Business & Economy

Recalibrating MPR, A Proud Moment of Macroeconomic Stability from Volatility

In a move that has sent clear ripples across Nigeria’s financial landscape, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has taken the...

Olayemi Cardoso: Steering Nigeria’s Macro Economy as Governor of the Central Bank

Since assuming office as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on September 22nd, 2023, Olayemi Cardoso has spearheaded landmark reforms that have...

What Happened To Nigeria’s $20 Billion?

Nigeria is subliminally going through perilous times. Unfortunately, the factors responsible forthese conditions are dangerously explained away politically. The people are hit by mute...

Nigeria: Inflation as tool to erode the foreign debt

The greatest threat and the major contributory factor in the undermining of a given economy and its currency is inflation...

Replete Nigeria’s Economy; Reply Those Military-Men!

Military professionalism in a society is enhanced if and when the civilian rulers are steeped in democratic ethos. They should also be professionalized to the art of good governance and must be adept in forging the political system on the basis of consent and consensus...

Nigeria's Central Bank: Unchanged Interest rate, removal of oil subsidies and inflation

The CBN has not given up on its pro-growth and pro-market policies. But in spite of the CBN policies and good intentions, the greatest danger lies ahead because of the policy pursued by the executive arm of the government...

The Black Energy Economy Misnomer (1)

The adoption of renewable energies is fraught with a myriad of problems including the fact that it is very capital intensive and requires a pool technical skilled persons and a knowledge base not yet developed in the country at the moment...

The Conscience of a Chinese Capitalist

To understand how the Chinese business community was able to transform themselves and their country is not that simple...

Africa's OandO raising N21 billion Naira from capital market: Sign of Progress

Oando Plc has the potential and the credibility to become a major player in the global energy industry in 21st century...

IMF: Increasing SDR Can Benefit Africa

Special Drawing Rights can become a powerful instrument to wipe out all the African debt. IMF can create more SDRs and issue an allocation specifically for debt payment without triggering global inflation...

Policing Our Budget(s)

Nigerians should not hesitate to volunteer information that will prevent capital flights. This is for the interest of the economy and our people. We can gather intelligence or become intelligent agents...

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What Common Sense Requires

If you sample the opinions of the so-called “most enlightened” segment of the populace as to what constitutes the most formidable challenge – out of a multitude - militating against Nigeria’s development and growth, the major answer that is likely to emanate from such an enquiry is “bad leadership”...

Essays From Exile: Nigeria By Air! Who Wan Die?

I will be walking home soon to Nigeria. I am going home to be rich. I am not talking of going home to land contracts that I will never execute. Nope, I am going home to be a seer, a soothsayer, a herbalist, a babalawo. Since the fiery crash of two airplanes within two months in Nigeria, babalawos have become suddenly hot commodities...

Fit For The Love Of It!

When someone is ready for something new, it often makes an appearance. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. Whether you know it or not, you already have tremendous qualities inside of you...

 Of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and Ibrahim Babangida

There are some interesting coincidences between Spain and Nigeria...

Of executive profligacy and legislative docility in Nigeria

It is given that the ability of any democratic government to deliver the concrete benefits of good governance to the citizens is determined by the smooth functioning of the executive, judicial and legislative arms of government. This assumption reinforces the theory of separation of the powers of the different arms of government to prevent arbitrariness, tyranny and recklessness...

Prediction on the Trial of Saddam Hussein

The period of gunboat and bazooka diplomacy died a dishonourable death a long, long time ago with Lord Palmerston, Otto Von Bismarck and Adolf Hitler. Today's wars are usually wars of the mind and I hope that nations know today that being the biggest, the richest and the strongest is not an alibi to trample on the less strong, the less rich and the less big...

Green Card and Other Realities

I have no qualms offending God. I really don’t; but to offend the tax office, the police, or the immigration folks? Please don’t! That would be suicidal. No matter what you do, please be honest with those folks. Otherwise, they will turn your life upside down. They will make your life a living hell...

How APC Can Rediscover its Winning Ways

It is important to note that fundamental organizational strategy frameworks used in businesses can easily be applicable to political parties. When it is all said and done, political parties are entities in the business of selling political candidates in competition with others...

Nigeria’s Economic Outlook for Growth

Nigeria’s economy is currently navigating through a landscape marked...

Kenya(tta): Not Yet Uhuru!

While we congratulate Uhuru Kenyatta for his marginal presidential election victory in his country we must remind him, in the spirit of pan-Africanism, that it is not yet Uhuru!