax system, and Nigerians are ready. Imagine a country where paying taxes is not a burden but a seamless part of everyday business life. This vision is becoming a reality, thanks to the innovative efforts of Dr. Zacch Adedeji, the Executive Chairman of the Federal […]
African homes and the missing rod
The news of African children who are dissociated from their parents has become an unpleasant but regular song in the mouths of many parents.
The Emir of Kano and his rival
By USMAN UMAR KANO State House of Assembly repealed the Kano Emirates Law 2019 and its subsequent amendments in order to restore the dignity of Kano Emirate that was undermined by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. In May 2024, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf assented to the law that abolished all the offices created by Ganduje’s law […]
The neo-liberal slaves who should be allowed to breathe in Nigeria
By AMINU JAHUN SINCE the eighties, neoliberal globalisation has been manufacturing neoliberal slaves in corrupt, debt-ridden Third World nations, including Nigeria. And even in advanced capitalist societies such as the United States, neoliberal slaves aren’t uncommon. Edward Bronstein and George Floyd were Black Americans, choked to death in 2020 by White police officers, which sparked […]
Highly skewed bridges: Detecting cracks and its causes
The bridge over the two lines of railroad tracks is very complicated by more than 70° degrees of skew between the railroad lines and the highway
