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Obadiah Mailafia
Samir Amin and the traditions of the organic…
It was with sadness that we learned of the passing, in a Paris hospital, of the Egyptian-French Marxist economist…
The age of trade wars
The United States, with a GDP of US$20.1 trillion and China with US$14 trillion, constitute the world’s two…
Darkness at noon on the Kaduna road
The Kaduna-Abuja expressway is one of the busiest in our country. It is the principal gateway from our federal…
The Benue declaration and the future of Nigeria
This week witnessed the historic summit of the peoples of the Middle Belt held at the Benue state capital of…
Youth and national development
According to our National Youth Policy document 2001, youth are defined as anyone within the age range of 15 to 35.…
Global megatrends: How Prepared are we? (part 2)
Today we conclude what we began with last week on the theme of global megatrends and how prepared or otherwise we…
Global megatrends: How prepared are we? (I)
An American comedian once made a racist joke that if you needed to hide money from a black man you should put it…
Whither Nigeria’s economic diplomacy? II
Last week we explored the nature and elements of economic diplomacy in general and its role in the pursuit of…
Whither Nigeria’s economic diplomacy (Part 1)
Following the recent debacle with regard to Nigeria’s inability to sign up to the African Continental Free Trade…
The Yuan-Naira currency swap: Opportunities and risks
The finance and banking community in Nigeria welcomed last week’s announcement of the Yuan-Naira currency swap deal…
Genocide, hegemony and power in Nigeria
The Italian Marxist political philosopher Antonio Gramsci was one of the most original thinkers of the twentieth…
Why we must heed the IMF warning on the looming debt…
During last month the IMF issued a warning that Nigeria’s debt and that of other emerging economies has the…