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Powerless: Nigeria’s unending struggle with electricity
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE Available records show that the first public electricity generation took place at Pearl Street Station in New York in 1882 ...
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Ekiti, Osun: Getting the battle lines drawn
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE Barring unforeseen circumstances, the 2026 Ekiti and Osun governorship elections are less than 27 and 28 months respectively. In Osun ...
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Kano Emirate and the irony of innocence
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE There is a ticking time bomb in Kano and President Bola Tinubu has to move in quickly in a statesmanlike ...
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Sycophancy around leadership: A big bane!
By Hashim Suleiman I was just listening to a programme on television about the ground breaking of the controversial coastal road that should ...
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Democracy, governance and credible elections (2)
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE Let’s come to the issues of recruitment and selection. All over the world, leadership is what changes history. Think of ...
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Democracy, governance and credible elections (1)
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE There is a problem about the institutional framework in which the Nigerian state as presently constituted is based. To have ...
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Education: Southwest Nigeria has lost its edge
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE The purported ranking of states by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), based on their performance in the 2023 Senior ...
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Chibok: Destroying the future of our tomorrow?
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE The 10th anniversary of the abduction of 276 school children from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria, has ...
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African economies to grow by 3.4% in 2024 – But faster, more equitable growth needed to reduce poverty
While growth of public debt is slowing, more than half of African governments grapple with external liquidity problems, and face unsustainable debt burdens. ...
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Thousands still fleeing Sudan daily, after one year of war
The number of Sudanese forced to flee has now surpassed 8.5 million people, with 1.8 million of them having crossed borders. A year ...
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In Africa, we finally have momentum against TB. Let’s not squander it
By Dr Morounfolu (Folu) Olugbosi In 2022, Africa accounted for 25% of new tuberculosis (TB) cases and 33% of TB deaths in the world. Yet ...
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But what really is Nigeria’s problem?
“We have made a geographical expression called Nigeria; now we must make Nigerians” By Abiodun KOMOLAFE When, in 1814, Europe’s leading statesman, Count ...






















