Food Prices Like Never Before: Nigerians Groan under Buhari

Since the beginning of the year, prices of consumables, especially foodstuffs have been on a rapid rise. In the same way, the purchasing power of the citizens has grossly depreciated. While the price increase is largely attributed to high inflation and scarcity of some food items, the COVID-19 pandemic played a significant role. Findings also…

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Successful Entrepreneurs in Nigeria – Their First Jobs (Part 11)

In the world today, the privileged positions of founders and Chief Executives have almost become exclusive to degree and MBA holders. However, a few have proven with their stories that grit, hardwork, sweat ,toil and initiative can make a man successful in business, even without executive degrees. Two successful entrepreneurs and key personalities that stand…

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Alarm from World Economic Forum and the Race to Bridge Nigeria’s Gender Gap

Former Lagos East Senatorial District candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Princess Abiodun Oyefusi, has reacted with disappointment over the just-concluded zonal congress of the party that took place on 12 April 2021 in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. She frowned at a process that failed to give adequate attention to women participation, despite the…

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Nigerians Who Support and Incite Violence – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje and Sen. Smart Adeyemi (Part 9)

It was the great socialist and author, Dashanne Stokes who said that “when we allow violence against some, we enable violence against all.” No statement perhaps best captures the way some Nigerian leaders have been stoking violence recently even in the face of all the tensions and crises unsettling the country. Last time, it was…

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Nigeria’s Foreign Direct Investment: Advancing Steadily Despite Missed Opportunities

The decision by Twitter to take her African head office to Ghana has continued to generate huge bickering, especially among those who feel all key investments in Africa must come to the continent’s largest economy. Indeed, Nigeria has attracted several mega-companies across the globe, which have boosted her Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the last…

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Tough Times Loom For Kaduna State Civil Servants

A new storm is brewing in Kaduna. Public outrage trails the recent sacking of 4000 workers across the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The workers across the 23 local governments had on 6 April 2021 received their disengagement letters. The development followed speculations that the Nasir el-Rufai administration was planning to downsize its…

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