Being Grounded
Have you ever wondered why we have bad leaders in Nigeria? If you are still wondering, I’ll advise while you are at it not to look too far. Let us use the analogy of the farmer to understand the Read more
Development
Ridding the Baboons of their Baboonness
Have you heard that Baba Kekere, the ‘Adele’ of the zoo flew to the land of the queen to confer with the lion king? He did not tarry for long lest the hyenas appropriate kingship of the Zoo unto Read more
Fire In the Belly
Until a few weeks ago, Emmanuel Macron was barely known outside France where he served as Minister of Economy, Finances and Industry between 2014 and 2016. Within days of emerging as a frontline Read more
ARE WE H-A-P-P-Y?
A few years back Nigerian newspapers were awash we news that Nigerians were rated as the happiest people on earth. Just yesterday there was another report (source unknown) alleging that Nigeria Read more
The Chief Ego Deflator (CED)
The exercise of leadership is premised on the ability to serve the served with care, empathy and humility. Political leadership is not about serving the interest of those entrusted into Read more
A day of gift giving
I was welcomed into the lobby of my office block yesterday morning by a row of beautiful bouquets, roses and boxes of gifts. It was Valentine’s Day. Like Christmas, it was another day to send Read more
The Hampster Wheel Life
What is so special about a New Year? Why do we make so much fuss about the ending of one year and beginning of a new one, after all each New Year is like all previous years in many aspects. Read more
Alternative Facts and Inconvenient Truths
I still remember the days in which the Nigerian television Authority prided itself has being the largest television network in Africa based on an assumed viewership of thirty million Nigerians. Read more
What a year!
2016 is not just another year. It is 2016. A year filled with several ‘episodes of the tales of the unexpected’ and punctuated by several comedic events. Who would have imagined at the beginning Read more
Jollof Rice Diplomacy
I was going through the formalities of hiring a car at an Enterprise Car Rental center during a recent trip to Sunny Isles, FL, when one of the attendants asked about my country of origin. I Read more