In the annals of African development tragedies, a singularly isolated thought that any country in the continent would gain and sustain traction in its development trajectory would be both anachronistic and devoid of rational expectations.
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While Africa’s lack of modern energy and minimum carbon footprint have made it the slightest contributor to the growing global warming crisis, the massive continent
One would be hard-pressed to notice a difference in Nigeria’s state of affairs since this report was issued four years ago. Tim Cocks and Joe Brocks. In late 2013, Nigeria’s then central bank governor Lamido Sanusi wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan claiming that the state oil company had failed to remit tens of billions of oil revenues it owed the state.
Excuse me, friends, I must catch my jet I’m off to join the Development Set; My bags are packed, and I’ve had all my shots,
I have traveller’s checks and pills for the trots!
The Development Set is bright and noble
Owalabi Bakre.* Nigeria loses US$600 million annually to money laundering. Between the mid-1980s and 1999, Nigeria lost US$100billion to money…
Editor’s choice of a must-read book for readers interested in African development. Analysis by Ifeoluwa Adedeji, Ohio University. “The main…
On February 7, the Federal High Court in Lagos issued a warrant for the arrest of Ayodele Oke, former director general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), and his wife Folasade following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Just before they were due to appear in court, they apparently left the country for “medical treatment,” and the Nigeria media is not reporting where they are now. The EFCC has declared the couple wanted after their failure to respond to a court summons.
Mervyn King. Mervyn King looks like one of those old-fashioned bank managers who cast a paternalistic eye on the nervous…
Just a few years back, calling a politician corrupt in Nigeria was synonymous to calling a kettle black. It was…
Editorial Commentary. Knowing how many residents in a country who are properly invested with civil responsibilities that accompany citizenship matters.…