In October 2016, Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun disclosed that the Federal Government has taken out about 33,000 Ghost workers...
Since July 2015 the FGN has delivered six separate programmes to ease the pressure on state government finances. It moved...
Over the past fifty years, Africa has mimicked Europe, institutionally,in its quest for economic integration. But Africa isa bad photocopy...
As December 2017 approaches, a certain tradition will become more pronounced in Nigeria. It is not that it disappears within...
Nigeria’s honorable minister of finance made an attempt to deconstruct Nigeria’s debt burden a few weeks ago, but she lost...
Nigeria’s financial inclusion story is that in 2008 as much as 53.5 per cent of us were financially excluded. Government...
The economic life-line of most maritime nations depends on the merchant fleet to transport both imports and exports. This dependence...
Malusi Gigaba, the sometimes colourfully dapper – his unique wardrobe include suits with such ‘interesting’ colours like green and purple...
Last week I was thrilled to read that PMB threw a very interesting question to state governors who were owing...
History, the saying goes, often repeats itself. Take two events in Nigeria’s political history: the struggle for independence and the...
Last week, I talked about government’s desperation to retake control of the commanding heights of the economy by getting the...
In the letter Kachikwu said “…the NNPC Tenders Board (NTB) cannot be the final clearance authority for contracts it enters...
The reason is because the world has become intensely financial and not much happens without finance taking the pride of...
Every once in a while there is a collapse of the system but it quickly comes back to life. In...
That would be in an ideal world, however. Only a year ago, a lower court decided that the same corruption...