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Let's revisit this sachet thing. I didn't want what I wanted to say to be drowned in the noise of sentiment and vibes during the week. ”The Varian Rule” is

If you are fighting against something, you have to understand what you are fighting against. This is the only truth about Nigerian politics and governance. Everything that happens to us

When religious worship became a status symbol in Nigeria, I became an atheist. Went to a church and they told me some seats were reserved. I sat there and didn't

My first job after university was to help run ”Credit and Marketing” courses for banks. My uncle wrote the first credit policy manual for any bank in Nigeria and we

My cousin is starting a new retail business in Lagos and employing a lot of underpaid people who currently have jobs elsewhere. A particular guy who had worked 10 years

That Nigerians in government don't think far enough is hardly surprising. It explains our current mess. I, however, also blame the private sector. They keep adapting to nonsense and make

I once asked someone running a very big bank a question. Why do you fear unions and unionism? He said one word - ”unreasonableness”He explained that people tend to become

My uncle had two main drivers, Ali and Bashir. They both built houses. One in Badagry and the other in Otta. All from their savings.I was 30 and I had

The greatest teacher remains a student forever. They learn more from each cohort of students than the students learn from them. True learning is a collaborative effort with teachers as

”Politics is the conspiracy of the unproductive but organized against the productive but unorganized.” - Joseph SobranOrganization is the basis for power and that is why any organized entity always

Sometime last year, I arrived in Lagos for an event and there was bad traffic from the airport as roads were being constructed. It was also raining heavily and the

In the 90s, a friend was a medical officer on call @ a Lagos General Hospital. He said the police would bring bodies in a pickup truck every night for