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2027: Candidates, Masquerades, Spoilers And Clowns
EXPRESSO BY STEVE OSUJI Just as we had in 2023, it’s a three-horse race once again. Nigeria is set for another general election with three major candidates on the ballot.
Beyond the Anniversary: NIM@65 and the Governance Challenge
Beneath the Surface By Dakuku Peterside Anniversaries invite celebration, but consequential ones must also provoke introspection. As the Nigerian Institute of Management marks 65 years, the occasion should rise above
Exams and the ‘Wushishi’ Option
By Olusegun Adeniyi Having built a system that encourages ‘success’ at any cost, it is no surprise that increasing numbers of students (at all levels of education in Nigeria) are
EFCC Should Recover N33.75 Billion And Prosecute The Officials Who Stole It
Femi falana The Mohammmadu Buhari administration enacted the National Social Investment Programme Agency Act 2022 which transformed the NSIPA into a statutory agency. The Act provides National Social Investment Programme
Why You Are Doing Yourself and Your Generation a Service By Investing In The Dangote IPO
By Reno Omokri As an individual named the most influential investor on the African continent by Business Insider, one of the world’s preeminent business and investing journals, I encourage every
One week, eight big gaffes
The 2027 general and presidential election campaign season kicked off in earnest last week, not with great elocution, thoughtful programs, mouth-watering campaign promises or slam-dunk observations, but with eight notable
The Winning Formula for Presidential Elections
In my forthcoming book, ‘Anatomy of Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election’, due for publication in the last week of October 2026, I make a number of bold assertions after scrutinising voting
Cost of Living and the 2027 Presidential Poll
Postscript by Waziri Adio Without a doubt, the sustained and steep rise in the cost of living in the last three years will dominate the campaigns for the presidency in
After Ichie Omee-Okachie Spoke to Ejindu
By Okey Ikechukwu Ejindu was a young man whose voice had not yet become strong enough to be heard during the meetings and conversations of elders. He had always disliked
Adeniyi, Adamu Ciroma and Tony Elumelu
Dialogue With Nigeria BY AKIN OSUNTOKUN The ramifications of the recent public engagement between Tony Elumelu and a graduate trainee of the United Bank of Africa, UBA, go beyond a
