COVID-19 Pandemic – Nigerian Banks in 2020
The outlook for Nigeria and indeed the global economy has worsened owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the emergence of COVID-19, Nigeria’s economy had been on a dire strait …
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COVID-19 in Nigeria: Economic Perspectives and Mitigating the Risks
GLOBAL OVERVIEW Despite witnessing wars, natural disasters and the Great Recession, this generation is witnessing a unique global health pandemic that has challenged even the most pessimistic of doomsday naysayers. …
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The 2019 Finance Act – Creating a New Beginning
The 2019 Finance Bill was signed by President Buhari on the 13th of January 2020 as part of his administration’s new fiscal reform measures. The Bill proposed new fiscal measures …
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African Continental Free Trade & Nigerian Capital Market: Issues, Challenges & Opportunities
Africa: A Continent of self-inflicted bottlenecks Sao Tome and Principe, an island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, is just about 775KMs from Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria. That …
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Ajaokuta Steel Project and the National Asset Question
The Ajaokuta Schools of Thought Analysts have long struggled on a meaningful definition of the Ajaokuta Steel Company project (Ajaokuta). Overtime, Ajaokuta has become a knotty national discourse with two …
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Buhari Version II (2019—2023): Economic Perspectives
The Reflexive Statist According to The Economist, leaders do not tend to switch from being reflexive statists in first terms to free-marketers in the second. This argument by The Economist …
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VAIDS: Redefining the Nigerian Social Contract
The Social Contract Based on the theory of social contract, the government and the governed are bound by an unwritten rule, where the governed provide resources to the government, with …
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Nigeria’s 2017 GDP: Fragile Economic Recovery
Why the Euphoria? The positive press that greeted Nigeria’s 2017 GDP numbers from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) – reflecting the country’s exit from a recession – seems to …
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Investors Guide to Nigeria’s 2018/2019 Political Season
A 101 on Nigeria”s Political Season The release of the timetable for the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) usually signals the commencement of Nigeria”s political and …
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The Nigerian Insurance Industry: Will it cross the crossroads?
Half Full or Half Empty? The recent surge of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Nigerian insurance market by some of the reputable global names in insurance has led sceptics …
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