Oil sector productivity, external sector stability, food security, and employment generation (in that order), are the four main strands of Nigeria’s economic scorecard. Vanguard’s findings from official and independent data as well as expert opinion seem to conclude that on all counts the state of play yields results symptomatic of an economy on life support.

Nigeria @ 62: Entertainers bemoan degenerating state of the nation!

. By Nkiruka Nnorom As Nigeria’s economy struggles with the year-on-year rise in unemployment, underemployment and youth unemployment figures, economists and the organised private sector have blamed the rising incidence on an uncompetitive and unsustainable operating business environment, which is made worse by the inflationary pressure.   They observed that the capacity of employers, mainly the […]

The Dein of Agbor kingdom, Dein Keagborekuzi 1, has said that the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege who is the Governorship candidate of the APC in Delta State will make an amazing governor if given the chance to serve.

Nigerians will do well to heed their former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who dropped a timeously relevant message over the weekend in Uyo at the ceremony marking 35 years of the creation of Akwa Ibom State. He advised voters in next year’s general elections to reject “killers”. According to Jonathan: “In 2023, you must not […]