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With the advent of the COVID 19 vaccine and an attendant improvement in investor sentiments globally and domestically, most businesses in Nigeria are optimistic about 2021. While we share in …
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History will define 2020 as the “year of the pandemic” and in an interesting feat of hope, 2021 could turn out to be the “year of the vaccine”. The record …
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The “Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act” 2020 (“BOFIA 2020” or “ the New Act”) was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on 13 November 2020 and repeals the …
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Nigeria and Bangladesh are both developing countries, each with its challenges. The politics and social fabric in both societies are highly complex with storied and blood-drenched histories. With a population …
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The COVID-19 Quarter The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently released Nigeria’s GDP growth numbers for the second quarter (Q2) of 2020. Expectedly, real GDP contracted by 6.10% year-on-year in …
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A season of gloomy forecasts The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a huge blow to the global economy. What is fundamentally a public health crisis has led to economic recessions of …
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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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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 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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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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