NEPC targets $100bn earnings from non-oil exports
In line with the resolve by the Federal Government to diversify the economy, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has…
Taming the shrew
The Federal Government faces tough choices in its bid to end pipelines vandalism by Niger Delta militants and save the…
New vista for the Second Niger Bridge
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola rekindles the hope that the Muhammadu Buhari administration would complete…
Govt seals pact with Songhai Farms to boost food production
The Federal Government recently signed a contract agreement between the River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) and Songhai Nigeria Partnership Limited…
2018 World Cup qualifiers: Another hurdle for Super Eagles
Nigeria’s Super Eagles may yet miss 2018 World Cup finals despite the country’s desire to bounce back to reckoning after…
Brexit: Between the rock and a very hard place
…The implications for Nigeria, the UK, EU and the world “The trouble with committing political suicide is that you live…
Stock market set for rebound
With the recent introduction of the flexible exchange rate by the Central Bank of Nigeria, analysts foresee a rebound for…
Concern over threat of systemic risk
Following the poor showing of deposit money banks in 2015, there is the rising concern that systemic risk may be…
CBN’s new flexible forex policy
The Central Bank of Nigeria reintroduces the Flexible Exchange Rate Inter-bank Market as part of measures to make the foreign…
Dangote and the wrangling for dollars
In the midst of Nigeria’s foreign currency squeeze, one person stands out in the scramble to obtain hard currency —…