Friday Column

Friday Column

Mustapha Gajibo and the dream of building the Nigerian electric vehicle

After some discussions on the encouraging story of a young entrepreneur in our Barewa Old Boys WhatsApp group, a couple of classmates and I decided to

Policy-making as make-believe

Nigerian policymakers and implementors love fiction, and we as citizens play along. I just remembered that our next census is going to be in April, im

Democracy: Its challenges and resilience

The West African Sahel has recently been rocked by military uprisings and coups. In the past three years, rogue soldiers have taken over power in Chad

Saving the Nigerian State

The managing director and chief executive officer of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), Philip Mshelbila, has said Nigeria must be deliberate in its desire t

The looming explosion

The strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress set for this week has been postponed. The labour unions were ready to go to un