By Zik Zulu Okafor In Jalupon Close, Surulere, Lagos, residents say paying the highest electricity tariff has not necessarily translated into enjoying the highest level of supply. The close-knit community falls under the network of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) and is officially classified as Band A under Nigeria’s service-based tariff regime — the top […]

*A discovery that could redefine how humanity solves its greatest problems By VICTOR-BANDELE DADA For much of modern history, humanity’s response to poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment has followed a familiar pattern: new policies, new aid packages and new economic doctrines, each promising transformation yet often producing only incremental results. Beneath this recurring cycle, however, a quieter […]

By SOBA DAKUKU-PETERSIDE The fear isn’t irrational. Culture has been borrowed, repackaged, and sold back to us before. But that history cannot be the reason we stop telling our own stories outward. For years, I believed authenticity was the greatest strength culturally rooted businesses had. Now I’m starting to question whether authenticity, in the way we […]

By Jadesola Adedeji Just last December, the United Nations marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, reinforcing global commitment to disability inclusion in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life. Of the roughly 7 million children in Nigeria who have disabilities, 95.5 per cent are out of school due to multiple systemic […]

In the quest to protect our valuable vehicles from the elements, the traditional garage has long been the undisputed king