Opinion Articles

TWO years ago, I had dinner with then-Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo in his favourite Turin restaurant and told him a story about swimming icon Michael Phelps that made him purr with admiration.

By Andrew A. Erakhrumen*   It is often said that the more things change, the more things remain the same. The truism in this statement may be assumed to be location and situation-dependent but on a wider scope and objective analysis it fits well in describing what has been happening, for a long time, in Nigeria and to Nigerians! Historical …

“The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity” – Peter Drucker.   Contesting in competitions is one activity I do not really fancy, not because I lack the capability, but past experiences have made me look away and just admire the process with its catching prizes rather than get involved.

By Tony Ogunlowo When you look at Nigeria today you see a replay of the ‘Wild, Wild West’ of America in the 1800s when anarchy, lawlessness and the near non-existence of a central government existed: cowboys and Indians were killing each other; slaves were worked to death on plantations and the few rich were getting fatter – and dangerous …

By Andrew A. Erakhrumen “……. [Not long before the end of 15th century] the British Isles and western Europe in general were but distant backwaters of the Mediterranean world. Little of importance ever happened there. Even the Roman Empire – the only important premodern European empire – derived most of its wealth from its North African, Balkan and Middle Eastern …

By Lamorna Ash If someone asks me why, I reach for the word velleity – desiring things you cannot hope to get I keep a list of words that are strange to me. Any time I find one I half-know or do not recognise, it goes in the list. I find its existence reassuring, as if having more words at my …

By Felix Oboagwina “Lai Mohammed just entered!” someone in our group whispered, as the lone figure sauntered into the departure lounge of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in the nation’s capital Abuja, that fateful day around 2014. That fateful encounter at the airport unveiled something significant about the man and his method.

With major platforms struggling to make a profit, Dorsey is following the money. Cryptocurrency may be about to go mainstream By Richard Seymour Jack Dorsey is resigning from Twitter to spend more time with his other company, Square. In some ways, the choice between Twitter and Square is a straight choice between political clout and profit. Square, a payments platform …

By Nduka Orjinmo BBC News, Abuja Evelyn Joshua has become the head of one of Africa’s most influential evangelical churches, but the 52-year-old is faced with the challenge of maintaining her late husband’s legacy.

By Felix Oboagwina The other day, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced additional polling units newly created nationwide. For a Nigerian demography with a rapidly shifting shoreline, the exercise met a germane need. However, it is the regional distribution and its future implications that trigger some interest here.