There is no denying the fact that insecurity has become one of Nigeria’s most urgent and existential challenges. No nation can develop without guaranteeing the safety of lives and property, …
Nosa Osaikhuiwu
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Ethanol mandate revisited: A practical path to curbing inflation through fuel price relief
by Nosa Osaikhuiwu 5 minutes readOn August 29, 2023, at the height of the fuel subsidy removal crisis in Nigeria, I published an article in The Nation Newspaper titled “Achieving Pump Price Relief Through Ethanol …
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Nigeria’s real crisis is cultural — and no reform will work until we face it
by Nosa Osaikhuiwu 4 minutes readIf Nigeria were a business enterprise, it would be the most richly endowed corporation on earth. Blessed with abundant natural resources, a vibrant population, and immense strategic potential, the country …
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Nigeria’s loser mentality is a national security threat – 1
by Nosa Osaikhuiwu 2 minutes readNIGERIA has a problem that rarely gets named, let alone confronted: we do not know how to lose. In sports, in school, and especially in politics, defeat is almost never …
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Nigeria’s sore losers’ mentality: A grave threat to national security
by Nosa Osaikhuiwu 3 minutes readIn 2023, I wrote an article titled “Nigeria: A Nation of Sore Losers,” examining a troubling pattern across Nigerian society, academics, sports, and electoral politics alike. The argument was uncomfortable …
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Nigerian refineries: A case of daylight robbery and economic banditry
by Nosa Osaikhuiwu 3 minutes readFor more than three decades, Nigeria’s refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt, once hailed as strategic national assets, have become colossal monuments to waste, corruption and state-enabled fraud. Not …
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Society, culture, and leadership: An inherent web of proportional relationship
by Nosa Osaikhuiwu 4 minutes readCulture is broadly looking at it the established norms, traditions and ways of any society, group, entity or people and this often includes defined values and what the society, group …
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Epileptic power delivery: The case against monopoly in Nigeria’s electricity sector
by Nosa Osaikhuiwu 6 minutes readFor more than four decades, Nigeria has struggled with a power supply crisis that has crippled national development, burdened households and businesses, and undermined the quality of life of millions …
There is a basic principle in every organized society: whenever authority grants an individual the right to perform certain acts within a defined scope, that right operates as a form …
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Re-engineering Nigeria: A bold blueprint for jobs, security and sustainable national transformation
by Nosa Osaikhuiwu 8 minutes readNigeria stands at a pivotal moment in its national evolution. With a swelling youth population, a weakened economy, a fractured security architecture, and institutions struggling under the weight of decades …