How do you measure the speed of a car? 1..Look at the speedometer? 2. look at the car in motion and measure speed? It looks like a stupid question to measure the speed of a car by looking at the… Continue Reading
No Fuel? Mandate official selling price, take private fuel being sold above official price…share free to citizens No Rice? Mandate official selling price, take private rice being sold above official price in restaurants …share free to citizens No Affordable Homes?… Continue Reading
1. You are celebrating Crude Oil has risen to $60 per barrel 2.You are celebrating CBN Foreign Reserves are approaching $40b 3..You forgot Nigeria exports Crude Oil but imports Petrol….(like Venezuela) 4. Simple maths should tell you imported petrol will cost… Continue Reading
The world has been shocked by videos of Africans being traded and sold as openly as slaves in Libya. The Africans were trying to cross into Italy from Libya via the Mediterranean Sea. Libya is a lawless country, there are… Continue Reading
Wine is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grapes. Different types of grapes and yeasts produce different types of wine. Sparkling wines have significant level of carbon dioxide in them, which causes the bubbles in the wine. There are many… Continue Reading
It will appear the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is insolvent. Insolvency means “unable to pay obligations”. Let us review the six month report published by the FGN Budget Office. For the six months ended June 2017, the total retained… Continue Reading
The Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) has $2billion in Assets Under Management. FGN share assets in the fund are $1.5b as at September 2017. However the Vice president says $2billion has been invested in the Second Niger Bridge (2NB). How… Continue Reading
What are Sukuks? A Sukuk is as Bond…but it has a key difference. With traditional bonds, a borrower receives funds from investors in exchange for a document called a bond. The issuer of the bond, (the borrower) has a contractual… Continue Reading
From January to June 2017, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) earned and retained N1,004b but spent N927.74b alone on domestic and international debt service. In the same period, the FGN did not spend a kobo on Capital projects… Continue Reading
Nigeria has a new 2017 budget…. Before we look at the assumptions and broad goals of the 2017 budget, its important to look at the 2016 “budget of Change”, this will allow us score the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)… Continue Reading
