Asiwaju Bola Tinubu: What Will Be Your Legacy?, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
If you choose to repudiate self and focus on building an enduring legacy, you are in a position to charge our trajectory, especially in the Southwest by working with your political Sir, in twenty years what will you be remembered for? What current of political philosophy or social advancement would…
The Rise and Fall of Boko Haram, By Femi Aribisala
The kidnapping of the Chibok girls was the biggest blunder of the Boko Haram, and it marked the beginning of the end of the group. How do you fight an enemy who is not an enemy but a fellow-citizen? How do you fight someone who is fighting you but you…
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Politics and Today’s Meeting of the MPC, By Uddin Ifeanyi
It is difficult to see how the CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) can continue to hold out against an interest rate hike. If not at this week’s meeting, then very soon, the CBN’s benchmark rate must go up, or (as its the CBN’s wont) find less than market-based ways to…
Shittu, Adeosun and the NYSC, By Festus Adedayo
My take is that Adeosun’s resignation is a great development for our The fact that Shittu’s claim is alien to the NYSC Act makes it necessary that he should also tow the path of honour of the Adeosun kind. Already, there is an underground crusade in Nigeria to do things…
Waiting For God (1), By Femi Aribisala
God is never in a hurry. His wristwatch reads differently from ours, therefore he often seems to forget what time it is. My grand-daughter, Tatianna, asks me a question repeatedly. She says: “Grandpa, how old are you?” When I tell her I am 25 years old, she insists it is…
Elites Have A Responsibility To Elevate Our Food Cultures: Ask Your Grandmothers, By Bunmi Fatoye-Matory
The elites of each Nigerian ethnic group, big and small, must do their best to document, preserve and elevate the traditional food of their people. What are the culinary traditions of the Idoma of Benue, the Chamba of Taraba, the Ebirra of Kogi, the Quanawuri of Plateau, the Izondjo spread…
Tanzania: Recent Banking Trends and Outlook, By Rafiq Raji
As a proportion of total loans, NPLs rose by almost a percentage point to per cent in December 2017, from percent six months earlier; a deterioration from what was already double the offical cap of 5 per cent. Most recently, though, in April 2018, NPLs to gross loans stood at…
Who Killed Husain, The Beloved Grandson Of The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him)?, By Murtadha Gusau
I Begin With The Name Of Allah, The Most Merciful, The One Who Bestows Mercy Alhamdulillah. Indeed, all praise is due to Allah. We praise Him and seek His Help and forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from our soul's evils and our wrong doings. He whom Allah guides, no…
Nigeria Air and Hadi Sirika: Why Transparency Matters, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Given the total information blackout, a lot of speculations arose that he was planning to use the asset of Arik and Aero start the new airline. Others speculated that he was begging Qatar Air to come and set up an airline for us. Speculation became the sole mode of engagement…
Paying For Sirika’s Aborted Flight of Fancy, By Azu Ishiekwene
What is baffling is not that the project failed is baffling is that Sirika, and those who could have called him to order, deliberately ignored all the warning signs of a clear and present danger and just kept spending money and making commitments in a way that they might never…
