*There is something fundamentally inappropriate about Cardinal John Onaiyekan’s television interview to offer his own account and interpretation of what transpired during the private meeting…
*The South-East Nigeria is being brought to the centre of decision-making, not kept at the margins. This has started shifting the conversation from ‘exclusion’ to…
*Nigeria cannot depend indefinitely on external actors to secure its neighbourhood, finance its development or respond to emergencies within its borders. Neither can it absorb…
*Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew allegedly gamed the system. But systems are gamed because they are weak. The ‘Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council’ scandal is a…
*The age of Nigerian ambition has begun. Our task now is to turn reform into relief, capital into projects, projects into jobs, and energy into…
*Capital is not moved by speeches… but by clarity, competitiveness and confidence. Through targeted Presidential directives, Nigeria has improved the environment for deepwater, non-associated gas,…
*Countries rise when vision is matched by perseverance, when sacrifice is sustained by hope, and when leadership is granted, the time required to convert difficult…
*Devolution of power is not division of purpose. When the centre and sub-nationals … collaborate and align, real development can occur. Alignment does not mean…
*With more cases of kidnapping making the headlines, there is a tendency for some to think the Nigerian Government is helpless, and not doing enough to…