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In the last three months local governments, states and federal government officials have been at each others’ neck over short falls in…

Last week I wrote on this column that Nigerians penchant for foreign goods has continued to put pressure on the nation’s external…

Nigerians penchant for foreign goods has continued to put pressure on the nation’s external reserves and the exchange rate. In the last…

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, while inspecting a cold rolling mill facility in Ilorin last week was reported to have said…

Nigerians taste for foreign goods has been the bane of the economy. Many and prefer goods and services made abroad to locally…

In recent times, some incoherent and discordant tunes have been coming out from government quarters for Nigerians to dance to. One of…

When the current economic management team of the Jonathan Administration took office to manage the Nigerian economy, they vowed to check presidential…

What makes economics an interesting science of behaviour is its attempt to predict the behaviour of economic agents. In the attempt to…

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

In 1986, Nigeria was cash-strapped and could not pay for import; It embarked on import licensing.  Foreign exchange rationing was the order…

By Omoh Gabriel When the founding fathers of Western civilization adopted the capitalist philosophy, they realised that a free market economy is…

Nigeria leaders and policy makers have often looked outside for solution to the nation’s ever rising poverty. They have not engaged themselves…

A productive economy is one that is based on solid manufacturing. A well planned industrial policy enables nations to focus on areas…

Nigerian economy is on the stranglehold of debt. At the national, sub-national, corporate and individual levels, debts owed to banks have held…