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By Omoh Gabriel The restriction placed by the CBN on 41 items’ access to foreign exchange and Bureaux De Change has generated…

By Omoh Gabriel Zero budgeting cannot be responsible for budget padding. It cannot be the reason for rats smuggling foreign provisions into…

 By Omoh Gabriel Nigeria is often ridiculed as a giant in the sun. It is said to have abundant resources that are…

By Omoh Gabriel When the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, Christine Lagarde came to have a chat with Nigeria’s…

By Omoh Gabriel Many Nigerians do not seem to understand the role of the CBN in an economy. Some believe that the…

By Omoh Gabriel Last week in this column I said in there was no need to continue the sale of foreign exchange…

By Omoh Gabriel The pressure on the Naira at the foreign exchange market might continue to mount and see further depreciation in…

By Omoh Gabriel  Last week I talked about the technological opportunity the so-called illegal refineries is offering the nation that is being…

By Omoh Gabriel Every so often, the Nigerian nation is hard hit with petrol scarcity. This is because the nation has no…

Since the Nigerian economy emerged as the largest economy in Africa as a result of the rebasing exercise, the attempt to frustrate…

In the late 1980s, one Frank Olize of NTA Newsline set out in search of the common man in Nigeria. The search…

Working in Nigeria is quite interesting and as well, very challenging. Public sector workers have to use their meagre salaries to fend…

On August 31, 2015 in this column we warned the nation that with the absence of a fiscal policy, the economy is…

Nigeria is a country of ironies. Issues are not treated on merit. Every leader follows his fancy and Nigerians just tag along.…