First, some backstory. Since its inception in 1945, the United Nations has always been very hands-on with global social and economic growth so it came as no surprise when the organization proposed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. 193 governments agreed to the accords and they all set their sight on the global goals... Read More

Change, Economic, Inequality, injustice, nigeria, social, standard development goals, United Nations

February 8, 2017

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Tunde Leye: What trends will influence production and consumption over the next decade?

by Tunde Leye So there are a couple of trends I’ve noticed that I think will shape businesses that succeed and scale over the next decade because they will essentially be the drivers of production and consumption, the two pillars on which business rests. If you divide consumers by age into ten-year bands, starting from... Read More

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Business strategy, consumption, Economic, opinion, Power, trends, Tunde Leye

August 1, 2016

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‘I pity President Buhari’ – El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Sunday, said that over seventy percent of Nigeria’s oil revenue has disappeared under previous administrations without a trace due to corruption. The Governor stated this during the Sunday service at The Latter Rain Assembly, where he was a guest. He said that the present state of Nigeria was saddening as... Read More

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bakare, Buhari, Economic, el rufai, kaduna, nigeria, Oil, revenue

May 16, 2016

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Opinion: Feyi Fawehinmi reviews Buhari’s one-year record on corruption

*This is the first of a three-part series. Is Nigeria fantastically corrupt or not? If you disagree, I invite you to perform a simple brain exercise — name one type of corruption you’ve heard of in any other country in the world that has not happened or cannot happen in Nigeria. David Cameron’s comments were undiplomatic (although... Read More

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Buhari, corruption, crimes, Economic, EFCC, Fawehinmi, Financial, Twtter

May 11, 2016

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President Buhari has found the quickest way out of poverty for Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari, appears to have found the quickest way out of poverty for Nigerians – and it’s something you’ve known all along. The president shared with the country when he declared opened the Katsina Economic and Investment Summit on Tuesday, May 10- just before jetting out to London. “Employment is the quickest way to escape poverty,” the... Read More

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Buhari, Economic, eummit, katsina, nigeria, poverty

April 28, 2016

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Buhari holds crunch meeting with state governors, Fayose absent

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding a crunch economic meeting with the 36 state governors. The meeting which is holding inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, started at exactly 2pm on Thursday, April 28. Most of the state governors are in attendance while some are represented by their deputies. Ekiti state governor,... Read More

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December 28, 2013

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How Jonathan will get second term as president – Primate Ayodele reveals what to expect in 2014

by Rachel Ogbu The General Overseer of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, Primate Babatunde Ayodele has emerged with more details on his predictions for 2014. Ayodele who recently said the PDP will rule in 2015 but Nigeria would divide has also released prophesies surrounding the economic, political, sports, aviation, climate sectors in the country. The... Read More

aviation, Babatunde Ayodele, climate, Economic, General Overseer, INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, lagos, Political, primate, prophesy, sports

November 14, 2013

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Is’haq Kawu Modibbo: Saraki and his dubious ‘election winning machinery’ in Kwara

by Is’haq Kawu Modibbo Those, like Bukola Saraki, who felt President Jonathan was a clueless weakling that can be used and dumped as they thought fit, now have to fight for their own political lives. Last week, the ‘aggressive recruitment’ train of the APC finally chucked into Ilorin, Kwara State. The team was received by... Read More

bill gates, Borno, colonial, dubious, Economic, election, FG, Foundation, Governor, kwara, machinery, mellinda gates, nigeria, Saraki, Shettima, winning

November 6, 2013

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Opinion: Ndigbo – Towards a selfless leadership

by Okey Ikechukwu What needs to happen to make the South-east attract greater trade and investment? This was the central theme and question at the just concluded South East Economic Summit. The scenario in Enugu and Abia States had all the trappings of the unbelievable. That is when you think of the usual nature... Read More

Economic, Ndigbo, Ohaneze, Okey Ikechukwu, opinion, sullivan chime, ynaija

October 23, 2013

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Japheth Omojuwa: African integration is more of an economic question than a political one (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa Africa would begin to trade with itself when African countries produce the finished goods needed by Africans. The other factors that have often come on the radar for blame have since been improved upon but there has not been a proportional increase in their expected effects. African unity has been a feel good phrase for... Read More

African integration, Economic, japheth omojuwa, Political, question, Y! Frontpage

September 2, 2013

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Opinion: The rot in education hinders Nigeria’s economic progress

by Jaye Gaskia When a nation’s workforce is untrained, unskilled, and or has no opportunities to or lacks access to qualitative retraining and skills development, then such a nation’s economy will either fail to grow or slide into a decline relative to the economy of others where the reverse is the case. Let us begin... Read More

decline, Economic, Educational, Health, Jaye Gaskia, job creation, nation, workforce

August 4, 2013

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Tunde Fagbenle: The tacky business of domestic deportation

by Tunde Fagbenle …what is called for is the necessity for other states to hold their governors responsible for the development of their states and the creation of an environment to reduce the urge to migrate to places whose governors are striving to make life more abundant for her citizenry. It is news that has... Read More

Abuja, academy, anambra, Deportation, Economic, football, governors, lagos state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, opinion, pressure, Punch Newspapers, tunde fagbenle, wasimi, ynaija

July 24, 2013

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Opinion: Nigeria’s free market system and its unlimited opportunities

by Lanre Olagunju Whether free market systems can actually wear away an individual’s morality is a subject that will always be up for debate. But the reality is that free market system provides more opportunities that any other economic system. It would require a one sided view with several shades of immorality to say or... Read More

competition, Economic, free market systems, Globacom, GSM, immorality, markets, middle class, MTN, offline, online

April 17, 2012

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S**t happens: World Bank report says 32 million Nigerians defecate openly

by Lekan Olanrewaju Well here’s a bit of… unpleasant news. While Nigerians trade theories over Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s World Bank presidency loss, the institution has given us one more reason to keep them in our conversations. A new report by the World Bank has claimed that 32 million Nigerians... Read More

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S**t happens: World Bank report says 32 million Nigerians defecate openly

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