Nigeria’s Untenable Rising Debt Profile
By Yemi Adebowale For most of this week, I spent quality time scrutinising the statistics of the Debt Management Office (DMO) on Nigeria’s liability portfolio in the last six years. I wanted a clear picture…
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Shocker: US Falls To Nigeria 90-87 In Pre-Olympic Opener
By Tim Reynolds This is not how USA Basketball expected to open its Olympic summer. Nigeria probably didn’t expect it, either. If there was any expectation of invincibility for the Americans heading into the Tokyo…
The Gurus & Gutters Of Journalism
Journalists are social engineers who engineer everything around you from the physical to the spiritual without you realizing it. They do this by influencing the politicians you vote for, who make policies that can throw…
The Drunkard From Otuoke
Some years ago, I had a heated debate about the performance of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan with a lecturer and geologist from the Federal University, Lokoja. He accused Jonathan of many offenses that included him being…
Why Buhari Must Go Now Now!
The funeral ceremony and the cries of the loved ones of the dead from the NAF Plane Crash reminded me of one of Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s songs that says, “…dem leave sorrow, tears, and blood,…
What Is The Exit Strategy?
By Akin Osuntokun In a recent characteristic demonstration of miscue and confusion within the presidency, (which sounded more like a confession of helplessness in articulating a plausible exit strategy for the Muhammadu Buhari presidency), Vice…
Nigeria Should Be A Comedy Movie On Netflix — Praiz
By Segun Adebayo Against the backdrop of biting economic condition and rising insecurity and unrest bedevilling the country, Nigerian singer and songwriter, Praiz says the country has turned into a mere joke that should feature on…
Buhari And The Verdict Of History
By Eddy Odivwri Last week, I promised to revisit an interview the then Gen Mohammadu Buhari granted this newspaper, in December 2014, as he was yet aspiring to win the presidential ticket of the All…
Nigeria Is Printing Money: The Road To Zimbabwe (2)
By Nick Agule Let me illustrate what happens when Quantitative Easing is managed well and when it is mismanaged as follows: 1. If QE is used rightly, it is a veritable economic management tool that…
Nigeria Printing Money: The Road To Zimbabwe (1)
By Nick Agule Within the last week, a war of words has ensued over the management of the Nigerian economy with Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State firing the first salvo by accusing the Federal…