The Federal Government has declared that the price of rice would start to fall from November this year. It stated that more Nigerians had returned to their various farms, adding that at the next harvesting season next month, the price...

A stress test conducted by a Dubai-based international investment bank, Arqaam Capital, has indicated that seven Nigerian banks are undercapitalised to the tune of N1tn ($3.2bn). It also reported that two other banks were close to being insolvent. The investment bank...

The man Godwin Obaseki has been here for a while. His name rings bell both in the money and capital markets of the Nigerian economy. But one clear feature that has continued to run through his career is the...

Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, the Director General of National Pension Commission (PenCom), the main driver of the Pension regulation in Nigeria does not need any introduction. Economic Confidential, Nigeria’s Economic Intelligence Magazine caught up with her at the just concluded...

It is no more news that national security and security threats have been cited to justify postponements of elections under former President Goodluck Jonathan and the current President Muhammadu Buhari. However, the postponement of the last governorship election in...

There is no doubt that Nigeria has acquired for herself an acronym of mono-product economy following her over-dependence on oil sector which been responsible for over 70 per cent of government income and over 95% of export earnings. Agriculture,...