By Ruth Olofin Words fail me to express how I feel about your death and to think that you have truly crossed over. Since the 3rd of April 2021 when I received the most shocking news in recent times, I have picked up my pen a few times to write this tribute but my tears […]

By Subir Bhaumik China’s President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is up against a huge challenge in what Beijing had started considering as its backyard. Pro-democracy protestors, who see China as the main backer of the military junta that seized power on Feb 1, have started attacking Chinese business interests as never before. […]

By Mayowa Olaniyan We are living in perilous times. A time of ultimatums, threats and evictions. A time of the herdsmen. A time where tribal fanatics have risen to become leaders of thought. A time where genuine statesmen are urgently needed to stem the tide of of mistrust, suspicion and deceit. We didn’t just get […]

Two weeks ago, I lost a comrade, brother, and friend, Innocent Chukwuma. Innoma, as I called him, was 55, and until a few months ago when he retired, the regional director (West Africa) of Ford Foundation. Every waking moment in the last two weeks has left me thinking about life and Innocent Chukwuma’s death. I […]

By Timi Olubiyi IT is no longer news that US-based social media company, Twitter Inc, has concluded plans to establish a presence on the African continent in line with its growth strategy. Recall that Twitter’s founder and CEO, Jack Dorsey, visited Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia and South Africa in 2019 in anticipation of this major expansion and […]