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Why the World Bank celebrates failure

The recent World Bank praise, “Nigeria’s reforms are on the right path,” is not new. They have a culture of rewarding policy direction, but not so muc

Political economy of failure: Nigeria’s refining debacle exposed

Recent statements by Bayo Ojulari, Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, confirmed what most Nigerians hav

To the Butcher of Kaima

“His words were as smooth as butter yet war was in his heart”- Psalm 55: 21. To Sadiku, the Butcher of Kaiama, I write the following. I wa

Transformative smallholder livestock credit: Insights from Nigeria’s World Bank projects

“Access to credit is the bridge between survival and opportunity.” Muhammad Yunus   From tradition to scale A persistent misconception is that li

The optics and politics of an alleged coup

Although of late he has been waxing lyrical about the attempted coup in which he was a target, Nigerians cannot take the statements of the Minister of