Wednesday Column

Wednesday Column

Why Nigeria is yet to be great despite huge potentials

“Nobody eats potentials,” Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), once said at a conference in Lagos. That was som

Confront slums now to save comfort zones

Slums are becoming a major source of concern in modern-day city management. They are now a key indicator of a country’s wellness or level of developme

Arresting ‘urban bias’ to stimulate growth of rural Nigeria

The rate at which nations urbanise will influence the performance of the world economy and national economies in the coming years. Already, the growth

G7 Summit: Why Africa is always on the menu instead of on the table

As I followed the proceedings of the 47th G7 summit that held here in England two weekends ago, I kept asking myself: where the hell is Africa? Where

Good riddance to the terrorist-in-chief Abubakar Shekau

Now that both factions of Boko Haram have confirmed Shekau’s death, it is time to bid good riddance to repulsive rubbish. In an Arabic language video