A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Globally, the functions of a central bank are well established. The apex bank is a key player in a nation’s economy. Its focus on monetary policy is usually aimed at maintaining inflation rate within agreed band or
The expansionist left-leaning of APC amounts to BIG govt. In the 2019 budget proposal, the total Revenue is approx N6Trillion. But the Recurrent (4T) & Debt servicing (2T) is also N6Trillion. So the Capital expenditure proposed is mostly out
If the newspapers are to be believed that President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) has refused to sign into law, the Nigerian Peace Corps (NPC) Bill passed by the National Assembly; then that will be one of the best decisions taken
Ever since the agrarian society of centuries ago, people have been the main factor of production in many societies. Even with the advent of the industrial revolution, machines that were created needed a lot of human input and control
Policing Nigeria seems to be getting harder for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) due to the misguided agendas of the politicians who seem bent on destroying whatever is left of the operational effectiveness of the police. The NPF has
The Federal Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun has been all over the media lately trumpeting the government’s increasingly assertive drive to collect taxes. The Vice President has said as much in recent interviews and he even went further to
With the impeachment of Gov. Nyako of Adamawa state still hot in the oven; there are reports of the “Nyako Treatment” being planned for several other governors in Nigeria. The focus seems to be mostly the governors that defected
For a long time I have been critical of the Nigerian political landscape’s lack of ideological characterisation. I have complained that our political parties are all the same regardless of the name they are called. And the ease with
The current debate in Nigeria about the House of Representative’s plan to enact a law forcing some big corporations to go public on the Capital Market is full of fallacies and assumptions that shield the promoter’s true intentions. The