It’s Back To Work For The Finance Minister
In the last one month, Nigeria and Nigerians have found themselves in an unusual position: one of their own was proclaimed as the best candidate for a job of considerable international resources and influence. What started fairly innocuously soon became a full-on campaign for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s presidency of the World Bank…
Welcome To Cash-Less Lagos!
Actually, it's day 5 since the policy began. And Lagos is still humming along like always, no wahala. But if this experiment works, it would go a long
Why Every Nigerian Should Pray For An Oil Price Crash
In a 2006 article for Foreign Policy and later in his book ‘Hot, Flat and Crowded’, Thomas Friedman outlined what he called ‘The first law of petropolitics’, which is an
Remove, Reduce Or Retain Fuel Subsidy? [infographic]
Editor's Note: In this graphic, a follow up to the arithmetic of subsidy, Kunle Durojaiye demonstrates the options that are open
The Arithmetic of Fuel Subsidy
Editor's Note: This post is an opinion piece by Kunle Durojaiye which was first published on his blogTransaction costs impact businesses and economies all over the
CUT THE WASTE: SQUEEZING WATER FROM THE ROCK
By Feyi Fawehinmi.
The inability of the Nigerian govt to make any sacrifices whatsoever has become perhaps the most annoying and irritating thing about the whole 'Occupy' movement. Here
ISLAMIC BANKING: SHATTERING MISCONCEPTIONS – Part I
Several years of religious and sectarian crisis have ensured that Nigerians are wary of anything remotely associated with religion; this has been the bane of controversies that have




















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