Solutions to Nigeria’s Economic Crisis
Over one month now, President Buhari is yet to unveil his economic plan and policy direction in spite of growing concerns by investors and the business community. President Buhari needs…
Old Economic Voodooists’ Prescriptions in New Wine Skin
Here we go again, re-packaging, re-branding, renovating failed economic prescriptions for the Federal Republic of Nigeria, by the same very intelligent people. They have been commissioned by a restless locust,…
Diary of An Unemployed Graduate (DOAUG)
The need to write this diary of an unemployed graduate (DOAUG) was necessitated because of the high level of unemployed graduates and the disparity it has created between the middle…
Nigeria’s Economy Is In Recession
Every Nigerian now has to bear the brunt of a mismanaged economy courtesy of the Jonathan administration. If only we knew we wouldn’t be better off now than we were…
Economists, Politicians and the Rest of Us
It was Austin Erhabor, a colleague of mine, who forwarded Charles Soludo’s article titled “Buhari vs. Jonathan: Beyond the Election” to my email. When I did not get back to…
Who is this Charles Soludo?
By the grace of God who is the Almighty, all-knowing and the munificent, I and a lot more Nigerians know who Professor Charles Soludo is. I do not want by…
Nigeria 2015: Are We Broke, Getting Broke or Going For Broke?
The news going round is that Nigeria is broke. I, for one, do not believe that fallacy. However, if the treasury is indeed empty or nearing emptiness, then what it…
Time To Probe Nigeria's $12bn Debt Repayment
With the return of democracy in 1999 it became obvious to those looting the country’s economy using so called national debts that it wouldn’t take long before Nigerians began to demand explanations for the country’s debts…
Calculating Nigeria's Correct GDP
To an indolent mind, sexing data to pump up GDP figures is an example of how politicians lie with statistics. But a critical mind will see the ingenuity in such an expansion of the base of the estimates that make up a country’s GDP, as such illicit activities as smuggling, child trafficking, prostitution, drug trafficking and corrupt practices are part of the underbelly of every modern society…
Upbraiding the Invalidation of Cards Trapped in ATMs
The problem of cards getting jammed in ATMs is traceable to system errors in the machines. It is analogous to cases where the machines fail to dispense cash to customers yet debit them. Bank customers are not to blame for these system failures, and should not be penalized therefor or made to pay for same. The problems associated with ATMs in Nigeria are many…