Rethinking corporate strategy in the age of polycrisis: Are Nigerian firms strategically vulnerable or resilient?
By FRANKLIN NGWU & CHINASA ONWE Is the five-year strategic plan over—not fading, not evolving, but dead? Once a backbone of corporate strategy, its usefulness is becoming questionable in a business environment where certainty is increasingly elusive. The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) refers to this new reality as polycrisis: the simultaneous, rather than sequential, […]
EFCC FOI denials: A remedy
By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku MATTERS related to Freedom of Information denials by the EFCC took centre stage at a recent seminar organised by an NGO in Benin City. Since signing up or onto the Open Government Partnership, OGP, the Edo State government has sought to work with civil society to realise a partnership based on […]
Waste Management in Nigeria, the Way Forward
The challenges that come with handling and managing waste is a serious concern all over the world. However, this issue is even more pressing in developing countries. The standard of living, level of environmental awareness, depth and coverage of environmental knowledge as well as the steady climb in population directly influence the continued accumulation of waste in Nigeria.
Edo 2020: Mabel Oboh, the gateway to Osadebeh House?
In 1969, late Prime Minister of Great Britain, Dame Margaret Thatcher, speaking in the House of Commons had declared: “No woman in my time will be Prime Minister or Chancellor or Foreign Secretary.”
Virgin Mary’s Birthday: The biography of Grace
By Fr George Adimike The celebration of birthdays and similar anniversaries are not just mere events in themselves; they are moments of acknowledging individuals who have left indelible imprints in the lives of others and great lessons for posterity. Mary, the mother of Christ, in a rather spectacular way, has touched and transformed lives through […]
Ike Nwachukwu: A bulging past with a long shadow
By Banji Ojewale AN old man’s bulging past casts a silent, scenic silhouette far into our present and future. The present, seeking sobering solace, runs into the sheltering shadow, wading through a thousand and one bits and pieces dropped by the receding ancient man. At 80, retired Major-General Ike Omar Sanda Nwachukwu is delivering precisely […]
