Written By Bolaji Akinola A few days to the end of 2015, a columnist in one…
Category: Columns
Amaechi, Fashola and the allegory of the cave
By Bolaji Akinola The agonizing fuel situation, vexatious Apapa gridlock, distressing slide in the value of…
Cotonou as Nigeria’s biggest port
“I work at Nigeria’s largest seaport.” “Really, congrats. Apapa Port is really a nice…
Wahahi if you tear my agbada, I go comot your cap
So politics change people or is it people that change politics. I was taken aback…
The real problem with Nigerian ports
Private terminal operators have inadvertently become the whipping child of Nigerian ports. Nigerian Ports Authority…
A case for shipbuilding and repair yards
The maritime sector provides very interesting and exciting prospects for economic growth. A strong and…
A wasteful $8 billion project
The Suez Canal took 10 years to build and cost thousands of workers their lives.…
Case for forward-looking approach to port development
Cross River State indigenes were full of delight on Monday when President Muhammadu Buhari flagged…
Of Presidential spokesmen and poor public relations skills
Femi Adesina trended last week for the wrong reasons and with many Nigerians lashing out…
Where are Aganga’s Made-In-Nigeria cars?
Former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga will be remembered as the man…
Now that Buhari’s noisemakers are here
The President called Ministers ‘noisemakers’ but he is bound by the Constitution to appoint at…
This uncertainty is too weighty
A friend called on Thursday to lament bitterly about her container, which the shipper refused…