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Dele Momodu: The travails of Ogbeni Aregbesola
Fellow Nigerians, let me start with an adage I first heard from the generalissimo himself, Aare Ona Kakanfo Moshood…
Private universities in Africa are missing a trick
Private universities are mushrooming across Africa. This growth is largely a response to the continent’s soaring demand for higher…
Can we teach restaurant servers to treat all customers equally, regardless of race?
Like most human behavior, tipping practices vary widely. For instance, one customer may tip generously even after receiving poor service.…
Politics as a vocation
In terms of theoretical formulation and elaboration of agenda no programme of military disengagement from power could be more detailed…
Obinna Igwebuike: Nigeria’s democracy and the economics of expectations
(Graph Source; Bratton and Houessou (2014) in www.africaneconomicoutlook.org/en/outlook) I find the above graph very useful for understanding the current…
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Can changing the electoral system increase political accountability?
In South Africa, it’s becoming a matter of routine for presidential question time to be disrupted. Recent scenes in the…
How We Can Reject Change
A MAJOR challenge that change faces is the attitude of Nigerians who believe the only government in Nigeria is the…
Sonala Olumhense: APC Is Not In Trouble–APC Is Trouble
Some people think that the All Progresssives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s “change” party, is in crisis. APC is not in…
Wake Me Up When This Nightmare Is Over
Pardon the cheek. I want to give you a quick assignment this morning. Please pick up your phone. Call at…
What Does Nyesom Wike Want N10bn For?
Just a week after assumption of office as Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike announced that he has…
