Nigeria has several development research documents that speak of ways to better manage the economy. But the problem has always been that leaders are often misadvised...
The recent controversy over the dividend paid by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company NLNG, portrayed Nigerian politicians as nymphets who do not fit well into...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently excluded some goods being imported into the country from the list of items valid for foreign exchange in the...
During the ideological cold war between the Western and Eastern block, Joseph Schumpeter coined the seemingly paradoxical term “creative destruction. Since then generations of economists have...
Governors of the 36 states of the federation rose from a meeting in Abuja last week Wednesday, resolving to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on the financial...
Ambassador Tom Amolo, the Kenyan Ambassador to Nigeria last week reiterated the need for Africa to look inward when looking for solutions to its problems. Africa...
Former military President, General Ibrahim was once quoted at a meeting with the organised private sector during Structural Adjustment Programme SAP, as saying he did not...
When in 1999 President Olusegun Obasanjo assumed office as President of Nigeria one of his intention was to create a state backed Nigeria enterprise that could...
The risk of the smallest cocoa harvest in five years is combining with power cuts and a weak oil price to cloud the prospects for Ghana’s...
The order asking tanker drivers occupying the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway to vacate within 48 hours has made the Lagos State Government a laughing stock. When the Oshodi-Apapa...
Last week, President-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) surprised Nigerians when he said that he is currently at a loss on how best to tell Nigerians that...
The forensic audit conducted by PWC on NNPC to ascertain the veracity of the alleged missing $20 billion from the Federation account is to say the...
To ensure that Nigeria’s growth can be wide, inclusive and sustained, the incoming Muhammadu Buhari administration must focus on building infrastructure, institutions and people. Nigeria has...
Nigeria’s economic potential is well known. The country’s considerable resource endowment and coastal location ordinarily should allow the emergence of a strong growth pole for Sub-Saharan...
The 2015 election will certainly come and go but the after effect may linger for a long time. Whether it is PDP or APC that eventually...