CBN and the Road to One Trillion Dollars By Abdulrahman Abdulraheem When President Bola Tinubu nominated Olayemi Cardoso as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on September 15, 2023, those knowledgeable about the rot in the system and his pedigree were excited about...

Nigeria Customs and its Mid-Term Scorecard in 2024 By Abdulsalam Mahmud Here in Nigeria, it is customary for many government organisations and institutions to wait till a year elapse before taking stock of their performance, activities and programmes - all-through the year. A few of them...

Monopolistic Oligarchies: The Tale of Dangote of Nigeria and Ambani of India By Yushau A Shuaib Weblink: https://yashuaib.com/2024/07/dangote-nigeria-ambani-india/ The politics of monopoly and oligarchy are familiar phenomena in Nigeria and beyond. During General Abacha's military rule in the 1990s, while working at the Federal Ministry of Finance,...

Dangote Refinery and the Monopoly Question By Abdulhaleem Ishaq Ringim The petro-chemical market in Nigeria has over the past few days been subjected to scrutiny regarding the market structure it will assume with the advent of the Dangote Refinery. The CEO of the Nigerian Midstream and...

Power currency: The conspiracy against Tinubu (1) By Jimoh Ibrahim What is Tinubu’s offence? The failure to use power as trading currency not leaning from Henry VIII of England (1491–1547), who imprisoned and executed those who would not sign his Act of Supremacy establishing the English...

Nigeria and the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement's Revival By Abdulsalam Mahmud The international treaties, conventions, and agreements to which Nigeria is a signatory are numerous. Some notable ones include the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, the Aburi Accord, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights,...