EFCC: Bawa appointment as litmus test for youths
2021-03-08
Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), becomes household name after his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari.Continue Reading
Contributory Pension: Going The Way of Old Scheme?
2021-02-18
Problems associated with old pension scheme in Nigeria begins to rear its ugly head under Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), as retirees are no longer paid their entitlements three months after retirement.Continue Reading
Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala is new WTO DG
2021-02-15
Nigeria’s Prof. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed as the next World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General.Continue Reading
Features: Echoes from Nigeria’s Corruption Rating by Transparency International
2021-02-11
Since the release of the 2020 Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceived Index (CPI), in which Nigeria was placed 149 out of 180 countries, there had been mixed reactions on the correctness or otherwise of the rating.Continue Reading
Evaluating government’s response to economic impact of COVID-19
2021-01-18
Nigeria would cut the size of its N10.6 trillion budget for 2020 due to low revenue in order to accommodate the effect of COVID-19 on the economy.Continue Reading
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases hit +100,000 with 1,244 on Monday
2021-01-12
NCDC) has reported 1,244 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 101,331.Continue Reading
COVID-19 pandemic, credible electoral process and matters arising
2021-01-06
However, the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has not only disrupted activities in societies, economies and lives across nations, presenting a somewhat difficult situation for the conduct of elections.Continue Reading
News Analysis: Developing mining sector for economic diversification
2021-01-02
By Francisca Oluyole Organised mining began in Nigeria in 1902, when the Mineral Survey of the Northern Protectorate was created by the British colonial government. A year later, the Mineral Survey of the Southern Protectorates was founded and by 1940s, Nigeria was a major producer of tin, columbite and coal.Continue Reading
