Tag: Economist

Analysis: Before our eyes, Ambode is becoming one helluva governor

As the 2015 General Elections drew closer last year, one big question on the lips of many Nigerians was who will succeed Babatunde Fashola as the governor of Lagos State.…

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Sonala Olumhense: Nigerians must campaign and vote in ABP next year

by Sonala Olumhense The Economist warned: “The incompetence of Nigeria’s president and government is hurting the country’s reputation at home and abroad." As it turned out, we needed foreign assistance…

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Okey Ndibe: On Nigeria’s new ‘MINTED’ hope

by Okey Ndibe Nigeria’s economic policy makers are understandably giddy about Mr. O’Neill’s flattering prognosis. I’d caution the infusion of a high dose of chastening realism into the premature celebration.…

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Opinion: Nigeria has both the good and bad sides

by Eric Teniola I do not see such in the present day Nigeria. Right now there is a war going on in the North-East, no one knows when the war…

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Opinion: Let me know who my own Man of the Year is

by Ayomitan Stevens Heroes also are the teachers and tutors, spread across this fair land of ours. Those patient builders who are everyday moulding nations in those small and oft…

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The Economist: Why Muslim anger won’t calm down

To outside eyes it is as bizarre as it is repellent. A single event, book, cartoon, film or teddy bear, which represents nothing but its originator, who may not even…

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Northern states top Nigeria’s jobless list according to figures released by NBS

by Isi Esene The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has recently released the 2011 unemployment data which reveals a wide dichotomy between states in the North and those in the…

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The Economist: Tough times ahead for Okonjo-Iweala

It has been an exciting couple of months for Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-iweala. She has spent the time traversing the globe and chasing history, hoping—and…

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She might win this thing? The Economist and Financial Times endorse Okonjo-Iweala

by Seyi Lawal Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance has now received tremendous support for her nomination to become the next president of the Word Bank. Recently, The Economist described her…

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