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Nigeria prides itself on producing remarkable individuals who have climbed the ladder of commerce and influence. Among them stands Aliko Dangote, a businessman whose empire now stretches across Africa in cement, sugar, flour, and oil refining. His story is often narrated as a triumph of entrepreneurial brilliance. Yet, a closer examination suggests a more complex …
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Which animal would you compare yourself to and why? A lion, king of the urban jungle and all he surveys ditto one’s attitude.
PM Keir Starmer There is a certain romance in the phrase “special relationship.” It conjures images of Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt leaning over maps, cigars in hand, rearranging the fate of continents. But history, as ever, is less sentimental. When the United States marched into the quagmire of Vietnam, Britain — America’s supposed …
Khalifa Ahmad Al Habtoor Dear Senator Lindsey Graham I heard your statements, in which you call on the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to enter this war, saying that we are also under attack and that we must join the fight. And I say to you clearly: We know full well why we are under attack, …
In Nigeria, we like to pretend that nothing really changes. Same problems, new slogans. Same mess, new acronyms. But that is not entirely true. There have been moments—rare, dramatic, almost biblical—when a single decision by a sitting president or head of state permanently bent the arc of Nigerian governance. Not policy tweaks. Not reforms. Earthquakes. …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 