That We May Not Be Taken For Granted, Again
The biggest disservice done this space by the almost 7 years of the Goodluck Jonathan administration was not its signal lack of qualification for the job at hand — although[…]
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The biggest disservice done this space by the almost 7 years of the Goodluck Jonathan administration was not its signal lack of qualification for the job at hand — although[…]
In her book, “Dead Aid”, Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo wrote about how the practice of giving aid to African countries, rather than help them, contributed to further weakening the country’s[…]
Much has been made of how the revolution in information and communications technology (ICT) has helped improve the ease of access to and convenience of use of services across economies[…]
The markets! We make so much about the usefulness of this tool, we who regularly angle for either their introduction, or their strengthening. If the central narrative of this perspective[…]
In the end, it would seem that the markets were not as sanguine (as was the Central Bank of Nigeria —CBN) about the implications for the economy of JPMorgan’s decision,[…]
In 1986 (December), Chu S. P. Okongwu, an atypical cerebral-type who was Minister of Finance and National Planning with the Ibrahim Babangida administration wrote a tome in which he examined[…]
“We are not feeling good that we are still outside the 2,000 mark for the world. Out of the 1,000 global universities there are only five African universities, three from[…]
What to do, when one of the country’s leading online retail shopping outlets suddenly insists that for orders above N100,000 patrons are now required to pay 50% upfront before items[…]
“Industrial policy”, more than any other aspect of our domestic portfolio of policies, reveals the true nature of the Nigerian state. When it comes to outlining this policy’s prescriptions for[…]
I like President Buhari. I remain a fan of the man. That said, for someone like me who believes in smaller government, I have always known that supporting Buhari carried[…]