Business & Economy

Is the perennial agitation for minimum wage increase justifiable? This is the question many people have been asking. From an economic point of view, continuous wage increase is not justifiable. …

Our emphasis for now should not be on expanding oil and gas production, no. It should be on providing legislation for monies that come in from oil and gas to be …

The emerging Nigerian business executives and Nigerian universities, especially the business schools, should look up and be willing to learn from the two most successful Nigerian billionaires.  Our universities must …

It is time employers focused on the integrity and pride of their employees and treat them as human beings…

Rising Inflationary trend is the most persistent threat to Nigeria’s growing economy.   The Central Bank of Nigeria and its monetary policy committee voted to lift the benchmark interest rate of …

It was just a matter of time before Chinese currency Yuan will join the family of currencies traded in Nigeria’s foreign exchange market…

Are you now saying that failure of these Nigerians to come to Nigeria to update their bank accounts’ information will result in the suspension of their accounts with considerable sums …

Many ‘private sector’ outfits in Nigeria are actually owned by public officers, their relations or fronts. This creates the impression that such organisations are extensions of the public sector and …

This piece is not unmindful of the seeming improvement Goodluck Jonathan has brought to the power sector. We think it is too insignificant though. And that is apart from the …

It is a popular joke that a carpenter of a developed country becomes an engineer when he comes to any project in a third world country. Those statements sum-up the …

Now that greed and corruption of a few for the benefit of a few have wrought destruction of global magnitude, it is now the case that there is an onset …

In Nigeria, there is little that differentiate the government’s sources of revenue and expenditure from that of the elite in the helm of affairs. In fact, they are one and …

Nigerians were angry that Cecilia Ibru got off as light as she did.  Over the past few months, she was vigorously pursued by the EFCC on allegations of abuse of …

On October 1st 2010, Nigeria celebrated her 50th independent anniversary, while the euphoria among the “high and mighty” is still at its peak, and the nostalgic feeling among average Nigerians …

Nigerians have in the past one month witnessed with steadily growing alarm a heightening desperation exhibited by politicians in their bid to control the country’s federal government in the next …

News that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank have classified African economies as recording fast growth and could become growth drivers for the entire globe hit the air …