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Reforms must press on
Texas, a major oil and gas state in the United States of America, may slip into recession next year, according to…
Building the cassava bread value chain
Recent research shows that inclusion of up to 40 percent cassava flour in wheat for bread and confectioneries is…
A case for issue-based campaigns
The last few weeks were activity-packed for many of the numerous political parties in the country. There were…
A new direction for global health
It is easy to be discouraged about the state of international cooperation today, but global health remains an area…
Equipping the youth for leadership
It is often said that the youths are the leaders of tomorrow. But the youths no longer seem to fancy that because…
The long wait for NMRC operations
When the Federal Government launched the Nigerian Mortgage Refinance Company (NMRC) in January this year as a…
Middle-class apathy to governance issues
For a decade now there has been a growing refrain about the rising middle class across the globe. The global middle…
A shift away from oil
The year 2014 is ending on a rather thorny note for Nigeria. From about the middle of the year, the price of crude…
Making Nigeria more competitive
In its quest to improve business competitiveness and ability to attract local and international investment, Nigeria…
Nigeria’s shadow cabinet
The talk-back option is an essential ingredient of any democracy. In the parliamentary system of government, for…
Leveraging ICT tools to fight corruption
Though corruption is a universal phenomenon which Transparency International defines as the abuse of entrusted…
Power privatisation one year after
When the assets of the unbundled Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) were privatised over a year ago, the…