Non-Aligned Movement and Nigeria’s quest for equal access to capital
By Tunde Rahman Is the Non-Aligned Movement still around? Is the organisation still in existence? That was the weighty question Professor Ikechukwu Okoro, a visually impaired Nigerian and Iowa State…
Single or married, no myth about where the cap faces in Lagos
By Akeem Lasisi The way executives in Lagos State wear Yoruba caps defies the myth about whether one is single or married This photograph is not the youngest in town.…
Ban on styrofoam plastics: Eateries adjusting to Lagos’ new environment-protecting law
By Akeem Lasisi When Lagos wielded the big stick on styrofoam and other single-use plastics four days ago, it deployed one important phrase: with immediate effect. Obviously propelled by the…
Relocation of FAAN, CBN Depts from Abuja to Lagos and the protests of hypocrisy
By Lere Olayinka I read the reaction of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and others, condemning the relocation of some departments in the Central Bank of…
Sanwo-Olu gradually turning Lagos into 21st century economy
By Funke Cole For Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, making Lagos State a 21st century economy has left the realm of just a mere dream but now a reality of some sorts.…
How Sanwo-Olu bridged travel time in the state capital
If you live in Lagos, the Ikeja along area will not be strange to you especially for those who have businesses around the domestic airport, Ikeja Local government headquarters, the…
In eight months of Tinubu administration, Nigeria’s stock market leads the world
By Bayo Onanuga The Nigerian economy is looking good in some sectors. This is not a harebrained assessment, despite the high inflation and the unstable exchange rate of the Naira.…
Nigeria: A rising global soft power and why FG should seize the momentum
Something precious is happening in Nigeria. Despite whatever inadequacies in the country there appears to be a fresh pull that has arrested our people. The pull to identify with the…
Àgbà tí ò kẹhùn sọ̀rọ̀…
By Lere Olayinka One of the stories my grandfather told me while growing up was that of a King who refused to act when he should. A hyena was killing…
Tinubu, ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ and the power of creative economy
By Temitope Ajayi While extolling Funke Akindele, the Nollywood filmmaker for her recent box office accomplishment, President Bola Tinubu lauded the growing contribution of the Nigerian creative industry to the…