Did Dahiru Mangal Kill The Nigerian Textile Industry? – Feyi Fawehinmi
In the mid-1980s Nigeria had 175 textile mills. Over the quarter-century that followed, all but 25 shut down. Many of those that have struggled on do so only at a fraction[…]
Author: Feyi Fawehinmi
When CBN Closes A Window….
There’s no punchline. Sorry. CBN actually just closed the rDAS/wDAS window via a press release today. But what is rDAS/wDAS anyway? Retail Dutch Auction System is the method by which[…]
Fooling Around With Petrol Prices – Feyi Fawehinmi
Government will continue to pursue full deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector. However, given the hardships being suffered by Nigerians, and after due consideration and consultations with state governors and[…]
Lunatic Liu And The Quality of Corruption – Feyi Fawehinmi
To achieve a great leap, a generation must be sacrificed – Liu Zhijun I’m continuing my education on China and I recently came across a story that I thought worth[…]
CBN and The Nigerian Economy: A Short Story – Feyi Fawehinmi
If you have an M.Sc in Finance or a degree in economics, you can skip this piece. The point of it is to try to explain what the CBN did[…]
Man of System – Feyi Fawehinmi
Been a while Aganga was bashed on by this blogger. Thankfully he has supplied fresh material. Going through the papers today, this caught my eye: Concerned by the low level export[…]
Something Ventured – Feyi Fawehinmi
What makes America so great? There has to be more than one answer to this…assuming it’s even possible to answer the question. Earlier this year I was in Las Vegas[…]
Matters Arising: The Ponmo and The Logo – Feyi Fawehinmi
The Ponmo A rather delicious debate has broken out on the internet over the government’s alleged plans to ban the consumption of ponmo (cow hide) by Nigerians in a bid[…]
The Mekunu Revolution – Feyi Fawehinmi
I sent someone to a barber shop nearby just to hear what they are saying about my governor there. He said the barber was just complaining about how the governor[…]
Corporate Affairs Commission – Satan’s Embassy
I am not feeling in a particularly nice mood so I am not obliged to be generous or polite – the people who run Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission are the[…]