A Reading Journey
Nigeria, People & the Common Good
People → Capability → Systems → Ownership → Flourishing
A sustained argument that people—not resources alone—are the true wealth of a nation.
A considered path
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
DON’T FIGHT JAPA. BUILD THE PIPELINE.
Migration need not be treated only as loss; Nigeria can expand skills, connect its diaspora and turn mobility into shared human capacity.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE PEOPLE?
A nation’s deepest wealth is not what lies beneath its ground but the capability of the people walking above it.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
THE WEALTH IS NOT IN THE GROUND
Africa’s greatest renewable resource is its people, and development must turn population into capability, dignity and flourishing.
Work, Enterprise & Human Flourishing
THE PEOPLE’S CAPITAL
Nigeria can move from financial inclusion toward an ownership economy in which ordinary citizens share in the productive assets and future they help create.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
WHERE NIGERIA ALREADY LEARNS
Education for Nigeria’s informal majority must begin where people already learn, combining accessible media, practical intelligence and AI-enabled opportunity.
Work, Enterprise & Human Flourishing
CAPITAL FOLLOWS ORDER
Capital follows credible order: trust, institutions, records and disciplined systems are prerequisites for broad participation in Nigeria’s economy.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
📌 VIOLENCE IS CONTAGIOUS
Violence spreads like a contagion, requiring leaders and institutions to recognise and interrupt its patterns before they become normalised.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
REFORM vs REVOLUTION: Why Nigeria Needs a Mindset Awakening — Not Just Policy Changes
Nigeria needs more than policy reform: durable change requires a deeper awakening in mindset, responsibility and civic culture.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
Harnessing the Power of Stories to Shape Nigeria’s Future
Nigeria’s storytellers can reshape national imagination by telling truthful stories that enlarge possibility rather than merely repeating decline.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
Breaking Invisible Bonds: Unlocking Nigeria’s Collective Strength
Nigeria’s development requires confronting inherited narratives and invisible beliefs that weaken trust, cooperation and collective agency.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
*Title: “Navigating Tough Times Together: NuStreams’ Commitment to Our Community”*
In these times of economic uncertainty, NuStreams Conference & Culture Centre is reaffirming its dedication to our community.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
Subsidies & Solar Energy: A Third Way
Ndubuisi Ekweke raises thought-provoking points about fuel subsidies and inefficiencies in Nigeria’s government.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
The Chaos of Landing in Lagos: Innovating for a More Human-Centered African Future – Francis E. Madojemu
Landing in Lagos after traveling abroad can be a disorienting experience, particularly when it comes to matters affecting human welfare.
Faith, God & Formation
GOD & ELECTIONS
God & Taking Sides! GOD & ELECTIONS Eight years ago I published the introductory part of the article below which was expanded on and now being published again simply because of what is at stake and it’s even more relevant this tim.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
Paul Volcker & Ray Dalio | State of The Nation Interview | More Relevant Today in 2022
There is no training for governmental management in our institutions but there are many in business yet without government there is no business – noted in 2022 – for those of us who believe in prayer we must look again at what we.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
Fake News, Real Consequences!
 “Even scarier to think that a drug syndicate can use the power of fake news to rattle a country, convince them to lose faith in their government officials.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
Third Way NIGERIA!
The Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo bravely described our current situation in a speech and said “In these past few years, more and more, we began to hear expressions such as Nigeria’s ethnic nationalities; we began to s.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
A Change Mantra: Correcting English Made In Nigeria
Once in a while we must stop to correct our use of this English language we inherited not to sound superior or intellectual in any way but to ensure that accurate communication is taking place and we get what we are saying to each other.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
Another Strike Hmmm!
Strike again, even though we know this is not about fuel subsidy removal but a consequence of many years of bad leadership, lack of foresight, corruption and negligence.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
The Birth Pains of Change; Nigeria!
In the midst of the commentary, comments and all the unsolicited opinions of our nation in its current stage as well as state of our Nation reminds me of the Nation of Israel in the wilderness when they began to complain to and about Moses’ leadership.
Leadership, Character & Stewardship
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the Nation’s Leadership and Government.
Photo courtesy of emailinsider.co.uk Proverbs 29:2 (NKJV) 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.
Leadership, Character & Stewardship
Don’t Leave Nigeria’s Leadership Alone!
Photo courtesy of HBR.org At home here in Nigeria and even around the world with the increasing issues of dwindling resources, increased poverty and joblessness as well as a new breed of terrorism.
Faith, God & Formation
God & Elections: Taking Sides
Four years ago, I published the introductory part of the article below which I am expatiating upon here simply because of what is at stake.
Nigeria, Society & the Common Good
Cause & Effect: Corruption & Terrorism
Corruption and terrorism are connected expressions of broken incentives, institutions and character, demanding attention to causes rather than symptoms alone.
Technology, AI & Human Purpose
CULTURE WRITES THE QUESTIONS. TECHNOLOGY MUST ANSWER.
Technology serves human flourishing best when it begins with the needs culture reveals, develops local knowledge and skill, and turns them into methods and systems that solve real problems.