A New Intervention Model
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[…]
My friend plays the poet
By Benson Eluma Poet, I know you must play your game with ease. Words are a cunning species, tell the philistine hordes. You won’t sketch any river of silk[…]
Buhari’s New Friends
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[…]
Accounting For Staff Costs
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[…]
This Yam, This Goat, This Country: Pwc On NNPC – Part 2
“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[…]
This Yam, This Goat, This Country: PwC and NNPC – Part 1
“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.[…]
Still on Political Orphans – Salisu Suleiman
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[…]
Regulating the Direct to Home Satellite Television Business
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[…]
How to become a political orphan – Salisu Suleiman
Hurricane Buhari might have come and gone, but it has left the political landscape of Nigeria, particularly the north, unrecognizable. Within the blink of an eye, old political structures and[…]
The CBN and Market Tools
Last week, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) once again underscored the limits of administrative intervention in support of prices in any market. In a circular to authorised dealers (presumably[…]