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Buhari and foreign exchange policy
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) held its third meeting of the year last…
Buhari and independence of the Central Bank
History has taught us – and scholars are now documenting the lessons - that a great deal of the difference between…
Dealing with youth restiveness: learning the very hard…
Following the resurgence of militant activities in the Niger Delta in recent months, the government, rather than…
Shattered dreams!
Just few days to the first anniversary of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, the All Progressives Congress…
Giving bite to the concept of true federalism
For a country that calls itself a federation, it was not a pretty sight to see state governors queuing to beg…
Nigeria’s missed opportunities and way future prospects
“Strike while the iron is hot” is a popular dictum. But after constant dithering over ideological postulations of…
Lagos’ renewed drive for wealth creation
From available indexes, there are apparent signs of extreme poverty across the world. Nigeria, according to a 2013…
New fuel pump price and the changing narratives
Recently, the government announced a new price band of between N135 – N145 per litre of premium motor spirit (PMS)…
Lagos, housing and megacity dream
Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, is unarguably the largest city state in West Africa with large…
Buhari’s tolerance level: Learning the democratic…
The nature of democratic rule is such that all shades of opinion are given free expressions subject to the law of…
How not to be a ‘fantastically’ corrupt country
Just before the anti-corruption summit held in London on 12th May, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, at a…
Rethinking Education: The road ahead
Education delivery in Nigeria grapples with three major problems: relevance, standard and accessibility. Whilst…