Editorial
Another tanker explosion: Risking death for a gallon
October 22, 2025
Another tanker explosion: Risking death for a gallon
Another tanker explosion. Another set of names we will never know. Another charred highway, soaked with smoke, tears, and regret.…
Mathematics now optional for Arts students: Did it come too late?
October 15, 2025
Mathematics now optional for Arts students: Did it come too late?
For years, mathematics has stood as a huge barrier, and for many, an impossible one to surmount, between many brilliant…
INVITATION TO PREQUALIFICATION/ EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
September 29, 2025
INVITATION TO PREQUALIFICATION/ EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
The Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) invites reputable companies/consultants with proven capacity to bid for various projects across…
NYSC and safety: Who protects young people serving Nigeria?
August 22, 2025
NYSC and safety: Who protects young people serving Nigeria?
The Civil War had just ended, and the country needed a unifying project. The solution was simple yet ambitious: send…
Acute petrol shortage nationwide: Did Aliko Dangote talk too soon?
September 9, 2024
Acute petrol shortage nationwide: Did Aliko Dangote talk too soon?
Ding-dong between the new kid on the block Dangote Refinery on the one hand, and regulators and state oil company…
Erisco Foods vs. Chioma Okoli is a (very bad) own goal
March 11, 2024
Erisco Foods vs. Chioma Okoli is a (very bad) own goal
The widely quoted wisecrack by American businessman showman P.T. Barnum (1810-1891), that there’s no such thing as bad publicity, as…
Lagos Red Line and Aba Geometric Power, the way to go
March 8, 2024
Lagos Red Line and Aba Geometric Power, the way to go
State governments are best positioned to drive rapid development in their states, as shown by chief executives of both Lagos…
Painful passing and talk-of-the-town birthday shindig: It’s the optics, stupid!
March 2, 2024
Painful passing and talk-of-the-town birthday shindig: It’s the optics, stupid!
By completely excluding the church, which he helped build from his funeral service, the family of late Herbert Wigwe has…
Rising demand for bulletproof vehicles symptomatic of a failing country
February 7, 2024
Rising demand for bulletproof vehicles symptomatic of a failing country
One of the privileges of citizenship is luxuriating in the belief that the state would protect your life and property;…
Nigeria, the eighth wonder of the world
October 13, 2022
Nigeria, the eighth wonder of the world
Business in Nigeria is an extremely challenging endeavor. Government agencies, people and other sundry issues you have to engage are…
Good, okada is banned. But, why are we really like this?
August 19, 2022
Good, okada is banned. But, why are we really like this?
Street parties, or more appropriately, people organising parties with streets as the venue, are back in Lagos, an aberration Fashola’s…
The Naija swag is back
August 12, 2022
The Naija swag is back
We just can’t seem to stop talking about them, right? The amazing, beautiful women who made Nigeria proud at the…