DDG Weekly Column

Oyeyinka’s panacea for tackling Nigeria’s development reversal

“In the early 1990s, Nigeria’s palm oil production accounted for 43 per cent of the total world production. However today, Nigeria is currently struggling with less than 2 per cent of global output. From a major exporter, Nigeria has become the largest importer of Malaysia’s palm oil in the sub-Saharan Africa Region.” Professor Banji Oyeyinka, […]

DDG Weekly Column

Takeaways from British Prime Minister’s debacle

Once a while, it is refreshing, even therapeutic, to turn away from one country’s diminishing fortunes and state of siege in order to take a look at what is going on in other lands. To do this is not just an intellectual adventure, but an attempt to prospect for comparative lessons and takeaways. It is […]

DDG Weekly Column

Deputy Director-General, Prof Ayo Olukotun’s Weekly Column: Assaults On Kuje and Presidential Convoy: More Questions Than Answers

Last week, when this columnist lamented the curious and mysterious silence of the political class on insecurity going gaga, little did I know that bigger assaults on the Nigerian State were just ahead. On Tuesday, attacks by presumed terrorists were made on the presidential convoy which had gone ahead as an advance party to Daura, […]