Nigerian Economy: Boomers and Busters
By Tessy Igata From the beginning, the Nigeria Economic Summit has been tailored to impact certain changes and policies to move the nation forward. The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG)…
How Dangote wants to Spend $3.8 billion
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is not looking back. The man touted by Forbes as the richest balck man in the world is adding more nuts in the fire in…
New York: A Bite of The Big Apple
Ken Ugbechie As soon as the Arik Flight W3 107, a roomy and comfy Airbus, touched down at the JKF international airport in New York, you get the hint of…
Ibadan: Diary of a visitor
By Annabelle Macford When I was informed by my former office that I’ll be working in Ibadan for a few months, I felt indifferent. As a Lagos brought-up, I assumed…
Nigeria is Foolfty-three…
By Ken Ugbechie Chinua Achebe’s swansong, There Was a Country, a compelling personal narrative of the civil war, best captures the state of the nation called Nigeria. Once the novel…
Why Jonathan Fired Nine Ministers
Performance and political relevance in the run up to 2015 were part of the yardsticks deployed by President Goodluck Jonathan in sacking nine ministers shortly after the Federal Executive Council…
Adesina: How I burst the fertilizer racket
Report by Tessy Igata In September 2000, following a decade of major United Nations conferences and summits, world leaders came together at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to…
2015: Jonathan set to dump Tukur
To save his political life which is fast slipping away, President Goodluck Jonathan is said to have concluded plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur,…
Animal Farm…
By Ken Ugbechie In his epic novel, Animal Farm, George Orwell ( real name Eric Blair) painted the picture of an animal family which badly wanted to free itself from…
First Bank to raise $300m from international markets
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has concluded a debt capital raising exercise in the international markets through a US $300 Million subordinated Tier 2 transaction. Its Head, Marketing and Corporate…
