Business & Economy

Events that have recently unfolded in the banking sector of Nigeria has truly lived up to the sector’s rating as the Nation’s most vibrant. The replacement of five bank CEOs …

Economists are often, occasionally unfairly, ridiculed as people who are good at theory but struggle when faced with the challenges of the real world as currently  being witnessed  globally. In …

When experts stumble, our world tumble and we may fumble; indeed the history of professionals in our national life is riddled with book experts who make a generalization of their …

The number of hungry people in Nigeria has jumped by 100 million in the past two years, aggravated by high food and fuel prices and the global economic slowdown…

Why do we crib and grumble till we turn crabby and yet continue to work for the same organization we often hate or condemn? Perhaps, it is the small pay …

Just as many predicted when President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua signed the 2009 Appropriation Bill into law last March, the Executive and Legislative arms of government at the federal level have, …

If there was anytime that Nigeria was truly good or great, it was in the vainglorious 70s, sometimes snidely referred to as the ‘oil-boom’ years. Those who experienced it describe …

Ironically, because of the lack of confidence in our Naira, Nigeria is already Dollarized in an unofficial sense.  While the Naira is still the medium of exchange, it has virtually …

Ironically, because of the lack of confidence in our Naira, Nigeria is already Dollarized in an unofficial sense.  While the Naira is still the medium of exchange, it has virtually …

Analysis of the official pronouncements of top government functionaries in Nigeria on the current global financial crisis reveals one of two things: Either a clear lack of understanding of the …

We must all be aware that the Russian bears in Moscow are not sleeping and are making tangible plans to scuttle Nigeria’s attempt at energy and economic sustainability in the …

After 48 years of independence from colonialism, Nigeria is today owned and controlled by few Indian businessmen whose reach, influence and power could grind our economy to a halt…

At less than 1%, the share of manufacturing in Nigeria’s exports is minuscule. Most industries are struggling to survive, with capacity utilization in manufacturing down from 64% in December 2007 …

At less than 1%, the share of manufacturing in Nigeria’s exports is minuscule. Most industries are struggling to survive, with capacity utilization in manufacturing down from 64% in December 2007 …

To triumph in business today, never take it for granted that your past or what you read in books, scrolls, pamphlet and business magazines, will catapult you into the exuberance …

I suspect that the collapse of the world financial system is probably as a result of the work of Transparency International and other national economic and financial monitory and regulatory …