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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…