Economic Confidential

Budget 2014: House committee sets $76.5 benchmark

Amid sharp disagreement, the Joint House Committee on Finance, Appropriation, Loans and debts yesterday pegged the benchmark for 2014 Budget at $76.5 per barrel But members of the House immediately retired into caucuses for talks on how to jack up...

I Cease to be A Civil Servant

Exactly 20 years ago in October 1993, I received the Best Writer and Researcher Award while serving as a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Delta State. Impressed by some of my writings and research efforts,...

Ahmed Barma ABS Merchandising

Born with a silver spoon, Ahmed Barma held on to his dream to become his own man while working with his father. It's a long and tortuous journey that began in 1990 when he was serving under the tutelage...

Cost of Governance: Between Ezekwesili and NASS

It is no more news that the recent disclosure by former Education Minister, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili that the Federal Government spent N1 trillion on the National Assembly in the past eight years has raised endless concerns about the high...

Preliminary Report On Accident Involving Associated Airline Embraer 120 Aircraft Registered 5n-BJY Which Occurred At Mma On Thursday 3rd October,2013

The following information has been determined from preliminary readout and analysis of flight 361's flight recorders.  Flight 361 was equipped with both a COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER and a FLIGHT DATA RECORDER.  Both recorders were replayed at the Accident Investigation...

A Very Present Threat

For the first time, Nigeria's National Petroleum Corporation admits that oil export to the United States is under threat   For several months, there have been anxiety by stakeholders over the implications of growing volume of shale oil and gas production in the...
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