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The confusion surrounding last week’s decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) rate-setting committee (the Monetary Policy Committee — MPC) to harmonise the cash reserve requirement (CRR) for banks[…]
To look at the country today, it is hard to believe that parts of Nigeria once moved to a different rhythm. That whole communities once set their clock by the[…]
On the 5th of May 2015, APC governors-elect paid a courtesy visit to the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari to congratulate him, and in the words of the Imo state governor,[…]
It is something of a paradox, but the current fuel scarcity and the myriad adverse externalities it is supporting present a unique chance to re-write the terms of our domestic[…]
Since the outcome of the March 28th 2015 presidential election, the president-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari has become the toast of everyone, including some who shunned him like a pest in[…]
With 541 federal ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) (as at end-December 2014), it is no surprise that the burden of governance has become disproportionately high in Nigeria. When over the[…]
“No one has the right to retain money that should come to the federation account. Constitutionally, it should come and then , if expenses are legitimate, they should be presented[…]
“Friends and countrymen; I beseech you by the mercies of God that ye do whatsoever it is within thine powers to prevent a frolic between the yam and the goat.[…]
Last week, we examined how ‘Hurricane Buhari’ made orphans of some key political actors in the North, including Modu Sheriff, Attahiru Bafarawa, Ibrahim Shekarau and Nuhu Ribadu. There were others[…]
The recent bobbery over DStv’s — a direct to home satellite television broadcaster — decision earlier this year to raise its subscription rates underscored how poorly the larger number of[…]