Tag: GDP

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Janeth JFebruary 8, 2016

Nigeria’s GDP will increase to $2trn by 2030 only if…

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, has revealed that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will increase to $2 trillion by ...

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Janeth JAugust 29, 2015

PDP is worried about ‘the damage done in the last 90 days’

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticised the first 90 days in office of President Muhammadu Buhari. PDP described as alarming, ...

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Emmanuel ChidiogoMarch 30, 2015

Simon Kolawole: Read Lee Kuan Yew’s open letter to Nigerian leaders

by Simon Kolawole We are no magicians. We are no angels. We are human beings like you, dear Nigerian leaders. ...

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Emmanuel ChidiogoMarch 3, 2015

Femi Aribisala: Why Nigerians must reject the second coming of Buhari

by Femi Aribisala   When Buhari seized power in 1983, Nigeria’s GDP was $444.45. When he was overthrown in 1985, ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 16, 2015

Analysis: Yes, Nigeria is diversifying but what is the objective exactly?

by SBM Intelligence In presenting the 2015 Budget to the national assembly, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the ...

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Isime EseneJanuary 28, 2015

Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala replies Soludo in a passionate rejoinder (READ)

SOLUDO’S SELF-SERVING ARTICLE ON ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT IS DEFICIT IN FACTS, LOGIC AND HONOUR This piece is in response to an ...

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YEditorNovember 18, 2014

Our GDP growth slowed down over the third quarter

by Tunji Andrews The National Bureau of Statistics in a report has stated that the economy grew by 6.23% in ...

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Op-Ed EditorOctober 5, 2014

Victor Ajayi: Growth-Inequality challenge in Nigeria (Y! PolicyHub)

by Victor Ajayi The recent announcement of the Nigeria’s GDP growth of 6.5 percent in the second quarter of 2014 ...

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Kolapo OlapojuOctober 1, 2014

At 54, will Nigeria’s rebased GDP fulfil all expectations?

by Tunji Andrews On April the 6th, 2014, Nigeria, via it’s Bureau of statistics released the results of it’s GDP ...

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Emmanuel ChidiogoSeptember 18, 2014

FEC lays down 2015-2017 medium term fiscal framework

by Tunji Andrews   The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the draft Medium Term Fiscal Framework (MTEF) for the ...

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YEditorSeptember 8, 2014

GDP on the up as Nigeria posts bullish Q2 figures

by Tunji Andrews Nigeria posted a 6.54% GDP growth for the second quarter of 2014, a 0.33 percentage point increase ...

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Kolapo OlapojuSeptember 1, 2014

Real Estate Unite 2014 officially launches: Gov. Fashola to give keynote address at October event

by Jewel Stephen 3Invest Ltd on Wednesday 27th August held a media conference to officially launch Real Estate Unite 2014—the ...

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July 22, 2014

Who woulda thunk it? Manufacturing is now biggest driver of Nigeria’s growth [DETAILS]

by Tunji Andrews An ironic twist in Nigeria’s economic story has presented itself with Renaissance Capital’s report that flags manufacturing ...

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April 15, 2014

Sam Nda-Isaiah: Did Jonathan play any role in Nigeria’s new GDP?

by Sam Nda-Isaiah But if Jonathan wants to claim credit for the new GDP figure, we will be happy to ...

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April 14, 2014

Cheta Nwanze: Sacking the entire police force won’t be such a bad idea

by Cheta Nwanze A few minutes ago, a bomb went off at the Municipal Bus Terminal in Nyanya, Abuja. There ...

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April 13, 2014

Soyombo Ayomikun: Nigerians want food, not a rebased GDP (Poetry)

by Soyombo Ayomikun Whatever GDP means. Nigerians’ brains at the moment cannot comprehend. Please give us food. Before hunger deals ...

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April 13, 2014

Cheta Nwanze: Yesterday I slept with NEPA… and she was good

by Cheta Nwanze I’d have made a comment about the toothless bulldog, but the last time I did, not a few, ...

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April 13, 2014

Simon Kolawole: Nigeria’s GDP rebasing – No, we haven’t arrived yet

by Simon Kolawole Good news. Nigeria now houses the largest economy in Africa. We achieved this by simple arithmetic we ...

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April 9, 2014

Gunmen kill 7 policemen, 1 civilian in Jigawa, NLC calls new $510 billion GDP a ‘time bomb’ & other important news you need to know today

by Oge Okonkwo Suspected gunmen kill 7 policemen and a civilian in Jigawa A police station was attacked by suspected ...

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April 8, 2014

Opinion: Let’s talk about these new GDP numbers

by Ifeanyi Uddin Evidently, despite the new ginormous size of our economy, there is an equally humongous opportunity for improvement. ...

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April 7, 2014

Joe Igbokwe: The Rebasing fraud from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics

by Joe Igbokwe  Nigerian Leaders have been deceiving Nigerians for a longtime now but they cannot deceive the world.  South Africa ...

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April 7, 2014

Waziri Adio: Rebased GDP and un-rebased realities

by Waziri Adio My purpose here is not to deny the progress being made or to diminish the importance of ...

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March 7, 2014

For the Record: Full text of Dr. Oby Ezekwesili’s speech at the APC National Summit in Abuja

THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH OF ELUSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- NIGERIA’S CENTURY OLD FAILURES AND PROSPECTS FOR A NEW NIGERIA The unwillingness of ...

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January 12, 2014

Simon Kolawole: Minting our way to the top

by Simon Kolawole Let me state clearly that I am not one of those who expect Nigeria to develop overnight. ...

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January 10, 2014

Opinion: Nigeria and its phantom MINT projections

by Nasir Suwaid The basic fundamental problem though is the fact that valid projections should always be premised on certain ...

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December 17, 2013

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 ...

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November 24, 2013

Simon Kolawole: Where exactly is Africa going?

by Simon Kolawole Senator Abdul Ningi recently raised the alarm that N500 billion was missing from the SURE-P funds. Was ...

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August 17, 2013

Opinion: Is the Nigerian economy deadlocked?

by Salim Salihu Muhammed No doubt, Nigeria is making progress in industrial growth, the absence of infrastructure to complement the ...

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August 14, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: #TheFutureAfrica – The opportunities and dangers ahead (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa As we look at #TheFutureAfrica we must bask in the euphoria of where we are compared to ...

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August 2, 2013

Opinion: Transformation Agenda – We have so far failed in politics and economics

by Adisa Adeleye A glaring weakness of the economic transformation programme is its stubborn reliance on paper growth based on ...

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