International rating agency, Fitch, in a report issued recently noted that the backlog of unmet dollar demand has built up and any inability to clear significant portion of that backlog early in the transition would hinder the effectiveness of the new framework”. History will be...

Most Nigerians saw the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari after the 2015 presidential elections as the coming of a Messiah. Before the elections, so many Nigerians were actually yearning for a change of government simply because they appear to be tired of the government...

Just like in Kaduna and Osun States, the Federal Government has begun its very ambitious moves to implement one of its five promised Social Investment Programs: the Home Grown School Feeding Program (HGSF). The social investment program was part of the campaign promises made...

The Nigerian insurance sector is said to be faltering due to lack of attention and development of the sector. The sector is said to be contributing a meagre 0.4 percent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) even though economists believe the GDP can make up...

The new foreign exchange policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which took effect from last month generated ripples among the stakeholders with some of them arguing that the apex bank is now stylishly performing a U-turn of its earlier monetary decisions as...

When President Muhammadu Buhari on May 6th signed the 2016 appropriation bill into law, it doused tensions and raised the expectations of most Nigerians that better days are ahead. Truly, the N6.6 trillion dubbed the” budget of change” by Mr. President remains a milestone in...