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My recent misadventures with United Bank for Africa
By Dr. Ola Balogun
It is symptomatic of the on-going collapse of Nigeria's social, economic, cultural and political structures that our country currently has a record number of banks, churches, mosques, legislators,…
Tinubu’s weaponization of ethnicity
By Erasmus Ikhide
Precisely five years ago, July 19, 2018, I forewarned in an article titled: “Avoiding The Road To Kigali”, published by countless newspapers, home and away, when President Muhammadu Buhari’s bigotry…
Nigeria among 20 hungriest countries in the world—Peter Obi
Peter Obi
After my comments on the embarrassing grain assistance which Nigeria received from a war-torn Ukraine, some government spinners in defence tried throwing up a comparison pointing at Egypt which also got grain…
Double jeopardy: From PMS import to Crude Oil import
The problems of Nigeria are humongous in extent and chaotic in detail.
In our efforts to end PMS imports, we graduated to crude oil import.
Nigeria is Africa’s largest crude oil producer, in close competition with Angola,…
Afenifere: Tinubu administration’s ₦1trn contract, a tint of personal interests as his…
There was a brief renewed hope on Monday 26 February 2024 that President Tinubu was about to curb the rising wasteful high cost of governance by promising to implement the 2012 Steve Oronsaye Report commissioned by President…
Call IMF, World Bank bluff, fix forex rate
By Shehu Bashir Esq
I am happy to observe that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has started to take control and do the needful to rein in the criminals and saboteurs and forex speculators. I am particularly happy to note…
Tinubu, Sanusi, Subsidies, and the economics of empathy
By Farooq A. Kperogi
Twitter: @farooqkperogi
In response to my September 30 column titled "Thought Subsidy Was Bad. Why is Tinubu bringing it back?” a Facebook follower of mine by the name of Anas Mundi asked, “So…
Goodnight my brother Herbert!
Alex Otti
Herbert why? Why? Why? You told me you were going for a board meeting in London from where you will head out to the US and return after a few days and immediately come to Abia to see me. So, what happened?…
HERBERT WIGWE – GONE TOO SOON
By Nasir El-Rufai
I was devastated to learn early on Saturday, February 10th of the tragic death of Herbert Wigwe along with this wife, son and friends in a helicopter crash in the USA. I was sad, very sad and had to…
Herbert Wigwe’s contributions to humanity extended beyond professional realm, with commendable…
I'm deeply saddened by the tragic news of the passing of my dear friend, Mr. Herbert Wigwe, CEO of Access Holdings, along with his wife and son, and another close friend, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, former group chairman of NGX Group.…