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During the student union election in 1979/80 at the University of Benin, one Liad Tella, who was of the economic and Statistic department thought the university...
The recent devaluation of the Naira has again brought the vulnerability of the average Nigerian to the fore. Almost every housewife today tells the husband that...
Nigeria has made several futile attempts to use Public Private Partnership to build infrastructure that it so badly need. But each of the attempts has failed...
When in late 2013, Lamido Sanusi then central bank governor wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan asserting that about $20 billion was not remitted by NNPC, many...
In this column last Monday, I said that diesel mafias are milking ordinary Nigerians dry by making undue profit through the importation. I said that prices...
When late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua decided that diesel price be deregulated, it was in line with his administration’s pledge to dismantle the alleged fuel mafia....
Federal Government’s directive last week Monday to slash fuel prices is a sober and welcome development which Nigerians should all applaud. The projected direct effect of...
Crude oil prices extended their losses and sunk to fresh four-year lows late last week as expectations of a cut in OPEC oil production faded following...
The pressure on the naira at the foreign exchange market might continue to mount and see further depreciation in value of the naira this year. The...
The greatest challenge facing Nigeria today is that of leadership. Nigeria needs a leader that the people can identify with and can inspire them to great...
Economists usually begin their thoughts with choices, scale of preference and alternatives forgone. Individuals, households, firms and nations make choices. The choice that each of these...
It was Dr. Martin Luther King, who once said: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ ” Great men that walked on...
Last Tuesday, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, addressed a press conference to allay the fears of Nigerians that...
When the white man came to Africa to preach and spread the gospel, he was altruistic, truthful and selfless. He rendered selfless service to humanity. He...
Signals emerging from the global economy can best be described as complex considering the trends in macroeconomic and socio-political sphere. As of now the international financial...