Despite good empirical evidence demonstrating the perils of basing policy on untested ideas, our Government continue to initiate and implement shallow, obnoxious and thoroughly flawed policies. Some recently enacted policies are more disruptive and horrid than others, but I have found myself persistently wondering: what exactly is the how of the formulation of these pea
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To my utter dismay, Nigerians have continued to bemoan the recent ‘push against globalization’. So many people have been griping about how resentful, hateful, intolerant, discriminatory and racist the developed world has become. While I understand that the Brexit and Trump phenomena are borne out of other factors, in addition to immigration issues, I am
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I believe it is accurate to state that a significant proportion of Nigerians have a propensity to assume that foreign means superior and even trendy. Of course, this is totally baseless and erroneous.Unfortunately, this notion has insidiously crept into the fabric of our families and society and is wrecking untold damage. There is the long
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I first encountered the above picture in 2015. It broke my heart and has stayed with me ever since.Many times, I find myself thinking about these two boys and many others like them, who are casualties of war. They are brothers; either biologically or through the most divine form of friendship that has survived untold
