Breaking news, ladies and gentlemen of the Federal Republic of Recycled Officials:Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has just appointed Hadi Sirika — yes, that Hadi Sirika — as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University. You heard right.The man who once gave us Nigeria Air, the most expensive …
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What makes a good leader? Not a donkey leading a bunch of lions up the hill. To lead, you must learn to follow. It is not necessary to have all the answers but to know where to find the answers. To see the trees from the forests. Moses from Egypt, Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore …
Nigel Farage of Reform Party UK (Ltd) has spent years cultivating a very particular brand identity: the man who hears the word immigration and immediately checks his wallet, his borders, and his blood pressure. To the casual observer, Farage’s politics appear animated by an aversion to non-white people, immigrants, the EU, NATO, and any organisation …
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Or: How the High Cost of Flying Now Competes with the Ticket Price for Being Alive In the land where every traffic jam is an Olympic event and every black-out comes with a bonus cardio workout, Nigerians have always excelled at making the best of the worst. But lately, we’ve found a sector outpacing even …
If you could un-invent something, what would it be? I'd rather adjust to the new reality than wish the change didn't happen. From the Stone Age to the Information and now Intelligence ages, there's been tons of positive changes, even with some drawbacks. Looking back, it's amazing to see just how far we've come in …
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