Thinking, it would seem, is not one of the talents God gifted the Nigerian politician; you apparently do not need...

The truth is simple: We cannot modernise the Nigerian state until we dispense with spendthrift governments. This is as much...

Much of the palaver over the recent meeting of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s policy committee was exercised by how...

Interestingly, the NNPCL’s financial statement for 2024 reports ₦8.67 trillion as an “under-recovery” balance. Other coverage in the 2025 statement...

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The CBN evidently has its work cut out for it. It makes sense, therefore that...

Several passages in the NBS’ report describe changes as percentages when they are more accurately percentage point changes. And we...

The spectacle of a senior adviser on economics to the Tinubu government dissing the numbers on the economy issued by...

All of this leads to the one question that accompanied me through every page of the report: Is Nigeria’s economy...

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Far more consequential would be that on the back of its ability to raise funds...

After a fashion, an economy is like a latex balloon. Squeeze air out of a part of it, and it...

Which is the more significant milestone? Three years into the Tinubu administration? Or the prospect, next year, of another general...

Catholic Bishops meet with Tinubu (PHOTO CREDIT: @aonanuga1956) It would have been far easier, then, for the president to have...

Culture is a beautiful thing. Just about everyone has a sense of what it is. I can tell examples of...

The point that ought not to be missed is that for an economy such as ours, the biggest crisis point...

Birdwatchers Is my point that Nigeria does not look favourably on birdwatchers. No, it doesn’t. In the passive sense described...

A few years back, poor sporting infrastructure was the bane of African teams at the World Cup. Today, with Europeans...

President Donald Trump And the US? The Yorùbá believe that when a battling ram steps back, it is to reinforce....

Mr Bayo Onanuga Last week, Mr Onanuga hogged news headlines again. This time he assayed to entrap the canard that...

Self aggrandisement – in politics and in business? Conspicuous consumption? The moral infirmity that is status competition? You can choose...

International Monetary Fund In a qualified sense, the fund’s report presents a picture of an economy that is stronger financially,...

The Berlin Conference was a disservice to Africa. Irrespective of whichever echo chamber you stumble into, there is no question...

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the economy, Taiwo Oyedele. Is there, thus, a case to argue that as...

...taking a loan in the understanding that one may kick the repayment can down the road is not just irresponsible....

...the jury is in. Corruption renders an economy more fragile. It worsens insecurity simply from the ease with which it...

...Nigeria needs reforms that radically alter the structure of its economy – private sector-led (market-driven); within a strong regulatory and...