An Ode to the Bull: Celebrating Mike Adenuga and Glo at 23
From his early business activities to oil and gas, banking and eventually telecommunications, his career has followed a recurring pattern: identify an opportunity, accept the difficulty and commit to the long game
Zacch Adedeji and the Quiet Reinvention of Nigeria’s Tax System
By Michael Tidi In a policy environment often dominated by rhetoric rather than measurable outcomes, the leadership of Zacch Adelabu Adedeji at the Federal Inland Revenue Service represents a notable institutional shift. What is unfolding is not a performative spectacle of reform, but a disciplined, technology driven reconfiguration of Nigeria’s fiscal architecture. His appointment in […]
Accidents: Nigeria’s overlooked public health emergency
By Omoyeni Eniola Road traffic accidents (RTAs) have emerged as one of Nigeria’s most persistent yet under-acknowledged public health crises. Every day, Nigerian roads claim lives, maim young citizens, and push families into grief and financial hardship. Yet, despite the scale of devastation, road traffic injuries continue to receive far less attention than other public […]
A Southern reflection on politics and Nigeria’s future
By EJIRO OFOYE Nigeria stands today at a delicate crossroads. Beneath the surface of political alignments and shifting loyalties lies a deeper question—what lessons are being taught, and to whom, in the unfolding theatre of governance under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu? This is not merely about one administration succeeding another. It is about the gradual shaping […]
Safe sanitation in Nigeria: Scaling safe access for over 48m people
By Samuel Langat Nigeria does not have a sanitation problem because people are unaware. It has a sanitation problem because for decades, the approaches relied on have not scaled. Today, over 130 million Nigerians lack access to safely managed sanitation, and more than 48 million still practice open defecation. These are not abstract numbers, they […]
Enlightened self-interest: Cognitive myopia and the architecture of systemic failure
By VICTOR-BANDELE DADA Systemic instability in political economy is primarily a product of cognitive failure rather than inherent moral turpitude. By distinguishing between “unenlightened” (short-horizon) and “enlightened” (long-horizon) self-interest, agents frequently undermine their own long-term utility through a failure to account for systemic interdependencies. Drawing on Socratic philosophy, Smithian economics, and modern Game Theory, this paper […]
