Economy

Cynics could argue that not even the Obasanjo presidency lived by its own rules.

God-like Mr. Buhari may be. But the challenges faced by Nigerians are quotidian, deserving of more mortal application.

We confront anew the myth of the superiority of the Aryan race, but without the clear-headedness of the Third Reich.

The net welfare losses that the poor bear on account of the current subsidy scheme is a bigger burden than...

But with plenty of forbearance, the “drop” will happen someday that will make us “hammerers”!

Both increases in government spending and net exports are but derivatives of improved performance in an exclave of our economy.

Flighty money made up the bulk of the foreign capital that entered the economy in the end-September period.

We have clear evidence that lower oil prices do not necessarily help the poor and vulnerable.

Put differently, the naira is “healthy” because foreigners do not mind holding asset denominated in it.

Look beneath the overall GDP numbers for the third quarter, though, and the tale is less nice-sounding.