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Opinion

June 10, 2024

Why minimum wage is a bad idea

The main challenge for Nigeria has been the tendency, especially among states, the main power blocs, to prioritise rent and politics over creativity and competition.

Labour union members protesting over new minimum wage
June 9, 2024

Yushau Shuaib: Rakiya Mohammed: Predicament of CBN’s ICT guru

Her professional journey spans over 25 years across the financial, telecommunications, and technology sectors.

Rakiya Mohammed
June 3, 2024

Harnessing Nigerian youth’s potential for national development

The great potential of the Nigerian youth to expand the country’s capacity as a global economic hub has been blunted.

Nigerian youths
June 3, 2024

Chinua Achebe writes Wole Soyinka from the Great Beyond

They said I should tell you that they are glad to see that you are still wagging fingers, ruffling feathers, and, as young people of today say, busting balls.

Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka
June 2, 2024

Book Review: The Escapades of Abisogun

As we embark on this unforgettable journey through Abisogun’s chronicles and adventures, this captivating novel is a testament to the transformative power of storytelling.

The Escapades of Abisogun
June 2, 2024

Top ten problems with Tinubu’s reintroduction of Nigeria’s old national anthem

Nothing the Bola Tinubu government has ever done has embarrassed me as reverting to Nigeria’s old national anthem.

Bola Tinubu and Nigerian flag
May 31, 2024

The pathologies of a throne

The moment the Supreme Court upheld Governor Abba Yusuf’s election in January, Bayero knew the governor would need the throne to pay his debt. 

Sanusi, Governor Abba Yusuf and Aminu Bayero
May 29, 2024

Yushau Shuaib: Tinubu Presidency: Where is VP Shettima?

Speculation is rife that a kitchen cabinet of Yorubas is responsible for assignments passed to Shettima, such as attending to condolences and other inconsequential visitations.

Kashim Shettima
May 25, 2024

How Pastor Adeboye is making his Redeemed Christian Church irredeemable

The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, was worried about the negative press and public opinion.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye
May 23, 2024

One year of Tinubu

The problems of Tinubu’s government in the last one year have been partly self-inflicted, and partly unavoidable.

Bola Tinubu and former President Muhammadu Buhari