By Tare Olokojobi As African Energy Week returns to Cape Town in October, the continent faces a defining question: can Africa convert its vast resources into reliable, affordable and strategically secure energy for its own people and industries? Africa is not short of energy. The continent holds substantial oil and gas reserves, some of the […]

By Daniel Tobechukwu Okebu “The best aviation safety systems are not the ones that speak loudest after tragedy; they are the ones that detect weak signals before families have to mourn.” Recent aviation accidents and serious incidents around the world should remind every nation of one hard truth: safety in aviation is never permanent by […]

By Erefoluwa Keka The recent rescue of the abducted pupils and teachers in Oyo State brought relief to their families and the nation. Yet, the incident also serves as a reminder that protecting our communities cannot depend on security agencies alone. It underscores why the principles of community policing must move from policy documents to […]

By Allison Abanum The leadership path of Senator Joseph Igiagbe Ikpea, the lawmaker representing the Edo Central Senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly, can be beautifully captured by a profound adage native to the Esan dialect.  The proverb tells of a resourceful individual who once used nothing more than a single feather from an eagle […]

By Funke Taiwo Maintenance or management of facilities plays an important role in extending the lifespan of properties, be it private, residential, commercial or industrial properties. Without these critical and very essential endeavors, buildings would fall into disrepair. It is within a building owner’s or manager’s best interests to perform proper maintenance or hire professionals […]

By Chukwudi EnekweChi (JP) I recall with nostalgia my visit to Professor Barth Nnaji at the University of Pittsburg, United States of America sometimes in November of 2000. As I was transiting from Columbia Missouri to New York, I put a call across to him and without much protocol he invited me over to the university. […]

By Lanre Basamta There are moments in the life of an industry when progress does not look like growth. It looks like a subtraction. It looks like pain. It looks like a sudden fall in numbers that once gave comfort to executives, investors, regulators, advertisers and the public. That is what happened to Nigeria’s telecommunications sector […]

By Taiwo Nolas-Alausa The Chartered Institute of Directors Nigeria (CIoD Nigeria) strongly believes that the systemic weaknesses afflicting governance in our nation’s public sector and State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) constitute a first-order national development emergency. Corruption, procurement fraud, weak board oversight, fiscal opacity, and the persistent culture of impunity in public institutions are not peripheral administrative […]

By Wilson Okorugbo There is a pattern in Delta politics that has become tired, predictable, and costly. It’s the politics of borrowed identity. Senator Ovie Omo-Age perfected it. He embodied it so completely, it’s not for wont of the right label to tag it the ‘Agege Doctrine.’ Under the Agege Doctrine, election season sounds like […]

A remarkable development in Bart’s final year in school was his taking to sports during the Inter-House Sports Competition and dusting established athletes.