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After reading my article on the failed coup in Benin Republic, a friend sent me a series of chats via WhatsApp. He wrote: “As much as...
As the economy bites harder and end-of-year festivities rev up, the routine “tax” on middle-class Nigerians (the few of them that still exist, that is) the...
“The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave.” – Alexander Pope. Wasiu Ayinde Adewale Omogbolahan Anifowose otherwise addressed...
Blood is thicker than water, so the saying goes. But not in every case. Sometimes, workplace fluidity possesses the same viscosity as blood. The seed of...
It’s rare to find a multibillionaire who hasn’t had nasty battles. Yet, as battles go, the fight between Aliko Dangote, the founder of the Dangote Refinery,...
By any measure, the latest expansion of U.S. travel restrictions marks a significant turning point in America’s engagement with Africa, and Nigeria sits uncomfortably at its...
Aliko Dangote likes to tell us that he’s been fighting battles all his life and that his wealth is a product of the victories he’s recorded...
I wasn’t a fan of Traore or any of the other two Sahelian heads of state until France came into the picture. France has always been...
You should have seen my face when news broke last Sunday that some soldiers had announced the overthrow of President Patrice Talon of the Republic of...
This one is really making me laugh. The Minister who wants to be a Governor is reported to have petitioned the DSS, claiming that the Prophet...