Economy
Buhari’s First Term: A Socio-Economic Overview
Election time table was out and billed for the mid-first quarter of 2015. Economic and security reports available both locally and internationally were not just worrisome but frightening. The world’s largest black nation that survived
Osun Economic Summit: Government to align development agenda with private sector needs
The forthcoming Economic and Investment Summit proposed by the State Government of Osun is designed to align its development agenda with private sector needs. Co-chairman of the Summit Planning Committee and Supervisory Commissioner for Budget
DPR advises IPMAN, tanker drivers to shun fuel diversion
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has advised members of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and tanker drivers in Osun against fuel diversion in the state. Mr Ademola Makinde, DPR’s Operations Controller
DPR tasks stakeholders on safety procedures
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has tasked stakeholders on adherence to safety procedures in order to forestall disasters associated with downstream sector activities. The advisory was given at the maiden Annual General Meeting
Yoruba People: A Leech in Nigeria’s Development?
In Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria, some Yoruba people picked up arms against their Hausa-Fulani internal migrants and, in the free-for-all that resulted, a few Hausa and Yoruba traders lost their lives and properties worth millions of
Border Closure Policy and Market Prices in Nigeria
Throughout the week, the Nigeria social media space was agog over the issue of rising cost of products, especially following the current administration’s border closure policy. Using a table purportedly compiled by one @edoyakulo, which
From Mercantile Economy to Import Substitution Industrialization: The Need for a New Economic Direction for Nigeria
“We must always take heed that we buy no more from strangers than we sell them, for so should we impoverish ourselves and enrich them.”— Queen Elizabeth I (reigned 1558–1603), cited in Braudel, Fernand (1979:
Ukraine-Russia War and Its Impact on Africa
Mr. Iyanuoluwa Adeoye, a medical student in one of the universities in Ukraine, was forced to abandon his studies as the Ukraine-Russia War, which started in 2014, flared up again last year and returned to
Buhari and Nigeria – A Romance of Mixed Feelings
The Buhari administration, which began in 2015, is gradually winding to a close. Looking back, one cannot but see that the administration presided over by Buhari has had several notable legacies, especially in the areas