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3 unique secrets I used to study in Canada for free, get a professional job, and settle down permanently
My name is Victor Ola and I’m keenly interested in seeing people achieve their dreams of studying in Canada without writing the IELTS exam and wasting huge money on travel agents to do it for them. I have been in Canada for the past 10 years and I relocated through the study route. There are…
24 Oct  
#EndSARS protests in Nigeria: My thoughts
19 Oct  
As with every concerned Nigerian, sleeping has not been the same since Friday, 9th of October, 2020. Why? Simply because, something profound took place in the land on Thursday, 8th of October, 2020. A shift if we’re to be honest with ourselves as Nigerians. And for the past nine days or more, the only entry…
Countering blogger Maureen Badejo's narratives on D. K. Olukoya
23 Sep  
In the regular marketing environment, it is an established fact that attacking another person’s product is not an enduring strategy. But for new media, everything pays – both the good and the bad – in as much as it yields traffic! I guess the scenario above formed the rationale behind the pot-shots currently being hauled…
Removing landmines and pitfalls blocking foreign investment in Nigeria
22 Sep  
Citing the statistics by the United Nations, the Worldometer had estimated Nigeria’s population at over 207 million. With such huge population, and Nigeria’s strategic location in the Gulf of Guinea, the country represents an attractive market. However, the dearth of foreign investments, poor state of infrastructure, and absence of competitiveness in the business environment have…
FCPC’s actions against Med Contour: The unanswered questions
7 Jul  
The social media was abuzz in the last few days with the news of the arrest and arraignment of Dr Anuoluwapo Adepoju of Med Contour Services Limited, a Lagos-based medical doctor, by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, over the death of one of her clients, Mrs Nneka Onwuzuligbo. According to the FCCPC,…
Democracy Day: A celebration of what exactly?
12 Jun  
This year’s Democracy Day is quite auspicious for a number of reasons. One, it marks the 27th Anniversary of June 12, 1993, which remains one of the historic moments of our nationhood. That day, the idea of a “government of the people, by the people and for the people” came alive in an unprecedented manner.…
NDDC: The illegal IMC challenges National Assembly oversight powers
28 May  
In the last few days, the Interim management committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) which is an illegal contraption unknown to the NDDC Act has carried on in a manner that openly challenges the legitimacy of the National Assembly. Never in the history of Constitutional Democracy in Nigeria has an agency of…
NEPZA’s complicity in frustrating foreign investments in free zones
23 Mar  
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) prides itself as the “choice destination for global business and investment,” but its activities over the years have frustrated the inflow of foreign investments into the free zones it regulates. Indeed, its core mandate is to “establish, license, regulate and operate highly efficient Free Zones by providing a…
Need to Break LADOL’s Monopoly to Attract Investors in Lagos Free Zone
18 Mar  
The Federal Government of Nigeria had set up the free zones to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), generate employment, encourage transfer of technical skills to Nigerians and boost the country’s economy. To attract investors to the free zones the businesses are exempt from the normal tax regime, particularly with regard to Customs duty and tax.…
A Call to President Buhari to Save the Investors at LADOL Free Zone
18 Mar  
We call upon Mr. President to save foreign investments in LADOL; we call upon Mr. President to act fast for the sake of employment opportunities lost by Nigerians and its negative impact on the Nigerian economy. In response to the calls by the Nigerian government for foreign investors to invest in Nigeria, the stakeholders of…
The becoming of Africa: five ingredients of growth for Africa
9 Mar  
At the 22nd Annual Africa Business Conference of the Harvard Business School, Roosevelt Ogbonna, Deputy Group Managing Director of Access Bank, shared insightful and relatable tips that would aid the growth of Africa and make it one of the world’s thriving economies. He gave five key highlights on the ingredients needed to build Africa. Starting…
Urgent need to halt mismanagement of LADOL Free Zone
9 Mar  
The recent unfortunate developments at the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL) Free Zone, which have scared serious investors, have fueled the need for the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to take urgent steps to reposition the free zone for the purpose of attracting investments, which is the ultimate objective of creating free zones. Reputable investors willing to take advantage of…
Condemning NEPZA’s Failure to Save Africoat in the Hands of LADOL
5 Mar  
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) abdicated one of its functions of supervising and co-coordinating “the various functions of various public sector organisations operating within the export processing zones and resolving any dispute that may arise among them,” when it allowed the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL) to frustrate Africoat out of business…