Building Nigeria’s first workforce risk intelligence platform: Lessons from the ground
By OBI IGBOKWE When we set out to build WellNewMe, the temptation was to call it a “wellness platform” and leave it there. Wellness is an easy sell. Everyone nods along to the idea that healthier employees are more productive employees. But somewhere in the early build, we made a decision that has shaped everything since: […]
Two Years On: If all govt agencies were NIMET
By Bonaventure Phillips Melah According to Dale Carnegie- “Leadership is not about a title or a designation but impact, influence and inspiration.” In order to initiate and implement policies and programmes for the wellbeing of citizens, governments across the world, create institutions and agencies, each with defined functions or roles. What is needed therefore, is […]
November: Baba, mama, and me — A month of many memories
November drifts in softly, carrying echoes only the heart can hear—the tender memories of the much-beloved old gentleman, Ada Sanni Giwa Adeoti Adedoyin…
Return of Tinapa and C-River’s economic renaissance
By FRED BASSEY The recent full repossession of Tinapa by the Cross River State Government—after years of legal knots and ownership complications with the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON—is a decisive turning point. The air is clearer, the asset is back home, and its future is no longer suspended in uncertainty. For the first time […]
Why road accidents kill more Nigerians than most diseases
By David John Idiong Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) remain one of the most devastating yet poorly addressed public health emergencies in Nigeria. Globally, RTAs cause more than 1.3 million deaths each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2023). In Nigeria, the situation is even more alarming. Studies by Owolabi et al. (2020) and […]
Nigerian leaders and the limits of authority
By KALU OKORONKWO To understand Nigeria’s leadership dilemma, one must peel back the layers between power and authority, two concepts often conflated but fundamentally different. Nigeria’s governance crisis persists largely because leaders continue to believe that possessing power is the same as possessing authority. Power is the ability to compel action. It is loud, immediate, and […]
