Food
Nigeria’s sea of tomatoes………BBC
Nigeria’s Daily Trust newspaper has a stunning photo to accompany its story of the surplus in this year’s tomato harvest, which has caused prices to fall through the floor.
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Issues/Policy
Earning a living on border of Morocco’s Spanish enclave By Jose Colon
At 6:30am, the sun has not made its appearance yet and the border of Melilla’s Chinatown quarter is illuminated by the orange glow of street lamps. The border crossing is a maze of wires and […]
Business
VW Loses European Market Share to Fiat in Wake of Scandal……BLOOMBERG
Volkswagen AG’s diesel-emissions cheating scandal weighed on the German carmaker’s European market share for a fifth consecutive month as deliveries dropped in its home country and the U.K. Registrations in the region by VW’s namesake […]
Business
Chinese banks start new year with old bad habits By Peter Thal Larsen
Chinese banks have started the New Year with some familiar bad habits. The country’s lenders dished out a hefty 2.5 trillion yuan ($385 billion) in new loans in January as the central bank pumped cash […]
Economy
Egypt Raises Dollar Deposit Cap to Boost Exports as Pound Slumps……BLOOMBERG
Egypt relaxed restrictions on foreign exchange bank deposits in an effort to boost exports after the local currency weakened to a record in black market trading. As a dollar shortage intensifies, the central bank raised […]
Front Page News
Issues/Policy
Immigration loophole for foreign-born spouses could close under draft EU rules …. The Guardian
Hundreds of British citizens with foreign-born partners who depend on an obscure legal loophole to allow them to live together in the UK could see their chances of family life made even tougher by the […]
Economy
Buhari’s budget of controversy By Adewale Kupoluyi
The ongoing debate over the fiscal budget proposed to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari has, once again, reminded us of how serious corruption and impunity have eaten deep into the soul of the […]
Economy
Again, Budget 2016 By Olatunji Dare
It is probably just as well that the National Assembly has suspended discussion and deliberation on President Muhammadu Buhari’s budget proposals for fiscal 2016. There is simply no way to move forward on a document […]
Economy
Myths About Naira Devaluation, By Nonso Obikili
…according to the data, we do not have an import problem… However, we do have an export problem, highlighted by the fact that crude oil accounts for 90% of our recorded exports and crude oil […]
Economy
Ding-dong over electricity tariff By Sanya Oni
Last week’s standoff between the electricity distribution companies and the Organised Labour over tariff hike has, in a manner of speaking, exhumed a corpse which both parties have suffered the illusion of laying to rest […]
Law
Nigerian judiciary on the cross By Azuka Onwuka
Our judiciary has come under heavy attack for judgment delivered by the Supreme Court in recent cases of contentious governorship election results, especially in Akwa Ibom, Delta, Abia and Rivers states. Some leaders and sympathisers […]
Politics
Our Senate President goes back to the dock By Niyi Akinnaso
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, is in the news once again for the wrong reason: He is going back to court to face criminal charges. It is, therefore, not surprising that his impending reappearance […]
Politics
His Parsimonious Excellency ……. NATION
Truth be told: if Nigeria were some ideologically-driven polity, Lagos and Cross River, at near extreme ends of Nigeria’s southern coast, would be proud beacons for the left and the right. Lagos, bastion of progressivism, […]
Politics
Monetisation policy and jumbo salaries of legislators By Eric Teniola
Apart from the issue of oil subsidy, no other subject has enraged and infuriated Nigerians more than the issue of the jumbo salaries and allowances of the members of the National Assembly. Yet, in spite […]
Politics
Unintended consequences of Buhari’s lethargy By Aminu Imam
After being sworn-in as Nigeria’s President on May 29, President Muhammadu Buhari inherited not only a deeply-divided country but one that faces a highly uncertain economic future. Oil, on which Nigeria’s economy depends for the […]
Society
Why are we so corrupt as a people? By Bayo Olupohunda
As mind-boggling revelations of corrupt practices continue to dominate newspaper headlines and more of our stolen resources are being unearthed, I have become indifferent to news about corruption. I have also resolved not to listen […]
Economy
Debt: AMCON should get more serious ….. PUNCH
MORE than five years after its establishment, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria appears to have lost its focus. While similar institutions elsewhere have fulfilled or are fulfilling their mandates, ours appears helpless to recover […]
World
Hillary Clinton barks like a dog to slam Republicans …… CNN
Hillary Clinton’s stump speech has gone to the dogs. Not really. But Clinton told a colorful story on Monday in Reno that ended with the former secretary of state barking like a dog. Clinton was […]
Health
Iron tablets may damage DNA – Study ….. NEW TELEGRAPH
Iron tablets, taken by millions of people could damage the body within just 10 minutes, a study has warned. This is the findings of a new study published in the peer-reviewed science journal PLOS One. […]