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Giving succour to pensioners
The question that looms large in our consciousness as we contemplate the daunting responsibilities before the…
The tragedy of e-waste import
Perhaps more than anywhere else in the world, the environment in Africa is highly neglected, and part of the…
Jega, for the love of country
Attahiru Jega, a former vice chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, recently bowed out of office as chairman of the…
Agenda for Lagos governor
When Akinwunmi Ambode emerged winner of the April 11 governorship elections on the platform of the All Progressives…
What next after the bailout?
Palpable relief and joy followed the report that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a comprehensive relief…
Tackling Nigeria’s low insurance penetration
Standing at a mere 0.6 percent, insurance penetration in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy by GDP, is abysmally low…
Knowledge and the policy world
One way in which developed countries continue to be different from the developing world can be found in the organic…
Tenancy law, taxation and house rent in Lagos
Due largely to its cosmopolitan nature and surging population estimated at 21 million, Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial…
On BVN extension by CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) last week extended the deadline for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) exercise,…
The cost of (mal)governance
The ongoing discourse on the cost of governance is not rooted in reality. This is because the cost, as high as it…
Half year: The joys and the blues
Nigerians entered the year 2015 with so much apprehension and fear that things may go terribly wrong with the…
Gas to power: Lessons from Afam VI
The Shell/Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) joint venture recently celebrated the fact that the…