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[…]
Monetary Policy, the Naira, and Banks’ Reserves
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[…]
Whatever Happened To Us?
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[…]
Buhari and the Oronsaye Report: Tough Choices – Salisu Suleiman
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,[…]