Category: Analysis

*Dangote’s Refinery: An Audacious Gamble on Nigeria*

  By Idowu Ephraim Faleye +2348132100608 When you think about the Nigerian economy today, what comes to your mind? Some people think of a country where businesses...

How to Drink from a Poisoned Cup: Harold Smith Story and the Nigerian Story

Azu Ishiekwene On the eve of Nigeria’s 65th independence anniversary, I reflected on Harold Smith. He’s not widely known in Nigeria. And that’s probably to be...

*Sixty-Five Years Later: Whose Nigeria Are We Celebrating?*

*Sixty-Five Years Later: Whose Nigeria Are We Celebrating?* By Idowu Ephraim Faleye +2348132100608 Tomorrow Nigeria turns sixty-five. Ordinarily, independence...

*The Real Revolution Nigeria Needs: Dismantling the Cabals, Not Burning the Streets*

  By Idowu Ephraim Faleye +2348132100608 In Nigeria today, when people talk about a revolution, what often comes to mind is a sudden violent uprising like the one...

Uneasy Neighbours and the Biafra Dialogue By Dr Austin Orette

  Dr Austin Orette Lately, there have been eruption of kings and kingdoms of the Igbo people all over Nigeria and other parts of the world. If these occurrences...

Fubara: Is half-bread better than none?

  By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058   “Last Thursday was a day of missed feelings for me – day of joy and day of mourning!” “The...

The Taming Of Siminalayi Fubara

By Kazeem Akintunde The suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, returned to Port Harcourt last week Friday, after a six-month forced holiday. I watched in...

Oga Yellow, see your boys” and The Israeli Licence

By Hassan Gimba About two weeks ago, Nigeria lost one of its finest police officers who rose to the peak of its Police Force. Solomon Arase died at a relatively young...

*Obi in Lagos? A Cultural Misstep*

  By Idowu Ephraim Faleye Kingship is not something anyone wakes up and claims. It is not like politics where anybody can contest, campaign, or declare ambition....

The A1 Revolution and Africa’s Precarious Position: Navigating Colonization in the Digital Age

(Contd. from Sunday)   Beyond physical weapons, Africa faces growing threats in the digital and electromagnetic domains. The jamming of GPS systems affecting...