Has Nigeria’s indigenous industrialisation policy failed?
By Moshood Oshunfurewa This symptom has fully emerged. Nigeria’s indigenous industrialisation policy has failed. This failure is not the product of any single policy misstep but the systematic collapse of a six-decade-old structural architecture. This is a consequence of energy costs that devour manufacturing margins, foreign exchange controls that choke off access to production inputs, […]
Public education: EdoBEST 2.0 as evidence of a promise kept
By JOAN OVIAWE Across Edo State, the eight years that Mr. Godwin Obaseki held sway as governor were marked by a decisive and far-reaching transformation in public education. Through deliberate reforms, strengthened governance structures, and a relentless commitment to restoring public confidence, the Obaseki administration reshaped teaching, learning and school management across the State, laying the […]
How Idaresit and Wild Fusion Holdings are shaping Africa’s digital future
African tech consolidation is creating unprecedented investment opportunities, and Wild Fusion Holdings is at the forefront, aggregating across Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya
Our age of jangled nerves breeding complex problems
By TOOCHUKWU OBIOTIKA Christmas is a season traditionally associated with love, reflection, and goodwill. Yet each year, as the yuletide approaches, the tension and impatience in our society become more obvious. In Nigeria—especially across the South East—December exposes the cracks that have widened from January to November: unmet expectations, financial frustration, dashed dreams, and the widening […]
Nigeria: Leadership as a red-carpet exchange programme
By EBUKA UKOH Nigeria surprises people who believe leadership involves duty. You watch a government hold an economic summit in a state that struggles with security. Then, you see who gets invited to headline it: The UK’s ex-Prime Minister arrives to applause, photo ops, and VIP escorts. That spectacle passes for strategic governance. The actual benefits […]
The resurgence of military coups in Africa and why democracy is failing
By ERNEST OSOGBUE The recent coup de’tat in Guinea Bissau should begin to get all lovers of good governance in Africa worried about the fate of democracy on the continent. It has now become the vogue in recent years for impatient military officers to turn their guns against democratically elected governments. These officers, who pretend to […]
