Nigeria, Nov. 2 -- My friend's initial reaction to receiving a copy of the "Nigeria Economic Policy Framework: Public Consultation Document", issued by the Federal Ministry of Finance (for consultatio... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 26 -- Take your pick of subject. Subsidies? As part of a government's policy responses, the tension in their implementation is often between succouring consumers (potential voters, also)... Read More
Nigeria, Oct. 19 -- The truth is simple: We cannot modernise the Nigerian state until we dispense with spendthrift governments. This is as much a statement about our governments' preference for pharao... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 28 -- The gut reaction to the decision, last week, by the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) rate-setting committee to drop its benchmark rate by 350 basis points to 23 per cent, is to loo... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- Do the National Bureau of Statistics' (NBS) numbers on the economy's performance still count for much? No, if we are to take seriously the Tinubu government's spokesperson on matt... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- Do the National Bureau of Statistics' (NBS) numbers on the economy's performance still count for much? No, if we are to take the Tinubu government's spokesperson on matters econom... Read More
Nigeria, Sept. 7 -- Against the backdrop provided by the incumbent government's professed ambitions for the country, the 4.43 per cent by which the economy grew on an annualised basis in the second qu... Read More
Nigeria, Aug. 17 -- Which is the more significant milestone? Three years into the Tinubu administration? Or the prospect, next year, of another general election? In fact, some will reject this tension... Read More