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Obadiah Mailafia
Why it pays to invest in people
Olusola is a young friend of mine; a pharmacy graduate from the University of Ibadan. He was posted to our national…
Israel at 70
Thursday April 19 marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of Israel as a sovereign state. The event is being…
Billy Graham, moral man and immoral society
Reinhold Niebuhr was one of the most influential theologians and philosophers of the twentieth century. His famous…
Economic crime and the rule of law (part 2)
Former World Bank President Paul Wolfensohn famously likened it to a cancer that literally consumes the soul of…
Economic crime and the rule of law (Part 1)
Being a non-lawyer, I feel quite intimidated addressing an audience heavily dominated by lawyers and high-powered…
Benchmarking the German Social Market Economy model…
Last week we considered the concept and evolution of the social market economy model in Germany. We took the view…
Benchmarking the German social market economy model…
First of all, let me congratulate Konrad Adenauer Foundation for convening a Roundtable on such an important topic.…
How to save the Naira
Our naira was once the pride of us Nigerians. Not anymore. Our national currency has been on a tailspin, much of it…
Ladipo Adamolekun and the traditions of Boko Halal
In May this year the autobiography of Oladipo Adamolekun, foremost scholar of publication administration, was…
The age of Trump – Part 2
At the end of the day, whoever the American electorate settle for as their president – be he a goat, madman,…
The Genealogy of Corruption
Where does corruption come from? How did we Nigerians acquire this incredible notoriety as one of the most corrupt…
Leading in a time of adversity – Part 2
The Subprime Crisis of 2008 and the ensuing global recession was the worst since living memory. Like in the…