One of the wackier arguments with which boosters of the Goodluck Jonathan administration have met the charge that his government has been unusually feckless in its response to the recent[…]

There is no question but that the quality of our national leadership has deteriorated of late. The consequences of these are particularly telling at the economic level. Despite the roseate[…]

Come St. Valentine’s Day, 2015, I would not vote in the general elections scheduled for that day. I also did not vote in the 2011 general elections. Then, I was[…]

There was no question but that the new domestic output numbers for the Nigerian economy was going to attract much interest. A rare event in the nation’s calendar, and a[…]

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In the last four years, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has tightened monetary conditions even as inflation moved into and seemed comfortable in the single digit range — an[…]

The queues are back at the filling stations; and our lived experience has taken a turn for the worse; a few fires have started. Yet, this is but a seasonal[…]

The recent spat between the newly appointed defence minister, General Aliyu Gusau (rtd.) and the military chiefs of staff over reporting lines has resonated in the most unlikely places. I[…]