All posts tagged "Nigeria"
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1.0KDEVELOPINGTaming Our Addiction to Forex
When, last week, some of my brothers – mainly importers of goods from China, Dubai and western Europe – confronted me with...
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1.1KDEVELOPINGWhere Is NEITI?
As things stand today, Nigeria cannot take some important decisions as part of its obligations to the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative...
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1.3KLEAD STORIESDemocracy by Manipulation
You could suspect that Prince Abubakar Audu was killed, just by listening to the various views canvassed in the media since his...
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997LEAD STORIESA State’s Survival Strategy
The popular narrative has been that Nigeria’s 36 states are broke and can no longer pay N18, 000 minimum wage to their...
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979LEAD STORIESMinisters and Their Portfolios
At last, we have got our ministers, and they have got their portfolios. In the next two or three weeks, I hope,...
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997BUSINESS & ECONOMY$5.2b Penalty: Nigerians Unite Against MTN
An overwhelming majority of Nigerians have applauded the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for imposing a $5.2 billion (N1.4trillion) penalty on mobile telecommunications...
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2.2KLEAD STORIESThe Pride of a Nation
What do we make of a nation that has the potential to supply all of the world’s rice needs and yet imports...
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1.3KIN THE NEWS...Abuja School Saved from Boko Haram Bomb
It was on the morning of Tuesday, October 20, in a suburb of Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja. Two suspected Boko Haram terrorists...
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1.2KDEVELOPINGScreening of Would-be Ministers
Rarely has any person nominated for ministerial position failed the test of the Nigerian Senate. I can remember only one exception, some...
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974LEAD STORIES
He’s Making Nigeria Work Again
By UMAR SA’AD HASSAN– When former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was asked what he had been able to achieve in his first...