Go get some education!
By Prof Remi Sonaiya
Education. Noun. 1. The act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and...
Tough choices
The 21st edition of the Nigerian Economic Summit was held in Abuja from October 13th to 15th, 2015, under the rather broadly construed but...
While hunger rages in Africa among the people; Personal interests consume the leaders
By Prof Remi Sonaiya
Currently, all over the city of Bonn, former capital of Germany, and practically at every single bus stop, there are big...
On the task of forging a national identity E pluribus unum — “Out of...
That Latin phrase was quoted by the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama, in his famous speech to the Muslim...
2016: A tipping point for Africa?
Since 2011, the Africa Growth Initiative of the Washington DC-based Brookings Institution has been publishing a yearly report, called Foresight Africa. Published at the...
How can the Church impact on corruption?
Discussions have begun among the Nigerian Church as to what role the Church can play in the ongoing fight against corruption. One of the...
Who should be a politician?
It was surprising and quite revealing to hear a serving governor tell me recently that he had told a man who had contested the...
A case of perpetual enslavement?
By Remi Sonaiya
A Nigerian couple lived next to the residence of the Nigerian ambassador in Harare, Zimbabwe. On the other side of the Nigerian...
We must think to transform our reality!
By Prof Remi Sonaiya
“THINK” was the motto brought to IBM (formerly known as Computing Tabulating Recording Company) by Thomas Watson when he joined the...
Letting women really hold up half the sky
Attention is being given more and more globally to the subject of having women participate and be significantly represented at the highest levels in...
