Nigerians are a unique set of people. We defy the laws of nature on several fronts; most notably the law that “whatever goes up must come down”. People climb to the peak of power and refuse to come down. The price of goods and services are arguably one directional-“up”. Suffice it to say we…
Category: Policy
The Power of the Inner Man
I pray for you and truly many times I wonder how you came this far without any visible help. I am a man that has fought battles from my teenage years and now in my peak of life battles I still wish to have help. How I wish I could draw more help from…
“Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Taps Ken Etete’s Century Group on Aje Field”
Written by Chika Amanze-Nwachuku. Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum (YFP) have engaged indigenous oil services group, Century Energy Services Limited-CESL, raising the bar on Nigerian Content development in the streaming of Aje field, an offshore oil concession which brings Lagos State into the league of oil producing states in the country. Industry analysts see this as “a…
IDEAS TO IMPACT
AN ADAPTATION OF A PAPER DELIVERED BY MR KEN ETETE AT MIT SLOAN AFRICA INNOVATE CONFERENCE APRIL 8TH 2017 IN BOSTON When I received the invitation to speak on the theme “Ideas to Impact”conditions for success, what readily came to my mind to share, was a collection of all the stories of my, still, very…
Will your high walls protect you and your family?
Everywhere in Lagos, amidst lack of infrastructural maintenance, posh suburbs are springing up by the day. The real estate market in Nigeria and Lagos in particular, is booming. Some don’t even allow the erratic nature of PHCN to deter them; these estates boast of independent power generation. Many of these so called estates are actually…