...beyond looking for the ‘true value’ of the naira (which at best will change daily in a transparent market), I...

It’s almost uncanny that when I get thinking about an issue around the economy lately, events conspire to push such...

IMF/World Bank How could the increased liquidity at state and local government levels, and the increasing empowerment of local governments...

The GSM story, as cliched as it has become, still merits relevance in exploring an important fact – that the...

Inflation – the rate of increase in the prices of goods and services over a given period of time –...

Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II of Kano. The key flaw in Emir Sanusi’s argument is that it is focused on the...

Picture credit: Emmanuel Ikwuegbu on Unsplash And so, I imagined myself as a young Nigerian just trying to figure our...

Image credit: gettotext.com ...I really do hope that not only Nigeria but more African countries will seize this fresh opportunity...

Elections are drawing near and politicians have started to do what they do best. Many on the opposition side believe...

It takes significant levels of ignorance, lack of self-awareness, lack of emotional and social intelligence, in fact a total disconnect...

The story is told of when in the early 2000s, Vodafone, then the world’s largest telecoms company, commissioned one of...

The recent commendation by the US Mission in Nigeria, widely amplified by local media outlets like The PUNCH, TVC News,...

The eradication of multidimensional poverty is one of the defining challenges of our era - demanding not only moral resolve...

I will want to also add a few more phenomena to inform a new thinking around ‘Factors of Production’, and...

Many economies in the developed world have plateaued. But a cursory glance at our economy reveals vast potentials in every...

It needs to be stated that every country’s history is unique. And one of the disadvantages we have here is...

...every time you write something positive about Nigeria, or post something hopeful, or refrain from posting another terrible thing about...

Picture credit: Emmanuel Ikwuegbu on Unsplash ...no one is trying to use the fact that there is detritus in every...

Picture credit: Benjamin Lowy. ...the question we should ask ourselves, especially in South-West Nigeria is, "How can we abandon our...

I therefore propose that the multilateral agencies please have a rethink on their communication strategy around our macroeconomic numbers. Perhaps this...

For Nigeria and the Global South what are the socioeconomic developmental modules in AI so far? How can we leverage...

I believe that this kind of advisory is way better than winding up our young folks in destructive anger and...

It could be argued that Nigeria has not clearly gone after income inequality since its creation. We have instead gone...

The NESG report could have been more generous with its exposition on the data underpinning such a dire, scary development......

The lesson is that it could take a long period in the life of a nation to ‘take off’ and...