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How our policies and laws discourage investment
In the run up to the 2019 elections, we are currently seeing a repeat of the “awada keri keri”, “girin gori”, and…
Kemi Adeosun and Buhari’s fight against corruption
As predicted by a number of analysts, within two weeks of the Premium Times news on the Minister of Finance Kemi…
Nigeria and shaku shaku dance
In many recurring scenes during the preparations towards the 2015 elections, and some after that, our presidential…
Air travel and Africa’s economic integration
It is perhaps ironic that Nigeria, few weeks after it rejected to sign the Africa Continental Free Area (AfCTA)…
Nigeria’s big fiscal story
Nigeria’s fiscal authorities are excited that the $1 billion Eurobond issued last week was successful, for three…
IDPs as a reflection of enduring failure
According to the 2016 Africa Report on Internal Displacement, published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring…
Where’s Enelamah’s US $20 billion?
Arianna Huffington, the co founder of Huffington Post, one of the biggest global digital media successes said…
MPC meeting; the “Green Tie Signal” worked
I saw the tweet first on Dolapo Oni’s handle (@Dolarpo). “Green Tie Signals Hold.” By the way, Dolapo Oni is the…
Fiscal reforms argument: Let’s try again
Many economists see incentives as one of the underpinings of economic behaviour, and certainly the behaviour of…
MTEF: Is there anything new?
Last week Thursday and Friday, the Ministry of Budget and Planning organised a widely publicised and extensively…
Nigeria’s fiscal rhetoric
Nigeria’s finance Minister Kemi Adeosun, and the head of the country’s Debt Management Office (DMO) Abraham Nwankwo…
How soon can Nigeria end poverty?
When I attend meetings such as the recently concluded Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International…