Nigeria slashes oil output, price estimates for 2021 as Buhari warns of revenue hit
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari announced Oct. 8 in his 2021 budget proposal to parliament a lower output target and expected…
Independence Anniversary Speech by President Muhammadu Buhari
INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OFNIGERIA’S SIXTIETH…
Prospects for Agenda 2050
By Obadiah Mailafia Without much fanfare and drums, the Federal Government recently launched the Nigeria Agenda 2050 programme in Abuja.…
Nigeria: A nation of lions led by donkeys
By Tayo Oke Let us take a deep breath as we wade through the content of this piece. It is…
Nigeria at 60: How has the education sector fared?
By Jide Ojo Nigeria will be celebrating her 60th Independence Anniversary tomorrow (Wednesday), October 1, 2020. Should we roll out…
The Gambian President shuns the European Union ahead of draft vote
In a move justifying concerns in some quarters that the president of The Gambia, Adama Barrow might be towing the…
Zambia’s call for debt relief triggers fear of domino effect across Africa
As the Covid-19 pandemic induced economic crisis reverberates across mostly commodities based economies in Africa, the world’s second largest copper…
Africa loses $89 billion annually to tax evasion and theft –Report
Africa is losing nearly $89bn a year in illicit financial flows such as tax evasion and theft, amounting to more…
Much ado about railroad
By Chinedu Obike Ordinarily, the construction of a rail line should be a source of joy and hailed as an…
Hardball Commentary: Edo Politics of the Absurd
The absurdist movement of the late 1950s was one in which notable playwrights depicted the ‘existentialism’ philosophy of human existence…