In his work The Histories, ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the Greeks borrowed much of their knowledge, including geometry,...
The moment of revelation came unexpectedly on a high-speed train leaving Beijing, where a screen showed that 36 percent of...
Nigeria’s coastal assets are staggering – the nation sits on one of Africa’s most spectacular coastlines. Put in proper perspective,...
Pre-colonial “Nigeria” was intellectually vibrant and productive. Yorubaland developed a knowledge system called “Imo”— not just information, but knowledge applied...
The title of this intervention is hedged with the word “theoretical”. That’s deliberate, and it’s because this article’s core proposition...
Last Friday, a public webinar with the above title took place, hosted by the Voice of Reason, a group of...
Many years ago, through a “Women in Entrepreneurship” sponsorship by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), I left Lagos for New...
The great gulf between Europe’s transformative ascent and Africa’s persistent developmental struggles cannot be explained by resources, geography, or circumstance...
When dawn cracks open the Nigerian sky these days, the first breath many people take is heavy with questions that...
The near daily news headlines coming out Benue are grim, wrapped in pain and hopelessness. The insecurity crisis in Benue...
Years ago, I sat across the table from the CEO of a fast-growing company who asked me something few executives...
Life is full of parallels. But some parallels are stranger than fiction. Who, for instance, would think there are similarities...
The World Sickle Cell Day (WSCD) was observed in Nigeria and several other parts of the world last week, on...
I was a teenager at Queen of Apostles College in Kaduna when I read the first novel of African literary...
“To break this cycle, Nigeria must invest in a multi-stakeholder approach to employability. Government, academia, employers, and civil society must...