That the Buhari administration has a sense of humour is no longer in doubt. However, when one considers how dreary the outlook on the country must look from its vantage,[…]

When, late 2016, the rumour made the rounds that the Buhari administration was looking to a refresh of its cabinet this year, the buzz around the prospect of new blood[…]

The sense of 2016 as an annus mirabilis apparently rests on just two events: Brexit — the vote by the U.K. to leave the European Union after 43 years of[…]

Since the incumbent government’s accession to office, the responses to the foreign currency-induced part of the nation’s current economic crisis have ranged from mild (import substitution) to outlandish (arguments for[…]

At ₦7.298 trillion, the 2017 budget bill presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 is the biggest ever put forward by any government[…]

Darkening clouds continue to gather over Nigeria’s horizon. And this is not just because the Buhari administration has been brutally inept in its management of the national space — midway[…]

The decision, last week, by member countries of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to trim global oil production by 1.2 million barrels per day (mb/d) was much[…]

Over the last six months, I gradually reached the point where I forswore further commentary on monetary policy. Yes, I do admit that part of my difficulty with the way[…]

Moderating a discussion session two Sundays ago, on the sidelines of the 18th Lagos Book and Art Festival, it was easier to understand how a simple proposition could be infused[…]

Attempts to understand, to explain, even, the people, processes, and things leading up to last week Tuesday’s epochal presidential vote in the United States of America have leaned surreptitiously on[…]