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So when a Nigerian entrepreneur says he cannot find 500 people to hire, my response is not “How dare you?” It is: “Congratulations. You have discovered the country you live in.” And having discovered it, the question becomes what you intend to do about it.”
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Paddy Adenuga’s entrepreneur story and the depressing predictability of Nigeria’s elite
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Inside Lagos’s top private members’ clubs
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In truth, when you read Why We Struck, you come to realise that Ademoyega and his colleagues were actually childish and rather idealistic in their vision for Nigeria. What they planned was so utopian that it could only exist in heaven!
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Tinubu’s foreign policy is a poor fit for Nigeria
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Some straight talk about Nigeria’s ‘Christian genocide’ controversy
Among Western—particularly American—commentators engaged in the “Christian genocide” debate, there is a tendency to enmesh it within a framework of the domestic culture wars in their societies. In doing so, they repurpose a debate about the persecution of Nigerian Christians as a globalized version of their local grievances.
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The Word On The Streets XXXVI: The Detritus of Detty December Edition
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The Word On The Streets IX: The Penkelemes and Jaiye Jaiye Edition
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Perspective on government and business in Nigeria
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What Nigerian businesses can learn from Tolaram
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SPOT ON about business in Nigeria
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I have a slight disagreement on optimism. But everything else here is about Nigeria deeply.
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