Tag: Economic

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The SDG Index; the hattrick Nigeria can’t seem to score

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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@egbas: This is how to polish the Buhari brand

by Jude Egbas If the supporters of General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB) are honest with themselves, they’ll admit that the former military dictator still has a mountain to climb if he…

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Opinion: How Nigeria’s MINT dream can become reality

by Uzoma Elenwoke If Nigeria gets our economy right, underdevelopment, corruption and political unrest will be a thing of the past. The society will absolve and deal with them. I…

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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…

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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…

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100,000 young Nigerians stand together! The largest generational gathering in Nigeria’s history set for the TBS

by Oge Okonkwo On 18th January 2014, 100,000 young Nigerians from across the nation will declare their stand for the future of their nation at the main bowl of Tafawa…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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