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The Atiku factor, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Nov. 9 -- Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is still on the ballot, contrary to the supposed nullification of all of his party's (ADC's) 470 candidates in the 2027 elections by Justice Pet... Read More


Rumble in the political jungle, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Nov. 2 -- The 'Rumble in the Jungle' was a heavyweight championship boxing match on 30 October, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire (now DR Congo), between undefeated and undisputed heavyweight champion... Read More


The odds against Tinubu, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Oct. 26 -- Candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu is formidable enough without the presidential halo. Now, with all presidential powers at his command, he has to be considered a frontrunner in the forth... Read More


Before the robot enslaves us all., By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Sept. 28 -- There is AI, and there is AI. The world uses the acronym to mean artificial intelligence. But it could mean other things too. Artificial Incompetence. Avoiding Inconvenience. Alwa... Read More


Macro to micro. who will tell the president?, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- When pounded yam has lumps, you re-pound the yam to achieve the required consistency. Away from all the contrived obfuscations of contemporary economic analysis, we ought to be abl... Read More


Hello, God!, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Aug. 31 -- . In memory of Dolly Parton When the king of Afrobeat, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, died on 2 August, 1997, the world stood still. He had conquered the music world from Africa, reinventin... Read More


Osun: Anatomy of victory, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Aug. 24 -- Water can run uphill if there's adequate propulsion; let no one see impossibility where potentialities are hiding in plain sight. Yes, a rose by any other name will still smell as ... Read More


Electoral infidels!, By Wole Olaoye

Nigeria, Aug. 17 -- Anyone against the universal brotherhood of humankind and the secularism of multicultural Nigeria is an infidel. So is anyone who canvasses for bloodletting as a campaign tool or t... Read More