National: Governance, Policy & Politics

Cross River banks on fresh management team to boost economic development

 Team to analyse workable model before proposing Ben Eguzozie Cross River, a state struggling to wriggle itself out of the…

Political economist Kila welcomes AGF’s intervention in Yahaya Bello’s EFCC case

Business a.m. The intervention of Lateef Fagbemi, Nigeria’s attorney general (AGF) and minister of justice, in the ongoing saga between…

CBN jerks up benchmark interest rate to record-high 24.75% to tame inflation

Business a.m The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria has raised the benchmark interest rate by…

Nigeria’s public debt in race to N100trn by June, warn analysts   

   Debt builds up on unabating borrowings ONOME AMUGE IN LAGOS, NIGERIA With grim statistics showing unabating borrowings by the…

Petroleum subsidy reform fuels 23.5% increase in FAAC allocation to N10.14trn

Business a.m. The repeal of the petroleum subsidy gave rise to a striking upsurge in the revenue allocation from the…

Agora policy highlights framework for Oronsaye report’s maximum impact

Onome Amuge As the Nigerian government gears up to implement the recommendations of the Oronsaye report, Agora Policy, a think…