Food Prices: Roots and Tubers To The Rescue By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta         The other day the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) while reporting the current inflation rate, indicated that despite the huge effort to boost productivity in the agriculture sector, the prices of food appreciated and...

NDIC: Farewell To Iconic MD By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta       The Managing Director of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, an alumni of the Nigeria Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, has retired from the Corporation on December 7th, 2020, after serving for 31...

ASUU naying IPPIS: Scuttling The Public Sector Financial Reform? By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta       It is part of the public record in Nigeria that a team was appointed by the Administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo to look into the accounts of the rested Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF),...

Welcome SWAT, By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta         As the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) responded to the instructions of President Muhammadu Buhari and the yearnings of Nigerians to close down the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), it took steps to implement its replacement with the Special Weapons And...

Nigerian Railways Modernisation and Expansion By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta   Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe the first President of Nigeria, was born in Zungeru, Niger State. Chief Ifeanyi Jim Nwobodo, a former Minister of Sports Development and Governor of the old Anambra state, was born in Lafiya, Nasarawa State....

CBN's N15 trillion Boost for Infrastructure By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the leadership of Chief Godwin Emefiele has become an activist and real interventionist institution that is consistently bringing in new and highly creative initiatives aimed at supporting and boosting...