The effort to rebrand Nigeria may appear fruitless if public trust remains in the dark corner. My home-country, Nigeria embarked on a course of liberal economic reform that was impressive …
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So long as we are not ready to take responsibility by ourselves for our own condition, no one will. Did the Dangotes and the Otedolas tie the legs of every …
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The problem with the banking industry is not new. It’s been ongoing for the last decade or so. While the politicians and the officials of government business covertly pillage the …
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Dear Sir, thank you for your SMS and subsequent email assuring me of your bank’s financial stability after the CBN’s Hammer of Thor struck the bank’s executive ménage relieving its …
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Recruitment exercises conducted by many public and private organisations in Nigeria showcase the level of exploitation faced by jobless and job-seeking Nigerians. Those who venture into self-employment are frustrated by …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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…
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …