Marcel Okeke, THEWILL

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Politics, Economics And Nigeria’s Trudging Economy

The Supreme Court ruling on Friday, March3, 2023 that all redesigned Naira notes and the old ones will remain legal tender and in circulation...

Diaspora Remittances: Nigeria’s Economic Lifeline?

One of the ironies of the Nigerian economy remains the fact that at a time that it is expected to be reaping a ‘sustained...

The World Ahead 2023: Whither Nigeria?

“The World Ahead 2023” is the 2022 end-of-year special publication of ‘The Economist’ (of London) in which the journal reviewed the global economy in...

Fresh Worries About Ethics In Nigerian Banking System

A letter from the Director of Banking Supervision (DBS), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to banks and other financial institutions has once again brought...

Saboteurs And Naira Redesigning Project

It is no longer news that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has embarked on the redesigning and re-issuance of the 200, 500 and...

Nigeria: Clash of Fiscal And Monetary Authorities

The outright disowning and public deprecation by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, of the recent innocuous policy of the...

Nigeria 2023: Random Thoughts on Economic Manifesto

The opening paragraph of the section on the ‘Economy’ of the manifesto of one of the presidential candidates (for Nigeria’s general election 2023) says:...

World Bank And Nigeria’s Push For Enabling Business Environment

In its continued efforts at supporting the improvement of business environment in Nigeria, the World Bank recently approved a US$750 million International Development Association...

New Presidential Economic Team: What Agenda?

September 25, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government, to the chagrin and perhaps, bewilderment of most Nigerians, recently inaugurated a ‘Presidential Committee on the National Economy’—just...

Xenophobia: Threat to Africa’s Economic Development

Apparently unknown to the initiators and protagonists of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), one of the greatest threats to that fledgling economic...

CBN: Release of $265m to Foreign Airlines And Matters Arising

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) widely publicised “release” of the sum of US$265 million, out of about half a billion US dollars trapped...

As CBN, NNPC Tango Over Nigeria’s Dollars

As the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government enters the last lap of its tenure, Nigeria’s public sector space is getting saturated with issues ranging from...

Food Crisis: Alarms, Alerts And Predictions

July 17, (THEWILL) - During the first half of 2022, not a few global and regional agencies with focus on agriculture stridently raised the...

Mid-2022: Cloudy Times Yet Ahead

July 03, (THEWILL) – Somehow, the Nigerian economy has tottered and wobbled through the first half of the year 2022 (January to June), with...

OPINION: ARIWOOLA’S CONTROVERSIES AND CONTRADICTIONS

A look at the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Olukayode Ariwoola’s resume will unlock the intimidating record of a well-trained and roundly nurtured bencher....