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The quiet extinction of Nigerian farmer

Nigeria may soon discover, too late, that the collapse of farming is not merely an agricultural problem but a national emergency capable of deepening

Re: Northern lessons from the fall of Nuhu Ribadu

Re: Northern lessons from the fall of Nuhu Ribadu. I am still laughing, so said former President Obasanjo. El Rufa’i did not master-mind Ribadu’s fall

A country without electricity

For many years, Nigeria’s electricity sector has remained trapped in a vicious cycle of promises, reforms, scandals and failures. The recent convictio

Northern Nigeria beyond power: The imperative of internal renewal

“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday’s logic”, Peter F. Drucker   The reactions generat

Why privatisation failed – the four steps that can save Nigeria’s power sector

Last week, I examined the anatomy of Nigeria’s sixty-year electricity tragedy: over $40 billion spent, thousands of megawatts stranded, and a sector w