September 2020

Late Emir of Zaria , El Rufai and Buhari

Emir of Zaria: Can Hausas Be Emirs?

The individuals behind the ban of the teaching of history in Nigeria were intentionally mindful of their scheme. Their grand design was to obscure or obliterate Nigeria’s great cultural heritage that points to many pre-colonial…



Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Why Is Tinubu So Loved And So Hated

It is easy for someone like Bola Ahmed Tinubu to attract the kind of envy that precipitates hatred. This is a man in absolute control of Africa’s 7th largest economy. After becoming governor of Lagos…



Linda Ikeji

Linda Ikeji And The 40 Shoes

Last week successful blogger and naira millionaire Linda Ikeji celebrated her 40th birthday that fellow blogger Kemi Olunloyo suggested is 42. Whatever her real age is, Linda has come of age. She has weathered many…


Oil Price

As APC, PDP Clash Over Oil Price Deregulation

JOHN ALECHENU takes a look at the faceoff between the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party over the removal of oil subsidy by the APC-led Federal Government prior to becoming Nigeria’s…


Leaders

6 Essential Rules For New Leaders

How to succeed for young (and not so young) leaders. By Ronald E Riggio Ph.D. A number of my friends who are in professional positions have, at one time or another, found themselves thrust into…



Friends

Are You Addicted to Your Friends?

By Craig Harper Ph.D. This might sound like a strange question, but this is a question asked and answered in a new paper published this week in the leading journal Behavior Research Methods. In a…