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Even former President Shehu Shagari, whose government is widely regarded as not being a prudent manager of resources, attempted to tame government expenditure by introducing what he described as austerity measures when he realised that the Nigerian economy was heading toward collapse. Surprisingly, the two budgets that President Bola Tinubu has proposed so far do…

The newly elected President of Argentina, Javier Milei, promises to smash orthodox economic models in Argentina. He vowed to cancel a slew of government ministries, departments and agencies, including the Central Bank of Argentina. Kenyan President William Ruto, who wonders why Africans must use the dollar for intra-African trade, says, “From Djibouti, selling to Kenya,…

Nigerians must be encouraged by the rollout of the 2000th car off the assembly plant of Chinese automobile manufacturers, GAC Motors, by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, some weeks ago. But President Bola Tinubu needs to start talking with local talents like a former Director General of National Automotive Design and Development Council, Dr…

Anyone with a good conscience will be thrown into wonderment at the truth after reading the appeal by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and other senators who are allegedly receiving their “pension” as ex-state governors, even as they legitimately receive their salaries as serving senators. In addition to the…

Now that it appears that the government of President Bola Tinubu is ready to make good on its promise to rev up the economy, it is apt to encourage him to look at growing the economy from within. While nothing is wrong with attending the G-20 Meeting in India and his next effort to woo…

Clearly, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, respectively the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, won’t congratulate President Bola Tinubu that the Supreme Court has affirmed won the February 23, 2023 presidential election. Doubts about the Supreme Court ruling are…

Despite the seeming lull in the agitation by students of public tertiary institutions in Nigeria over the hike in tuition fees, after the removal of fuel subsidy and unification of the foreign exchange rates, it’s still necessary to interrogate the matter. After viewing the film footage of the wailing University of Lagos female student who…

If the following is jumbled, it’s because the protagonists and Nigeria’s mainstream media aren’t doing enough to unravel the political smorgasbord. As the social media is muddling up the story, the protagonists are throwing potshots at each other. As former Vice President Atiku Abubakar takes his doubt about the veracity of the Chicago State University…

It’s a good thing that the Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has announced a strategic blueprint stating how his ministry intends to meet its “digital economy” obligations to Nigerians. One can only hope it fits into the overall economic strategy of President Bola Tinubu, speaking of which leads to a…

As Nigeria marked its 63rd independence anniversary a few days ago, one other thing that came to mind mitigating against the progress of the country is a wilful, if not statutorily-approved, waste of government resources. It does look as if the Oransaye committee report that recommended streamlining the Federal Government for slimmer, cheaper and more…