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Analysis · General · World Affairs
A much anticipated report encompassing the new development agenda set to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) when they expire in 2015 was recently published. This report is the outcome[…]
It is official! “As at now, our external indebtedness is as low as US$6.67 billion or about 3 percent of Gross Domestic Product, GDP.” Thus the Coordinating Minister for the[…]
Economic Literacy · Economy · History
I recently completed my dissertation and thought to share the highlights of it. If anyone is interested in reading the full dissertation please send me an email at nobikil1 [at][…]
At a meeting in the early 1960s, the leaders of a poor nation just exiting colonial rule gaily informed colleagues visiting from another developing country how well they were doing[…]
It is easy to underestimate President Goodluck Jonathan. After eight of Olusegun Obasanjo’s rambunctious in-your-eyes-and noise style, followed by Umaru Yar’adua’s studiedly aloof interregnum, the approachable and quick to smile[…]
No one word divides camp in Nigeria today more than “corruption”. Such is the extent of the division that I doubt if both sides imagine the same processes, events, or[…]
‘…These actions amount to a declaration of war and a deliberate attempt to undermine the authority of the Nigerian state… As a responsible government, we will not tolerate this’, declared Nigerian President[…]
Some of the world’s great political, business and technology leaders share one thing: The ability to innovate and forge new paths in the face of daunting challenges. Against conventional wisdom,[…]
Now, I am not too certain how to call this. But ahead of the meeting last week of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), few commentators[…]
By government admission, some of the 150 private jets in Nigeria are used to ferry more than passengers; they are being used to fly huge sums of money out of[…]