Sugar sector and Nigeria’s unemployment crisis
By Abdullahi W. Yunusa According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Nigeria’s unemployment figure currently stands at 33.3 per cent ma
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Elite nationalism and the salvation of Nigeria
Elite theory does not often sit very well with democratic aspirations. And the simple reason is that the political elites often define their interests
Agriculture as oxygen for African economies
Many people have always known that something is wrong with the way agriculture is practised in Nigeria, and indeed most of Africa. Firstly, agricultur
The NPA saga: Biting the hand that feeds!
Last week, news broke out that the Managing Director (MD) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman, has been suspended pending inve
Welcoming the arms control centre
The International Action Network on Small Arms, Safer World and Oxfam International put it in perspective when they reported that armed conflict cost