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Dangote Refinery Challenges Global Narrative
It started like a grudge match. Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, was dealt a bad hand in a failed transaction. Later, he vowed revenge....
The Fowl of Mecca and Nigeria’s Census Palaver
We have a measurement problem eloquently illustrated in a Yoruba tale about a Mecca has-been. The fellow in this tale had just returned from...
What Nigeria’s Election Cannot Teach Does Not Exist
Nigeria’s February/March elections undid many things. One of them was the 63-year-old myth that no wealthy and ambitious candidate could emerge president. Until the last presidential...
Hadiza and the Toes of the Nigerian Big Man
Hadiza Bala Usman's new book, "Stepping on Toes," is a cautionary tale for anyone hoping to work in public service in Nigeria, particularly in the Federal...
A British Example in Our Rascally Times
When King Charles, the head of the Church of England, is crowned on May 6, there would be two very unusual non-Protestant special guests...
