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Ishaq Oloyede’s Tears and Nigeria’s Horror Scenes
By Festus Adedayo
In May, 2016, a young man got abducted by three men. They drugged him and gouged out his two eyes and testicles. According to the Daily Sun of South Africa, police later found the “fresh balls” of the victim…
Nigeria’s Governors: Halfway to Where? (1)
By abiodun KOMOLAFE
To begin with, any assessment of the subnational level must acknowledge that Nigeria's federal system is defective and quasi-federalist in nature. Put bluntly, it operates with the ethos of a tightly…
E-commerce Lessons for Scaling Nigeria’s Food Distribution
By Diana Tenebe, Chief Operating Officer, Foodstuff Store
Nigeria stands at the cusp of an agricultural revolution with the ambitious plan to significantly transform its food and agriculture sector through the launch of the…
From Crime Scenes to Community Havens: A Call for Purposeful Reformation Over Demolition
NIDMECORP advocates for strategic transformation of crime-linked buildings into rehabilitation and empowerment centres.
In light of the recent demolition of a building allegedly used for the illegal harvesting of human organs,…
THE DYING ARTS: On Literacy, Memory, and Cultural Silence
By Harriet Chioma Ogbonna
I grew up with stories. Listening. Reading. Telling them.
My literature teacher had given me a book in secondary school: Sembène Ousmane’s God's Bits of Wood, as a parting gift. Inside the…
The Urgency of an Emergency
By abiodun KOMOLAFE
I was out of town last Saturday when a sudden phone call shattered my plans for the weekend. My co-tenant informed me of a shocking rent hike by a staggering 75% increase! In one fell swoop?
In…
Aso Rock’s Voodoo Statistics and my Friend, Al Venter
By Festus Adedayo
A couple of months ago, history walked on its two legs into my feeble embrace. When it did, I never knew it was Providence’s own way of anticipating Nigerian Aso Rock’s nauseating historical revisionism.…
Navigating the Maze: Solutions for Nigeria’s Flourishing Foodtech Industry
By Diana Tenebe, Chief Operating Officer, Foodstuff Store
Nigeria's foodtech sector holds immense promise to transform our nation's food production, distribution, and consumption systems. However, this burgeoning industry…
Umo Eno, Oborevwori and Okowa’s Political Harlotry
By Festus Adedayo
Is there morality in politics? Or, should there be morality in politics? Governors of Akwa-Ibom and Delta States, Umo Eno, Sheriff Oborevwori and ex-governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, are of the opinion…
Nigeria: A Nation Unto Itself?
By abiodun KOMOLAFE
One reason many Nigerians voted for the All Progressives Congress (APC) was its manifesto commitment to laying the foundation for a Nordic-Scandinavian and German-style social market economy. This is a model…