By Paul Mutethia For many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), success is often measured by having adequate stock, a steady stream of customers and consequently revenue. However, an equally critical but often overlooked factor is how businesses accept payments and…
By Jimoh Olorede Death is an inevitability that makes this life awful, rueful, regretful, mournful, woeful, and sorrowful. Death is an equalizer that kills the poor same way it kills the rich, just as a president would die same way…
By Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad, Ph.D. The public hearings conducted recently by the two Chambers of the National Assembly have elicited positive responses from a broad spectrum of Nigerians, cutting across regional interest groups, government agencies, civil society groups, concerned individuals,…
By Bolanle Bolawole Although I love watching football, I am not a football fanatic. Each time I sit before the television, it is almost always going to be to watch one football match or the other. I don’t like watching…
By Adebayo Adedeji The controversy surrounding the Court of Appeal’s judgment of February 10, 2025, has sparked intense debate. The appeal, filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), sought to reinstate local government executives sacked by Governor Ademola Adeleke on…
By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber There’s a promising future for African renewables as the continent strives to balance its current reliance on fossil fuels. That’s the prediction of the African Energy Chamber’s 2025 Outlook Report on the…
By Eyitayo Ande Every discerning Nigerian, not just experts in economic and financial matters, know the reasons why our country has been struggling economically and running up debts unabatedly and at an alarming rate. Not just because of the corruption…
By Bolanle Bolawole Today, I delight to ask questions, which I expect those closer than me to the affected scenes of activity to answer. The rumblings in Ondo state, though multi-faceted, are in two broad categories — security of life…
By Funmi Branco If you are not familiar with Ogun State and its governance under Prince Dapo Abiodun, chances are that you can take Olujide Wilanpa’s acerbic piece, A Tale Of Two Governors, published in the February 18, 2025 edition…
By PROF MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.D INTRODUCTION In a landmark decision in ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION V. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ABIA STATE & ORS (2024) LPELR-62576(SC) last year, the Supreme Court gave the local government system…
