58+ min ago  (778+ words) April arrived this week carrying a quiet symmetry I did not plan. As I sat down to write this column " my first of the month " I was reminded that I entered this world in April, the only boy born in…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago  (188+ words) Businessamlive While minor protests and regional effects were recorded in Djibouti, Mauritania, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Western Sahara, the impacts were more devastating elsewhere. Armed rebellions beginning in December 2010 quickly extended to several other countries in 2011, with varying degrees of…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago  (666+ words) Businessamlive Let me begin with a caveat: no economy is completely insulated from global geopolitical tensions. While the Dangote Refinery reduces import dependence, it cannot fully shield domestic fuel prices from international market shocks. The refinery has rightly been hailed…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago  (670+ words) The education " employment mismatch" Global models vs. the Nigerian reality" In Germany, for example, higher education requires students to undertake vocational training as part of their final qualifications. In the United States, the model often shifts the burden to employers,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (531+ words) A high-level meeting between Abdul Samad Rabiu, founder and chairman of BUA Group, and Tony Elumelu, chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), has resulted in a renewed push to deepen collaboration between capital and industry, as both institutions explore…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (911+ words) After years of dithering by the world at large, Ghana's President John Mahama finally led Africa and the diaspora, to seek redress for Africans who suffered under the Transatlantic Slave Trade, with a Resolution that was adopted by the U. N…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (308+ words) Unfortunately, too, the management of crude oil production and sales has been riddled with corruption and malfeasance, such that instead of huge accretion to national wealth, the country keeps going a-borrowing. Huge portions of the country's yet-to-be-produced crude oil have…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (591+ words) The brewing giants in Nigeria, Guinness Nigeria Plc and Nigerian Breweries Plc, recently announced increases in price points for their products. People who watch developments in the global economy will easily agree it was time to sell a bottle for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1011+ words) Civilisation is often misunderstood. In many African contexts, it has quietly come to mean proximity to the foreign " foreign education, foreign consultants, foreign systems, foreign validation. Progress is frequently measured by how much of "out there" we can successfully bring…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (621+ words) There is a word in the Yoruba tradition " "j" " that speaks of a gathering, a convergence of souls who belong to one another. I thought of this word often as March " International Women's Month " unfolded around me, and as I…...