OPINION: By Prince Justice Faloye Nigerians in poverty, increased to two-thirds due to President Tinubu’s Neoliberal economic reforms of fuel subsidies removal and devaluation. Peter Obi also shares the same ideology, claiming the increased poverty is due to Tinubu’s poor handling, despite the global evidence that neoliberal economics breeds poverty and income inequality. They both…
In 1963, Africa faced a fundamental choice. Kwame Nkrumah said: UNITE NOW.One government. One foreign policy. One army. A common currency. A United States of Africa. Julius Nyerere argued: BUILD FIRST.Strengthen independent nations, develop regional blocs, and gradually construct a unified continental framework. The difference was not whether Africa should unite. It was how—and how…
…says party names in Nigeria reflect what they stand for. The best kept secrets are sometimes in the open, but like the nose, the eyes have to settle down to see it. Simple truths are sometimes too obvious that one thinks there must be a lie somewhere. Despite political parties stating their obvious intentions in…
By Prince Justice Faloye A good fast driver of a top of the range luxury car going in a wrong direction will lead its passengers nowhere, even off the cliff. Totalitarian ‘liberal’ democracies give an illusion of choice, often between candidates belonging to the same power structure and political ideology. They focus the masses on…
How Nigeria’s startups keep failing …as a researcher asks if the screening starts late By Ifeanyi Onuoha ANALYSISNigeria’s entrepreneurship ecosystem has become steadily better at supporting founders. There is more funding, there are more accelerators, more pitch competitions and more training than a decade ago. What it does less systematically is ask a prior question:…
TWO weeks on, Nigerians are still celebrating the rescue of 46 pupils, teachers and other school personnel abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. However, this should not become another fleeting moment of relief before the country resigns itself to the next tragedy. If anything, the horrifying episode should serve as…
