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The coming summit on education
Sometime in last year, President Mohammed Buhari charged the Ministry of Education to convene a ministerial summit…
As Nigeria marches into another debt peonage?
Three months ago the International Monetary Fund, IMF, in its presentation of the Global Financial Stability Report…
Fast track budget implementation
The breach between budgetary estimates and implementation in Nigeria seems to be perennial. Because of the role and…
Petrol subsidy is no longer justifiable: End it
Recently the federal government through the minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, reported that…
The risk of having a Minister of Finance that can be…
There has been a deadly silence since July 7 when Premium Times broke a story that the Minister of Finance, Kemi…
Wanted: Emotional and social intelligence in the…
In the wake of the killing of over 100 citizens in Plateau State June 22 -24, President Muhammadu Buhari visited…
The sad narrative of poverty in Nigeria
Nigeria slipped into infamy in June by being named the poverty capital of the world, a tag previously worn by…
Fuelling poverty through import ban
The federal government recently announced that it plans to close Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic to tackle the…
Dangote: the travails of the only rich man in a village
I always take delight in the words of our elders which convey pure wisdom and address issues that were yet to occur…
On government creation and funding of ranches
Plans by the Federal Government to create and fund 94 cattle ranches across ten states at the massive cost of…
Clarity on border control
The federal government recently announced that it plans to close Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic to tackle the…
GEEP MarketMoni extends no-interest loans to 12,712 Oyo…
Over 12,000 beneficiaries from Oyo State are now counting their gains from the Government Enterprise and…