Today, the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) themed ‘Delivering for People and the Planet’ kicks off in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt. The event will host more…
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The 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup is currently taking place in Qatar from November 20 to December 18, 2022. This is the first World…
Last week, this column discussed the need to rethink productivity and economic growth in Nigeria based on the presentation by foremost Economist Dr. Ayo Teriba. This…
Barely two weeks after the Court sent the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) back to school, ASUU has threatened to embark on yet another strike…
“All politics is local” is a popular refrain. However, we cannot deny the interconnected nature of politics. The game of politics is governed by some common…
Tell them it all began in Egypt (advanced civilisation, science, math, philosophy, religion, architecture). Tell them the first Egyptians were Black, nothing to do with Hollywood…
This year, 2022, the floods seem to have united different parts of the globe. The World Bank report estimates that 1.18 billion people or 23% of…
Most societies do not trust their politicians, so it is not an anomaly peculiar to Nigeria. Whether it is an advanced democracy or a developing country…
Forced migration and its concomitant enslavement of the Africans was a blight on the world’s collective conscience between the 1500s and 1800s. The repercussions still reverberate…
Campaigns for the 2023 elections will kickstart on Wednesday, September 28th with at least four credible contestants vying for Nigeria’s topmost political office. In what has…