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Nigeria can’t fight its cancerous corruption with kid…
I once wrote on this page that Nigerians are “fantastically relaxed” about corruption. That observation was, in…
Buhari doesn’t care about a legacy, after all. Or does…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, was uncompromisingly blunt in her explosive and much-publicised BBC…
Enelamah’s tough but tactful BBC interview
I was going through the day’s newspapers over a meal one evening early this month, when I heard a voice on the BBC…
IoD Nigeria as a force for good in corporate governance
The success and health of every nation rest on three critical pillars. The first is the public sector, whose role…
Bad policies cause recessions, only good policies can…
The world economy has experienced many “Greats”, most of them unpalatable. The “Great Depression”, from 1929 to…
Buhari’s politics of nostalgia and ‘bring-backery’
President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent launch of the “Change begins with me” campaign did not arrive with a soft…
Once the happiest, Nigeria has joined the world’s…
As a columnist commenting on Nigerian issues, but writing from abroad, it’s imperative that I am in touch…
If Nigeria truly wants to industrialise, it must be…
The first and certainly most important step in any policy formulation is problem definition. Policies are…
Buhari shares Adam Smith’s cynicism about business, but…
For those who criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s government for not having an economic team, the…
Nigeria’s government by memo and gramophone, but little…
Last week, an interesting opinion poll revealed the trajectory of President Muhammadu Buhari’s popularity with the…
Restructuring Nigeria: Osinbajo has gone native
The recent intervention by the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, on the vexed issue of the political…
Brexit will weaken Africa’s voice at the European table
I wrote last week that the world has talked about nothing else but Britain’s decision, in the June 23 referendum,…