The young looking Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources granted the Economic Confidential an interview on the sector. Dr. Abba Sayyadi Ruma, was born on 13th March 1962. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from University of Sokoto and Masters in...

Engineer Mansur Ahmed is the Director General of the newly inaugurated Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission ICRC. Before his new appointment he had served as Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) since 2004 where he became a...

If you take a drive along the Abuja Airport road, shortly before you get to Lugbe Housing Estate, a few hundreds of metres off the road by your right side, is an emblazoned sign that reads: OBASANJO SPACE CENTRE. Thousands of commuters that ply...

At first contact with AVM Mohammed Audu-Bida (rtd.) that guts feeling that bothers between excitement and nervousness when meeting an important dignitary is quickly dispelled. His warm expansive smile from the heart reassures one you are in a friends company. An atmosphere of trust...

The new Country Director of the World Bank in Nigeria, Onno Ruhl is very passionate about positive results on the ground than any rhetoric’s on projects. An Economist from the Netherlands, he started his career by teaching economics in his country, long time ago....

Mr. Haruna Yunusa Saeed has featured as Personality of the Month in a past edition of the Economic Confidential. Before his appointment as the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), he contested for governorship of Kaduna State in 2007 but lost...