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Fighting corruption by destroying institutions
One of the enduring tragedies of post-colonies, especially in Africa, is the tendency to destroy or sideline…
As financial exclusion rate grows
A survey conducted by EFInA titled “Access to Financial Services in Nigeria 2016 survey” revealed that the…
A game of distraction
We are disturbed by attempts by some Nigerians to shift attention of fellow citizens from very important issues in…
NIA panel is a distraction
Nigeria has once again had her face rubbed in the mud through recent media reports of a discovery of large cash…
Diversifying government revenues
Now that low oil prices is becoming the ‘new normal’ and analysts are increasingly discounting the probability of…
Bailout of states not enough!
In just under two years of this administration and following the declining price of crude oil and federally…
On the phenomenon of living in slums amid unoccupied…
It is no longer secret that many people in Nigerian cities, especially of Abuja, Lagos, and Port Harcourt, live in…
Mediterranean voyage
Beginning from the 1990s, many West Africans, unable to get visas to Europe or the United States, and to escape…
Magu does not fit the bill
We find it difficult to buy the argument that the Buhari government should, for the third time, forward Mr. Ibrahim…
Fate of 2017 budget
It could be recalled that in February, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Speaker of the House of Representatives,…
Nigeria’s mounting external debt
Following the success of the $1 billion Eurobond sales last month, the government rushed to seek approval for…
Too little, too late!
Last week, the President summoned the courage to suspend the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF,…