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Buhari is the Donald Trump of Nigerian politics
At first sight, President Donald Trump and President Muhammadu Buhari couldn’t be more different in their wealth,…
PDP is in denial: The prodigals and rebranding won’t…
When the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lost the 2015 presidential election, after 16 years in power, it suffered…
Saraki’s toxic influence on Nigerian politics
A newspaper asked me in 2016 how I thought the standoff between Senator Bukola Saraki and the All Progressives…
Weber’s puzzle: Why is Nigeria so religious, yet so…
A few months ago, the popular American preacher TD Jakes came to the church I attend in London. Preaching on…
The indefensibility of crony capitalism
Three Saturdays ago, on 14 July, I received a copy of the Financial Times (FT) at home as I do every morning except…
Beware! Politicians are ganging up again. Just for power
Lord Palmerston would be turning in his grave at the way Nigerian politicians have bastardised his “no permanent…
Mismatch between power and identities weakens Nigeria
But it’s extremely dangerous when the state cannot turn power into authority, because that often leads to one of…
Industrialising Nigeria? Ask the Brits: It’s about…
How can a nation industrialise without innovation? Yet Nigeria is 119th out of 127 in the 2017 Global Innovation…
Nigeria is Janus-faced on trade, but can’t have it both…
It is unconscionable that Nigeria, where nearly 70% of the people live on below $1.25 a day, does not embrace free…
Buhari is right to hallow ‘June 12’, but wrong to…
But these decisions...are so fundamental, with far-reaching national consequences, that they should not be taken…
Nigeria is a fragile state, international studies prove…
Last year, I took an online course titled “From Poverty to Prosperity: Understanding Economic Development”, taught…
Buhari insults Nigerians when he praises Abacha
President Buhari is a man who speaks his mind. He has an enormous capacity for shooting from the hip. As many of…