The Nigerian Medical Association has recently observed a new development in the nation's health crisis: medical students are now intending to leave even before they obtain their licences. The 'japa' phenomenon, which was previously somethi…
“A budget is a covenant with the people. But procurement leadership is how we keep the covenant. Countries are developed by spending rightly. Only an accountable procurement system can guarantee that,” the BPP DG Dr Adedokun said earlier t…
I remember arriving in Canada in 2024 with the kind of clarity you get from having built things before. I had run a school in Nigeria, built tech infrastructure for the music industry, and advised governments and foundations on systems cha…
Recently, the Nigerian federal government provided the various states with a special sum of 435 billion Naira for the purpose of security and infrastructure. On the surface, this appears to be an attempt to stabilize the economy and to all…
Ten people have recently been arrested for stealing 1,800 manhole covers from the new coastal highway. Although many are calling for increased patrols and harsher punishments, the real problem is not simply crime; it is that people feel th…
The early days of Sahara Group, now a major player in Africa’s energy sector, began with a hidden story. When Tonye Cole and his partners started the company in their twenties, they chose not to use their own names. Instead, they registere…
A nation that owns the deposit but not the process is a tenant in its own economy. Right now, the Nigerian Presidency and the private sector are debating whether to bring back petrol subsidies. The discussion is being framed as a choice be…
Every week we read the papers and rank what actually moves a country. Each story is scored by the layer it touches (grain, granary or land), the quadrant it strains, and the soil it grows out of.
What you see here is the reading, not the report.