Our lives postponed

Electricity, unemployment, economy, education, security and such likes should ordinarily be at the centre stage but…

How to survive these turbulent times

A very good friend of mine and fellow alumnus of the Lagos Business School recently wrote…

Automotive policy and the rest of us

Professor Pat Utomi needs no introduction. He is one man I greatly admire. He has made…

Olusegun Obasanjo: A master of deception

The shipping sector is inadvertently shaped by events in the larger Nigerian society. This is why…

End of the year, so what?

Sometimes being a writer totally sucks but then; writing gives one the unique opportunity of serving…

Coins make noise while notes are silent

It was the English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English…

Fracking, shale gas and the Nigerian economy

The Middle East region has been embroiled in an unprecedented dimension of crisis of late yet…

Perambulator

Like several other Africans, I enjoy listening to Fela’s songs. I love music generally but as…

National interest and local shipowners

Last month China gave four shipping lines including China Cosco 1.8 billion yuan ($293.3 million) in…

Jonathan’s anti-people policy

Implementation of the hike in tariff of imported vehicles will place the cost of vehicles beyond…

China: Africa’s second colonialist

China’s Premier Li Keqiang made his first visit to Africa in May this year after taking…

Aniebonam @ 60

In 1999, I was a young reporter, fresh from the university and bubbling with new ideas.…