Wole Soyinka’s The Trial of Brother Jero and Ngugi wa Thiongo’s The Trial of Dedan Kimathi dramatise trial in different, compelling strata through creative literary imagination. While the lead character in Soyinka’s play Brother Jero is confronted with psychological and…
CBN’s renewed focus on diaspora remittances: Ki ni big deal? – Toni Kan
My friend, Paul, is Jamaican. He has a strong Jamaican twang that sometimes leaves me wondering what he is saying. Paul and I met at our local pub in London and bonded over our mutual love for crossword puzzles. When…
Students’ loan ploy to starve public varsities – ASUU FUTA
Lecturers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Federal University of Technology, Akure chapter, has again rejected the proposed students’ loan scheme initiated by President Bola Tinubu. The lecturers described the scheme as a way to…
Are BRICS and G20 liabilities or assets? — Magnus Onyibe
As some commentators recently noted, one of the strategic plans of BRICS, a group of nations that have come together with the aim of serving as a counterforce to the United Nations, UN and its subsidiaries known as Bretton Woods…
Nigerian banks closed 234 branches, 649 ATMs, IMF report
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, yesterday, said that Nigeria’s banks closed 234 branches and 649 Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, in 2020 leading to a decline in the country’s Financial Access Score (FAS) to 4.44 in the year against 4.78 in…
IMF names Okonjo-Iweala, others in External Advisory Group
IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, on Friday named a former Nigerian finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, among a group of prominent individuals appointed to serve as her new External Advisory Group. A statement posted on the IMF website said the…