A few days ago, I posted on social media about foundations and what to do when you have a faulty foundation in a building. There were quite a few reactions to it, and sadly, too many of these people interpreted it as me talking of something as daft as…

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Nigeria underwent a revision of its unemployment rate calculation methodology in 2023. The new approach aligns with the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) guidelines, recognised as the international standard for unemployment measurement. This substantially decreased the reported unemployment rate, dropping from 33% in Q4…

I just came across this on Twitter. Not much to say, really, because what can I say? Deno Okenulowa came from a country where, if he owed some random geezer, then the police could be brought in, take him to jail, and give the key to another random geezer…

Renowned for products such as Panadol, Lucozade, Ribena, Macleans and Sensodyne that a lot of Nigerians have grown fond of, the British pharmaceutical giant — GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) has called off its operations in Nigeria after about 52 years. The GSK UK Group has halted commercialising its prescription medicines and…

My latest piece for Financial Nigeria is here. It’s about President Tinubu’s removal of the petrol subsidy and devaluation of the naira, which I support and indeed advocated for before they happened. I also believe both events would have happened regardless of whether Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, or Peter Obi…

A few days ago, I gave a talk in at the ESMT in Berlin on behalf of United Europe. My topic was “Economic prosperity beyond aid and funding from the EU: What is the African deal?” My article is reproduced in full below… When the video is ready, I’ll link…

Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, held an election in February that will usher in new leadership. Bola Ahmed Tinubu was named president-elect, but the election results have been marred by controversy. The opposition is currently challenging the results at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, alleging that the Independent National Electoral Commission…

Some airlines have reduced the frequency of their flights, and even those reduced flights still aren't full.

Nigerian police brutality This video was shot by Adebowale Afolabi at Oja Oba, Ogundele Street, Abule Egba, Lagos. It proves that nothing has…youtube.com This video was shot by a Twitter user, Adebowale Afolabi, at Abule Egba, one of the many not-so-upscale parts of Lagos. It shows the Nigerian Police beating up a civilian and stealing his motorcycle. There honestly isn’t much else to add but to point out that the longest sustained protests…