Of Digital Records, Notable Nigerians, and our Vanishing Past
A couple of weeks back, I penned a jeremiad — The “Mythification” of Our Memories —bemoaning how close we are to losing parts of our history. Over the years, as[…]
Category: Economy
How Do We Fund This Year’s Budget Deficit?
Having previously argued that by holding back the full pass through of lower crude oil prices in the international market to the price of fuel at our different filling stations,[…]
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[…]
National Debt, GDP, and Non-oil Incomes
“Debt” is an involved concept. The reasons for this vary as do the views of any number of persons one talks to on the matter. At the most basic conversational[…]
Banking in Austere Times
The banking industry again came under pressure last week. Over the last five years, monetary policy has withstood the worst of adjustments to the myriad macroeconomic constraints endured by the[…]
The “Mythification” of Our Memories
Segun Toriola’s jaw-dropping defensive play against Singapore’s Ning Gao in which he successfully went through a 41-shot rally in the second match of the men’s team table tennis semi-final was,[…]
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[…]
Budget 2015: Hopes and Delusions
Actions, it turns out, do speak louder than words. In the immediate aftermath of the fall in global oil prices, the consensus amongst most commentators was that Nigeria would be[…]
February 14, 2015 and the Space for Ideas
Across our political space, one gravamen is repeated to the point of monotony: how money now dominates our politics. The conversation around this takes place with varying degrees of sophistication.[…]
Subsidy? Cross-…? Counter-subsidy?
In its time-lapse response to the bottom falling out of the global oil market, the Nigerian government announced a series of measures, under the rubric of a new “austerity programme”[…]