Key Investors and Ecosystem Builders Kola Aina (Ventures Platform): A prominent venture capitalist investing in fintechs like Mono and PiggyVest. Maya Horgan Famodu (Ingressive Capital): Founder of a $60 million Lagos-based venture fund investing in tech startups. Olumide Soyombo (Voltron Capital): A renowned angel investor who has backed companies such as Paystack and PiggyVest. Dr […]

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On Thursday last week, President Bola Tinubu perfectly played the role of the General of a troop going to war. He gave a pep talk to APC party troops marching state-wards for the primary election. It was a speech garnished with onions and flavoured by aromatic spices of currie and thyme. The eventual cuisine from […]

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God occupies an exclusionary zone. The word “holy” comes from the Hebrew word “qadowsh”, which means to cut. To be holy means to be cut off, or separate from everything else. To be in a class of its own. To be morally pure all the time and in every possible way. Will of God Many […]

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If women continue ascending educationally and economically, while large segments of men stagnate or decline, the pool of men perceived as marriageable inevitably contracts. Because many women remain reluctant to partner with men they perceive as economically or socially beneath them, increasing numbers postpone marriage indefinitely or withdraw from long term relationships altogether. The traditional […]

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So, when countries steal and plunder other human beings and their resources, can they be described as thieves or, for political correctness, should we use some other acceptable nomenclature? The United States (US) and some of its partners, notably the United Kingdom (UK) went to Venezuela and carted away 13.5 kilogrammes of enriched uranium. The […]

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Among the preferred and blessed days that Allah raises their status are the coming first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah. These are blessed and great days, incomparable by any other days, and whose deeds give a matchless reward. In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful All praise is due […]

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Segun Osoba is respected as a sharp historian and social scientist who carried out profound analysis of the changing social structure and classes in Nigeria. Rather than mouth the struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie as reproduced in Marxist theory, he studied the real social structure in Nigerian society and provided context to emergent […]

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Britain stands at a moment when frustration can either deepen democratic maturity or embolden grievance merchants. The choice the parties make before 2029 may not only shape Britain’s future, but also its moral relationship with Africa and the wider world. The next British general election is in 2029, but you could already feel the tremor […]

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…Nigeria needs reforms that radically alter the structure of its economy – private sector-led (market-driven); within a strong regulatory and law and order environment; buoyed by a slimmed-down public sector that allows government to invest in human capital (health/education). In the end, we cannot continue doing the same things in the expectation of different outcomes […]

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Malema is the only political leader who is unequivocal in his condemnation of Afrophobia. Our great friend and collaborator in the anti-apartheid struggle, Thabo Mbeki, whose sojourn in Nigeria during the liberation struggle I have referenced in the past, has always maintained a cagey reaction more focussed on protecting South Africa’s image than affirming the […]

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Litigants in cases involving party political interests have for long been used to judgment without justice. The phenomenon of verdict without judgment is new, however, because the absence of judgment is itself injustice and the vacuum in time until it is produced can do damage, both foreseeable and unpredictable. The scary thing is that it’s […]

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William Shakespeare, in Othello, warned of the destructive power of envy and manipulation when he wrote: “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.” Across history, enemies have often thrived by sowing discord among friends, destroying noble causes and wrecking enduring relationships. The tragic […]

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Godly mothers operate on the wings of the Spirit. They are intercessors, wells of wisdom, and pillars of strength within their families. They impart courage, direction, and spiritual stability. Though increasingly rare in our generation, they still exist, quietly shaping destinies behind the scenes. Morrow Graham, the mother of Evangelist Billy Graham, played a pivotal […]

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God became a man that man might be made holy. The more I know God, the more I recognise how little I know Him. The more I know Him, the less I know Him.< Have you met Mr. Adewale? Yes. Do you know his wife? No. I tell you, you need to meet his wife. […]

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The Trinity of State Decay is the decoupling of a state into rival sovereignties: the Institutional Mirage, which performs authority without fully possessing it, and the Shadow Order — or competing Shadow Orders — which exercises de facto authority in spaces the Mirage has vacated, both sustained by The Insecurity Triad as the mechanism of […]

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