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Olayemi Olaniyi Elite Overproduction is a concept coined by Peter Turchin in his book End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the…
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More than 60 years after independence, decolonisation remains appealing to large swaths of Africans. Writers and other creative…
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My friend John made a laughable prediction during one of our many conversations last year. On this auspicious…
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I’ve had just one experience with loans. It’s something I look back at with awe and dread. You…
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I’m big a fan of Wole Soyinka. Surfing YouTube for his lectures is one of my favourite pastimes.…
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Last week, Okoli Ahinze, a 500-level Civil Engineering student at Obafemi Awolowo University, my alma mata, was beaten…
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