Economy

With the dwindling income from sale of crude oil, it has become imperative for government at all levels to scout for alternative sources of income to fund development projects and programmes as well as oil […]

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has met the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) managing director as the West African country grapples with the fall in global oil prices. His government is trying to secure funds to combat […]

ABUJA – MANAGING Director, International Monetary Fund, IMF, Christine Lagarde has asked Nigeria and Nigerians to brace up for harder times, following the massive fall in the price of oil globally, just as she said […]

I was at a dinner in Port Harcourt recently and most of those present had harsh words for the Central Bank of Nigeria and its leadership. As the diners lambasted the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, […]

Hauwa is a middle-aged Nigerian woman from Gombe State. She is a mother of three, pregnant for the fourth and currently studying for a postgraduate degree in a prestigious university in the United Kingdom. She […]

The News condemned her as “The Failed Minister” on the cover of its edition of May 25. On the other hand, Government, a monthly publication of Leadership Newspapers, praised her as the minister who “revamped […]

Nigeria needs more flexibility in setting monetary policy so it can use its foreign currency reserves to support the poor population if low oil prices persist, said International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde. “With […]

ABUJA — There were indications that the 2016 Appropriation Bill may be subjected to further scrutiny and amendments by the International Monetary Fund, IMF, despite being already presented to the National Assembly for legislative action. […]

I love to read books and that habit means I frequent bookshops a lot. However, since I resumed duties as a Senator, I have not had as much spare time as I used to have […]

It is that time of year again, the release of the Federal Budget proposals, when we all become economists, at least for the three or four weeks that the plan dominates public discourse. And why […]

Trust Nigerians, they have since been voicing out their concerns not just on the size of President Muhammadu Buhari Budget 2016 but also the contents of the fiscal instrument expected to signpost change. Yes, not […]

IF there is anybody I can vouch for in Buhari’s Cabinet, it is Senator Udoma Udo Udoma. I have known him, and his best friend Keem Bello Osagie, for 30 years. All three of us […]

The much expected content of the 2016 Appropriation Bill was unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, December 22, 2015. It is entitled, “Budget of Change.” Expectedly, allocation to infrastructure, according to the figures presented, […]

Permit a digression. The recent hike in price of electricity was actually unnecessary because there has not been any significant and sustainable improvement in electricity distribution since electricity distribution was sold out and despite federal […]

ABUJA — The insolvency of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has been brought to the  fore, with its inability to fund its obligation to International Oil Companies (IOCs),  as it owes its Joint Venture (JV) […]

ABUJA— Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, Ms. Christine Lagarde, arrived Nigeria, yesterday,  on a four-day official visit to engage with policy makers and other stakeholders on how her organisation can partner the […]

Should the CBN simply allow these guys to be ‘validly’ maintaining accounts in different names? Should there not be a review of all the change of name galore in all our newspapers in the last […]

The complex nature of our nation’s turbulent economy has impacted all Nigerians and leaves many feeling confused and anxious. Whilst it is important to keep abreast of what is happening in our national economy, it […]