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As Boutros Boutros-Ghali bows out

Boutros Boutros- Ghali, the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (January 1992 to December 1996) has died aged 93.  As an Egyptian, many

A lesson from Murtala Muhammed’s legacy

The last two months have been a season of memorials for four of Nigeria’s foremost leaders, three of them civilians (Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa,

No, devaluation would not help the Nigerian economy

The Central Bank’s (CBN) decisions to restrict what gets imported with the “oil dollars” it provides, and to stop Bureaux des Change

Ministry of Happiness

During my primary school days, studying the atlas was one of my hobbies and I used to be fascinated by a small strip of land sandwiched between Saudi

A Nation’s Budget Blues

Early in my career, I was invited to dinner by my Second Republic state governor, Professor Ambrose Alli.  I was to share his company at table wi