Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Donald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling vital public services in the name of combating “inefficiency.” That’s meant abruptly — and often illegally — firing tens of thousands of workers like me. The word “inefficiency” conjures images of long lines at the DMV and pencil pushing employees. But as a…
The Nigerian equities market continued to endure bearish sentiment during the just-concluded trading week losing N532 billion on the floor of the Nigerian Xchange (NGX). This made it the fourth consecutive week of losses in the equities market. The equities market gained in only one of the five trading sessions as the market capitalization decreased…
Nigerian singer Timi Dakolo has knocked cleric, Femi Lazarus, who in a recent sermon shared a purported invoice a gospel artiste sent to church inviting him/her for a ministration. In the said invoice, the gospel artiste mentioned they will be coming with a 40-man crew and that the ‘’honorarium’ to be received is $10,…
My name is Ranjani Srinivasan. I was a 5th year PhD student at the Department of Urban Planning, GSAPP. I was also a TA in the Urban Studies Department at Barnard College. Some of you might have heard about my case. For those who haven’t, I would like to share the details. On Wednesday night (March…
The Lagos State government has rejected claims suggesting that the city is “smelling,” and listed ongoing efforts to create a cleaner, more resilient, and livable environment. The government’s remark followed a comment by a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ushie Uguamaye, on the current state of Lagos. Raye had in a video…
