Governments sometimes need to restructure their debts. Otherwise, a country’s economic and political stability may be threatened. But, in the...
Don’t call me His Excellency. Don’t add Executive to my name. Just address me simply as Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, governor...
In case you missed it, South Korea is in the grips of a Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) epidemic. Surprisingly, there is...
The US economy improved rapidly from 1933 to 1937, but then relapsed into a deep recession in 1937–38. Of course,...
Some academic staff in our tertiary institutions maintain their relevance through questionable patronages that they compel from desperate academic shoppers,...
One of the discoveries in microfinancing that have kept it going is the fact that it is possible to make...
In a democracy, a general election is a referendum on the status quo. The incumbent says that things are okay...
Foreign currency exposures of banks’ assets and liabilities have increased. Indeed, Nigeria is observed to be one of the largest...
For the third consecutive month, the Lagos State Government (LASG) last May ‘cancelled’ the monthly environmental exercise scheduled to take...
Everything is for sale. Everything has a prospective buyer. But, nothing sells just on its own merits alone. Everything needs...
When I visited Nigeria in the first fortnight of May after a gap of over two years, I realized that...
US President Barack Obama is still pressing to obtain Trade Promotion Authority and use it to conclude negotiations for the...
On the back of strong support for domestic food production and processing, Nigeria can launch an era of food...
According to UN-Habitat, “Lagos is indisputably the gateway to globalization in Africa…and inevitably, the centripetal node of forces that link...
From hairdressers to film companies, the vast majority of companies in Nigeria are micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). They...