Power, Tradition and Modern State, Reflection on Oba Ladoja’s Perspective on Traditional Leaders by...
For centuries, traditional rulers in Nigeria were the heartbeat of governance, controlling land, enforcing law, maintaining security, and shaping the lives of their communities....
When a tax law is an illegality by Farooq Kperogi
What began as a routine legislative reform of the Nigerian tax system by the Bola Tinubu administration has transmogrified and metastasized into an allegation...
The Art of the Brief Introduction: How to Present Yourself With Confidence, by Ruth...
Last week, we talked about the problem of over introducing yourself-that exhausting habit of piling on credentials, experiences, and qualifications until your listener’s eyes...
Of merry and ‘dirty’ Christmases By Abimbola Adelakun
Nigerian Christianity faced several trying moments this year, but the hill on which the Christian Association of Nigeria President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has chosen...
Ending Discrimination Against HND Part-time Graduates by Niyi Aborisade
The history of polytechnic in Nigeria can be traced back to 1947 when Yaba College of Technology ( YabaTech) was established. It actually evolved...
Between Personalities and Principles: The Institutional Toll of the Ahmed-Dangote Rift
The recent turmoil within Nigeria’s energy regulatory space is not merely a clash between Farouk Ahmed and Aliko Dangote. To view it through the...
Memories, the dead, Okanlomo and other stories by Festus Adedayo
As we walked into the venue of Professor Abimbola Adunni Adelakun’s mother’s 25th memorial in Ibadan, Oyo State, last Thursday, two conflicting perceptions warred...
Nigeria’s local government councils in Pakute Aye by Taiwo Adisa
Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it? That question would elicit different answers...
Nigeria’s Growing Begging Economy by Farooq Kperogi
As the economy bites harder and end-of-year festivities rev up, the routine “tax” on middle-class Nigerians (the few of them that still exist, that...
Ladoke Akintola Airport: Taxiing to international status by Sulaimon Olanrewaju
Palpable joy filled Oyo State last Tuesday as the news filtered in that the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had approved the commencement of...
