Banks And The New Surfeit Of Dollar Deposits
In search of further evidence of how conflicted Nigeria has become, one could do no worse than point at the recent machinations at the National Assembly. The immediate tension in[…]
Category: Analysis
Deconstructing Nigeria’s Automotive Policy
There has been a lot of discussion on Nigeria’s auto policy and the success (or failure) of it. The whole debate has been spurred by the recent announcements by Nissan,[…]
On The MPC’s Meeting Last Week
Once the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) opted to put off by a couple of days the planned meeting of its rate-setting committee (the Monetary Policy Committee ― MPC) in[…]
Getting State Finances Right
The difficulties which provincial governments have had with paying public sector salaries since the mid-2014 collapse of global oil prices is a multi-themed parable. On one hand, there is the[…]
The Right Price? Look to the Interaction of Demand and Supply!
Economics as a subject could be pretty recondite. Try making sense of the numbers off a regression analysis, for instance. In addition, it has not helped that mathematicians and others[…]
What If Mr. Wang of The CCDI Comes For Your Daddy? – Feyi Fawehinmi
Mr. Wang Qishan is a member of China’s seven man Politburo Standing Committee – sort of their equivalent of Nigeria’s FEC. He is also the Secretary of the Central Commission[…]
Reading the Runes from Abuja
In hoping, several months back, that the elections this year would lead to a change of guards at the centre, most Nigerians were responding (in part), it now seems, to[…]
Drawing up a Shopping List for the Buhari Administration
After the euphoria that characterised the inauguration of a new federal government last Friday, and the partying that would have marked its immediate aftermath, attention gradually turns to the design[…]
The Word On The Streets XIII: The Buhari Is Coming Edition – Feyi Fawehinmi
Your correspondent managed to be in 3 cities in about a week. Wherever there are Nigerians, there will be stories to tell. (Previous editions of TWOTS can be found here).[…]
Before you fight a Fulani man – Salisu Suleiman
The typical Fulani man is easy to take for granted. His attachment to his animals and nomadic way of life invites insult, ridicule and name-calling. Some even equate his intelligence[…]