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Perverse rewards: Two nations and their victorious women’s sports teams
The past three weeks have been remarkable for sports women internationally. Women’s national sports teams were victorious in major......
Indermit Gill
Nigeria must stay on reform path for 10 years to see results
It happened because of poor fiscal and exchange rate policies during the oil boom of the 1970s. Massive increases in oil prices brought massive increases in wealth. Yet Nigeria's fiscal deficit shot up to between 7% and 10% of GDP....
Editor | Oct 15, 2024
Economy
At 64, Nigeria is failing; it’s the troubled ‘giant’ of Africa
Like other nations that secured independence from their colonial rulers, Nigeria celebrates its freedom annually, as it did recently on its 64th Independence anniversary. ...
Editor | Oct 15, 2024
Edo sham poll: Nigeria needs UN assistance for 2027 presidential election
Outrageous! How dare you say the United Nations should run elections in Nigeria, a sovereign state? That’s how some will react to this intervention. But leaving aside the fact that countries often seek United Nations electoral assistance...
Editor | Oct 07, 2024
Edo sham poll: Nigeria needs UN assistance for 2027 presidential election
Outrageous! How dare you say the United Nations should run elections in Nigeria, a sovereign state? That’s how some will react to this intervention. But leaving aside the fact that countries often seek United Nations electoral assistance...
Editor | Oct 07, 2024
‘Oil curse’: Nigeria faces bleak economic future as a petrostate
The latest foreign trade data show that Nigeria recorded a trade balance of N6.52 trillion in the second quarter of this year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)....
Editor | Sep 23, 2024
Is Nigeria on the verge of a fuel price miracle or another empty promise?
Nigeria has long grappled with one of its most persistent economic challenges: fuel prices. For decades, the country has faced fuel queues, petrol shortages, smuggling, partial subsidy removals, and frequent price hikes...
Editor | Sep 23, 2024
Fiscal management: A rescue mission in resetting a broken economy
Recently, I came across a fascinating online publication urging the Nigerian populace to have strong faith and believe in His Excellency, President Ahmed Bola Tinubu GCFR's, current significant economic reforms...
Editor | Sep 23, 2024
Stuck in a cycle: How Nigeria’s economic reforms and environmental crises fail its people
Nigeria faces an escalating dual crisis: economic instability and environmental disasters. These simultaneous challenges underscore the urgent need for comprehensive reforms and effective disaster management....
Editor | Sep 23, 2024
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