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The task before the foreign affairs minister
The Foreign Affairs ministry of any country should ordinarily rank amongst the top and most essential ministries,…
Abubakar Audu (1947-2015)
The death, last Sunday, of Abubakar Audu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Kogi…
Widening Nigeria’s tax base to drive non-oil economy
Nigeria is Africa's largest oil exporter and the world's 10th largest oil producer. The Nigerian economy is heavily…
Fayemi and the Solid Minerals ministry
The nature of our fixed mentality is such that when Kayode Fayemi was appointed as the minister of Solid Minerals,…
The Euro-Africa migration summit
As 2015 draws to a close, one phenomenon which appeared to define the year was the migrant. Predictably, the…
Towards safer Nigerian roads
With the festive season just few weeks away, the 2015 ember month campaign, tagged “Operation Sanity, Drive Safely…
Dasuki and the rule of law
On November 3, 2015, court orders were granted permitting Sambo Dasuki, former National Security Adviser who is…
Tackling e-waste import
Perhaps more than anywhere else in the world, the environment in Africa is highly neglected, and part of the…
Fashola: Time to walk the talk
For various reasons, Nigerians, especially those in Lagos, reacted differently to the appointment of Babatunde…
Resolving BVN challenges
Nearly three weeks after the October 31, 2015 deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to all bank…
On financing infrastructure with pension funds
There is no doubt that infrastructure deficit contributes largely to high cost of doing business in Nigeria. A…
The new INEC
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, November 9 swore in the new Electoral Management Team (EMT) led by the newly…