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, […]
Kannywood’s masquerades: Why reputation and digitalisation now matter
By YUSHAU SHUAIB Many movie lovers celebrate actors and actresses whose faces dominate the screen, yet rarely pause to acknowledge the unseen hands that actually give life to a film. Behind every successful production are the masquerades of the industry—the faceless men and women who shape the scripts, mould the characters, secure locations, organise production, manage […]
Abubakar Malami: What manner of a suspect?
By WALE OLAYINKA Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka in one of his works, The Man Died, described a comical scene as “ dramaturgical fantasia”! This phrase aptly captures the public posturing of the former Attorney – General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, to his investigations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Malami’s reactions, disclosures […]
BRIDGE: Review and prospects of China-Nigeria cooperation
The year 2025, which is drawing to a close, has been a pivotal year in the development of China-Nigeria relations
Recalibrating Nigeria’s downstream petroleum policy
One of the most significant developments in the post-subsidy era is the growing standoff between Dangote Petroleum Refinery
Fool’s gold: The tragedy of Africa’s youth lured into war by Russia
By FEMI OWOLABI In a continent plagued by youth unemployment and the allure of overseas opportunities, a disturbing trend, caught in a delicate tussle between a private right to pursue economic opportunities and a government responsibility to protect its citizens, has taken root. Young Africans are being enticed to Russia with false promises of jobs, scholarships, […]
