From reforms to delivery: Our infrastructure investment and growth strategy
By Bola Tinubu Since 2023, we have made difficult but necessary decisions: removing the petrol subsidy, unifying the exchange rate, modernising the tax framework, and coordinating action on inflation. These reforms have restored macro balance, quadrupled federation revenue since 2021 and rebuilt the credibility of the State’s balance sheet. The results are now visible: real […]
CBN, Infraco and the infrastructure challenge
By Arize Nwobu THE importance of infrastructure in expanding national production capacity and increasing a country’s wealth cannot be overemphasised. Research reports have noted that lack of infrastructure in many developing countries is one of the most significant limitations to economic growth and achievement of millenium development goals. Economic infrastructures include roads, rail, airports, bridges, […]
2023: What about North-Central?
By Gabriel A. Agude THERE is a school of thought with the conjecture that recent events in the Nigerian socio-political space are all indicative of on-going calculations and permutations for regional relevance and political preeminence for control of authoritative power at the centre in 2023. Evidentially, the postulation of this school of thought is unhidden […]
OML 130: The truce to unlock $510m gas revenue
If there is anything the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari will be remembered for, it is his knack for resolving long-standing disputes and responding proactively to emerging global trends in the oil and gas sector.
FFK Vs the Media: Mirroring ruling class tyranny
By Oludayo Tade …Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish — Robert Green, The 48 Laws of Power. THE crass disregard for people in the lowest rung of the stratification system defines the character of the Nigerian society. It is a […]
History: How Hitler pioneered ‘Fake News’
By Timothy Snyder A century ago, the future Nazi leader began his career as a propagandist. On Oct. 16, 1919, Adolf Hitler became a propagandist. It would be his chief occupation for the rest of his life. Without propaganda, he could never have become a public figure, let alone risen to power. It was as a […]
