Monday, October 26, 2009
Telecoms’ Good News
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Telecommunications investment in Nigeria since 2001 has hit an $18 billion mark. In 1999 total investment in the industry was a paltry $50 m...
Nigeria and UN Security Council seat
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On October 15, 2009, Nigeria was elected to a non-permanent seat in the Security Council of the United Nations with 186 votes. Four other co...
Bankers and the times
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LONG before the Sanusi era, banking used to be one of the most sought-after professions in Nigeria. Some may argue that it probably still is...
The truth about China-Africa relations
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I FEEL duty bound to pen this piece as a rejoinder to Olufemi Oyedele's letter titled 'Who is afraid of China?' (The Guardian, O...
The 1959 Federal Election: aftermath and lessons
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THIS article aims to conclude that "federal character" is both desirable and inevitable in the context of our nation. However, the...
The 1959 Federal Election: aftermath and lessons
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THIS article aims to conclude that "federal character" is both desirable and inevitable in the context of our nation. However, the...
Friday, October 23, 2009
Immunity for Legislators?
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The move by the House of Representatives to amend the legislators’ Powers and Privileges Act is apparently a pursuit of self-interest taken ...
Immunity for Legislators?
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The move by the House of Representatives to amend the legislators’ Powers and Privileges Act is apparently a pursuit of self-interest taken ...
MEND, 'Jomo Gbomo' and amnesty
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IN the ongoing struggle for the 'liberation' of the Niger Delta region, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) ...
The proposed deregulation of petrol price
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FOR the better part of 20 years, the economics of the petroleum pump price has held Nigerians in a riveting contest. Military governments an...
The proposed deregulation of petrol price
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FOR the better part of 20 years, the economics of the petroleum pump price has held Nigerians in a riveting contest. Military governments an...
Friday, October 16, 2009
Mouthing new post-amnesty levels
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“The devil can cite scriptures for his purpose”…William Shakespeare Dear President Yar’Adua, William Shakespeare is acclaimed, by many, to b...
The Nigerian Constitution: Amendment or conference?
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OF all the constitutions that Nigerians and Nigeria had operated, none has been so severally stricture as the 1999 constitution presumably ...
Nigeria’s latest global ranking
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The latest ranking of Nigeria’s economy as the 99th in the world by the world Economic Forum, a Geneva-based organisation, does not bode wel...
The N300bn stimulus package
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The decision of the National Economic Council (NEC) authorizing the withdrawal of N300 billion (about $2 billion) from the Excess Crude Acco...
Before another consolidation of banks
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Prior to the present reforms initiated by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Lamido Sanusi, Nigeria’s banking sector was unde...
Vision 20-2020: Rising from ground zero
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The Federal Government seems to have at last ended months of much talk and little action, and has released what now appears on paper as a re...
Nigeria’s latest global ranking
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The latest ranking of Nigeria’s economy as the 99th in the world by the world Economic Forum, a Geneva-based organisation, does not bode wel...
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