I write you in these troubling times which our great country is passing through. Our great country has been brought to its knees thanks to the immoral actions of the bourgeoisie.

Making big decisions in democracies is hard. You have to deal with all the competing goals and motivations. You have to go through a barrage of processes.

The federal government made a request to the National Assembly for permission to borrow about $30bn. The plan is to use the funds to execute “key infrastructure projects” between 2016 and 2018.

First, a note about government spending. Government spending is in many ways similar to the way individuals and businesses spend money. They could spend money on different things.

If you took a time machine back to 1980, gathered a room full of policy makers and economists, and asked them what sectors would be the most valuable sectors in 2016 ...

In the town of Bali there is a market, Yelwa, where yams are sold. The chief in Bali decides who can enter the market to buy or sell. In the beginning, the chief did not really care who came or went.

The National Bureau of Statistics just confirmed what most Nigerians already knew. The economy shrunk by 2% year on year to the end of June confirming that we are officially in a recession.

The Rio 2016 Olympic games has come and gone. Nigeria’s athletes participated in many events but came home with a single bronze medal to show for it. The downward trajectory in Nigerian sports ...