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He Taught Himself English in Two Months to Read Science Papers. Now, at 88, He Just Won China's Highest Science Award
Ben De is 88 years old. And this week, he stood before China's President in Beijing to receive the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, the highe…
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Echo of My Mind: The Silent screen
The Silent Screen Imagine following someone for years. You always wanted to get closer, to learn from them, To drink from their pool of knowledge a…
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Why Institutions Can Never Manufacture Self-Independence
I have engaged many Nigerians in discussions, and I have noticed that most frequently misuse the term "society" whenever it suits their narrative. Di…
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How State and Citizens collaborate to build culture of The Debt
By Isqil Najim The debt system is often seen as an external imposition; it is a collaborative project. It requires an internal architecture of complicity to ke…
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Two Questions My Parents Never Knew They Taught Me
What will Baba do? What will Mama say? These two questions have served me well for many years and given me peace of mind. I didn't even know I was practis…
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The Leadership in us and the leadership we seek
by Isqil Najim We've turned Aso Rock into a shrine of scapegoating for our personal failures. We've used the scriptures to justify our quest for mirac…
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Happy 63rd Birthday, Engr. Mustafa Balarabe Shehu, FNSE, FAEng!
Today, the global engineering community pauses to celebrate a remarkable son of Nigeria, Africa, and the world — Engr. Mustafa Balarabe Shehu — a m…
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The Selectivism Game: When Principles Bend for Power
By Isqil Najim There was a Muslim guy I knew on Facebook — an amazing soul, an influencer I genuinely admired. One day, I sent him a birthday greet…
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The Gilded Cage: How Civilizations Die from the Inside
by Isqil Najim There are many lessons to learn from the wars of the Middle East — if we can stop being religious bigots or educated ignoramuses lon…
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Nigeria PLC: The Limits of Presidential Power
by Isqil Najim Power: Did anyone hold the Nigerian CEO from firing anyone? The question is who is the Nigerian CEO firing, who is he hiring and wha…
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How Imported Isese and Religious Politics Enslaved the African Mind
by Isqil Najim Some Nigerians are obsessed with religious balance in politics, to the point where religion and tribe are now used interchangeably. …
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The Nigerian Silent Water Crisis: A Mirror of Iran or a Warning for the Future?
The ongoing protests in Iran revealed many things, but of particular interest to me is the water crisis. It made me think deeply about Nigeria. Leaving their p…
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China Engineering vs Nigerian Engineering leadership in politics: Why Nigeria misses and hits
By Isqil Najim I have seen a video—and there are, indeed, dozens of such videos—circulating about how China has been led by many engineers at the national leve…
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