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Jan 21

PMB Legacy Series (1): Lekki Deep-Sea Port, Lagos

By Tolu Ogunlesi A JINX BROKEN: As President Buhari formally inaugurates the Lekki Deep Sea Port in Lagos on Monday January 23, 2023, it is worth highlighting that this landmark inauguration is taking place against the backdrop of the fact that only one new Sea Port was (partially) developed in…

Logistics

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PMB Legacy Series (1): Lekki Deep-Sea Port, Lagos
PMB Legacy Series (1): Lekki Deep-Sea Port, Lagos
Logistics

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Jan 6

Nigeria: 5 things for 2023

Nigeria: 5 things for 2023 Tolu Ogunlesi I’m going to focus on the first half of 2023, January to June, since a new Administration will be in place from May 29, 2023. Elections & Transition: Nigeria’s next general elections take place in February (25th) and March (11th) 2023, across (according to the Independent National Electoral…

Elections

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Elections

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Dec 29, 2022

Buhari Administration Policy Highlights of 2022:

Tolu Ogunlesi 2022 is President Buhari’s final full year as President. …

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Dec 24, 2022

Ongoing Concerns 2.1: Local/municipal governance

One of the first things any Nigerian relocating to Europe or North America will realize — if you’re paying any attention — is the extent to which the quality of daily life depends on local / municipal governments: local transport systems (bus networks for example), waste management, emergency services, neighbourhood…

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Dec 2, 2022

The people spoiling tyranny

By Tolu Ogunlesi They turned up, in Addis Ababa, or wherever it is that African Big Men meet these days. Africa’s departed Despots, Tyrants, Dictators, Autocrats, Maximum Rulers, Presidents for Life, call them what you will. Samuel Doe, Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga, Sani Abacha, Siad Barre…

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4 min read


Nov 24, 2022

My #HFX2022 Notebook

My #HFX2022 Notebook Another third weekend of November, another Halifax International Security Forum, a gathering of 300 persons from around the ‘free world’ — policy makers, academics, military officers, journalists, activists — for an annual weekend in Halifax, Nova Scotia, eastern Canada, to discuss the state of the world, from a global security…

Halifax

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My #HFX2022 Notebook
My #HFX2022 Notebook
Halifax

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Aug 9, 2022

War in the Time of Childhood: A review of 4 child-soldier novels

by Tolu Ogunlesi (2009) Allah is Not Obliged; by Ahmadou Kourouma Beasts of No Nation; by Uzodinma Iweala Burma Boy; by Biyi Bandele Song for Night; by Chris Abani Sometime within the last decade and a half, Britain and America spotted the profit-turning potential of the lives of unhappy children…

War

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War

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Jun 17, 2022

Sleeping in Airports — a travelogue

By Tolu Ogunlesi (2010) “You have four minutes,” the ticket attendant at Liverpool Street Station tells me, handing over the ticket I’ve just bought, for the 10.55 pm Stansted Airport Express. It is the last train of the day, missing it would be disastrous. I make it onto the train…

Travel

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Sleeping in Airports — a travelogue
Sleeping in Airports — a travelogue
Travel

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Apr 18, 2022

5 ways in which President Buhari has positively transformed Infrastructure Financing in Nigeria

The biggest challenge to infrastructure development in Nigeria over the decades has been sustainable financing. Major projects require significant funding, which the annual Federal budgets are incapable of mobilising or deploying. But this has been the model over the years: seeking to tackle everything through the budget; releasing money in…

Infrastructure

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5 ways in which President Buhari has positively transformed Infrastructure Financing in Nigeria
5 ways in which President Buhari has positively transformed Infrastructure Financing in Nigeria
Infrastructure

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Jan 24, 2022

My 2010 Profile of fashion designer, Ade Bakare, for NEXT

My 2010 Profile of fashion designer, Ade Bakare, for NEXT By Tolu Ogunlesi | January 25, 2010 Ade Bakare always knew he was going to be a fashion designer. “I used to draw a lot. I started with cartoons. I remember doing cartoons and then there was more emphasis on…

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