Between 1951 and 1966, when Nigeria practiced a parliamentary system of government, there were two houses of parliaments in the three – later four – regions. These were the Houses[...]
At a car wash recently, I watched with astonishment as a car was emptied of debris while the interior was being cleaned. One after the other came bottles of cough[...]
In the first week of February, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released the country’s trade figures for last year. Importantly, we appeared to have sold more last year (N22.45tn)[...]
The strongest case for second-guessing the Monetary Policy Committee’s (the MPC is the Central Bank of Nigeria’s rate-setting arm) likely decision(s) when it meets Monday, next week, was made almost[...]
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At a recent consultative session with a delegation of the Nigerian Parliament, the National Assembly, the issue of women’s participation in politics came up, and one of the male parliamentarians[...]
The recent resolution by the House of Representatives calling on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop the “dollarisation” of the economy is indicative of how poorly the economy[...]
During the course of an interactive session with members of the Nigerian National Assembly (NASS) ad-hoc Constitution Review committee, at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the NASS delegation alluded[...]
The next presidential election scheduled for 2015 is still two years away, but one may be forgiven to think that it is only a few months from now. In what[...]
Late last week, a young female friend walked into my office. It was early morning. Not unusual in itself, this visit. But her face, that day, was a study in[...]
Despite the fact that the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria does not allow for true devolution of powers from the centre, as the constitution of a true[...]
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