- Friday, June 12, 2026
BusinessDay
This week I have chosen not to write about the tragedies that are turning up everywhere we look. The kidnappers...
Sabotage, endemic corruption, theft, cabals, incompetence and deteriorating infrastructure were some of the challenges facing the electricity industry before it...
My recent three-part series, “Why Nigerians are Poor” was an attempt to distill my thoughts on poverty, unemployment and inequality...
In the working life of a ‘senior’ journalist, the perspective of the years enables one to write better about those...
I am not one of those who are so pessimistic as to dismiss the National Conference as a worthless exercise. The...
The monetary policy committee (MPC) meets today and tomorrow in Abuja in particularly difficult circumstances. The US Federal Open Market...
Writing this has been one of the hardest things I have ever done as a columnist. I have written sad...
After Nigeria’s GDP is rebased it will give a sharper picture of the economy. The good news, and bragging rights...
There is no dispute about the facts of Nigeria’s progeny and birth. The country was created by Britain through Lord...
Last week’s examination of Nobel Peace Prize-winners of African descent offered such rich material that I found myself with much...
There has been a long-standing debate as to whether great leaders and entrepreneurs are born or made. Some would argue...
I have run ahead of myself, crashed into trees, been frightened by huge animals and jumped off a building, all in...
Lately wealthy Africans have been making headlines. News magazines, investment banks, wealth managers and consultants are mining the continent to...
In this column I have often reviewed several aspects of the failure of security policy and law and order in...
The Nobel Peace Prize is a rather peculiar institution. One among several prizes awarded annually since 1901, funded by the...
