Author: Magnus Onyibe
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Redefining leadership by honouring leaders from the streets – By Magnus Onyibe
For too long Nigerians have been conditioned into thinking that leadership can only emanate from those in the corridors of political power-government.
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Leadership lessons from public presentation of “Leading From The Streets” – By Magnus Onyibe
The much-awaited public presentation of the book, “Leading From The Streets: Media Interventions By A Public Intellectual, 1999-2019,” authored by myself, took place at the prestigious Alliance Française/Mike Adenuga, Ikoyi, Lagos, with aplomb on Wednesday, 8th May 2024.
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Tinubunomics: What’s working, what’s not, why and way forward – By Magnus Onyibe
The countdown to the public presentation of the long-awaited book, “Leading From The Streets: Media Interventions By A Public Intellectual 1999-2019” by Magnus Onyibe, on Wednesday, May 8th, 2024, from 9 am, promptly at Alliance Française/Mike Adenuga Center in Ikoyi, Lagos, has commenced.
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Unravelling the scams that plunged Nigeria into a debt trap – By Magnus Onyibe
The reality today is that Nigeria’s total debt, comprising both local and external stocks, is, according to Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO), a whopping N107 trillion, which is humongous. The culprits for the ballooning of the debt are hugely the policy of subsidizing petrol pump prices and propping up the naira, origins of which date…
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Comparing Chibok and Yazidi girls: 10 years after, the freed and not freed – By Magnus Onyibe
It is at times like these, that I give serious consideration to thoughts that often cross my mind. It is then that I contemplate delving into my archive of articles, dusting off those that bear resemblance to current realities, and contemporizing them.
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How Dangote and Air Peace rose up against economic strangulation of Nigeria – By Magnus Onyibe
Nigeria recently spent as much as N2.34 trillion in six months to service a humongous public debt that is currently in excess of N107 trillion that she is saddled with. That is why the country’s national budget of N27.5 trillion for 2024 has nearly half of it appropriated for settling the nation’s outstanding debt, which…
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Persecution as honour badge for politicians, epitomized by Senegal’s President Faye – By Magnus Onyibe
Somewhere in the westernmost part of the continent of Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline, is Senegal. On this Tuesday, the 2nd day of April in the year of the Lord 2024, a 44-year-old Basserou Diomaye Faye, whom some would argue is a political neophyte, is being sworn into office as the fifth (5th)…
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How and why budget padding has been a perennial crisis and solution – By Magnus Onyibe
Outraged senators at the plenary last Tuesday, March 12, literally pounced on their colleague, ranking Senator Abdul Ningi, who has been a lawmaker for the past twenty-four (24) years, seventeen (17) of which he has served as a senator after being
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Herbert Wigwe, departed in a blaze, mourned like a deity by presidents, monarchs, and masses – By Magnus Onyibe
The way in which the high and mighty in Nigeria were weeping during the nights of tribute for Dr. Herbert Wigwe, who, at the time of his demise, was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings, is reminiscent of how North Koreans openly wept when their leader Kim Jong-il passed away
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Reason for the spat between NLC and President Tinubu – By Magnus Onyibe
Recently, Nigerians, under the banner of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have been taking to the streets to voice their dissatisfaction with President Bola Tinubu’s reforms, which have led to hardships for the masses.