How intelligence, technology, VCRU are closing in on Auchi–Okene kidnappers
By AKINDELE ADEGEBO For years, the Auchi–Okene–Abuja highway and its surrounding communities have carried a reputation that no Nigerian traveller would wish to associate with a journey home: the fear of being watched, followed, and intercepted by men who know the roads, the settlements, and the forests better than almost anyone. For criminal gangs operating […]
Tanimu Yakubu: Architect of Nigeria’s Modern Fiscal Framework
By Amdrew Akor Tanimu Yakubu, Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation, has emerged as a central figure in Nigeria’s public financial management landscape—an institutional reformer whose career has consistently fused macroeconomic insight with operational discipline. Since assuming office, he has redefined Nigeria’s budgeting architecture, embedding transparency, policy coherence, and institutional accountability into […]
From Feeding Bottle to self-reliance: Otu’s strategic divestment from Carnival Calabar
By Linus Obogo This has been long in coming and in fact, long overdue- bring the 20-years of feeding bottle approach to an end and adopt a more sustainable, self-reliant strategic divestment policy to the management of the biggest street event on the continent.But in a moment that shall shimmer through the annals of Cross […]
‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’: What Liverpool FC teaches us about culture and leadership
But at Liverpool Football Club, it isn’t just a chant from the stands. It’s a culture. A promise. A way of being.
SASA: When the falcon cannot hear the falconer
By CHIEDU OKOYE It was the revered Irish poet, W. B Yeats, who wrote the poem titled “The Second Coming”, from which I lifted this line: the falcon cannot hear the falconer. That line aptly encapsulates and captures the behavioural patterns of members of the Special Anti-Tout Squad of Anambra, the acronym of which is SASA. […]
The NIPSS question: Premier think tank or adult reformatory?
By OZUMI ABDUL In September 2023, Vice President Kashim Shettima made a blunt yet revealing statement that sent ripples through Nigeria’s policy and governance circles. While hosting the management team of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, led by its Director-General, Professor Ayo Omotayo, the Vice President cautioned that the institute must not […]
