Founder and President of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) Dr. Frederick Fasehun, agrees that in the last one year of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All...
The number of supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari seems to be reducing by the day, especially as concerns his leadership thrust and economic direction. A one-time...
By Joseph Edgar . . . . That is exactly what is on my mind this morning. Can it get any worse? As the Boko Haram...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has admitted that Nigerians were suffering and that the pains in the country were...
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has disclosed that the Federal Government plans to inject N350 billion into the economy on quarterly basis so as...
A report released by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has revealed that the Nigerian economy further declined in the month of April. According to the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock over the inability of most state governments across the federation to pay salaries of civil servants despite the bail-out funds...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the major problem with Nigerians is not of ideas but how to translate them into realities, adding that now...
The northern chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to focus more attention on how to curb the menace...
Banks are diverting dollar sales previously allocated to licensed Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators to unlicensed BDCs or currency hawkers, investigation by Ripples Nigeria has revealed....
Fifty one foreign investors repatriated profits from their investments in equities and Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds last week. The investors considered Nigeria foreign exchange...
The Federal Government has rejected the International Monetary Fund (IMF) offer to loan Nigeria money. A statement from the federal ministry of finance stated that Finance...
President Muhammadu Buhari has placed the blame for the dismal state of the economy on the past administration of PDP, which he said failed to save...
Even as the economy is literally bleeding, foreign investors have had a free run repatriating profits (forex) abroad, Ripples has learnt. Many of the investors had...
The N350billion bailout for the economy being proposed by the Federal Government will be allocated strictly after carrying out a need-based analysis. The Federal Government had...
The Federal Government has hinted of plans to boost the economy with N350bn as soon the 2016 budget is passed, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday opened a 2-day National Economic Council (NEC) retreat in Abuja. The president in his keynote address stated that decisions reached at...
The inaugural National Assembly Business Environment Roundtable (NASSBER) will hold today (Monday) in Abuja with key stakeholders drawn from the executive, legislature and the private sector...
It is not all gloom for the Nigerian economy, as PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has predicted that it can be among the top 10 world economies by 2050....
By Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba The 9-month span of Mr. Muhammadu Buhari’s presidency is not long enough to pass final judgements on his stewardship but long enough...
By Okey Ndibe . . . In 1992, Bill Clinton, then the Democratic Party candidate for the US presidency, popularized the phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid.”...
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, has expressed confidence that the Federal Government medium term strategic plan for 2017 to 2020 will further...
By Pius Adesanmi… I woke up this morning to a report in the media that Chief Audu Ogbeh is holding former dictator, Ibrahim Babangida and...
By Taju Tijani The universal euphoria and political triumphalism of President Mohammadu Buhari is entering its most severe storm as he tries to gain more...
As losses at the Nigerian stock market top N1.5 trillion in the past nine days, authorities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) have activated the market’s...
In from Ali Smart . . . Since the Central Bank of Nigeria forex restrictions came into effect, Bureau De Changes (BDCs) operators across the country...
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Ms. Christine Lagarde, has, contrary to widespread reports, painted a grim picture of the Nigerian economy, stating...
Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose has said it is glaring that President Muhammadu Buhari does not have any answer to the nation’s problems, and that “Only...
The plans by the federal government to prohibit the importation of small electricity generating sets, popularly called I better pass my neighbour is already generating a...
With increased investment flow from China, India and South Africa, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Nigeria and some other African countries are expected to reach $73.5...
International Credit Rating Agency, Moody’s says there may be no major difference between the policy actions taken by the current administration to tackle the impact of...
Global rating agency, Fitch Ratings, says it has downgraded the outlook of Lagos State’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating to negative from stable. The decision,...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter to the President elect, Muhammadu Buhari. In the letter he urged Buhari to shop around for Nigerians available...
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Chukwuma Soludo, has released a third article, where he dissected the economic policies of the ruling government, and...
Standard & Poor, the global ratings agency, has said latest assessment of Nigeria, showed that despite the impact of the global crude oil prices on most...
While political actors argue over the appropriateness or otherwise of the postponement of the elections earlier scheduled for February 14 and 28, the country’s economy has...
The federal government on Wednesday came down hard on a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, accusing him of “deliberately...
