Revving Nigeria’s innovation capabilities

MARTIN Ike-MuonsoMarch 30, 2020

Prioritising taxpayer enumeration

Several pieces of evidence attribute 70% of the high standard of living of the developed world to its successes in technological innovation. Other important factors such as minimal levels of antimarket policies, elevated levels of the rule of law, as well as the effective provision of public goods, explain the rest of the 30%. The […]

Security: Africa and global realities (3)

Olukayode OyeleyeMarch 30, 2020

CONFIGURATIONS OF national and Africa’s continental security architecture are about to undergo unprecedented changes arising from the prevalent global Coronavirus (or COVID-19) pandemic. The changes, which will take different forms post-COVID-19, will vary in the extent of impacts in various countries. What will be common to all is the inescapable truth that the impacts of […]

Successfully handholding African businesses to sustained high-performance

MARTIN Ike-MuonsoMarch 23, 2020

Prioritising taxpayer enumeration

Doing business in Africa is extremely challenging. Reasons for this complexity abound. Inadequate infrastructure, lousy leadership, destructive and unproductive entrepreneurship as well as poor access to finance and markets hamper the continent’s capacity to grow entrepreneurially as well as economically flourish. The rate at which Nigeria’s corporate sector diminishes is notoriously high. According to the […]

Security: Africa and global realities (2)

Olukayode OyeleyeMarch 23, 2020

TRUTHS KNOWN ABOUT security lapses in Africa may continue to be frankly discussed at the office corridors, on dinner tables, in beer parlours, at the bus stops, newspaper stands or in political science and history classrooms while officials and discussants in government and diplomatic circles continue to do window dressing and talking tongue-in-cheek. The official […]

Insurance lessons from Ado Soba explosion

Francis EwheridoMarch 23, 2020

By last Thursday, the number of dead people from the explosion at Ado Soba, Abule Ado, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, increased by one. It was an explosion of catastrophic proportion, which has so far sent 21 people to their early graves. It also left hundreds of others injured, while properties […]

Security: Africa and global realities

Olukayode OyeleyeMarch 17, 2020

FOUR WEEKS AGO, Germany played host to world leaders at the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC) in which presidents, prime ministers, foreign and defence ministers from more than 40 countries were either present or were represented. Influential private companies were also represented, for their roles and relevance in the subject matter of security. About a […]

Nigerian economy in the era of Corona

MARTIN Ike-MuonsoMarch 16, 2020

Prioritising taxpayer enumeration

At the last count, – at the time of writing this essay – coronavirus has successfully established its presence in no fewer than 123 countries with a record of 119,300 certified cases out of which about 56% recovered and 3.6% died. Currently, there are about 48,493 cases of actively infected persons globally. Although most recorded […]

Pouring ‘insurance water’ on stone?

Francis EwheridoMarch 16, 2020

Since the turn of the year, there have been at least 40 reported fire incidents. About half of these fires occurred in markets. In fact, by January 4, there were already five reported market fires. The number of fire incidents was such that NTA Good Morning Nigeria featured the topic for the second time in […]

LASG: Punish defaulters only

Francis EwheridoMarch 9, 2020

There is a trend, which is causing some vehicle owners a lot of heartaches and the Governor of Lagos, Mr. Jide Sanwo-Olu, needs to look into it. It is the punishment of INNOCENT vehicle owners caused by the use of the AUTHOMATIC NUMBER PLATE RECOGNITION (ANPR) CAMERAS on Lagos roads. Once the cameras capture the […]