This is the concluding part of this piece. The first instalment, published yesterday, reviewed four categories of political leadership in Archie Brown’s new book By Ladipo Adamolekun Stalin succeeded Lenin as Soviet Union’s pre-eminent leader and by the early 1930s, he had become a one-person ruler with the Communist Politburo (executive) a mere rubber stamp. […]

A grand gathering was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to mark China’s poverty alleviation accomplishments and honor model poverty fighters on Thursday, February 24, at which Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China has secured a “complete victory” in its fight against poverty.

By Kayode Fayemi ONE of the most significant consequences of the global public health crisis, the novel coronavirus, was the adverse effect that it had on economies around the world. As the world faced the greatest public health challenge in most of our lifetimes, we also grappled with the economic effects of lockdowns: limited travel […]

By Arize Nwobu The primary functions of central banks are formulating and implementing monetary policy, regulating and supervising the banking and financial system, managing foreign reserve and ensuring financial market stability, determining interest rate and directing money supply to achieve price stability. The financial system is of prime importance in driving the economy. It is […]

China recently published a report titled `Belt and Road Infrastructure Development Index (BRIDI) 2020’ jointly brought out by the China International Contractors Association, the country’s organization of overseas industrial contractors, and the China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (SINOSURE). The report analyses the BRI’s momentum and scope of work in 71 countries from various perspectives […]