By Charles Kumolu LAGOS-FORMER Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala yesterday said it was better to allow those managing Nigeria’s economy to do the best they could, noting that there could be solutions to the present economic decline in the country. She also noted that she would not be available to serve the present administration if […]
Elder statesman, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to take steps that could let Nigeria go the way of Yugoslavia which buckled under bloody wars before it eventually broke into smaller nations. Ajayi, a political associate of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, while reacting to the on-going agitation in the Niger Delta […]
How Nigeria slipped into economic recession, by experts By Roseline Okere Vice Chancellor, Federal University Oye-Ekiti. Kayode SoremekunVice Chancellor, Federal University Oye-Ekiti. Kayode Soremekun •Warn govt against excessive borrowing • Classify country as a rental economy. Running an oil-dependent economy, lack of sustainable developmental strategies, and mismanagement of Nigeria’s petroleum revenues have been identified […]
FG says US Congressman’s comment on Buhari out of tune with reality Iyobosa Uwugiaren in Abuja Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed advertisement The federal government has described as “sadly out of tune with reality” the published letter from US Congressman, Tom Marino, to the Secretary of State, John […]
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has submitted to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission an email correspondence between him and a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih. Falae tendered the email as an evidence in the probe linking […]
A former Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof. Charles Soludo, said, yesterday, that the economic recession Nigeria is experiencing was self inflicted, insisting that oil, for most part of the country, had been a curse. *Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo Soludo, in a key note address at Delta State Economic and Investment Summit, said the collapse […]
Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara John Ameh Nine out of the 10 principal officers of the House of Representatives kept sealed lips on Saturday over the latest N10billion allegations levelled against them by a former Chairman, Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin. The officers are the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara; Deputy Speaker, Yussuff Lasun; House […]
Gbenga Adeniji Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday said he did not represent any international intervention group when he met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on August 10. He also appealed to the Federal Government “to respond positively to the outrage of the militants of Niger Delta.” Soyinka, who said […]
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The activities of pipeline vandals took a huge toll on the revenue into the federation account as the country recorded a shortfall of N250.97bn for the month of July. As a result of this, the allocation to the three tiers of government witnessed a decline of N115.36bn from N559.03bn in June to […]
odwin Isenyo, Kaduna Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, at the All Progressives Congress Governors Forum‘s Fourth Progressive Governance Lecture series, says Nigeria has what it takes to be great again in spite of its current socio-economic challenges. He added that such must, however, come with positive change of attitudes by Nigerians. The lecture, which took place at […]
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