For several decades ago, government-owned organisations have earned a reputation for poor performance, because of the way and manner which they were being managed. Government business is generally believed to be “no man’s business” and therefore their managers, although usually highly educated and eminently...

The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative of the Buhari Administration has started yielding results, with the production of more than 4,000 metric tonnes of locally-blended fertilizer in the first week of operation, as Fertilizer available to Farmers at 40% cheaper The Initiative was approved by President Muhammadu...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said results of the series of medical checkups he carried out in the cause of his medical vacation had shown that he needed longer period of rest. He said this necessitated his staying back in London, United Kingdom longer than initially...

The Federal Government is looking at generating as much as $16.4bn (N5tn at N305 to the dollar) through asset sales in the next four years to reduce the burden on the public budget. The sales will help to tackle inefficiencies and stem “corruption in public...

Muhammadu Buhari, Donald Trump on phoneIn a surprise move and against American policy on arm procurement, the United States President Donald Trump has promised to sell weapons to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram terrorists. The promise was made by Trump in a telephone conversation with...

The presidential prophecy on ending current economic recession before this year ends is quite reassuring. However, some antitheses have been put forward by Nigerians arguing that the 2017 federal ‘Budget of Recovery and Growth’ is short of critical budgetary ingredients that could spontaneously stimulate...