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Chris Akor
Jackboot economics
Some things just never change in Nigeria. On the morning of January 1 1984, just the morning after the overthrow of…
The new terrorists in town
On December 12, 2015, some members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) were doing their normal procession in…
Power without responsibility
Kwame Nkrumah, the Ghanaian nationalist leader and foremost Pan-Africanist often referred to neo-colonialism as the…
Africa, trade not aid!
Time was when calls to Cotonou from Lagos – a distance of only 121.5 kilometres, had to be routed, first through…
What manner of state is this?
The title of this piece was the question that came to my mind immediately I read the Human Rights Watch (HRW)…
The Nigerian middle class
The middle class, that broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the…
The politics and costs of regulation in Nigeria (3)
Over the last two weeks, I have detailed why and how governments in Africa, Nigeria inclusive, are so desperate to…
The politics and cost of regulation in Nigeria 1
As part of my contribution to BusinessDay’s “The face of recession series”, I am republishing a three part series…
Deferred hope for the Nigerian messiah!
By now, even fanatical supporters of Mr Buhari have reconciled themselves to the reality that he is not the messiah…
What do we understand by institutions?
When President Obama, on his first trip to Africa, made the point that what Africa needed most were strong…
Riding on the back of the tiger
When Tudor King Henry VIII (1491 – 1547) became desperate and wanted to divorce his legitimate wife – Catherine of…
The case for the private sector in Africa
Last week, I discussed what I felt were the reasons why African leaders found it particularly difficult…