Insight

Nigeria In An Economic Dilemma

It is as a matter of fact, a period of renaissance for Nigeria's economic and indeed the economic development of African region. At the time of millennium, it seem though, some form of cosmic force spark off to energise what some analysts describe as...

Appraising the FG’s Borrowing Plan

Nigeria is about to be plunged into another debt repayment scenario. The federal government has forwarded an external borrowing plan to the National Assembly for approval of the legislature. The request though has been denied for now by the Senate, perhaps because the FG...

Nigerian Govt Amidst Debt Crisis

It is no more news that the Nigerian Senate has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari's request for authorization to borrow about $30 billion. The Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, revealed that the loan request was rejected due to technical issues. One of the technical issues missing...

National Security and Politics of Election Postponement

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 Edo State have been labelled...

Imperatives of Non-Oil Exports to Nigeria’s Economic Growth

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, which was before now, the...

Taming Nigeria’s Rising Inflation

The latest report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which is basically seen as the inflation rate has yet again increased from the 17.1 percent recorded in July to 17.6 percent in August. This is...