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The International Crisis Group recently published a report on the Boko Haram insurgency titled ‘Curbing Violence in Nigeria (II): The Boko Haram Insurgency (full report available HERE)’. It chronicles the[…]
A friend read my open letter to the Finance and Trade Ministers and sent me an email. I have nothing personal against Dangote (not like it matters) so it’s important to share[…]
Honourable Ministers, I write to you as someone with a lot of frustrations about the way Nigeria works (or doesnt) for the vast majority of its citizens. I tend to[…]
Now that the new Dark Age has come, I have no more fear. I have learnt to see in the dark and think through noxious fumes. The growling of diesel[…]
There was no question but that the new domestic output numbers for the Nigerian economy was going to attract much interest. A rare event in the nation’s calendar, and a[…]
As part of a team inspecting projects commissioned by a government agency, I was intrigued when someone asked to know the reasons for a number of crossings that had been[…]
You guys heard about Anhui Conch (AC) or nah? No? I thought so. Anyway you’ve come to the right place. The picture below should give you an understanding. That’s right,[…]
So, finally, we are a bigger economy than South Africa. Indeed, at US$509 billion (estimates for last year), we now are the continent’s biggest economy — in 2012, the World[…]
Experience after experience We become hardened Yet we do not protest We become quite adept at biting our tongues We keep quiet “It is maturity” they tell us[…]
I have a friend called Emeka. Emeka loves to run. Every morning Emeka runs from Obalende bus stop to Eko bridge and back. Of course the point of running for[…]