Can Nigeria build new millionaires through Dangote IPO?
By MOSHOOD OSHUNFUREWA Nigeria has a long, painful, and largely unreported history with shares. The promise of ownership has repeatedly been used to separate ordinary citizens from their savings, and the consequences have rarely been visited upon those responsible. Between 2007 and 2009, an estimated N800 billion was funnelled into private placements that promised future […]
At 66, Nigeria is still building with half its hands
There is no problem with promoting healthy competition; my problem is that what we call merit in Nigerian politics is mostly access
66 Years and Counting
By Philip Obazee Happy Independence Day to Nigerians everywhere. Sixty-six years have passed, yet certain details of October 1, 1960, remain as vivid to me as though the intervening decades had barely disturbed them. I remember a cup decorated with the green and white of the Nigerian flag, and a small Nigerian flag of its […]
Building sustainable environment for future generation
By Divinegrace Onosetale There is a Lagos that exists beyond the traffic, the skyscrapers, the bridges and the relentless construction. It is the Lagos beneath the concrete , the wetlands that once absorbed excess water, the waterways that carried rain away from communities, the trees that softened the heat, the shoreline that held back the […]
Nigeria @66: CISLAC calls for end to impunity, stronger institutions
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Transparency International Chapter in Nigeria, has called for an end to impunity, stronger democratic institutions, justice, peace and inclusive economic prosperity as Nigeria marks its 66th Independence Anniversary.
Petroleum import licence judgment: Why the backward integration provisions of the PIA must not be rendered redundant
By Eche Stephen Idoko The recent judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, directing the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to continue granting and renewing petroleum product import licences to Matrix Energy, A.A. Rano Nigeria Limited and AYM Shafa Limited raises questions about the future of Nigeria’s domestic refining industry and the […]
