Prepare for a rough economic ride in 2019
As at 1.19 pm when I started writing this article for Monday publication, Brent Crude oil was trading at US$53.07 per barrel. A few seconds later, it dropped to US$52.99 and rebounded almost…
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Nigeria is running out of jobs for its youths
The latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has put some numbers behind youth unemployment in Nigeria and it does not look good, as we have always known. The NBS, in its…
The strange case of the US$1 billion fund to revive Ajaokuta
Strange things happen in government all over the world but stranger things do happen in the Nigerian government. On Thursday, November 13, the Senate ‘strangely’ passed a bill to provide for…
What happens to the Naira after ‘the next few months’?
Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was recently at an event where he promised that the apex bank will continue to defend the Naira in the next few months. In…
Shehu of Borno says Boko Haram still active
For the real assessment of war against Boko Haram, listen to Shehu of Borno
The Shehu of Borno, Abubakar Elkanemi says the people of Borno state are still under Boko Haram siege contrary…