There was mixed reaction over the announcement of a bailout for the states by the Buhari administration. This was the best response to the inability of most state governors to …
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Business & Economy
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Gone are the days when financial institutions transfer hard currencies from one institution to another almost unnoticed. The seemingly inexorable rise in crime over the years and the fear of …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Sadly, Nigerian employers have turned their recruitment exercises into income-generating ventures. In all, poor jobseekers pay for every job application, with no assurance that the most qualified or exceptional will …
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Although the budget is more of an expected revenue and expenditure within a given period of time, it mirrors how our resources are managed and the areas that the different …
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After it became ignobly clear that General Sani Abacha was ignobly and perversely determined to destroy democratic governance in Nigeria, some academics with social conscience met at the Obafemi Awolowo …
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President Goodluck Jonathan’s economic blue-print for industrialisation is crucial to the development of Nigeria and this has been commended by well meaning progressive Nigerians both at home and abroad…